Why is Anqing no longer the provincial capital?

Anqing was the capital of Anhui Province from the sixth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty to 1936. Anqing was once the capital of Anhui Province, which lasted for 280 years. In the twenty-fifth year of Qing Qianlong (1760), Anhui envoys moved from Jiangning to Anqing, and in the thirty-ninth year of the Republic of China (1949), they officially became the capital of Anhui, with the time of 178. At the same time, before the founding of New China, the capital of Anhui was Anqing, and there was a river called Anhui River 2 kilometers southwest of Anqing, which is why Anhui is called Anhui for short.

Anqing was the largest city in Anhui at that time, followed by Wuhu and Huizhou. In the middle of Qing Dynasty, Huizhou merchants were famous. These Huizhou merchants are generally engaged in tea, salt and other businesses. Anqing officially became the capital of Anhui from 1760.

In fact, Anqing's real glory is in modern times. During the Taiping Rebellion, southern Anhui was occupied by Taiping rebels, including Anqing. The Qing army and Taiping army fought repeatedly around the ownership of Anqing. In the battle with Taiping Army, many honest officials saw the power of western weapons. So after the pacification, the Qing Dynasty began the Westernization Movement for more than 30 years. When Zeng Guofan was in charge of the two rivers, he founded Anqing Ordnance Institute in Anqing, which was the first military factory in modern China.

Why choose Anqing? It is precisely because Anqing has convenient transportation that it can cooperate with Jiangsu. In the following decades, Anhui, the provincial capital, remained safe until War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression began.

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The political situation was stable in the middle and early Qing Dynasty, and Anqing was the capital of Anhui for a long time. However, after the middle of the19th century, the political situation was turbulent, and the number of meetings in Anhui Province was changeable. The provincial capitals moved from Anqing, Hefei, Bengbu, Lu 'an, Li Huang, Wuhu and Tunxi, and even did not hold a meeting for some time. 1952, the central government approved the cancellation of the administrative offices in northern and southern Anhui, re-established Anhui Province, and made Hefei its capital, thus establishing the administrative system of Anhui. Because Anqing and Wuhu have very convenient transportation and good economic foundation. But both cities are too south, which is not conducive to the northern land.

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