Do you know the abbreviation of Shaanxi Province? Tell me about its origin.

Shaanxi, referred to as "Shaanxi" or "Qin" for short, is one of the provincial administrative units of China people, and it is also the capital of.

Why is Shaanxi called "Shaanxi"

Shaanxi was named as early as the early Western Zhou Dynasty. According to Guoyu, in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty was bounded by the "Shaanxi Plain" (now Shaanxi County, Henan Province). East of Shanyuan is called "Shandong", which is under the jurisdiction of Duke Zhou. Shaanxi is located in the west of Shaanxi, which is called "Shaanxi" and belongs to Zhao Gong. Shaanxi got its name. After the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Shaanxi was appointed as our envoy, and Shaanxi was only transformed into the name of the administrative region. Shaanxi Road was set in the early Song Dynasty, which was the beginning of Shaanxi's name. Later, Yongxing Army Road was set up, and Shaanxi Fifth Road was set up with Juntuo, Yongning, Huanqing, Qingfeng and Xihe. Shaanxi Province was established in Yuan Dynasty, and southern Shaanxi was included in its jurisdiction. Ming established Shaanxi Province, later changed to Shaanxi Ministry of Foreign Affairs; The name of Shaanxi Province has not changed since the Qing Dynasty.

Why is Shaanxi called "Qin"

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Shaanxi was ruled by Qin, so later generations called Shaanxi "Qin" for short. The main mountain range across central Shaanxi is called "Qinling"; Weihe Plain is called "Qinchuan". Shaanxi is also called "Sanqin". Why? It turns out that many countries perished after a series of wars in the Spring and Autumn Period. By the Warring States period, there were only seven countries left in China, namely Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei and Qin. During the reign of the King of Qin, from 230 BC to 22 BC1year, the State of Qin destroyed the other six countries successively, and for the first time, the Qin Dynasty, which was an unprecedented unified and autocratic centralization of authority in China, was established. However, due to the extremely heavy taxes, military service, corvee and harsh laws in the Qin Dynasty, people lived in poverty. By 206 BC, Liu Bang led an army to capture Xianyang, and the Qin Empire only existed for 15 years.

As for why Shaanxi is also called "Sanqin"?

This should start with Xiang Yu: in 206 BC, the army led by Xiang Yu also came to Xianyang after Liu Bang. Xiang Yu was born in an ancient aristocratic family in Chu. In order to restore Chu State during the peasant uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty, in 207 BC, Xiang Yu destroyed Qin Jun's main force in the Battle of Julu, and Zhang Han surrendered. In 206 BC, Xiang Yu led an army into Xianyang, killed Zi Ying, the king of Qin who had defected, set the city of Xianyang on fire, burned Epang Palace, and established himself as the overlord of Chu. Xiang Yu took Pengcheng (now Xuzhou) as the capital, pretending to be the supreme ruler of China and sealing the vassal. Among them, Liu Bang named Hanwang, the capital of Nanzheng, which governs the land of southern Shaanxi and Bashu. In order to prevent the expansion of Liu Bang's influence and contain Liu Bang, he divided the middle and northern Shaanxi into three parts: sealing Qin to surrender to Yong Wang, abolishing Qiu (now southeast of Xingping) and governing Xianyang West and Gansu East; Make Sima Xin the king of Sai, and live in Liyang (near Yan Liang, Xi 'an today), which governs the east of Xianyang; Dong Yun was named Zhaiwang, and Dugaonu (there are three versions about the history of the city site: Fuxian, Ansai and Yan 'an) ruled northern Shaanxi. The land in Guanzhong was divided up by General Qin San, so later generations generally called Shaanxi "Sanqin" and Xianyang became the dividing point of Sanqin. In fact, the land of Sanqin did not include southern Shaanxi, but later changed the concept of "Sanqin", that is, northern Shaanxi, Guanzhong and southern Shaanxi were collectively called "Sanqin".