The names of China's provinces** are often inextricably linked to history, geography, and culture. The following is an introduction to the names of various provinces in China.
Publish a collection of dragon cards to share millions of cash Beijing, "Beichen", which means the North Star. As the capital of China, Beijing's geographical location is extremely important, so the meaning of its name is very important.
Tianjin, "Tianjin Port", means port. As an important port city in the north, Tianjin's name is based on its location and geographical environment.
Hebei is located north of the Yellow River and Baiyangdian, so it is called "Hebei". Similar to the names of its neighboring provinces, the name of Hebei Province is also associated with the natural environment.
Shanxi, "Taiyue Mountain" in its west, so Shanxi got its name, and some people think that Shanxi was named "Shanxi" because of its steep terrain and quite similar to mountain peaks.
Inner Mongolia comes from the name of "Mongolia in the interior and frontier". Historically, it has governed the province, and it is called Inner Mongolia because it governs the interior and outer Mongolia at the same time.
Liaoning, after the word "Liao" from the Liaohe River, the word "Ning" from the Southern Song Dynasty Xuanhe four years (1122) opened up the province of eastern Liao.
Jilin, "the north of the forest, the auspicious place", this concise and poetic name comes from the geographical situation of Manchurian Jilin Province, the terrain is undulating, densely forested, although barren, but the city is prosperous and has a long history.
Heilongjiang, one of China's most majestic rivers, is vital to the economy and environment of China and Northeast China. The province got its name from the river.
Shanghai, Shanghai's original name was "Caopu", after the Opium War of the Qing Dynasty, the British colonists bombarded Pukou, the Qing Dynasty ** Domain Town Changchen Boat Household Heavy Mao Tun grain here, in order to prevent wind and waves, along the outer Suzhou Creek dam repair, forming the outline of Shanghai.
Jiangsu, "Jiang" refers to the Yangtze River, and Suzhou is the inheritance of the ancient name of Wuzhong Suzhou area, so it is called Jiangsu.
Zhejiang, "Zhejiang" has existed in ancient times, because the terrain is very long from east to west, and the north and south are relatively long and narrow into a linear structure, which is composed of "Zhejiang" and "Jiang".
Anhui, "Anhui" is synthesized from "Anqing" and "Huizhou". Anhui is an important cultural ancient place in China, so many Confucian temples were built here, and a large number of cultural heritage has been retained in the entire province.
Fujian, "Fujian" is named after an ancient Fujian road in the local mountainous area, and has been known as "blessed land" since ancient times, and is a province with a wide range of natural resources.
Jiangxi "Jiangxi" and "Jiang" refer to the Ganjiang River, which refers to the southern Jiangxi region where the province is located, and is located in the middle reaches of the Ganjiang River.
Shandong, "Shandong" refers to the "Dongyue" part of Mount Tai in the "Five Mountains". Shandong has a vast territory and a long history, and its name is relatively complicated.
Henan, the name of "Henan", because there is only one river in the middle between Xiangfan, Anlu and other places in the province and the Yellow River in the past, so the river "south" is named Henan.
Hubei, "Hubei" includes the ** Jianghan Plain and most of the Wuling Mountains, because the military and political sub-districts in the south once governed Huainan and Henan in the north, because it is located in the Hanshui Basin and belongs to the Jiangnan region, so it is called Hubei with "lake" and "north".