Hefei, referred to as "Lu" or "He", was called Luzhou, Luyang and Hefei in ancient times. It is a prefecture-level city, provincial capital and megacity under the jurisdiction of Anhui Province. Located in East China, the middle of Anhui Province, between Jianghuai and the west wing of the Yangtze River Delta, it connects the east with the west, connects the south with the north, embraces the shore around the lake, and is close to the river.
By 2022, the city will have jurisdiction over four districts and four counties, 1 county-level city, with a total area of 1 1.445 square kilometers, a permanent population of 9.634 million and an urbanization rate of 84.64%. Hefei area is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization, so it is named because both Donghe Feihe River and Nanhe Feihe River originated here. The representative cultures in history are Luzhou culture and Wanjiang culture.
The meaning of Hefei place name
As for the meaning of the place name "He Fei", Erya Shi Shui says, "Go with the flow and become fat". Erya, the earliest exegetical work in China, was written by an anonymous author, which was produced during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Three Kingdoms Period. The same or similar time as the historical records.
In this sense, Shi Shui (South Hefei River) and Feishui (East Hefei River) meet at Liangyu Mountain (now Jiangjun Mountain) and flow into the Yangtze River and Huaihe River in the north-south direction respectively. Two kinds of water are "different", which is fat. Fertilizer or refers to land where water flows out together.
In addition, Li Daoyuan's "Notes on Water Classics" contains the phrase "Summer water soars, so it is called Hefei", which is also synonymous with Erya. It can be seen that the original intention of "Hefei" is that two rivers with different flows meet here. In ancient times, a large amount of transportation mainly depended on water transportation. Hefei was famous at that time because it had two waterways entering the sea.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Hefei City