What was Shanxi called during the Tang Dynasty?

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan and his son raised troops in Jinyang (today's Taiyuan City), then captured Chang'an, established the Tang Dynasty, and later designated Taiyuan as the northern capital of the Tang Empire.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Central Plains was plagued by successive wars and frequent famines. However, Shanxi, especially the southern Shanxi area, had a prosperous economy and a dense population, and became the main area for immigrants in the early Ming Dynasty. In half a century, Shanxi has emigrated more than a dozen times. Dahuaishu in Hongdong County was a major immigration station at that time. This is where the saying "Ask me where my ancestors are, the big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi" spread in many places across the country comes from.

Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, raised troops in Taiyuan and established the Tang Dynasty. As a result, Shanxi was considered by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty to be the land of "Dragon Xing". The "Northern Capital" and "Beijing" of the dynasty. Since the Tang Dynasty, Shanxi has been famous for its special status and developed economy and culture.

In 589 AD, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty unified China, ending nearly three hundred years of division between the north and the south. Because Emperor Wen's father was named Zhong, he avoided the word "中" and changed Yunzhong County to Yunnei County. Datong was still called Heng'an Town and belonged to Mayi County. In 618 AD, the Tang Dynasty was established. In the sixth year of Wude (623 AD), Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan, established Beihengzhou here. In the 14th year of Zhenguan (AD 640), it was renamed Dingxiang County and was also governed by Yunzhou. It was abolished in the early years of Yongchun. In the 18th year of Kaiyuan (AD 730), it was called Yunzhong County and Yunzhou.

The Mandarin spoken during the Tang Dynasty was Luoyang Duduyin, not Shaanxi dialect.

The Tang Dynasty adopted the Luoyang reading pronunciation as the standard pronunciation. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Chang'an was the capital, and Luoyang was the eastern capital. At this time, the Chinese sounds of the Central Plains and Guanzhong had evolved after blending with various ethnic groups, incorporating elements of the languages ??of surrounding ethnic minorities.

The Sui Dynasty invented the imperial examination. Until the Tang Dynasty, the Luoyang reading pronunciation was continued as the correct pronunciation. Officials must be able to speak the correct pronunciation, which also encouraged scholars across the country to learn Mandarin and spread the correct pronunciation. The conquest of Shu by the Qin, Sui and Tang dynasties led to the rapid spread of Luoyang reading music to the southwest.