The origin of Guiyang's name?

Guiyang is named because it is in the south of your mountain. Because Guiyang was famous for its abundant bamboo in ancient times, the homophonic word "bamboo" was used as the abbreviation of Guiyang.

The name Guiyang was first seen in the Ming Dynasty (Hongzhi)' s New Records of Guizhou Map. Shunyuan city was built in the Yuan Dynasty, and Guizhou was built as a province in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty. Guiyang has become the political, military, economic and cultural center of Guizhou Province.

In the thirty-first year of Kangxi (1692), Guizhou Tongzhi indicated that Guishan was five miles north of the city, and the corresponding map also indicated that Guishan was outside the northeast of Guiyang, that is, Yuma Mountain in Yangliujing, north of Chadian.

Extended data

Guiyang is located in the middle of Guizhou Province, bordering Weng 'an, Longli, Huishui and Changshun counties in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast, Pingba county in Anshun area and zhijin county in Bijie area in the west, and Qianxi, Jinsha county in Bijie area and Zunyi county in Zunyi city in the north.

As of 20 17, Guiyang has six municipal districts, including Nanming District, Yunyan District, Huaxi District, Wudang District, Baiyun District and Guanshanhu District, and three counties, including Kaiyang County, Xifeng County and xiuwen county. 1 county-level city: qingzhen city. There are 32 townships (including 18 ethnic townships), 45 towns, 90 communities and 1054 administrative villages. Guanshanhu district municipal government administrative center.

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