Before the Qing Dynasty, Yangliuqing Town was subordinate to Zhangwu, Pingshu, Lucheng, Wuqing, Jinghai and Tianjin. During the Republic of China, it belonged to Tianjin County. After its establishment, People's Republic of China (PRC) was subordinate to Hebei Province, Tianjin area of Hebei Province, Jinghai County, Nankai District of Tianjin and the western suburbs of Tianjin (now renamed Xiqing District).
It used to be a north-south water transport hub and a trade distribution center. It has been a thousand years since the town was founded in the Jin Dynasty, and it has gone through the Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic dynasties.
The name of Yangliuqing Town comes from three sources:
One said, "You and Liu said". That is, from Jingdezhen to Yuanfeng in the Song Dynasty (1004- 1085), the Yellow River burst northward, forming a "triangle lake" (Dongdian) in the north of the town, and the rivers and lakes in the territory flowed eastward again, named "Liukou". Song Bing set up a "river defense line" along the river boundary (now Daqing River) and planted willows all over. This is the eastern end, also known as "Liukou" because of the dense willows. After vicissitudes of life and historical Zen, it was gradually renamed as "Yangliuqing". Second, "celebrities leave messages." That is to say, in the third year of Yuan Dynasty (1343), there was a scholar who traveled here and saw willows everywhere and flowing water, and the scenery was like Suzhou and Hangzhou, because he wrote a poem "Yangliuqing Ballad". Among them, there is a saying that "the willow river is yellow and the reeds on both sides are long", hence the name "Yangliuqing". Third, "the royal gift was given by the king." That is to say, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went down to Jiangnan and walked along the Canal (South Canal) to this place. He saw willows flourishing on both sides, and asked the accompanying minister liuyong where he was. Liu Yong casually replied as "Yangliuqing", and Gan Long also nodded and said: "Yangliuqing!" The accompanying local officials spread, and the name of "Yangliuqing" town came into being. Because there is a saying that "the royal gift is from the king."
Regarding the meaning of the name of Yangliuqing town, there are two different interpretations of the word "Liu": one is "Liu", which generally refers to willow. The other is to separate the two words, saying that "Yang" is poplar and "Liu" is willow. According to Modern Chinese Dictionary, these two explanations are correct. However, when used in the name of Yangliuqing town, it generally refers to willow, not poplar and willow. It is an indisputable fact that the ancients used to call Vitamin "willow". For example, there is a saying in an ancient poem that "wild Liu Suifeng dances, and fine peach blossoms chase the water". The word "willow" here refers to willow, as opposed to the word "peach blossom" in other sentences. Another example is "Lu hangs upside down and weeping willows" in "Water Margin", which means that there are willows among willows, not a Yang Yi willow. Judging from the actual situation in Yangliuqing, it was Song Bing who planted willow trees on the riverbank, so it was named "Liukou", which obviously had nothing to do with poplar trees. Although there are poplars in Yangliuqing area, we can't mistakenly explain "Liu Yang" by dividing it into poplars and willows.