Now in China's provinces, there are two provinces in the south, Guangdong and Guangxi, in the history of Guangdong Guangxi plus yunnan east, southern Hunan, southwest Fujian, Hainan Island and other parts of the island are collectively known as the two Guangzhou areas. During the Qing Dynasty, the Viceroy of Liangguang was also set up to administer this.
Because the Liangguang area is relatively far from Beijing, the local Governor of Liangguang has high powers and directly governs the local military and political, economic, diplomatic, trade and other aspects of business.
In a way, the Viceroy of Liangguang is a bit like the independent small clan kings of the Liangguang region. It's just that this clan king is not permanent, but temporary.
Now that Guangdong and Guangxi are separated, why is it called the Liangguang region in history?
In fact, the first province in the name of the province is not only Guangdong Guangxi, such as Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan. Therefore, in the recitation table of the Chinese administrative region studied in middle school, there is a saying of "two lakes, two vast areas and two rivers and mountains".
However, in history, only the two cantons have ever had the same jurisdiction, and this situation basically does not exist in other areas.
So why are the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi historically known as the Two Cantons and have always been located as independent administrative jurisdictions?
The reason why there is such a phenomenon is mainly caused by historical reasons. The earliest dates back to the Qin and Han dynasties, after Qin Shi Huang unified the country, and the current Guangdong Guangxi belongs to the southern Baiyue region. At that time, this place was not developed, and the living conditions of people were relatively primitive, and the culture was very backward.
Later, Qin Shi Huang gradually pacified the southern Baiyue region and established a unified dynasty in China. During the Qin and Han dynasties, this area belonged to Lingnan. After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo, who had previously been in charge of the area, was declared emperor, and during the Han Dynasty, he was annexed to the Han Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Han Dynasty. At that time, this place was also called the State of South Vietnam, so at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the area of Guangdong and Guangxi belonged to one.
During the Tang Dynasty, Guangdong and Guangxi at that time belonged to Guangnan Road. Due to the relatively large scope of Guangnan Road and the branches of Guangnan West Road and Guangnan East, the Song Dynasty directly referred to the two places as Guangdong and Guangxi respectively. Before the yuan dynasty ruled, the rule of this area has not been stable, and the people have revolted continuously, so no detailed division has been made here.
After the Ming Dynasty was firmly established, it was once again redivided to formally determine the border between Guangdong and Guangxi, but still habitually called it the Liangguang region.
Therefore, it can be said that the two Guangdong regions were truly separated from the Ming Dynasty, but at that time, Hainan did not exist separately, but belonged to Guangdong. During the Qing Dynasty, in order to facilitate administration, Guangxi and Guangdong were directly merged together and called the Liangguang Region.
Because at that time, this area belonged to the southeast region, there were many ethnic minorities, and it was adjacent to these vassal states of Vietnam. In order to make it easier to administer, a governor of Liangguang was sent to administer this place. This state of affairs lasted until the fall of the Qing Dynasty.
During the Republic of China period, the two Cantonese regions were temporarily separated, and the real subdivision of the two Cantons was after the founding of New China. At that time, under the influence of the war situation in the south, the two areas were carefully divided.
For example, the area of Hainan Island, which is now the Qiongzhou capital during the Qing Dynasty, was independent and assigned to Hainan Province. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region were established separately, but in history, the two Cantons were indeed one.