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There are 8 counties and districts in Hebei Province that have the word "river" in their place names, namely Xinhe, Qinghe, Shahe, Hejian, Sanhe, Xianghe, and the canal areas of Beidaihe District and Cangzhou City. There are 2 counties and districts in Hebei Province that have "water" in the place name, namely Xushui District and Laishui County in Baoding City, where "Xushui" is generally considered to be the Caohe River in Xushui.
In addition, Hebei also has Guyuan County and Laiyuan County, two counties with the word "source", as the name suggests, Guyuan County is the source of Gushui, laiyuan County is the source of Laishui. Laiyuan County was originally named Guangchang County, but was later renamed to distinguish it from Guangchang County in Jiangxi. At that time, officials inspected that this was the source of Laishui and renamed the county "Laiyuan".
Guyuan County is named Guyuan because the territory is the source of The Gushui. Gushui is actually the White River, a river in the upper reaches of the Chaobai River.
The approximate location of Pingquan City in Hebei Province
In addition to the place names with the character "River", there are also many place names in Hebei that have the "Three Points of Water", which is a side county, including Fengrun, Luanzhou, Luanping, Luannan, Shuangluan District, Qinhuangdao Harbor District, Xiangxian County, Linzhang County, Jize County, Renze District, Lianchi District, Mancheng District, Qingyuan District, Zhuozhou City, Zhuolu County, Botou City, Cang County, Yongqing County, Shenzhou City, etc.
Among them, the names of fengrun, mancheng, qingyuan, zhuolu, and yongqing counties have nothing to do with water. Fengrun was originally called Yongjiwu and Fengrun, but during Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, he changed Fengrun to Fengrun. Mancheng is said to be a clerical error of the old name "Pucheng", and some people believe that it is related to Mancheng, descendants of the Zhang Cang family of the Marquis of Beiping. The name qingyuan has a longer history, and some sources show that during the Han Dynasty, there were Qingyuan Pavilions in the local area. Zhuolu is named after Zhuolu Mountain in the territory. Yongqing County got its name from the Tang Xuanzong Tianbao period, and is said to be based on the meaning "Desert Yongqing" and the desire for peace, but this statement is controversial in later generations.
The four counties and districts with the word "Luan" in luanzhou and other place names are all related to the Luan River Valley. The harbor area and Botou City, as the name suggests, are home to the harbor and the inner harbor of the river. It is said that the name of the ancient sha county was changed, and it is also said that it was named because of the need to wade across the Zhanghe River. Both Jize County and Renze District are related to ancient lakes.
Jize County is named "Jize" because there are many rivers in the territory, artificial breeding and wild chickens and ducks. Renze District was originally named Ren County, which is located in the location of the ancient lake Mainland Ze, which was later renamed Renze District.
Zhuozhou is named after the river in its territory. The other Lotus Pond District is named after the ancient Lotus Pond, a famous attraction in Baoding City, which is similar to an artificial lake. The reason for the name of Shenzhou is recorded in the "Record of Shenzhou Customs" edited by Wu Rulun, which originally said that during the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui, Shenzhou was set up in Anping, named after the "Old Deep Pond" in the west of the city.
In addition, Cangxian is named after the original Cangzhou downgraded to a county. The "Cangzhou" here takes the meaning of the nearby Canghai, and the earliest name can be traced back to the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Wu Rulun
Linzhang County was originally named Yi County, which was named after Sima Yi in the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty in order to avoid emperor Sima Yi. Near the Zhanghe River also.
In addition, there are some counties and districts in Hebei that do not have the word "water" or "river" in their names, but are also related to water. For example, Gaoyang County (The Sun of the High River), Yangyuan County (Yanghe Noyuan), Boye (Boshui Noye), Yi County (Yishui River), Kangbao County (within the territory of Kangba noor Lake), Wen'an County (within the territory of Wen'an Lake).
Zhu Yuanzhang
Hebei also has a county-level city with the word "Quan" in its place name, that is, Pingquan City. According to the records of the local geographical names of Rehe, because there is a local spring named "Pingquan", the spring does not freeze in winter, so the name of the county was named after it.
In addition, Cangzhou also has a Haixing County, which was named by Gao Shuxun, a rebel general and vice governor of Hebei Province. The county was almost named Xiaoshan County, but Gao Shuxun later proposed to name the newly established county "Haixing" in the sense of "thriving by (because) of the sea".
Gao Shuxun (third from right)
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