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Karamay 1

Karamay is a city in Xinjiang, China, which means "black oil" in Uighur. Karamay is a city named after oil, and its name comes from a group of natural asphalt hills in the northeast corner of the city-Black Oil Mountain. Karamay is the first large-scale oil field explored and developed after the founding of New China. In 2002, its crude oil output exceeded100000 tons, making it the first large oil field in western China with a crude oil output of100000 tons.

2. Pingyao (ancient pottery)

Pingyao was called ancient pottery in ancient times. The original site is Qiaotou Village, Pingyao. According to legend, Huangdi won the battle between Yandi and Huangdi in Hanquan, established the status of Huangdi as the co-owner of the world, and ordered the world to be closed. One day, the Yellow Emperor visited Qiaotou Village in Pingyao along Fenhe River and found that the scenery was unique not far away, but there was smoke everywhere. After landing, it was found that this place (now Pingyao du cun) made pottery on a large scale, which was named as.

3. Yan Shi

Yanshi was named after Zhou Wuwang conquered the East in 1 1 century BC, and seven dynasties, namely Xia, Shang, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin and Northern Wei, successively built cities here. There are Erlitou Xiadu Brick Site, Xianggou Mall Site, Luoyang Ancient City Site of Han and Wei Dynasties and Tang Palace Mausoleum. Yanshi is also the starting point of Hakka ancestors' first southward migration and one of the eastern starting points of the Silk Road.

4. Chibi

Chibi city was called Puyin in in ancient times, which originated from Puyin County established by Wu Dong Huang Wu in the Three Kingdoms period. It is named after the lake is rich in cattail (the material of ancient futon weaving) to form a market. 1May, 986, with the approval of the State Council, Puyin County was withdrawn from the county to set up a city, which was managed by Xianning City. 1June 1998, renamed chibi city.

5. Hefei

Hefei is an ancient city with a history of more than 2,000 years, so it is named because both Donghe Feihe River and Nanhe Feihe River originated here. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, Li Daoyuan wrote "Notes on Water Classics": "It is applied to fertilizer, so it is called Hefei". It means that the place where South Feishui meets North Feishui is called Hefei.