What was the name of Jiuquan before Han Dynasty?

Hello, this friend, according to your question, I have roughly sorted it out. 1. In ancient times, that is, more than 5,000 years ago, there were already humans here, but there was no historical data to verify the specific place names.

2. In ancient times, according to historical records, Xuanyuan Huangdi cast Jiuding, which was divided into Kyushu, including Yongzhou, and now includes the northern part of central Shaanxi, except southeastern Gansu, southeastern Qinghai and Ningxia, so Jiuquan belonged to Yongzhou in ancient times more than 4,000 years ago. It was a primitive society at that time. The ancestors of the Chinese nation, such as the Yellow Emperor, Zhuan Xu, Tang Yao and Yu Shun, all operated here, and Dayu, who is famous for water control, dug a towering mountain here to divert weak water and black water. They also moved to the Sanmiao people in the south to settle down here. There was no official name at that time. Judging from the existing historical data, there used to be stand out, weak water, three dangers, quicksand or three acres as the names of this vast area.

3. During the period of slave society, Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the population of the whole northwest region increased, and nomadic peoples of different nationalities or the same nationality with different titles, such as Yi, Di, Qiang, Xirong, Xilu, Wanrong and Wudi, settled down. According to documents, Wang Xia Shao Kang, Wang Shangwu Ding and West Zhou Muwang also fought here. According to historical records, in the Xia Dynasty, "Yi people were unfaithful to the Xia Dynasty when they were in Taikang", and Shao Kang, who served them, gave them dance music (and returned to the Xia Dynasty). There was a saying in Shang Dynasty that "Wu was a ghost face (northwest) in the 1930s". Some scholars believe that the Queen Mother of the West is in Dunhuang area, and Yaochi is the Crescent Moon Spring. She is probably a female tribal leader in matriarchal society and looks beautiful. The history books recorded the countries in the western regions who went to the Western Ocean, and also contributed a local species-the big dog to the King of Zhou. The Yumen Huoshaogou culture and Jiuquan Qingshui Siba culture discovered now are roughly in the Xia Dynasty. Among them, the early settlement site of Jiuquan Qingshui Siba culture has excavated an area of 165438+ 10,000 square meters, and a large number of houses, barbecue pits, storage pits, sacrificial pits, pottery kilns and tombs have been discovered, and a large number of precious cultural relics such as pottery, stone tools, bone utensils and bronzes have been unearthed. There is no specific textual research on place names in the historical materials of this place. 4. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States Period, according to historical records, King Hui of Zhou gave Zheng the land east of Tiger Prison and Guo Jiuquan in four years. 20 10 An ancient smelting site from the Bronze Age to the Warring States Period and an ancient city site during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were discovered in Xiaokang Village, Liuhu Township, Yumen City. According to preliminary research, this ancient city is the oldest ancient city site found in Hexi area, and the specific place name needs further research by experts.

5. From the Warring States Period to the early Qin and Han Dynasties, it has always been a place where Wusun, Yueshi and Xiongnu nationalities competed for supremacy, and it is called "the land of Yueshi". After the Xiongnu occupied Hexi in the early Han Dynasty, it was also called "Xiongnu Right Land" and "Xiongnu Right Arm". Jiuquan has a historical official name, which began in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty and was built in the third year of the Yuan Dynasty (38 BC1). After Zhang Qian, a native of Hanzhong, was recruited as an envoy to the Western Regions, the history of Emperor Wudi's northern expedition to Xiongnu began. That is, in BC 12 1 year, in the second year of Emperor founding ceremony of the Han Dynasty, a title of generals in ancient times Huo Qubing surrendered to the Huns. After Hexi entered the territory of the Han Dynasty, it built a city, established a county, appointed officials to run it, stationed troops to reclaim and defend it, and immigrants enriched the place. Jiuquan County was established at the beginning of today's Jiuquan City. 11year BC, that is, in the sixth year of Ding Yuan, Dunhuang County was established separately, with four counties and two passes. Since then, all historical dynasties have been established on the basis of these two counties. Although there were some changes in place names in some dynasties, they were only changes in the size or name of the jurisdiction.