Another name for Beijing

Other nicknames of Beijing are: Ji Cheng, Youzhou, Yan Dou, Rixia, Youdu, Yanjing, Chunming, Jingcheng, Nanjing, Yanshan, Zhongdu, Daxing, Dadu, Kambaluk, Peiping, Shi Jing, Wanping, Jingzhao, Yangguang, Zhuo Jun, Fanyang, Xijin and Shuntianfu. Beijing is called "Jing" for short. Beijing is an ancient capital with a history of more than 3000 years. There are different titles in different dynasties.

Youzhou

Youzhou is one of the ancient Kyushu. The name of Youzhou was first seen in Shangshu Shundian: "Yan is called Youzhou." Youzhou was established in the Han, Wei, Jin and Tang Dynasties, and all of them ruled in today's Beijing area.

Yan dou

It is named after the ancient capital of Yan State. Among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, there is Yan State, which is said to be named after its proximity to Yanshan Mountain, and its capital is called "Yan Dou". It will be used as another name for Beijing in some ancient books in the future.

Kan Ballouk

In the Yuan Dynasty, most Mongolians called it Kan baruch, and Mongolians called it Khan City, where Khan lived. So after the Yuan Dynasty made Beijing its capital, it was also called Kan baruch, and Kyle Poirot called Dadu (Beijing) Kan baruch in his travel notes.

Peiping

In the first year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1368), after Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, in order to record the achievements of pacifying the North, most areas of the Yuan Dynasty were renamed Beiping.

Jingzhao

In the second year of the Republic of China (19 13), Shuntianfu was abandoned, and Jingzhao was placed in the middle of Zhili the following year, covering most of Beijing today. In the seventeenth year of the Republic of China, Jingzhao was abolished and Beijing was changed to Beiping.