About 7000 years ago, villages began to form in Changsha. Changsha, as a place name, has been recorded for more than 3000 years. At present, it is impossible to determine when it originated, but it has been recorded for the longest time in the provincial capital cities of China. According to the Book of the King of Yizhou, Luoyi was successfully built at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, and governors from all sides came to congratulate it. There is a kind of "Changsha turtle" in the tribute, which is the earliest record of the place name of "Changsha" in historical books. More than two thousand years ago, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Changsha began to build cities on a large scale. However, when the names of Changsha originated is still inconclusive. To be sure, it is even older than the record of "Changsha Turtle". Moreover, the name of Changsha has never changed, and the city site has not moved, which is unique among the capital cities of China.
Is Chengdu later than Changsha?
Three or four thousand years ago, which is equivalent to the early Xia Dynasty, ancient Shu ancestors gradually migrated from the western Sichuan Plateau along the Minjiang River Valley to the Chengdu Plain, where a highly developed Sanxingdui civilization has been formed. At the end of the Zhou Dynasty, Wang Mingkai IX of Shu moved the capital from Pixian to Chengdu, where he lived for one year, two years as the city and three years as Chengdu, hence the name "Chengdu". In the ninth year of Qin Huiwen (3 16), Shu was destroyed by Qin, and Chengdu County was located in the old capital area. In the fourteenth year of Qin Huiwen and Wang (the first 3 1 1), Qin people imitated Xianyang and built their capital. In the thirty-eighth year of Zhou Nanwang (277 BC), the Qin people began to set Shu County as the land of Shu and Chengdu as the county seat. More than two thousand years have passed, and the name of Chengdu has not changed, and the city site has not moved.
As a city name, "Nanjing" belongs to the Ming Dynasty.
In 472 BC, Gou Jian, King of Yue, built a city under Yuhuatai, which was called "Yuecheng". This is the earliest castle record in Nanjing, with a history of 2470 years. However, "Nanjing", as a city name, belongs to the Ming Dynasty. 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang (Ming Taizu) captured Qing Ji, established the Ming Dynasty, and made its capital here as Yingtianfu capital. In the 19th year of Yongle (142 1), Ming Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing (Beijing's palace and official residence were modeled after Nanjing's system), and Tianfu was changed to Nanjing (staying in Beijing). The name Nanjing has been used for 586 years, and there are still six institutions. Nanjing was once called Yecheng, Yuecheng, Jinling, Moling, Shicheng, Jianye, Jiankang, Baixia, Shangyuan, Shengzhou, Jiangning, Qing Ji, Yingtian and Tianjing in history.
Taiyuan in Sui Dynasty is today's Taiyuan.
At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Dong An, Zhao Tongzi's retainer, built Jinyang City in Jinyuan Town, southwest of Taiyuan. In 22 1 BC, Qin Shihuang unified China and divided it into 36 counties, among which Taiyuan County was located in Jinyang (not today's Taiyuan). Qin is called Jinyang County. After overlapping for taiyuan county, rule and state. The expansion of the western jin dynasty. During the Northern Qi Dynasty, a new city was built on the east bank of the river, and Longshan County was built in the old city. The Sui Dynasty regarded Longshan as Jinyang and Jinyang as Taiyuan.
As a city name, "Xi 'an" is only 638 years old.
BC 1046, Zhou was established after the Shang Dynasty was destroyed, with its capital in Gao (now east of Fenghe River in Chang 'an, Shaanxi Province, not in Jin 'an). In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu (202 BC), Liu Bang began to rebuild the palace on the south bank of Weihe River, the north side of Epang Palace and Qinxingle Palace, and named it Changle Palace. In the seventh year of Emperor Gaozu (the first 200 years), Weiyang Palace was built. In the same year, the capital moved from Quercus Yangcheng to this place. Because it is located in Chang 'an Township, it is named Chang 'an City. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established Jing to govern Chang 'an, which was relocated for historical reasons, but it was generally near An and Xianyang in Shaanxi, China. In A.D. 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing. The following spring, General Xu Da captured Fengyuan Road and renamed it An, meaning to settle the northwest. Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of Ming Dynasty, appointed his second son as King of Qin and stationed in Xi 'an. The King of Qin took Chang 'an, the imperial city of the Tang Dynasty, as the foundation of the new city and expanded outward, forming Xi 'an today.
In history, An was called Chang 'an, and there were other names such as Da 'an House (Hou Liang), Jingzhao House (Later Tang Dynasty), Shaanxi Road (Song Dynasty), Anxi Road (Yuan) and Fengyuan Road (Yuan). Chang 'an, the predecessor of Xi 'an, has a history of more than 2,000 years, and "Xi 'an" as a city name is only 638 years.
The place name "Beijing" only appeared 604 years ago.
In 65438 BC+0045 BC (Western Zhou Dynasty), Beijing began to build a city, which has a history of more than 2000 years. It was first recorded as "thistle". In BC 1045, Beijing became the capital of thistle, swallow and other vassal States; In 226 BC (Qin Dynasty), Qin Shihuang captured Ji Cheng, one of the 36 counties. 1368 (Ming dynasty), the Ming dynasty replaced the yuan dynasty and renamed most of it Beiping. 1403, Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty renamed Beiping as Beijing. During the Kuomintang rule,