Beijing has experienced many dynasties, and different dynasties have different names:
1, Yan Dou
According to historical records, it was sealed in Yan in BC 1 122, after the Shang Dynasty was destroyed. Yan Dou is named after being the capital of ancient 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".
2. Youzhou
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.
3. Beijing
The capital refers to the national capital. After Beijing becomes the national capital, it is also called the capital.
4. Nanjing
In the first year of Emperor Taizong of Liao Dynasty (938), the original Youzhou was upgraded to Youdu House, and Nanjing, also known as Yanjing, was built as the capital of Liao country. The capital of Liao was in Beijing at that time.
Most of them are five.
In the Yuan Dynasty, the new town was rebuilt around the Golden Palace and the present Beihai Park. In the 9th year of Yuan Dynasty (1272), Yuan Shizu was renamed Dadu, commonly known as Dadu in Yuan Dynasty.
6. Beiping In the first year of Hongwu in the 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.
7. In the first year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty in Beijing (1403), after Judy Yongle, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, ascended the throne, he changed the fief of Beiping to Shuntianfu, built Beijing City, and prepared to move the capital here. This is the beginning of the official naming of Beijing with a history of more than 600 years.
8. Shi Jing
Ming Chengzu moved to Beijing in the 18th year of Yongle (1420) and renamed it Shi Jing until the Qing Dynasty.
9. In the Republic of China, Jingzhao abandoned Shuntianfu and placed Jingzhao in the middle of Zhili, covering most of Beijing today. In the seventeenth year of the Republic of China (1928), Jingzhao was abolished and Beijing was changed to Beiping.
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Since 1 153, Beijing has experienced gold, yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, which lasted more than 800 years and has been in the position of the capital. Therefore, it got various nicknames, such as Chang 'an, Chunming, Rixia, Jinghua, Doumen, Dizhou, Platform, Wangcheng, Huangzhou Chen Yuan, Tiandu, Yujing and Shenjing. So looking at the cities with a long history in the world, Beijing is the city with the most historical names in the world.
There are about 60 proper names and nicknames in Beijing, which can be said to be the city with the most historical names in the world. Beijing is located at the northwest end of North China Plain. There was primitive activity here 500 thousand years ago.
At that time, "Beijingers" left people rich cultural relics, but did not leave place names. Beijing was called a mausoleum in ancient times; The Xia dynasty called Jizhou; Zhou dynasty called thistle; The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were called Yan; Shu Qin Yang Guang and Yu Yang; The Western Han Dynasty set up a secluded state; It was widely owned and hacked in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Northern Wei Dynasty called Yan County; Sui reform; Tang changed to Fanyang County; Liao changed to a secluded capital; Yuan dynasty called Dadu; The first year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1403) was called Beijing. 142 1 changed its name to Shi Jing; It was called Beijing in the Qing Dynasty. 1928, Beijing changed to Beiping.
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the title of Beijing was restored. These names are just common names. Besides, Beijing is also known as Wanping, Yanshan Mansion, Shengdu and Kan Ballouk in history.
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