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Hong Xiuquan once "renamed" the provinces of China, and each one was more embarrassed. Let's see what your hometown is called.

Many people may wonder why there are so many different nicknames in their hometown. In fact, in ancient China, the change of ownership, the arrival of a new monarch, or the reform of administrative regions can all be the reasons for the name change. For example, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang was a genius who changed his name and surname. After he took office, he especially loved antonyms. His father in Shandong was changed to Shunfu, then to Shangdang Guyuan County, changed to Kuching, and in Taiyuan, changed to Yu He.

However, when it comes to fame, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in modern times is more shocking than Wang Mang. Hong Xiuquan once "renamed" the provinces of China, and each one was more embarrassed. Let's see what your hometown is called!

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, as a modern peasant uprising, quickly spread to the whole country in 1960s and 1950s. In its heyday, it spread to five provinces including Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui and Jiangsu, and captured more than 600 cities. However, the final failure can be seen only from the name reform. After the founding of New China, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom divided the three administrative regions into "provinces, counties and counties". Although it did not occupy the whole country as originally planned, the name of 2 1 province has been gradually determined.

When Hong Xiuquan founded worshipping God, he talked about equality for all. However, when he reached the top, he also had the style of a feudal emperor. The names of Hong Xiuquan and his son and the five kings of the east, west, north and south wings are taboo.

At that time, Hubei Province and Hunan Province were divided into Huguang Province and Xiangnan Province. As for Wuchang, the provincial capital, the name of Wei Changhui, the northern king, was changed to "Wushu Association".

The name of Shanxi, Shandong Province, was changed to "the mountain of coral" because it could not coincide with Feng Yunshan, the southern king, that is, "Shanxi Province, Shandong Province". The two provinces that were originally divided by Taihang Mountain immediately became neither fish nor fowl.

The name of Guizhou province collided with the name of Xiao Chaogui, the king of the West, and was eventually renamed "Gui". However, Guizhou has a long history of place names, which led to Guangxi being changed to Guifu Province.

What makes people laugh and cry is that the purpose of Hong Xiuquan's name change is also a very direct "chain of regional discrimination", such as the above-mentioned "Guifu" and "Sufu Province" with Suzhou as its capital, as well as the eastern part of southern Jiangsu, which was once the origin and development place of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, so a blessing word was specially added.

However, Hong Xiuquan, the center of the Qing Dynasty, believed that as the lair of the Qing court, it was the root of evil, so it was called the province of punishment. The capital is located in Tianjin.

In addition, for some unknown reason, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had to be related to plants. Taiwan Province Province added a prefix to become "Taiwan Province" and Yunnan added a prefix to become "Yunnan". In addition, they seem to think that it is not good to have too many words "ginger", so Jiangxi has become "Jiangxi", Zhejiang has become "Zhejiang" and Xinjiang has become "new ginger".

As for the changes in some places, it is normal. For example, the newly established jiangnan province, Hainan Province has been changed to Qiongya Province, Heilongjiang Province is called Wulong River, and Shaanxi Province is divided into northern Shaanxi and southern Shaanxi, called Qinnan and Qinbei.

Of course, most of the above areas are not controlled by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. However, their impatient name change movement exposed the rulers' lack of enterprising spirit, and finally, after a long struggle of 13 years, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also went to extinction.