Who knows the origin of Zhangjiakou?

The origin of Zhangjiakou's name is directly related to the immigrants during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty.

During the sixty years from the early Ming Dynasty to the four years of Xuande, nothing can change the place names more than Hongwu immigrants. According to Fu Xuan Town Records, in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu (1393), due to "insufficient private households, Shanxi was transferred to fill Yu Ding".

Among them, the Zhang family moved near the pass (the record of "zhang jia zhuang" in Fu Xuan Town Records can be confirmed), which made the relationship between "Kou" and "Zhangjia" and gave them new social and humanistic connotations. For a long time, the name "Guan" was named after Zhang, and later it was simplified to "Zhangjiakou".

Extended data

In the fourth year of Xuande, Zhang Wen built a fort with the proper name of Zhangjiakou and named it Zhangjiakou Fort. Based on this, it can be concluded that Zhangjiakou was named from the end of Hongwu to Yongle, and Xuande four years can be regarded as the beginning of formal naming.

With the development of history and social changes, the connotation of the name "Zhangjiakou" has also undergone several major changes. When the name "Zhangjiakou" was transplanted as the exclusive name of the castle, it changed from the name of a natural geographical entity to the name of a social settlement.

By the opening of Dajingmen in Qing Dynasty, the appellation of the mountain pass between the East and West Taiping Mountains was gradually replaced by Dajingmen. At this point, "Zhangjiakou" has completely completed its historical mission as the name of a natural geographical entity.

After several generations of population reproduction, residents spread to the surrounding areas with Zhangjiakou Fort as the center, forming more and more settlements and villages. "Zhangjiakou" was used to refer to this area, and the title of Zhangjiakou Fort was changed to "Zhangjiakou Bunker". The extension and expansion of the connotation of the name "Zhangjiakou" has promoted its further evolution from a settlement place name to a regional place name.

1939, the Japanese puppet government established Zhangjiakou Special City, and "Zhangjiakou" began to become the name of the administrative city. 1945 In August, Zhangjiakou was liberated for the first time and the Zhangjiakou Municipal People's Government was proclaimed. Since then, although the connotation of Zhangjiakou's name has changed with the change of its jurisdiction and subordinate relationship, it has always been stable as an administrative city.

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