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Why is Pingdingshan called Pingdingshan?
There is a mountain called Pingdingshan in Pingdingshan City, which is located in the north of the city. The reason why it is called Pingdingshan is very simple. It is because the top of the mountain is flat, unlike other sharp hills, so it is named Pingdingshan. Now a garden has been built on the top of the mountain, which is called the Peak Garden.

Pingdingshan City is adjacent to Funiu Mountain in the west and Huanghuai Plain in the east. It was named Pingdingshan City because the peaks around the north of the city are flat and flat. The city has a total area of 79 10 square kilometers and a population of 4.96 million, mainly Han nationality.

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, today, Pingdingshan's response to the country took the eagle as its totem, so Pingdingshan was nicknamed Eagle City. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius and Ye Gong Shen Zhuliang discussed ethnic policies in Ye Yi (now Ye County). Later generations took the city as their surname and called it Ye's. Ye County in Pingdingshan is the birthplace of Ye surname.

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1, Pingdingshan is ancient Britain, Britain takes the eagle as the totem, and "eagle" and "eagle" celebrate festivals, so Pingdingshan is also called Eagle City. Pingdingshan was the land of Yuzhou in ancient times.

2. The Yin and Shang Dynasties were the Yi and Jie tribes.

3. The Western Zhou Dynasty was a fief of King Wu's imperial clan.

4. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, they belonged to Korea, Wei, Jin, Zheng and Chu.

5. After the unification of Qin Dynasty, Pingdingshan belonged to Yingchuan County, Sanchuan County and Nanyang County.

6. The Han Dynasty changed Sanchuan County to Henan County, and the northern part still belongs to Yingchuan County.