At first? Pass? The word Sichuan was named after the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Chengdu was Jiannan Road, and Xuanzong divided Jiannan Road into East and West Sichuan, and set our time separately. That is, from that time on, the word Sichuan specifically refers to Sichuan. The word Sichuan first appeared in the Yuan Dynasty, so perhaps we can find the reason from the historical process of the Yuan Dynasty.
In the Yuan Dynasty, the provincial system was implemented all over the world, and it has been used since the beginning, which shows its importance. At that time, there was no Sichuan in the present scope, so the Sichuan-Shaanxi Road divided in the Song Dynasty was used, and later it was divided into four places. Many people directly summarize it as Sichuan-Shaanxi Road, and together it is Sichuan.
At that time, these four roads were Kuizhou, Lizhou, Yizhou and Zizhou. Since Yuan continued to use the settings of the Song Dynasty, he naturally did not separate this idea, but continued to share it and set up a four-way plan? Sichuan and other places? , with the teacher into the big book province. At this time, Sichuan officially appeared. Although it can be inferred from the evolution of the political system, many people have their own special explanations for the origin of this name.
Some people think it has a lot to do with geographical location, because four rivers pass through Sichuan and one river forms a Sichuan, so there is Sichuan. But there are also some doubts, that is, the location of ancient rivers has changed greatly compared with now. There is Jialing River now, but the ancient Jialing River may not use the current river course.
There is also a saying that there are four well-known places in an inland river, and the names of these four places all have a Sichuan character. This statement is even more untenable. It is rare that the name of the whole territory is determined just because of the names of a few areas in China. But there are many legends and stories about the name Sichuan. Which statement do you think is the most correct? No matter which statement is correct, it proves that China has a long history and profound humanistic culture. I wonder if there is a similar legend in your hometown?