Why is Guizhou called Guizhou?

The Historical Evolution of Guizhou

Guizhou is a beautiful province with a long history and rich culture, which is connected with Yu Fan's hometown of Chongqing. Not only the natural scenery is magnificent and beautiful, but also the national culture is rich and colorful, making it a famous tourist attraction in China.

As for the name of Guizhou, we should start with the history of Guizhou. Before the Spring and Autumn Period, Guizhou was the southwest origin of Jingzhou, belonging to Jingchu or Nanman. In the late Warring States period, Yelang gradually developed into one of the great powers in Southwest China. After Qin Shihuang unified China, he built "Wuchi Road" in Yelang area, and set up counties and officials in some places.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty continued to carry out the county system in Yelang area, and at the same time opened up a passage from southern Sichuan to Jiangyan and Panyu in the south through Pingyi in western Guizhou. In 25 BC, Yelang was destroyed, and the county system was finally established in Yelang area. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Shu-Han regime occupied most of southwest China. During the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, in today's Guizhou, except for _ _ _ county, all the remote areas belonged to Zhuti, Jianghan and other counties. In the Tang dynasty, the parallel system of governing the state and Jimi state was implemented in Guizhou today. In the Tang Dynasty, there were Bozhou and Sizhou in Guizhou. In Song Dynasty, Guizhou belonged to Kuizhou Road, Jinghu North Road, Tongchuan Road, Guangnan West Road, Jiannan West Road and Jiannan East Road respectively, mainly belonging to Kuizhou Road. In 974, Pugui, the indigenous leader, surrendered to the controlled rectangular country. In the Song Dynasty, there was a saying in the imperial edict: "Only Guizhou is far from famine", which was the earliest record of this area in the name of Guizhou. In the first year of Song Xuanhe, Tian Yougong, the military indigenous leader of Zhisi Prefecture, was given as the defense envoy of Guizhou by the court, and "Guizhou" became the name of administrative division. But "Guizhou" at that time was limited to Guiyang today.

Throughout the Song Dynasty, there were other names in today's Guiyang, such as the General Manager's Mansion of Dawanguluo and Black Yang Qing, but the name "Guizhou" existed for the longest time. In Song Dynasty, Guiyang had earthen walls, and its residents were mainly ethnic minorities, mainly the ancestors of Gelao, Miao, Buyi and Yi.

From the Yuan Dynasty to the sixteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Army occupied Guiyang and settled in the city, and renamed Guizhou Shunyuan City, meaning "Shunyuan". However, this is only the wishful thinking of the rulers, and the people still call it "Guizhou". Even the book Zhao Jiang Tong Zhi, written by Mongols in Yuan Dynasty, still calls Guiyang today "Guizhou". In the twenty-ninth year of Zhiyuan, the Yuan Dynasty set up a Marshal's Office in Bafan Shunyuan. Guizhou City in Yuan Dynasty was still a tucheng, which is in the south of Guiyang City today. Residents are mainly ethnic minorities, but also Mongolians and Hui people who came with the Yuan Army. Guiyang was still called "Guizhou" in the Ming Dynasty.

In the eleventh year of Yongle, after the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guizhou, "Guizhou" began to be the name of the province. Since then, "Guizhou" is not only the city name of Guiyang, but also the provincial name of Guizhou Province, and the two are neck and neck. Until the late Ming Dynasty, the famous geographer Xu Xiake visited Guiyang in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, and in Xu Xiake's Travels, Guiyang was called Guizhou City. However, since the Ming Dynasty, the name "Guiyang" has gradually become the main name of Guiyang today, and another name "Zhu Gui" has also been used. In the Ming Dynasty, there were stone walls in Guiyang, and the scope of the city expanded a lot. In addition to ethnic minorities, there are also a large influx of Han people. "Guizhou" is now the name of this province. However, "Guizhou" was once the historical name of Guiyang, which was continuously used by Song Yuanming for 600 years.

Another way of saying it in Guizhou

There is also a saying about the origin of the name "Guizhou". It is believed that Guizhou province belongs to ghost face in Shang Dynasty, and "Guizhou" has a historical origin with ghost face. The word "ghost" evolved from the word "ghost", and the pronunciation of the two words is slightly the same.

The theory that the word "Gui" evolved from the word "ghost" is certainly not valid now, because the name "Guizhou" began in the early Northern Song Dynasty.