Jiangxi Province, abbreviated as Gan. The abbreviation was given because the largest river in Jiangxi is the Gan River.
Jiangxi, as a clear administrative region, began in the early years of Emperor Gao Di of the Han Dynasty (. In 202 B.C., Han Gaozu Liu Bang sent Ying Hou Guiying rate of troops stationed in Nanchang, and the construction of Nanchang City, commonly known as the city of Guiying, to take the meaning of the "great southern border" and "southern prosperity", the name "Nanchang", and for the Yuzhang County, the beginning of the Sui Dynasty for the rule of Hongzhou.
Tang, Song for the western province of Jiangnan and Hongzhou rule, for the southeastern capital of the famous, it is also known as "Hongdu". In ancient times, Jiangxi formed an excellent tradition of reading. It is said that the first to spread Chinese culture in Jiangxi was Tantai Mieming, a disciple of Confucius. China from the Sui and Tang Dynasty, through the imperial examination system to select talents, to the Qing Dynasty, the successive generations of the national scholar counted 98,689 people, Jiangxi scholar 10506 people, accounting for 10.7%;
National Scholarship 724 people, Jiangxi Scholarship 41 people, accounting for 5.6%. Jiangxi has another 6 martial arts scholar. Jiangxi is also the origin of Buddhism and Taoism, the formation of the spoils of religious sects. Taoism is China's indigenous religion. Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi, is the birthplace of Taoism Zheng Yi school, the founder of the Han Dynasty Zhang Daoling and his great-grandson Zhang Sheng.
Zhang Daoling was honored by Zhang Sheng as the head teacher, Zheng Yi Shi, thus also known as Tian Shi Dao or Zheng Yi Dao, the originator of Chinese Taoism. After the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, the Zheng Yi School confronted the Quanzhen School in the north and south, and became a unique branch of Taoism. Lushan Donglin Temple, the birthplace of the Pure Land Sect, one of the ten schools of Buddhism in China, was founded by the monk Huiyuan in the Jin Dynasty.
Therefore, Jiangxi Longhu Mountain Tianshifu, Lushan Donglin Temple, etc., has been a national key temples, in recent years, more than foreign and Japanese and South Korean Buddhists come to worship. In addition, Jiangxi's agriculture since ancient times to grow rice-based. After the Sui and Tang dynasties, the country's economic center of gravity to the south, Jiangxi land has been further developed, the economy is booming and thriving, and has become an important national food production base.
Tea cultivation and processing also greatly developed, the quantity and quality of the country's first. At the same time, pottery, shipbuilding and silver, copper smelting in the country also leads. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jiangxi became the center of the national paper industry and cloth-based textile industry. Developed agriculture and handicrafts, the formation of a number of distinctive industrial and commercial towns.
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Jiangxi Establishment History
Jiangxi's development history can be go back to the Paleolithic Age, 10,000 years ago.
Jiangxi has Gan Yue (Gan Yue) and Baipu in its territory, and the note of Xunzi - Persuasion of Learning: "The name of the ancient state of Gan Yue". It has entered the Bronze Age, which is consistent with the economic and cultural development level of the Central Plains. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, Wu, Yue and Chu were divided over Jiangxi .
Qin set up thirty-six counties, Jiangxi belongs to Jiujiang County, set Luling County, Xinjian County, Nanjian County. Jiangxi as a clear administrative region of the establishment, it began in the early years of Emperor Gao Di of Han Dynasty. At that time set up Yuzhang County (Ganjiang River was called Yuzhang River), county Nanchang County, under the jurisdiction of 18 counties.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty divided the country into 13 supervisory districts, known as the 13 ministries and states, Jiangxi belonged to the Yangzhou Assassin Department. Jian'an five years (200 years), Sun Ce divided Luling, summer rain and other counties set up Luling County. In the fifteenth year of Jian'an (210), Sun Quan set up Pengze County (abolished) and Poyang County. Jiahe five years (236 years), Sun Quan Luling southern lieutenant, under Yangzhou.
The administrative division was adjusted in the Sui Dynasty, and the level of the state was lowered to the same level as that of the county, thus the Jiangxi area in the Sui Dynasty had 7 counties and 24 counties. In the Tang Dynasty, the number of counties increased to 8 states and 37 counties.
Tang Taizong Zhenguan first year (627 years) for the country's 10 Road monitoring area, Jiangxi belongs to the Jiangnan Road. Tang Xuanzong Kaiyuan twenty-one years (733 years) when increased to 15 Road, belonging to the western province of Jiangnan, its supervision area under the jurisdiction of 8 states, rule Hongzhou (Nanchang).
Jiangxi was first governed by Wu and then by the Southern Tang. In this period there appeared a new administrative division equivalent to the lower states 6 states, 4 armies, 55 counties. In the first year of Jiaotai (958), the middle lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty decided to build the southern capital in Hongzhou, and consequently elevated Hongzhou to Nanchang Prefecture.
Song dynasty in the state on top of the road for the road, initially set up Jiangnan Road, Tianxi four years (1020 AD), divided into Jiangnan Road for the Jiangnan Road and Jiangnan Road, Jiangxi region was set 9 states, 4 army, 68 counties, most of which are under the Jiangnan Road, still ruled by Hongzhou, and part of the East Jiangnan Road.
The Yuan dynasty began to establish the system of the province of the Central Committee (referred to as the province). The province of Jiangxi province is larger than the area of present-day Jiangxi province. In addition to including the vast majority of present-day Jiangxi Province (the former northeast of Jiangxi Province under the province of Jiangsu and Zhejiang) and most of present-day Guangdong Province. Jiangxi Province under the jurisdiction of 13 roads, 2 directly under the state, as well as 48 counties, 16 county-level state.
The Ming Dynasty, although basically retaining the provincial and district organizations of the Yuan Dynasty, changed the province of Xingzhongshu to Chengxuan Buzhengzhi (承宣布政使司), and changed the roads to prefectures and the prefectures to counties. Jiangxi Chengxuan Buzhengji 13 provinces and 78 counties under the jurisdiction of the Department of Jiangxi Province, the region is basically equivalent to today's Jiangxi Province.
The Qing Dynasty, Jiangxi Province, Jiangxi Province, the administrative area of the basic inheritance of the Ming system. Another in jianfu added lotus, nanchangfu added tonggu, ganzhoufu added pi nan and other 3 county hall, at the same time rise ningdu county for the province directly under the state. The governor became the province's highest administrator, under the Chengxuan Buzhengji and Tidianzhuangji, in charge of civil affairs, finance and judicial supervision.
Jiangxi Province***Jurisdiction of 81 counties. wuyuan county from anhui province into jiangxi province in 1934, back to anhui province in 1947, and again to jiangxi province in 1949.
In 2014, Jiangxi Province was included in the National Rural Informatization Demonstration Province.In June 2016, Ganjiang New Area became the 18th state-level new area.
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