What is the ancient name of Chengdu, Sichuan?

1. Sichuan was called Bashu in ancient times.

2. It is said that in the early ancient times of human history, China was divided into Kyushu Island, and the Sichuan Basin and its surrounding areas were called Liangzhou. There are many ethnic groups living here, among which Ba people in the east and Shu people in the west have the largest number.

Third, the original meaning of "ba" is a fisherman or a person who lives on fish. As a tribal group, "Ba" originally lived in the east and north of Sichuan Basin, including Qinling Mountains, western Hubei and Dongting Lake. The original meaning of "Shu" is plateau people. Shu people were originally a branch of Qiang people, who lived in Kemu Gorge in the upper reaches of Minjiang River and made a living by hunting and farming. Later, its range of activities also went down the Minjiang River and entered the Chengdu Plain.

Fourth, in the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties (about 2 1 century BC to 22 1 century BC), the Shu tribe developed into a square country, and Shu was fixed as the name of the tribe group and the square country. In the long-term evolution, the Ba and Shu tribes have formed a humanistic group linked by geography, blood relationship and cultural tradition. The areas where they live-western Sichuan Plateau and Sichuan Basin-have taken Bashu as their geographical name since then.

The name "Sichuan" first appeared in the Song Dynasty. In the fourth year of Xianping, Song Zhenzong (A.D. 100 1 year), the local administrative divisions were newly adjusted in the Song Dynasty, and Bashu was divided into Yizhou Road, Zizhou Road, Lizhou Road and Kuizhou Road, which were under the jurisdiction of Chengdu, Santai, Hanzhong and Fengjie respectively, collectively referred to as "Sichuan Road" or "Sichuan Road" for short. In the third year of Song Huizong Daguan (A.D. 1 109), the word "Sichuan" was officially used in imperial edicts, which was the beginning of taking "Sichuan" as the abbreviation of administrative divisions.