Why is Shanxi called the Land of Three Jins?

First of all, you need to know that Sanjin has two meanings

1. The word "Sanjin" comes from the three Jin Dynasties, which first appeared in "Shang Jun Shu": "Qin Zhi" The neighbors we have are the Three Jins?

During the Spring and Autumn Period, a vassal state called Jin was established in what is now Shanxi. In 453 BC, the land of Jin was divided among the three families of Zhao, Han and Wei. Since the three families divided up the land of the Jin State, it was called the Three Families Divided into Jin in history. Because the main area of ​​the Jin State at that time was in today's Shanxi area, the land of San Jin is often used to refer to Shanxi today.

2. It refers to Shanxi Province

The second is the history of Shanxi.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, a vassal state called Jin was established in what is now Shanxi. In 453 BC, the land of Jin was divided among the three families of Zhao, Han and Wei. Since the three families divided up the land of the Jin State, it was called the Three Families Divided into Jin in history. Because the main area of ​​the Jin Kingdom at that time was in today's Shanxi area, the land of San Jin is often used to refer to Shanxi today.

The use of Sanjin as a place name first appeared in the Qin Dynasty. After the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, the homeland of Zhao

Wei and Han was called the Three Jins. After the founding of New China, Shanxi used "Jin" as its abbreviation, which provided the necessary conditions for the popularity of the term "Sanjin Land".

Finally, the Three Jins are also known as Taiyuan

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Taiyuan is a fiefdom of the ancient Tang Dynasty. The ancient Tang Dynasty was the clan society in Chinese history to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. A vassal state during the period, with the title of marquis, the king's surname was Qi, Yao was known as the Tao Tang clan, and the feudal states of his descendants were in the area of ​​Yicheng County and Xiangfen County in present-day Shanxi Province. The Taosi Temple ruins in Xiangfen County are home to many experts and scholars It is proposed that the capital of Emperor Yao is located.

In the Zhou Dynasty, after King Zhou Cheng destroyed the ancient Tang Kingdom, he enfeoffed his younger brother Shu Yu's feudal state in the ancient Tang Kingdom's homeland, which became the Tang Kingdom, which later became the Jin Kingdom.