Everyone knows that Hefei is the largest city in Anhui, so where is the second largest city in Anhui?

Anhui is called "Anhui" for short, and Hefei is the provincial capital. It is the largest city in Anhui, so where is the second largest city in Anhui?

It is estimated that many people have guessed Wuhu.

Wuhu has become the second largest city in Anhui Province because of its superior geographical environment and superior economic development. Especially in history, Wuhu enjoys a long-standing reputation and is one of the four rice markets in China. Its prosperity can be seen.

In people's minds, a good city should be a livable city, and Wuhu has such conditions. It is a city with beautiful mountains and rivers, where the Yangtze River and Qingyi River meet, bordering Jianghuai Plain in the north and mountainous areas in southern Anhui in the south. The city between mountains and rivers has a unique style and people live comfortably.

As early as 2 million to 2.5 million years ago, there were traces of human life in Wuhu area, which opened the dawn of civilization. In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was an important bronze smelting center of Wu at that time. After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, Wuhu belonged to Yan County. In the Western Han Dynasty, Wuhu County was established. Its name mainly comes from the local lakes and grasses, so it is named, and the name of Wuhu continues to this day.

The vigorous development of Wuhu should have started from the Ming Dynasty. As we all know, Zhu Yuanzhang made Jinling his capital. At that time, Wuhu belonged to Taiping Prefecture, Zhongshu Province, with great geographical advantages. Wuhu textile industry has developed and grown, and it is known as "weaving is better than Songjiang and dyeing is better than Wuhu". Since then, Wuhu has become an important commercial port in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

In the sixth year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, Anhui Province was formally established, and Wuhu was subordinate to Taiping Prefecture of Anhui Province. In the 26th year of Kangxi, Tang Peng, a folk blacksmith, initiated Wuhu Iron Painting, which is the origin of the famous Wuhu Iron Painting.

As for Wuhu becoming one of the four rice markets in China, it was mainly in 1877 that Li Hongzhang asked the court to move the original Zhenjiang rice market to Wuhu, and from then on, Wuhu, Jiujiang, Wuxi and Changsha were called the four rice markets in China.

Historically, Wuhu was developed in agriculture, handicrafts and commerce, which laid a good foundation for Wuhu to become one of the four rice markets in China in the Qing Dynasty. The earliest national industry in modern Anhui was established in Wuhu, and similar cities were Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. The national industry has created brilliant and far-reaching significance, among which Wuhu set up a wired telegraph line at 1883. 1897 The rice noodle company was the first one in China at that time. Wuhu has a remarkable industrial and commercial development and is the birthplace of modern industry in Anhui. In the early days of reform and opening up, Wuhu's "fool melon seeds" became a household name.