Many people may be curious as to why their hometown has so many nicknames? In fact, in ancient China, the change of ownership, the arrival of a new king, or the reform of administrative regions could all be the reasons for name changes. For example, Wang Mang in the late Western Han Dynasty was a genius who changed his name. After he came to power, he was especially fond of antonyms. Kangfu in Shandong was changed by him to Shunfu, Guyuan County in Shangdang was changed to Gujin, and Yuli County in Taiyuan was changed to Yuhe.
However, when it comes to the level of naming, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in modern times is even more shocking than Wang Mang. Hong Xiuquan once "renamed" provinces across the country. Each one was more embarrassing than the last. Let's see what your hometown is called!
As a modern peasant uprising, the Taiping Rebellion quickly spread across the country in the 1950s. At its peak, it developed into Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces. , conquered more than 600 cities, but the ultimate failure can be seen from the name and restructuring alone. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom divided the administrative regions into three levels of "provinces, counties and counties". Although they did not occupy the whole country according to the initial plan, the general plan of 21 provinces has gradually determined their names.
When Hong Xiuquan founded the God-Worship Cult, he preached that everyone is equal. However, when he came to power, he also acted like a feudal emperor. The names of Hong Xiuquan and his son, as well as the five kings of the east, west, south, and north wings, All should be avoided.
At that time, Hubei and Hunan provinces were divided into Huguang Province and Xiangnan Province. As for the provincial capital Wuchang, it was changed to "Wu Xuan" to avoid the surname of the Northern King Wei Changhui. Two words.
Because the name of Shandong and Shanxi could not coincide with that of the Southern King Feng Yunshan, it was changed to the "Shan" of "Coral", which is "Shandong Province of Shanxi Province" , the two provinces that were originally distinguished by the Taihang Mountains immediately became neither fish nor fowl.
Guizhou Province collided with the name of the Western King Xiao Chaogui, and was eventually renamed "Gui". However, Guizhou's place name also has a long history, which caused Guangxi to also change and become Guifu Province.
What makes people laugh or cry is that the purpose of Hong Xiuquan and others changing their names also has a very direct "regional discrimination chain" in it, such as the above-mentioned "Guifu", and There is the "Sufu Province" in the eastern part of southern Jiangsu with its capital being Suzhou. This was once the origin and place of development of the Taiping Rebellion, so the word "福" was specially added.
However, Hong Xiuquan believed that Zhili Province, the center of Qing rule, was the home of the Qing court and the source of evil, so it was called Zhili Province. The capital is located in Tianjin (Tianjin).
In addition, for some unknown reason, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had to have some relationship with plants. Taiwan was added The prefix "Gecao" became "Moss Bay", and the prefix "Cao" was added to Yunnan to become "Yunnan". In addition, they seemed to think that too many "jiang" characters were not good, so Jiangxi became "Jiangxi". ", Zhejiang became "Zhejiang", and Xinjiang was changed to "Xinjiang".
As for the changes in some places, they are considered normal, such as the newly established Jiangnan Province, Hainan Province was changed to Qiongya Province, Heilongjiang is called Wulongjiang, and Shaanxi Province, which is divided into northern Shaanxi and southern Shaanxi, is called Qinnan and Qinbei.
Of course, most of the above areas, The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had little control in a practical sense, but their impatient renaming movement had exposed the rulers' lack of progress. Eventually, after a long 13-year struggle, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also came to an end.