Was there a place called Taixian in Jiangsu Province in the 1980s? Why is it named now?

Taixian is an old place name, originally a county under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, and now it is Jiangyan District of Taizhou City. 1994, Taixian county was withdrawn from the county to set up a city, and Jiangyan city was established (Yangzhou city was the trusteeship). 1996, managed by the newly established prefecture-level city Taizhou. In 20 12, the State Council approved the revocation of Jiangyan City and the establishment of Jiangyan District in Taizhou City.

Taixian is the old name of Jiangyan (county level), which has been called 1994 since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Jiangyan used to belong to Tai County in history, but it was renamed Jiangyan after the county ruled Jiangyan Town. The origin of Jiangyan is that there was a flood in ancient times, and the floods of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Huaihe River rushed to Jiangyan now. In this case, a rich man named Jiang invested to build a dam to stop the flood, which gave the name Jiangyan now, also known as Sanshui. Withdraw the county and set up a city, which was named Jiangyan District, Sanshui District and finally Jiangyan District.