What was the name of Guizhou Province in ancient times?

Before the Spring and Autumn Period, Guizhou belonged to the land of Jingchu. At the end of the Warring States period, most of the territory of Yelang State was in present-day Guizhou. During the Three Kingdoms period, it belonged to Liu Bei and Shu Han, and Guizhou belonged to Zhang Si County, Zhudi County, Xinggu County, Jianghan County and Fuling County.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Wujiang River in Guizhou was occupied by many states, and Wujiang River was occupied by many states. During the Northern Song Dynasty, indigenous leaders surrendered to the Song Dynasty. There is a saying in the Song Dynasty: "Only Guizhou is far from famine." The Tusi system was implemented in the Yuan Dynasty, when Guizhou belonged to Huguang, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces respectively.

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Guizhou landform belongs to the mountainous area of southwest plateau in China. The territory is high in the west and low in the east. It slopes from the middle to the north, east and south, with an average elevation of about 1 100 meters. There are many mountains in Guizhou Plateau, which is known as "eight mountains, one water and one field".

The landform of the whole province can be divided into four basic types: plateau, mountain, hill and basin, of which mountain and hill account for 92.5%. The territory is mountainous, mountainous and undulating, with high mountains and deep valleys. There is Dalou Mountain in the north, and the north is inclined from west to northeast. The elevation of Loushanguan Pass, a key pass in Sichuan and Guizhou, is1444m.

South-central Miao Ling spans, with the main peak Leigong Mountain 2178m above sea level. There is Wuling Mountain in the northeast, winding from Hunan to Guizhou, and the main peak, Fan Jingshan, is 2572 meters high. The towering Wumeng Mountain in the west belongs to Jiucaiping, Zhu Shi Township, Hezhang County, with an altitude of 2900.6 meters, which is the highest point in Guizhou.

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Baidu encyclopedia-Guizhou