Speaking of Anhui, many people don’t know what the abbreviation of Anhui is. Is it Hui? The abbreviation of Anhui is Wan, why not Hui? The cultural influence of emblem is much greater than that of Anhui. Next, let’s take a look at why Wan is used as the abbreviation of Anhui.
What does the word Wan mean?
The word "Wan" is written like this in the dictionary, saying that it is a pictophonetic character, with the characters from "white" and "wan" and the sound from "wan". Bai means white, especially the pure whiteness in the sky between sunrise and sunset, which is complete, complete and perfect. Once it's white, it's perfect white. So the word Wan means very good, which is perfect white, pure and flawless white.
This makes it understandable why Duke Wan named himself Wan. Although this word is rarely used now, it can be regarded as the word with the best meaning among all the abbreviations of provinces. And it is precisely because Wan Gong gave himself such a name that Anhui Province has today's abbreviation of Wan.
The origin of the abbreviation of Anhui Province as Wan
The reason why Anhui Province is abbreviated as Wan is because there was a small country named Wan on this land in ancient times. It is said that Dayu controlled the floods. At that time, a man named Boyi helped Dayu solve the flood. Later, Boyi's son was granted a title in Qin and established the Qin State. One of Boyi's descendants moved to the Qianshan area of ??Anhui today. One of them A man named Wan Bo established the Kingdom of Anhui by taking one character in his name. This is the origin of the Kingdom of Anhui. Wan Bo's way of governing the country was as perfect as his name, Wan, with noble virtues, innocence, and breeze on his sleeves. To this day, there is still a statue of Wan Bo in Qianshan County, Anhui Province to commemorate this benevolent monarch.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Anhui was divided into two administrative offices: Northern Anhui and Southern Anhui. The Northern Anhui Administrative Office was located in Hefei City, and the Southern Anhui Administrative Office was located in Wuhu City.
In 1952, the administrative offices of southern Anhui and northern Anhui were merged and Anhui Province was restored, with the provincial capital located in Hefei.
Why is the abbreviation of Anhui not An or Hui, but Wan?
That’s because the previous capital of Anhui Province was Anqing City. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was Wan State (after Boyi) in Qianshan County, Anqing City, the same ancestor as Qin State. Wan State was a large country in the Jianghuai region at that time and had a high level of civilization, so Wan culture was formed locally. Since then, the name Wanshan (Tianzhu Mountain, Wanshui, Wandi, Wanren, and Wancheng) has come to be known as Wancheng.
Since Anqing City was the original capital of Anhui Province, the Wan culture that originated in Anqing was also called Wanshan. It became the representative of Anhui Province and became the abbreviation of Anhui Province.