Why did the ancient capitals Xi, Nanjing and Kaifeng all change to their current names?

China has a long history of culture, which is definitely not built. I have read a little cartoon, which constantly shows the changes in the territorial area of various dynasties and the historical changes in world history by means of maps. In the process of reading this cartoon, my eyes, from beginning to end, have been staring at the dynasty changes in China, but it is always difficult to focus on the development and evolution of other nationalities in the world. There have been too many dynasties in the history of China, among which there have been many economic, political and cultural centers, in today's words, the capital. And some cities, after the replacement of dynasties, have been the capitals of many dynasties. It is also an ancient capital in our traditional sense.

/2 cf 5e 0 Fe 9925 BC 3 12c 342 b 5055 df 8db 1ca 137088？ X-BCE-process = image/resize, m _ lfit, w _ 450, h _ 600, limit _ 1/quality, q _ 85 There are many famous ancient capitals in the history of China, including Luoyang, Xi, Nanjing, Kaifeng, Anyang, Shangqiu, Zhengzhou, Beijing and Datong. Among them, Luoyang is the oldest capital of thirteen dynasties (Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, Sui, Tang, Wu Zhou, Hou Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin and Republic of China). The same is true of Xi 'an, which is also the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties (Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Western Han Dynasty, Xin Dynasty, Eastern Han Dynasty, Western Jin Dynasty, Former Zhao Dynasty, Former Qin Dynasty, Later Qin Dynasty, Western Wei Dynasty, Northern Zhou Dynasty, Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty), and Nanjing is also the ancient capital of ten dynasties (Soochow, Eastern Jin Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Qi Dynasty, Liang Dynasty, Southern Tang Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Taiping Heavenly Kingdom) to a lesser extent. Choose a place here. Zhengzhou was actually the ancient capital of the Five Dynasties (Xia, Shang, Guan, Zheng and Han) and Shangqiu. Maybe the only thing you can think of is Chao Ge, because you saw the list of gods, but Shangqiu is not Chao Ge. Chao Ge is in today's Hebi City, Henan Province, but Shangqiu is also the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties (Xia, Shang, Song,). ..

/f3d 3572 c 1 1 DFA 9 EC 8 aeb 7 ddf 69 d0f 703908 fc 134？ X-BCE-process = image/resize, m _ lfit, w _ 450, h _ 600, limit _ 1/quality, q _ 85, these ancient capitals were constantly changed during the change of dynasties. This trend appears not only in the ancient capital, but also in some other cities. Someone once said such a joke, "I am Zhao Zilong from Shijiazhuang". In this joke, Changshan is now Shijiazhuang. In addition, Linyi is an ancient place. Isn't there a hit TV series "Nirvana in Fire" some time ago? But the author didn't read it, and it is not known whether it is the story of Linyi, Shandong. There are many such examples. For example, Zaozhuang is the ancient Lanling, and Suzhou is now Suzhou.

/58 ee 3d 6d 55 fbb 2 FB 4 eee 73 da 444 a 20 a 44723 DC 34？ X-BCE-process = image/resize, m _ lfit, w _ 450, h _ 600, limit _ 1/quality, q _ 85 said so much, but we haven't talked about today's topic yet. Why are these famous ancient cities renamed repeatedly? Today, we will focus on these top cities, Xi, Nanjing and Kaifeng. Why not mention Luoyang first and wait until the end of the article? Xi 'an, known as Chang 'an in ancient times, will keep seeing this name when watching TV series such as Legend of Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties and Emperor Hanwu. Chang 'an has a historical charm. Why did you change it to Xi 'an? Some time ago, I saw an article written by Yu Gengzhe, a history professor, which was very reasonable. I want to share it here. Maybe the author is limited and can't fully express his meaning. Please forgive me. Is regime change, at the back of the dynasty, for the previous dynasty capital must be taboo, after the Song Dynasty, China did not have its capital in Xi 'an, and the capital of the capital of the capital of the capital of Song Dynasty moved south to Kaifeng, when it was in Tokyo. Because of the taboo of the previous dynasty, we will try our best to suppress it, so it is called Jingzhaofu, Shaanxi Road. At that time, the name Xi 'an did not exist. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that the name Xi 'an began to appear. In fact, at this time, in the eyes of the rulers of the Ming Dynasty, the meaning of Xi 'an was similar to that of Xi 'ning, which meant peace in the northwest and Xi 'an completely faded out of the meaning of the capital.

/730 E0 cf 3d 7 ca 7 BCB 13 bee ce 7 b 5096 b 63 f 724 a 834？ X-BCE-process = image/resize，m _ lfit，w _ 450，h _ 600，limit _ 1/quality，q _ 85。 This situation not only happens in Xi 'an, but also can be said that Xi 'an's influence is really huge. The Han Dynasty established by Liu Bang and the prosperous Tang Dynasty of the Li family were all based on this, Chang 'an. These cities in Nanjing are all similar. Nanjing was called Jianye, Jiankang and Jianye in ancient times. What do you mean? Make a contribution. Jinling, Tianjing, you said that after Zeng Guofan led the troops to capture Tianjing, Empress Dowager Cixi could call Nanjing. In feudal times, a place could not be called "Beijing" casually. Even in the Republic of China, because Nanjing became the capital, Beijing was renamed Beiping. Therefore, Nanjing was always called Jiangning in the Qing Dynasty. Kaifeng is the same. It used to be called Tokyo. Similarly, after the Jingkang disaster, it can't be called Beijing. Back to the name Kaifeng.

/3bf 33 a87e 950352 af 3460 fc 05843 fbf2b 3 1 18bd 6？ X-BCE-process = image/resize，m _ lfit，w _ 450，h _ 600，limit _ 1/quality，q _ 85。 After reading this, you may have a doubt why Luoyang has always been called Luoyang and has not changed. There is only one hearsay here. Listen to this story. But when the Sui Dynasty was founded, Luoyang was also called "Tokyo", which was based on the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In 657, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian moved the capital to Luoyang, and named Luoyang the "East Capital". Wu Zetian Jianwu Zhou regime changed the eastern capital to "God Capital". These, of course, ceased to exist after the change of dynasty.

/342 AC 65 c 10385343 c 20 aace 998 13 b 07 ECB 808834？ X-BCE-process = image/resize, m _ lfit, w _ 450, h _ 600, limit _ 1/quality, q _ 85 Finally, why did the names of An, Nanjing and Kaifeng change? In the final analysis, it was the feudal era or the deliberate depreciation of the former capital by the later dynasty. Of course, sometimes with the change of economic development, those places have lost their dominance as political, economic and cultural centers, and naturally the words Beijing and Capital are no longer applicable to this city.