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The origin of the name of Zhejiang province

Zhejiang: It is named after Zhejiang (also known as Qiantang River). Tang belongs to the eastern part of Jiangnan, with one observer in eastern Zhejiang and one observer in western Zhejiang. Two Zhejiang roads were located in the Song Dynasty, and the Southern Song Dynasty was divided into two East Zhejiang roads and two West Zhejiang roads, which were called East Zhejiang Road and West Zhejiang Road for short. Yuan set up the right road of East Zhejiang Sea Road and West Zhejiang Road; Ming set up Zhejiang province, which was the beginning of Zhejiang's name, and later changed to Zhejiang Ministry of Foreign Affairs; The name of Zhejiang Province has not changed since the Qing Dynasty.