Introduction to the origin of Chengdu's name, where is the place to take the name in Chengdu
Introduction to the origin of chengdu's name, where is there a place to take a name in Chengdu, and where is there a place to name children in Chengdu? How can a baby born in Chengdu get a good name?
About the origin and evolution of the name of Chengdu, now by the famous name master of Chengdu, Teacher Xie Yong to sort out for friends, in addition to a friend asked Teacher Xie, saying how the baby born in Chengdu takes the name, this question is also answered; in fact, whether it is a baby born in Chongqing to take a name, or other places, Teacher Xie Yong suggested that giving the baby a name should also be "people-oriented, life-oriented", the first numerology five elements of the boom and bust depth, the second look at the balanced circulation of the numerology pattern, Only by accurately grasping the difference between the weight of the god of joy and jealousy in an all-round way can we have the basics of naming; then we can consider combining the auspicious mathematical theory of the name, as well as more basic common sense in the I Ching + name science!
Chengdu, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province, referred to as "Rong", also known as Rongcheng and Jincheng, is the capital, sub-provincial city, megacity and national central city of Sichuan Province.
Chengdu is located in southwest China, the western part of the Sichuan Basin, the hinterland of the Chengdu Plain, the territory of the flat terrain, the river network, rich products, developed agriculture, belongs to the subtropical monsoon humid climate, since ancient times has the reputation of "the country of heaven".
Chengdu is the country's top ten ancient capitals and the first batch of national historical and cultural cities, the birthplace of ancient Shu civilization, the territory of Jinsha ruins have a history of 3,000 years, the King of Zhou Tai to "one year into the gathering, two years into The Yi, three years of Chengdu", so named Chengdu; Shu Han, Cheng han, Former Shu, Hou Shu and other regimes have built the capital here, has been the seat of state and county administration of various dynasties; Han is one of the five major metropolises in the country, Tang is one of the most developed industrial and commercial cities in China, the history is called "Yang Yi Yi Er", the Northern Song Dynasty is the second metropolis outside beijing, inventing the world's first kind of paper money intercourse, With places of interest and historical sites such as Dujiangyan, Wuhou Ancestral Hall and Du Fu Caotang, it is the best tourist city in China.
Teacher Xie Yong: An introduction to the origin of Chengdu's name
China is one of the birthplaces of world civilization, compared with other ancient countries of world civilization, China is the only country where civilization has not been interrupted, and the development of the city as the carrier of civilization has not been interrupted.
Chengdu is one of the oldest cities in China's megacities, for a long time, people have always believed that Chengdu has only 2,300 years of city history, but then relevant experts found a series of "ancient Shu culture" sites on the Chengdu Plain, proving that Chengdu is at least a cultural ancient city with a long history of more than 4,000 years, Chengdu in the process of thousands of years of historical development and evolution, long-term development advantages. In the tempering of the years, the name of "Chengdu" has not changed and the city site has not undergone major changes, which shows the exuberant vitality exuded in the land of Chengdu.
From the current map to see Chengdu, it is located in the middle of the Minjiang River, the hinterland of the Chengdu Plain, in the southwest region is a very important city, it is "one of the ten ancient capitals of China", in the writing of the literati of the past generations is called "Jinguan City", has the reputation of "the country of Heaven".
In ancient Chinese society, Chengdu has always served as the capital of successive dynasties. During the Han Dynasty, Chengdu was set up as the Department of Thorn History, which was one of the largest five metropolises at that time, and became one of the famous industrial and commercial cities in the country in the Tang Dynasty, with the reputation of "Yang Yi Yi Er"; during the Song Dynasty, Chengdu was the world's earliest paper money --- Jiaozi, which played a great role in promoting the economic development at that time; after the Song Dynasty, with the further southward shift of the national economic center of gravity, Chengdu has been better developed.
However, regarding the origin of the name "Chengdu", why is it called "Chengdu" and what is the meaning? It's been confusing people.
First, a brief analysis of the origin of the name "Chengdu"
From ancient times to the present, there are many theories about the origin of the name "Chengdu". There are records about it in many ancient books and classics, one of which is based on the "Classic of Mountains and Seas": there is a mountain named "Chengdu Zaitian", which believes that this mountain is "Chengshan", "Chenghou Mountain", named after the "Chenghou" of the ancient Shu Kingdom, and Chengdu is the name of the Chenghou of the Ancient Shu Kingdom for his residence, and gradually it has been called "Chengdu";
Later, some people pointed out that the relationship between the so-called "Chenghou" and "Chengdu Zaitian" is very far-fetched, because they come from different chapters of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", which shows that it is very absurd, and the scholar Sun Hua once said: The ancient Shu royal family is the enlightened clan, and it is believed that the enlightened emperor Ao Ling is the different writing of the Chongdi Ao Ling, that is, Chongbo, and the chongbo is good at building the city, and the city cast is called "Chongyong", that is, the "Book of Poetry, Daya Huangyi"; the name of Yizhou in the new Mangshi is Yongbu, and there is a Yongcheng clan that can build a city in ancient times, so Chengdu is "Cheng" is the "Cheng" of "Yongcheng", the meaning of the word Chengdu is the place where adults live, or the place where the Yongcheng or Enlightened clans live, this statement is undoubtedly very far-fetched, and the "Chongyong" of the "Book of Poetry and Huangyi" is clearly in the middle of the Guanzhong Plain in present-day Shaanxi, and it is unlikely that these will be linked in time and space.
There is also a saying that the name of "Chengdu" was given after the Qin destroyed the Shu state, this name was obtained by the conquerors, its meaning is mainly reflected in the military, as the conqueror Qin State, the name "Chengdu", contains elements of the Central Plains culture. The name "Chengdu" came from because of the military connotation of the word "Cheng", which has a lot to do with the military strategy of the Qin State in conquering the ancient Shu State, and the meaning embodied in the "Cheng" character composed of "Ding" and "Ge" can make the conqueror get psychological satisfaction.
However, there is still a problem, the Qin state has destroyed too many tribes and countries, why can not find other regions named for psychological satisfaction. It is conceivable that this statement is not very credible, in the "Records of History" recorded that during the period of King Chu Wei, the Chu general Zhuang Xiao went up along the Xun River, at this time, shu land was already under the jurisdiction of the Chu state, with qin shi huang unified the world, the territory that originally belonged to the chu state was subject to the jurisdiction of the qin state, and after qin shi huang issued the order of "the same book, the car is on the same track", gradually all places in accordance with the Qin language and semantics, in other words, the word "Chengdu" was put forward by the people of the ancient Shu state early on. Then it was passed down according to the phonetic semantics of the Qin State.
Second, about the name and origin of the "Chengdu" lake
The word "du" was a polysemantic word in ancient times, but these meanings were derived from the settlement of Chengyi, which is similar to people's understanding of "du" today, and the ancient "du" also has the meaning of lake water body. For example, when explaining the "Suicheng" of Linshui, it said: "The capital of Mizusawa is called the city of Shuize, and the name of the city is also known as Shui", from the modern map, Chengdu and its vicinity obviously do not have a natural large water system. However, according to the annals of history, it was found.
Before the Tang Dynasty and earlier, there was a large lake system around Chengdu, which is the most famous and large-scale "Dianchi Lake", which is recorded in detail in the "Dianchi Lake" in the "Examination of the Chengdu Plain". In the Western Han Dynasty Yang Xiong's "Shu DuFu" also recorded the content of "Dianchi", that is: "In the west there are salt springs, iron smelting, orange forests, Tongling, Andian Dianchi, and the waves are scattered."
In modern times, through the analysis of the bud powder of the Jinsha River site in Chengdu, the ancient vegetation in the site area is dominated by herbaceous plants, and the local area is a low-lying wetland, with a large number of wet-loving vegetation, which also largely supports the fact that this area was a low-lying area of water accumulation before, and it is recorded in the "Shuowen Shuibu" that :Tuo, the river flows beiye, out of minshan, don't be Tuo. From the water, it sounds".
From the meaning of this passage, it can be analyzed that the meaning of "Tuo" refers to the waterway or tributary of the ancient Yangtze River (present-day Minjiang) on the Chengdu Plain, and it is recorded in many documents that in ancient times, "Tuo" and "Du" were common kanji, and have been used all the time, "Tuojiang" can also be written as "Dujiang", in summary, considering that the two names of "Dianchi" and "Chengdu" are pronounced similarly, and there are examples of Liancheng, so it is reasonable to say that Chengdu, as the main settlement at the edge of Dianchi Lake, its name should be transformed from the name of the Dianchi Lake water body. The reason for this change should be caused by the fact that most of the ancient Shu state at that time had only language and no writing.
Iii. Analysis of "Chengdu" as the name of the settlement
In the final analysis, Chengdu is called "Chengdu" because it can be used as a gathering place for people. As mentioned above, the "capital" of the southwest during the qin and Han dynasties in ancient China was called a place with water.
From the perspective of China's long history, when the "capital" appears, it generally represents the national center at that time, or a city that cannot be underestimated, or a local domain name. In general, are people gathered, living places, throughout the history of the development of the character can be found that the ancients in the creation of Chinese characters are very exquisite, Chinese characters are typical hieroglyphs, but in the later development process in order to facilitate memory, dissemination and simplified, which to a certain extent makes the pictogram of Chinese characters less obvious. However, by tracing the origin of chinese characters, it can be found that the origin of the word "Chengdu" has considerable reference, when the Qin Dynasty destroyed Shu, a series of rules were carried out on the Shu state, and a large number of Qin residents moved into Shu land, which had a great impact on the original economy and culture of Shu land.
The Qin Dynasty's rule over Shudi was not only territorial control, but also a deeper conquest of the cultural field of Shudi. When the Qin people lived together with the people of Shudi, they had a profound impact on them subtly. Over time, shudi went farther and farther in the culture determined by the Qin people.
epilogue
Through the interpretation of "Chengdu" place names, we can find that it is indeed not an easy task to scientifically and reasonably explain the place names that appeared in the early stages of China's history, it often involves many aspects of history, geography, language and writing, etc. The meaning of some ancient place names is inexplicable and controversial, often because researchers have not fully understood the historical, geographical, linguistic and written issues related to them. On the contrary, the meaning of some ancient place names has been cracked and confirmed, which can often help us to understand some related historical, geographical, linguistic and writing issues in a deeper way, for example, the above conclusion that Chengdu is named after Dianchi Lake can make us have a new understanding of the ancient natural environment of the Chengdu Plain, the ancient ethnic history of the southwest region, and the national language.
For another example, the location of Chengdu in the Han Dynasty has always been controversial in the academic circles, some say that it is in Sichuan Hanyuan, and some say that it is in Sichuan Yanyuan. Knowing the meaning of the place name "Du", then there is no doubt that the location of the capital is in the present-day Salt Source. For another example, today's Sichuan Basin area of the unique place name "Tuo" general dictionary interprets the "Tuo" in the river can be stopped in the inlet, and is not clear about its meaning source, in fact, this Tuo character, when it is the ancient southwest region "pool" place name modern residue, because the Tuo character not only basically retains the ancient pronunciation of the word "pool" in the southwest region, moreover, the inlet in the river that can stop the boat generally belongs to the stagnant river section with slower flow rate and wider water surface, which is obviously similar to the meaning of "pool".
The origin and analysis of the word "Chengdu" can not only provide further support for the new understanding of the history of ethnic groups in the southwest region in recent years, but also add new connotations to the naming theory of traditional Chinese toponymy, such as "du" and other hidden lake names, which should be a very special category of place names "named for water" in ancient China.