Beijing is the capital of the people's Republic of China. Beijing is located in the north of the North China Plain, backed by Yanshan, adjacent to Tianjin and Hebei Province. Beijing is one of the first national famous historical and cultural cities and the city with the largest number of world cultural heritages in the world. More than 3000 years of history has bred many places of interest, such as the Forbidden City, the temple of heaven, the Badaling Great Wall, the summer palace and so on. However, in China's 5000 year history, more than one city was once named Beijing. What other cities were once called Beijing besides today's Beijing? This article will introduce to you the five cities that were once called Beijing besides Beijing.
Beijing City
Beijing is an ancient capital with a history of more than 3000 years. It has different titles in different dynasties. During the Warring States period, Beijing was called Yandu, the capital of the state of Yan. In the Han, Wei, Jin and Tang Dynasties, Beijing was called Youzhou. After Beijing became the national capital, it was once called the capital. The most interesting thing is that Beijing was once called Nanjing. According to records, in the first year of Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty (938), he upgraded the original Youzhou to Youdu Prefecture and built Nanjing, also known as Yanjing, as the accompanying capital of the Liao Dynasty. At that time, the capital of the Liao Dynasty was in Shangjing. In the Yuan Dynasty, Beijing was called Dadu. In the early Ming Dynasty, Beijing was called Peiping.
The real name given to Beijing was Zhu Di, Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty. In the first year of Yongle of the Ming Dynasty (1403), Emperor Zhu Di Yongle, Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, after taking the throne, changed his fief of Beiping house as king Yan to Shuntian house, built Beijing City, and prepared to move the capital here. This is the beginning of officially naming Beijing, which has a history of more than 600 years.
Daming
The name Daming mansion is very loud. People familiar with the history of the Song Dynasty know it. The former site of Daming Prefecture is in the southeast of Daming County, Hebei Province. It is a famous cultural city with a very long history. However, few people know that this city was called Beijing in the Song Dynasty.
According to records, there were four capital cities in the Song Dynasty, namely Kaifeng in Tokyo, Yingtian in Nanjing, Henan in Xijing and Daming in Beijing. Later, the city was flooded.
Taiyuan railway station
Taiyuan is the capital city of Shaanxi Province. It was also called Beijing in the Tang Dynasty.
According to records, before Li Yuan started to fight against the Sui Dynasty, he was the left behind in Taiyuan and the supervisor of Jinyang palace. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, there were five capitals. In 690, Taiyuan was the north capital of the Tang Dynasty. In 742, the northern capital was changed to Beijing.
Kaifeng
Kaifeng was also called Beijing.
According to records, in March of the first year of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty (1368), Zhu Yuanzhang conquered Kaifeng, changed Bianliang road to Kaifeng mansion and Kaifeng to Beijing. In the 11th year of Hongwu (1378), the title of Kaifeng Beijing was revoked, and Zhu Yi, the fifth son, was appointed king of Zhou, guarding Henan.
Ningcheng County
In the Jin Dynasty, Ningcheng, now Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, was originally the capital of Liaozhong, and was renamed Beijing in the first year of Wang Zhenyuan (1153) of hailing in the Jin Dynasty.
Lindong Town, Balinzuo banner, Inner Mongolia
In today's nanboluo City, Lindong Town, Balinzuo banner, Inner Mongolia, it was originally Liao Shangjing. In the first year (1138) of Tianjun of Jin Xizong, it was renamed Beijing. Xizong often spent the summer here. [reference materials: Balinzuoqi News Network - historical evolution, overview of Beijing construction, Beijing Local Chronicles, Taiyuan overview, Taiyuan local chronicles]