Fujian Fujian has nine prefecture-level cities, but why is it called Bamin?

The interpretation of Ci Hai is: Bamin is another name of Fujian Province. Fujian was a piece of land in Fujian in ancient times. The Northern Song Dynasty was divided into eight counties and eight armies, the Southern Song Dynasty was divided into eight counties, eight counties and eight armies, and the Yuan Dynasty was divided into eight roads, called Bamin. "

The statement in Ci Yuan is: "Fujian Province was divided into Fuzhou, Xinghua, Jianning, Yanping, Tingzhou, Shaowu, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in the Yuan Dynasty, and changed to eight houses in the Ming Dynasty, so it was called eight houses in Fujian."

Seven min plus one min: Zhangzhou was added in the early Tang Dynasty, which is the so-called "seven min should increase eight". This is the origin of Bamin, and the changes in the country, army, government and road during the Song and Yuan Dynasties were just because the number happened to be eight, which coincided with the title before Bamin, and later generations applied it. We can't mistake it for the beginning of eight minutes.

In addition, in the 21st year of Tang Kaiyuan (AD 733), Fujian was given the names Fuzhou and Jianzhou, which was the beginning of Fujian's name. Songzhi Fujian Road; Yuan set up Fujian Haiyuan Road; Fujian Province was the first place in Ming Dynasty. Later changed to Fujian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Fujian province was restructured in the Qing Dynasty, and the name of the province is still in use today.