Stone City, Yue City, Jinling...
Roughly calculated, there are more than ten other names for Nanjing.
Nanjing has a history of nearly 2600 years of founding and nearly 500 years of capital building.
Such a city with deep historical and cultural heritage, in addition to the name Nanjing, do you know how many other alternative names?
Yecheng: In the late Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Wangfuchai built an earthen city on a small earthen hill west of present-day Nanjing, which was the earliest earthen city in Nanjing. Because at that time, the southwest copper well in Nanjing was rich in copper, tin and aluminum mines, which were indispensable raw materials for casting bronze weapons, so it was called Yecheng.
Wang Youjun and Xie Taifu jointly ascended Yecheng. Xie Youran thought far and wide, and had the ambition of Gao Shi.
Yuecheng: In 472 BC, after the Yue King destroyed Wu, he ordered Fan Li to build the city outside the Zhonghua Gate in present-day Nanjing, known in history as "YueCheng".
Jinlingyi: In 333 BC, Xiong Shang, the king of Chuwei, wanted to use the Yangtze River Graben as a barrier to plot against the world, so he built a city in the "stone" along the Qiaoli River and set up Jinlingyi. The Tang Dynasty "Jiankang Shilu" records: "Because of the mountain number, set up Jinlingyi". It is said that when the king of Chu Wei had a royal spirit in his land, he buried gold to town it, so he was called Jinling.
Jinling Jindu hillhouse, a night of pedestrians can be worried. In the tidal sunset night river oblique moon, two or three star fires are Guazhou.
Wang Maolou shiped down to Yizhou, and the Jinling King's qi was eclipsed. Chihiro's iron lock sinks to the bottom of the river, and a piece of stone descends out of it.
Moling: After Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, Moling County was established, which has always been the political, economic and cultural center of Jiangnan.
The terrain of Gangfu lian stone, visit the old old, Yun xi huang qin shi huang east tour will audit through this county, looking forward to the qi of yun jinling terrain has the qi of the king of the capital, so dig up the gang, changed the name of Moling. The present place has its own existence, the earth has its qi, and the destiny of heaven should be the capital.
Liu Bei once sent Zhuge Liang to Beijing, because he saw Moling Mountain Fu, and sighed: 'Chung Shan Dragon Pan, Stone Tiger, this emperor's residence'.
Stone City: In 212, Sun Quan of the State of Wu moved to Moling and built a city on the original site of Jinlingyi on Stone Mountain, renaming it Stone City. Stone City guards the dangerous points of the Yangtze River and is a place where soldiers must fight. In the broad sense, Stone City is another name for today's Nanjing, and in a narrow sense, it refers to the Stone Mountain Stone City in the west of the old city of Nanjing.
The mountain is surrounded by the homeland, and the tide empties the city and returns to loneliness. In the old days and months east of Huaishui, the female wall came late at night.
Jianye: In 212, Sun Quan renamed the Moling Tombs to Jianye, implying "the great cause of establishing the emperor".
I would rather drink Jianye water than Wuchang fish. Ning also died in Jianye, not only Wuchangju.
Jianye controls Jingkou, Jinling money vicissitudes. The King's family is near Qinhuai, facing the Stone City.
In the light rain of the Chu River, when Jianye was twilight. The desert sails come heavy, and the birds of the underworld go late.
Jianye: Sima Yan, emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, changed Jianye back to Moling. By 282, with the Qinhuai River as the boundary, the south side of the water as the Moling, and the north of the water set up Jianye, Yi is the city of Yi, which is the birthplace of the Sima clan, which means not to forget the homeland.
Jiankang: In 313, during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, because the Jin Emperor was named Sima Yi, in order to avoid the emperor's secrets, it was rebuilt into Jiankang. In 317, Sima Rui's regime took Jiankang as its capital and built Dongfu City in the east. After that, the Southern Dynasty Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen were all capitals in Jiankang.
Linjiang: In the first year of the Western Jin Dynasty, Linjiang County was placed in the southwest of Jianye County.
Jiangning: In the second year of Taikang, Linjiang County was changed to Jiangning County. The name Jiangning came from this.
Southern Langya Commandery: During the Reign of Emperor Yuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Southern Langya County was established.
Danyang: During the Sui Dynasty, present-day Baixia District first belonged to Jiangning County, Jiangzhou, and later Jiangzhou was changed to Danyang County.
Danyang Guoli sent off the boat, and he did not know the autumn of the two places. On the evening of the day, the south of the river looks north and south, and the jackdaw flies through the water.
Baixia: Before the Tang Dynasty, "Baixia" specifically referred to the area around Baishilei under Baishi Mountain.
After a few years of dry work under the white, the west wind drifted into the dream. The broken bridge plum willow is not old, and the ancient temple bell fish is victorious before.
Shangyuan: In the second year of Tang Shangyuan, Jiangning County was changed to Shangyuan County.
Shengzhou: During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Yang Long, the king of Wu, built the city of Shengzhou, and later divided the Qinhuai River into Shangyuan and Jiangning.
Jiqing: In 1329, Kang Road was rebuilt as Jiqing Road.
YingTian: In 1356, Zhu Yuanzhang captured Jiqing and changed Jiqing Road to Ying tianfu.
Nanjing: In the nineteenth year of Ming Yongle, Ming Chengzu moved north, taking Beijing as the capital division, restoring the name of Nanjing as the capital. Abolish Shangyuan and Jiangning Counties.
Tianjing: In 1853 AD, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom set its capital in Nanjing, called Tianjing. The following year, the Heavenly King's Mansion was built.
To sum up, Nanjing has 44 former names
Pre-Qin period: Yuecheng, Fanlicheng, Jinlingyi, Moling County
Qin and Han Dynasties: Moling, Xuanting County, Stone City
Six Dynasties period: Jianye, Jianye, Jiankang
Sui and Tang Dynasties: Huaide County, Fei County, Jiangzhou, Jiangning, Naturalization
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period: Jinling, Baixia, Jiangning County, Shengzhou, Shangyuan, Shengzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Jiangning County, Jinling Province, Xidu, Jiangning Province
Song and Yuan Dynasties: Jiangnan East Road, Jiankang Province, Jiankang Road, Jiqing Road, Ying tianfu
Ming and Qing dynasties: Jingshi, Xingzai, Peidu, Nanming, Jiangnan Province, Jiangnan Right Cloth Envoy Division, Jiangning Cloth Envoy, Tianjing, Nanjing Prefecture, Jinling Province
During the Republic of China period: Nanjing, Nanjing City Hall, Nanjing Special City, Capital Special City.