Jiangsu Province is a famous economic province in China, located on the coastal coast of East China, with an area of about 100,000 square kilometers. Today, I will talk about how the place names of the 13 prefecture-level cities in Jiangsu Province came about.
Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province, is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River in the southwest of Jiangsu Province, and is closely related to some prefectures and cities in Anhui Province, and is nicknamed "Huijing". Nanjing, together with Beijing, Xi'an in Shaanxi, and Luoyang in Henan, is known as the four ancient capitals of China, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the historical and cultural resources as "extremely rich". Nanjing was the capital of Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Southern Dynasty Song Dynasty, Qi Liang Chen, Southern Tang Dynasty, and early Ming Dynasty, and was historically known as Jianye, Jiankang, Jinling, Yingtian, Jiangning, etc. Why is this beautiful city called Nanjing? This is related to Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In the sixteenth year of the Reign of emperor Yuan Shun (1356), Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Jiqing, the center of Yuan Dynasty rule in Jiangnan. Jiqing was a place name of the Yuan Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not like it and changed it to Ying Tianfu. In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang, the King of Wu, was proclaimed emperor, and in August of that year, he changed the name of Tianfu to Nanjing, and eleven years later changed his name to Jingshi. After Ming Chengzu Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, Nanjing was still called Nanjing.
The license plate of Nanjing in Jiangsu Province is Su A, and Su B is Wuxi in the "Su Xi Chang" in southern Jiangsu, along the Yangtze River in the north and Taihu Lake in the south. In history, Wuxi mostly belonged to the jurisdiction of Changzhou, but Wuxi County has a long history, set up in the time of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao. The reason why it is called Wuxi is because there were originally many tin resources here, but due to excessive mining of tin, it was gone, so Wuxi County was established in 202 BC. However, Wang Mang, the emperor of the alternative new dynasty, did not think that Wuxi did not have "tin", and firmly believed that there was still "tin", and changed Wuxi to have tin. After Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, restored han, he changed Youxi back to Wuxi.
Su C is located in Xuzhou, northwest of Jiangsu Province, the hometown of Han Gaozu's ancestor Liu Bang. Xuzhou is located at the junction of Sulu, Yuwan and Anhui, strangling the north and south, and has been a place of contention for soldiers since ancient times. The Northern Dynasty's acquisition of Xuzhou could put enormous pressure on the Southern Dynasty's Jianghuai Defensive Line, and if the Southern Dynasty controlled Xuzhou, the Northern Dynasty would not be able to settle for the Central Plains such as Luoyang and Kaifeng. Xuzhou was called Pengcheng in ancient times, and the reason why it was called Xuzhou was to take the meaning of "soothing". The word "Xu" itself has the meaning of "slow".
Su D is Changzhou, located between Nanjing, Zhenjiang and Wuxi, with a small part of the waters of Taihu Lake in the southeast. Changzhou was known as Biling in the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty, and later changed to Jinling, and was one of the major counties in Jiangnan. After the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen, it was called Changzhou because it was established as a prefecture in Changshu County.
Jiangsu Province is referred to as Suzhou because of Suzhou, but the order of license plates in Suzhou in the province is Su E. Suzhou is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, north of the Yangtze River, south of Taihu Lake, east of Shanghai, the spring and autumn of the wu state of the ancient capital, a historical city, a thousand years of county. Suzhou was called Wu County in ancient times, and in the ninth year of the reign of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty (589), the world was unified and was originally called Suzhou. The reason why it is called Suzhou is because there is a Beiyuan Gusutai built by King Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period. Due to Suzhou's developed economy and large number of vehicles, in 2018, the Suzhou U license plate was added, which is the first city in Jiangsu Province to have a double license plate.
Su F is a Nantong, located on the north bank of the Yangtze River in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, across the river from Chongming Island in Shanghai. Most of nantong was still soaked in the sea during the Southern Dynasty, and later gradually changed the sea and mulberry fields to form its current appearance. Nantong originally belonged to the Southern Tang during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, but The Zhou Shizong Chai Rong of shenwu Xiongluo conquered the Huainan region of the Southern Tang, occupied the Nantong region, and built a city here. Because there are sea routes to Khitan, Japan and the Korean Peninsula, as well as Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other places, Tongzhou is established. In the second year of the Yongzheng Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty (1724), because Beijing set up Tongzhou, the southern Tongzhou was called Nantong.
Su G is a city in Lianyungang in northeastern Jiangsu Province, famous for having Huaguo Mountain, the "hometown of Sun Wukong". Lianyungang was called Haizhou in ancient times, which is the "sea" in the Huaihai area. However, the name Lianyungang appeared later, starting with the establishment of the port in 1933. People think that this place is close to the sea, and the east and west islands and yuntai mountain are surrounded by fog, so it is called Lianyungang.
Su H is the city of Huai'an, located in the north-central part of Jiangsu Province, known as Huaiyin in ancient times, and was the hometown of Han Xin, the god of war in the early Han Dynasty. Huai'an strangled the lower reaches of the Huai River, an important town of the Jianghuai Defense Line of the Southern Dynasty, and was called Chu Prefecture during the Tang and Song Dynasties. The place name huai'an originates from the seventh year (489) of the southern dynasty Qiwu Emperor Yongming, the imperial court set up Huai'an County to "pray for peace in the Huaidi area", and the Ming Dynasty set up Huai'an Province. Because Huai'an was at the confluence of the Huai River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Qing Dynasty's Governor of Caoyun, Yamen, was located in Huai'an.
Su J is located in Yancheng on the coast of the Yellow Sea, with an area of 16,900 square kilometers, ranking first in the province. Yancheng has an endless plain, and there is a saying that the highest point of Yancheng is only 8 meters above sea level. Why is it called Yancheng? Of course, it has something to do with salt. Here is near the sea, the salt industry is rich in resources, and salt was collected here in ancient times. In the seventh year (411) of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Emperor Yixi, the imperial court set up Yancheng, which is still in use today.
Su K is Yangzhou, located on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province, but Yangzhou is generally considered to be a City in Jiangnan. In ancient times, Yangzhou was extremely prosperous, especially in the Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties, which was equivalent to the current Greater Shanghai. The Tang Dynasty has the saying "Yang Yiyi (Chengdu) TWO". Yangzhou's historical and cultural resources are very rich, and Slender West Lake is famous all over the world. Yangzhou is one of the ancient nine prefectures, the largest area of jurisdiction includes most of Anhui Province, southern Jiangsu, Zhejiang Province, Fujian Province, eastern Hubei Province, Yangzhou Yang takes the meaning of "more water at the state boundary, water Yangbo". Yangzhou was called Guangling in ancient times, and Yangzhou was established after the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen.
Su L is Zhenjiang on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and Jingkou in the Southern and Northern Dynasties is Zhenjiang, the actual birthplace of Liu Yu, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty poet Xin Renjie's famous "Yongyule - Jingkou Beiguting Huaigu" "Thousands of ancient rivers and mountains, heroes are not found...", was written in Zhenjiang. Zhenjiang strangles the south of the Yangtze River and the east of Nanjing, which is the gateway of the eastern line of Nanjing and the Jiangnan region, and was called Runzhou during the Tang and Song dynasties. The name Zhenjiang originates from 975 AD, when Zhao Kuangyin, who usurped the throne of Later Zhou, set up the Zhenjiang Army after the destruction of the Southern Tang Dynasty, taking the meaning of "Weizhen Yangtze River".
Su M is Taizhou, located east of Yangzhou on the north bank of the Yangtze River and west of Yancheng and Nantong. Taizhou was originally a part of Yangzhou, and in 1996 it was established as a prefecture-level taizhou city, which has jurisdiction over Taixing, Jingjiang, Jiangyan, Xinghua and other county-level cities. The place name of Taizhou is set in the Southern Tang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, taking the meaning of "Guotai Min'an, Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang".
Su N is Suqian, located in the southeast of Xuzhou, northwest of Huai'an, the hometown of Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu. Suqian was originally part of Huai'an City (then Huaiyin City), and in 1996 it was established as a prefecture-level Suqian City. Suqian is bordered by Vicuña Lake in the north and Hongze Lake in the south, and the terrain is flat. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the Su people moved here from other places. Therefore, in the first year of Emperor Baoying of Tang Su (762), the imperial court set up Suqian County.
The 13 prefecture-level cities in Jiangsu Province have a very famous feature: their economic strength is all within the top 100 in the country, even though Taizhou City and Suqian City were established in 1996.