Since the Tang Dynasty, the saying "There is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below" has been spread among the people, and it has also made the two cities of Suzhou and Hangzhou famous.
Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province. It has been known as "Paradise on Earth" since ancient times. West Lake in particular is known as the most beautiful lake in the world and has even become synonymous with Hangzhou.
But, do you know? Hangzhou has three other names in history, and they are all very famous, each representing an important period of history.
The first name is "Yuhang".
The origin of Yuhang can be traced back to the period of Dayu. During a southern tour, Dayu once passed by here on a boat. After seeing the scenery here, he even connected his Yuhang (which means boat). ), they immediately went ashore. As a result, this place was called "Yuhang" by later generations.
There is also a saying that Dayu once built a boat to cross the river here, so people named the place "Yuhang". Later, word of mouth passed down the name, and changed "Yu" to "Yu". ", called "Yuhang".
The second name is "Qian Tang".
Qiantang first appeared after Qin Shihuang unified the six countries. At that time, Qiantang was just a small county town. Qin Shihuang thought of a name casually and changed the city to "Qiantang". Tang".
At that time, the West Lake had not yet appeared here, and there were beaches everywhere in the city. Around the Eastern Han Dynasty, the locals built a partition between the land and the sea, and had an inner lake of their own. The inner lake became the later West Lake.
It was not until the first year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty that an Indian Buddhist missionary established Lingyin Temple in Feilaifeng, becoming the oldest famous temple in the south of the Yangtze River.
Later, the reputation of Lingyin Temple grew and grew, and major religions came here to carry out their religious activities. The economy became more and more prosperous, so Emperor Wu of Liang upgraded Qiantang County to The county was named Qiantang County.
The third name is "Qiantang".
After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty abolished Qiantang County and named it Zhou, which was the earliest Hangzhou City. He also specially set up Yuhang County to manage Hangzhou City.
In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin changed the name back to Qiantang, but in order to avoid the country's name, it was renamed "Qiantang".
In the first year of Tianbao, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty changed it to Yuhang County. In the first year of Qianyuan, Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty changed the name to Hangzhou City, which has been passed down to this day. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty was really capable of tormenting.
Since the opening of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Hangzhou’s economy has been getting better and better day by day. Especially after the Tang Dynasty, the economy here has been extremely prosperous. From this time on, the name of West Lake has also spread to the world. .
Today’s Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province and a very important central city in the Yangtze River Delta region. In the 2019 Chinese city rankings, Hangzhou ranked fifth, second only to the four major first-tier cities. : Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen.
Hangzhou is a famous tourist city. In addition to the world-famous West Lake, there are also Xixi, Qiandao Lake, Qiantang River, Lingyin Temple, Tongjun Mountain, etc., all of which are first-class beauties in the world.