What are the nicknames of Beijing with a history of 3,000 years?

Beijing has the largest ancient palace complex in the world, such as the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Royal Garden Beihai, the Royal Garden Summer Palace and the Yuanmingyuan. There is also the Badaling Great Wall in Beijing, with endless winding steps one after another, leading to white clouds like a ladder. So, what are the nicknames of Beijing full of history? Let Beijing culture tell you.

Beijing is an ancient capital with a history of more than 3000 years. It has different titles in different dynasties, with roughly more than 20 nicknames.

Yan Dou, according to historical records, was given the title of Emperor Yu Yao after the destruction of Shang Dynasty in BC 1 1 century, and later made its capital Sioux City and sealed it in Yan. 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".

At sunset, it first appeared in the Book of Jin. Yingchuan is very close to Jindu Luoyang, so it is called sunset. Later, when Wang Bo, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote Preface to Wang Teng-ting, he said that "the sunset looks at Chang 'an, and the cloud refers to Wu Hui" and applied it to this allusion. Since then, it has been called "sunset".

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.

Beijing, before the first year of Tianbao of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (742), called the capital Chang 'an as the capital, and then it was generally called the capital. After Beijing became the capital, it was also called the capital.

In the first year of Emperor Taizong of Liao Dynasty (938), Nanjing, also known as Yanjing, upgraded the original Youzhou to Youdu House as the capital of Liao country. The capital of Liao was in Beijing at that time.

Most of them were rebuilt in the Yuan Dynasty, centering on the Golden Palace and the present Beihai Park. Yuan Shizu changed its name to Dadu in the 9th year of Yuan Dynasty (1272), commonly known as Dadu in Yuan Dynasty.

Beiping was 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.

Beijing, the first year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (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.

Shi Jing moved his capital to Beijing in the 18th year of Yongle (1420), and was renamed Shi Jing in the Qing Dynasty.

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