Guangdong and Guangxi, known as Guangdong and Guangxi, have a long history and profound historical background, and both belonged to Lingnan area in ancient times. Moreover, Guangdong was born in Guangxi, and Guangxi was also named after Guangdong.
Lingnan is the floorboard of the area south of Wuling in southern China, which is bounded by Wuling and separated from the inland. Wuling consists of five mountains: Yuechengling, Dupangling, Mengzhuling, Qitianling and Dayuling, which are generally distributed at the junction of eastern Guangxi, eastern Guangdong and Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. Historically, it includes Guangdong (including Hainan, Hong Kong and Macao), Guangxi and parts of eastern Yunnan Province and southwestern Fujian Province. Lingnan is a historical concept. The administrative system of each dynasty is different, and the division and appellation of Lingnan system have also changed greatly. Now the word Lingnan, especially Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong and Macao, is the regional scope of South China today.
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In BC11/year (the sixth year of Ding Yuan in the Western Han Dynasty), Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, was very happy after the Han army pacified Lingnan (now a small part of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan). In order to consolidate the existing achievements and stabilize the people's hearts, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, issued an imperial edict, saying, "At the beginning of opening Guangdong, it is advisable to spread benevolence and trust", which means that local officials should use the favor of the imperial court to govern Lingnan area and let the local people live and work in peace and contentment. Later, in order to please the emperor, officials in Lingnan named this county Guangxin County. In the Song Dynasty, for the convenience of management, the court took Guangxin County as the boundary, with Guangnan East Road to the east and Guangnan West Road to the west of Guangxin County.
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Baidu Encyclopedia-Lingnan
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Baidu Encyclopedia-Guangdong and Guangxi