What does Jiangyin mean?

Jiangyin, referred to as Jiyang for short, is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province. Hosted by Wuxi City, it is located in the north of Wuxi City, between 3140' 34 "north latitude, 3157' 36" east longitude and 0/9 59' east longitude. As of 20 19, the permanent population of Jiangyin City reached 1653400.

Jiangyin originally belonged to Emperor Yanling, and the Jin Dynasty was located in Jiyang County. 1983, Jiangyin County was changed to Wuxi City; 1987 Withdraw the county to set up the city; In 20 17, jiangyin became the only county-level comprehensive reform pilot city in Jiangsu province, which was named because it was located in the shadow of the great river. As of 20 19, Jiangyin has jurisdiction over 6 streets and 10 towns; It also governs four township units. The municipal government is located in Chengjiang Street. In 20 17, Jiangyin was awarded the title of "National Civilized City". 20 18, jiangyin won the title of "national sanitary city".

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Jiangyin has a long history and cultural tradition, with a written history of more than 2,500 years. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, political and economic activities here have been very frequent. Many celebrities in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, such as Ji Zha, ji zi from Yanling and Huang Xie, were either born in Jiangyin or took Jiangyin as their fief. They staged a wonderful chapter in Jiangyin.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the whole city of Jiangyin, headed by Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun, fought against the Qing army, guarding the lonely city alone for 8 1 day, and annihilated more than 75,000 Qing soldiers. Finally, the whole city of Jiangyin was martyred, and no one surrendered to the Qing army.

During the Qing Dynasty, Jiangyin's commerce flourished and its population gradually became dense. The homespun produced by Jiangyin sells well at home and abroad, so that "10,000 pieces a day are exported to Nanyang" and sold to Nanyang across the ocean.

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