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What's the name of Guilin?
There are two reasons for the origin of the name Guilin:

1. According to the Biography of Historical Records in South Vietnam, in the thirty-third year (2 14), Qin Shihuang unified Lingnan, and "set Guilin, Nanhai and Xiang Jun as disciples, and at the age of thirteen he followed Yue Za". Analysis of the First Year of Wu Ganlu in the Three Kingdoms (265) The southern part of Lingling County is located in Shi 'an County, which belongs to Jingzhou, and the county is now in Guilin. In the Tang Dynasty, Shi 'an County was restructured and renamed Guizhou and Lingui, but people used to call it Guilin.

2. The name of "Guilin" began in the Qin Dynasty, and Guilin County is famous for its rich jade laurel, which is the earliest origin of the name of "Guilin".

Guilin is named after many osmanthus trees and osmanthus trees. Formerly known as Bagui and Guizhou, it is one of the first national historical and cultural cities and one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization.

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The development history of Guilin;

In the Yuan Dynasty, it was changed to Jingjiang Road, Zhongshu Province, Guangxi, so Guilin was also called "Jingjiang" in the Southern Song and Yuan Dynasties.

In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Shouqian, the nephew of Zhu Yuanzhang, was made King of Jingjiang, a vassal state of Guilin. In the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (AD 372), the government was established. In the fifth year of Hongwu, the Ming government changed Jingjiang to Guilin, and the third-level local government, namely the political department, the government and the county, was still located in Guilin.

In Qing Dynasty, Guilin was still the political and cultural center of Guangxi.

In the Republic of China, it belonged to Guangxi Province, and 19 14 was renamed Guilin County. From June 1944,165438+/kloc-0 to July 28th, 1945 was occupied by Japanese invaders. After the recovery, it was still a city under the jurisdiction of Guangxi Province, and it was Guangxi Province for a long time in the history of the Republic of China.

1949165438+1October 22nd, Guilin was liberated and was a municipality under the jurisdiction of Guangxi province. 1958 was renamed as Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which governs the urban and suburban areas of Guilin. 1981July,19831kloc-0/October, Yangshuo County and Lingui County were respectively under the jurisdiction of Guilin City. On February 26th, with the approval of the State Council, 1996 65438, Guilin implemented partial division adjustment and renamed its suburb as Yanshan District, 65438+.

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