Why does Anhui always change its provincial capital city?

Since Anhui Province, like Jiangsu Province, has a very big cultural conflict between the north and the south, when choosing the provincial capital city at that time, I always considered whether the place was inconvenient and suitable. Many regions have served as temporary provincial capitals, but then due to various reasons, they gradually changed their provincial capitals. In the end, the provincial capital fell to Hefei, and it has not changed to this day.

But when it comes to Anhui Province, its capital city has changed many times. Huizhou, Anqing, and Wuhu have all been provincial capitals, until they finally became Hefei and Anhui. Let’s take a look at why provinces often change their capital cities. There is no complete list of place names for Anhui in ancient times. In ancient times, Anhui Province was not called Anhui because Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province were mostly part of the same group at that time. Later, Anhui Province was separated from Jiangnan Province because it was independent. After coming out, he thought that he must find a new provincial capital city. At this time, Emperor Kangxi felt very troubled. Where should this provincial capital city be placed? At that time, Nanjing City did have plans to become the capital city of Anhui Province, and the southern part of Anhui Province was famous. They also believe that Anqing is the capital of Anhui Province for a reason. After all, Anqing is the west gate of Anhui Province and can also radiate to Hubei and Jiangxi.

Because Anqing’s geographical location is very good, and Anqing is close to the Xiangjiang River, the shipping here is very developed. However, Anqing has a flaw, that is, it is too far to the south, and it is only a short distance from northern Jiangsu. It is very inconvenient. If Anqing people want to go to northern Jiangsu, they have to go through Nanjing. This is not a detour. So after final consideration, they may prepare to move the capital city of Henan closer to the center. They originally wanted to choose the current location. Tu, because Dangtu was called Taiping Prefecture at that time, has a very long history, rich products, and convenient transportation, but it is too close to Nanjing, so it is very easy to be occupied by Jiangsu Province. It sucks blood, so they do not recommend placing the provincial capital in Dangtu.

Although Huizhou has outstanding people and famous Huizhou merchants throughout the country, Huizhou, like Anqing, is also relatively south, and there are mountains everywhere. For people from northern Anhui, Transportation was not very convenient, so I decided to choose Hefei in the end. Because Hefei is located in the core of Anhui Province, and the surrounding areas are dominated by plain areas, so transportation was not that congested. The only drawback was that at that time The scale of Hefei's business is not comparable to that of several famous historical and cultural towns, so Hefei's development may have been slow at first, but now, Hefei has become a very good provincial city with very rapid social and economic development.