Our country is a country with vast territory and rich resources, and has a long history. I believe everyone has heard of Jinling. This word often appears in ancient TV series, so today we will learn about what Jinling is now. What city.
Which city is Jinling now?
Jinling is the ancient name of Nanjing. Nanjing, abbreviated as Ning, was called Jinling and Jiankang in ancient times. It is now the capital of Jiangsu Province and an important central city in eastern my country. Nanjing has the title of the ancient capital of six dynasties. The name Jinling originated from 333 BC. By 229 AD, Sun Quan established his capital in Jinling, and Jinling rose from then on. It is the only ancient capital that has not served as the capital of a foreign regime. Nanjing is one of China's four ancient capitals and was selected into the first batch of national historical and cultural cities. Nanjing has blessed China's Zhengshuo Ou several times and is the only ancient capital that has not been the capital of a foreign regime. Nanjing is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in eastern my country, with fertile land and rich products.
Historically, Jinling has been called the ancient capital of six dynasties and the capital of ten dynasties. Jinling, together with Beijing, Xi'an and Luoyang, is also known as the four ancient capitals. It has experienced the Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen and Nan. Regimes such as the Tang and Ming Hongwu dynasties, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the Kuomintang government. In fact, there were more than six ancient regimes that had their capitals in Nanjing. The Wu State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Southern Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, the early days of the Ming Dynasty, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Republic of China in modern times all used Nanjing as their capitals. Nanjing still has 35.3 kilometers of Ming Dynasty city wall, which is not only the largest city wall in the country, but also the largest city wall in the world.
Jinling is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization, and it is also a place that has never been occupied by foreign regimes among the four ancient capitals in China. Whenever the Central Plains was occupied by foreigners and the Han people were about to suffer annihilation, they usually chose to recuperate and restore China in Jinling. Therefore, Jinling was regarded as the place for the revival of the Han people and had an important position and value in Chinese history.
Why was it named Jinling?
The word Jinling was first used in the name of the city during the Warring States Period. Ancient local chronicles record that in 333 BC, King Wei of Chu defeated the State of Yue, killed King Wujiang of Yue, and took all the territory of the State of Wu that the State of Yue had captured. At that time, Zhongshan was called Geumling Mountain, and its remaining hills did not have their own names. Stone Mountain was a part of Geumling Mountain at that time, so the city built on Stone Mountain was named Geumling-eup. There is a clear record of this in "Jiankang Shilu" of the Tang Dynasty: Jinling was named because of the mountain.