What is the land in Zhao Yan?

Generally speaking, Zhao Yan's land includes a province, namely Hebei Province. In fact, the ancient "Zhao Yan" also included Beijing and Tianjin, as well as parts of Shaanxi, northern Henan and southern Inner Mongolia.

Hebei is usually called Zhao Yan. Yan takes Beijing as the center and Handan, Chair Zhao as the center. The dividing line between Yan and Zhao is Baoding. Outside the south gate of Baoding, there is a black meteorite, which marks the boundary between Yan and Zhao. This stone is now in the bell tower in Baoding. Interestingly, it is said that there is a crack on this meteorite, so this stone is commonly known as Baoding cracked melon.

People call this land "Zhao Yan" to show its long history. According to China's earliest geographical work Yu Gong, "Zhao Yan" belonged to Jizhou in ancient times. In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was Yan and Jin, and in the Warring States Period, it was Yan, Zhao, Zhongshan, Wei and Qi. Qin set up Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Dai, Julu, Handan, and Hengshan counties. Since the Han Dynasty, it has been officially named Youzhou and Jizhou. Sui set up a manager of Youzhou; The Tang Dynasty called Hebei Road, and the Song Dynasty divided Hebei into east and west roads. During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, as the capital was located in Beijing, Hebei was an important part of both capital and capital city, which belonged to Zhongshu Province in Yuan Dynasty and North Zhili in Ming Dynasty, and Zhili was established in Qing Dynasty. Zhao Yan controls the Great Wall in the north, the Yellow River in the south, Taihang Mountain in the west and Bohai Sea in the east. The landform is diverse, and the natural and cultural landscape is rich and colorful.