Speaking of Danyang, many friends may think of Danyang, a county-level city in Jiangsu Province. However, at the junction of Nanjing, Jiangsu and Ma'anshan, Anhui, there is a town of Danyang. In order to distinguish the two places, Danyang Town is also known as "Little Danyang".
Don't look at Danyang Town is a town, but its origin is not small, and don't think that Danyang Town is the fame of Danyang City, the name of Danyang Town can be used longer than Danyang City.
With a history of more than 2,200 years, Danyang Town is the oldest town in Ma'anshan. Due to the special geographical environment of Danyang Town, it is the main road of water and land transportation, and it is a necessary place for Chu to enter Wu. During the Qin Dynasty, Danyang was established as a county and became one of the earliest organized counties. At that time, the county was very large, including Nanjing, Gaochun, Lishui, and Jiangning in present-day Jiangsu Province, and Wuhu, Hexian, Hanshan, Wuwei, Fanchang, Nanling and other vast areas in Anhui Province.
Danyang City in Jiangsu, although it has a long history, was not called Danyang at the beginning, but called Yunyang and Qu'a, and it was not until the Tang Dynasty that it began to be called "Danyang".
In the Western Jin Dynasty, Danyang County was divided into two counties, Danyang and Yuhu. During the Sui Dynasty, Dangtu County was established and abolished from Hu County, but Danyang County continued to remain. In the Tang Dynasty, Danyang County could not escape the fate of revocation and was incorporated into Dangtu County. A historical ancient county has thus withdrawn from the stage of history, leaving only the word "Danyang" drifting in the long river of history to this day.
The dramatic scene took place during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and the town of Danyang was divided into two parts by a small alley, with Jiangning County in Jiangsu Province (today's Jiangning District of Nanjing City) in the north and Dangtu County in Anhui Province (now Bowang District in Ma'anshan City) in the south. A town was divided into two provinces, which can really be described as "one foot on two towns, two chickens and two provinces".
The simultaneous existence of two Danyang towns constitutes a unique human geography phenomenon. However, the two towns have different sides in their development.
In 2004, Danyang Town, Anhui Province, merged with Xuejin Town, expanding the area under its jurisdiction and increasing its strength. In 2006, the town of Danyang in Jiangsu was abolished and merged into Hengxi Town (today's Hengxi Subdistrict). Although Danyang, Jiangsu, belongs to the municipal district of the provincial capital, it is located on the edge, relatively remote, and not the center of the organized town (street), and The status of Danyang is gradually weakened. Danyang Town in Anhui has been retained, and in 2012 Bowang District was established, Danyang Town is one of the three towns, which undoubtedly put Danyang Town on the fast track of development. In addition to the area of the industrial park, the town of Danyang Town in Anhui Province is larger than that of Danyang Town in Jiangsu Province.
Danyang, a historical ancient county, became a town, and then divided into different provinces, some disappeared, some continued to retain, lamenting the changes in history, the only word "Danyang" remained unchanged. (Source Network)