Geographical trivia - the meaning of the abbreviation of the provinces 1. Henan (豫). There are elephants here, three thousand years ago, the land in Henan was warm and humid, there were many elephants, and the story of Cao Chong calling the elephants was about to start

Geographical trivia – the meaning of abbreviations for provinces

1. Henan (Yu). Three thousand years ago, the land in Henan was warm and humid, and there were many elephants, and the story of Cao Chong calling an elephant took place in Xuchang, Henan. Yu's oracle bone means a man holding an elephant.

2. Fujian (Fujian). The interpretation of "闽" in the commentary is as follows: "Min, Southeast Vietnam, snake species, from insects, door sounds".

The so-called snake species are actually clans that believe in the snake god. "Worm", through the "snake" solution, refers to the Minyue people's door to worship snakes, with snakes as a totem.

3. Sichuan (Shu). The word "Shu" in the oracle bone is a flesh bug with large eyes and squirming like a silkworm, the upper part is its protruding head, and the lower part is its coiled body. This insect refers to the larvae of all moths and butterflies, that is, wild silkworms. That is to say, ancient Sichuan produced wild silkworms.