Why is Nanjing, Jiangsu Province nicknamed "the capital of Anhui Province"?

Nanjing was originally the center of jiangnan province, and later jiangnan province was divided into Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. Although Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu, what is its nickname? Anhui provincial capital? You can look at this matter from the perspective of geography and culture.

Geographically, Nanjing is located in the southwest border of Jiangsu Province, close to Quanjiao County of Anhui Province, unlike most provincial capitals in the middle of the province. Economically, Nanjing's influence mainly radiates to Anhui, and its development level is not as good as that of Suzhou, and even Wuxi can compete. Compared with the provincial giants such as Wuhan and Chengdu, Nanjing obviously has no confidence in Jiangsu Province.

On the cultural background, Nanjing and Anhui belong to the Jianghuai cultural area, southern Jiangsu belongs to the Wu cultural area, and northern Jiangsu is influenced by some Lu cultures. It can be said that Jiangsu is a big dyeing vat. Because Nanjing and Anhui belong to the same cultural circle, their dialects and behaviors are similar to those of Anhui, and Huizhou architecture is not uncommon in Nanjing, so Nanjing has a primitive affinity with Anhui in culture.

Before 1760, the administrative office of Anhui Special Administrative Council had been in Jiangning, which means that before that, Nanjing had been in charge of Anhui and Jiangsu had been in charge of Suzhou. In A.D. 1760, the Qing government officially set Jiangning as the governor's office in Jiangsu and Anqing as the governor's office in Anhui. At this time, the governor's yamen was already equivalent to the provincial government, but there was nothing in Hefei, the later provincial capital. The actual jurisdiction of Jiangsu province is also in the south of the Yangtze River, and the great difference between southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu has already planted cause and effect at that time.

For hundreds of years, the people of Anhui and Jiangsu basically lived in the same province, and most of the time they were under the jurisdiction of Nanjing Urban Management Bureau. Even after the separation, the two provinces have already forged solid humanistic and emotional ties, and the people of Anhui seem to have long been accustomed to taking Nanjing as their capital. Plus the geographical location is adjacent to the junction of Nanjing and Anhui Province, right? Hui Jing? Irony is really not just a joke.