Handan, a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, was approved by the State Council as the central city in the south of Hebei Province, China. As of 20 19, the whole city has six districts, 1/county,1county-level city, with a total area of 12073.8 square kilometers and a permanent population of 9,549,700, including 5,553,600 urban residents, with urbanization rate.
Handan is a famous national historical and cultural city with a history of 3 100 years, which gave birth to the early Neolithic magnetic mountain culture 8,000 years ago. Handan was the capital of Zhao in the Warring States Period, and Wei County was the capital of Wei.
Luoyang, Linzi, Nanyang and Chengdu enjoyed the reputation of "five capitals" in Han Dynasty. Linzhang County was once the capital of Cao Wei, Wei Ran, Yan Qian, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Daming House became the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty; In the Qing Dynasty, Daming House was the first capital of Zhili Province.
A preliminary study on the origin of "Handan" place names
Handan, an ancient city with a long history. As early as 7,000 years ago, the ancestors of Cishan created a splendid civilization here. According to relevant records, Handan has a history of more than 3,000 years, and its name has never changed. The origin of the name of Handan, Zhang Yan, an annotator of Hanshu, explained: "Handan Mountain is under the East City. Single, do it. The city wall comes from the city, so add a cloud. "
An expert in modern times explained the origin of Handan's name as: There is a mountain in this city, which is called Hanshan Mountain. Handan got its name from this.
Another modern scholar explained the origin of Handan's name as: the edge of Chinese characters is the opposite of Dan. The sun rises from the horizon; This day has not come yet. Gan's "sun" has never crossed the horizon, but its brilliance shines on the horizon, indicating that the sun is about to rise.
On the edge of the word "Dan", there is a fertile field on the horizon, and the two points above Tian Zi symbolize the lush millet and grass growing in the field. Next to the word Handan, it symbolizes the prosperity of the population and the flocks of cattle and sheep in this land. Generally speaking, the sun in Handan is about to rise, and the sun shines on this fertile soil with a prosperous population and flocks of cattle and sheep.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Handan