Which province is Xuzhou?
Xuzhou belongs to Jiangsu Province and is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province. Xuzhou is located in the northwest of Jiangsu Province, the southeast of the North China Plain, and the northern flank of the Yangtze River Delta. It is adjacent to Weishan Lake, connected to Xiao County to the west, Lianyungang to the east, and Suqian to the south. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through it, and the Longhai and Beijing-Shanghai railway lines intersect in Xuzhou. It is known as the "thorough of five provinces". The origin of the name Xuzhou
In ancient times, there was a tribe in Surabaya. This tribe was part of the Dongyi tribe and was called "Xuyi". In the Shang Dynasty, a country was established called "Xu Fang", also called "Xu State". The name of Xuzhou comes from this "Xu Yi" and "Xu Guo". Speaking of which, Xuzhou is also called "Pengcheng". Six thousand years ago, the earliest residents of Xuzhou lived, lived and worked here.
Modern people usually believe that Xuzhou was called "Pengcheng" in ancient times. Basically, it confused the two concepts. Xuzhou was originally one of the nine states in China. "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" has a clear statement on this: between the Yellow River and the Han River is Yuzhou, the territory of the Zhou royal family. Between Qinghe and Xihe is Jizhou, the border city of Jin State. Between the Yellow River and Jishui is Yanzhou, the territory of Weiguo. To the east is Qingzhou, the territory of Qi State. South of Surabaya is Xuzhou, the territory of the State of Lu. To the southeast is Yangzhou, the territory of Yue State. To the south is Jingzhou, the territory of Chu State. To the west is Yongzhou, the territory of Qin State. To the north is Youzhou, the territory of Yan State.
In other words, Xuzhou is a geographical concept and does not refer to a specific city. "Sishui is Xuzhou, Luye", and the area south of Sishui is called "Xuzhou" and is the territory of Lu State. "Hanshu" also records that "Haidai and Huaiwei are Xuzhou", which means that the area between the sea, Mount Tai and the Huaihe River is Xuzhou.
Pengcheng is originally a city in the geographical concept of Xuzhou. "Geography" records that it was a feudal state of Chezheng and Xizhong of the Xia Dynasty. "Bamboo Chronicles" records that in the 31st year of King Huicheng of Liang (339 BC), "Pi moved to Xue and changed his name to Xu". "Pi" was originally Dayu The feudal state of Che Zheng and Xizhong, the originator of feudal car-making, later moved to Xuedi and was renamed "Xu".
"Pi" refers to today's Pizhou City, Jiangsu; "Xue" refers to today's Zaozhuang, Shandong; "Xu" naturally refers to today's Xuzhou. "Xu" became Pengcheng because there was a Pengzu who lived for 800 years. Therefore, the Peng family was established and the city was named Pengcheng. Because Pengcheng is so famous, it has been the seat and capital city of Xuzhou for a long time.