Why is Henan Province called Yu for short?

We often hear these words in costume dramas? Zhongyuan area, Zhongyuan people. In fact, in ancient times, the Central Plains is where Henan Province is today. A long time ago, most of the original land area of Henan Province was located in the south of the Yellow River, which is also the origin of its name.

Henan has a long history of cultural inheritance, and many dynasties chose Henan as their capital. For example, Luoyang, once the capital of thirteen dynasties; Kaifeng is the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties, which is as famous as Anyang in the Seven Dynasties and Zhengzhou in the Xia and Shang Dynasties. Even today, many people come here just to visit this ancient cultural capital.

Many provinces in China have their own abbreviations, so the question is, why is the abbreviation of Henan Province Yu?

In ancient times, when the ecosystem was good, the vegetation coverage rate was high, and the amount of river sediment was low, there were many tributaries of the Yellow River at that time. There were mammoths at that time. At that time, most of Henan was located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, where there were many kinds of animals and people lived in harmony with nature. So at that time, people could lead elephants. This picture is later? Yu? The root of pictographic characters, so Henan Province is called Yu for short.

After the flood control, Dayu was abdicated by Shun Zen and became the king of primitive society because of his remarkable achievements. Later, he divided the world into Kyushu, and the place where the capital was built became Yuzhou.

It is recorded in ancient books. Everything is called Yu? From this point of view, Yu had a high position in ancient literature at that time.

So some people will be confused? It means that people are holding an elephant, but in later Henan, there was no elephant at all. Is there any historical basis for its name?

Some archaeologists have found a large number of saber-toothed elephants and elephant bones in Zhengzhou and Anyang, Henan Province. As early as before, when they excavated Yin Ruins in Anyang, they also used it? Like three? And then what? Guihai green elephant? Oracle Bone Inscriptions, all these signs show that elephants lived in Henan a long time ago, but later, with the changes of the times and climate, those elephants slowly lost their trace in Henan.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhou became an important regional division in terms of geographical jurisdiction, which was equivalent to the division of cities now.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yizhou was divided into thirteen regions. At that time, most of Yuzhou's jurisdiction was located in the south of today's Henan, which means that the basic scope is the area of today's Henan. In addition, ancient books say that Yu means peace and harmony, which is in line with the original intention of the rulers and hopes that the people will live and work in peace and contentment. Therefore, jade has been used to this day.

In fact, in the final analysis, the reason for Yu is because of Dayu. At that time, in order to facilitate management, he divided the land into nine pieces. After he ascended the throne, he called these nine places Kyushu, which we later passed down by word of mouth.

At that time, Yuzhou was the largest plate in Kyushu and the center of the world. Therefore, this abbreviation has always been used by rulers of past dynasties, which itself means peace and harmony. So until today, the abbreviation of Henan is Yu, and there are no other complicated reasons.

This is the origin of Henan abbreviation. As for it? Yu? The meaning of pictographic characters was also mentioned in the previous article. I don't know if you have found a small detail, that is, the icon of Henan Satellite TV is in the shape of an elephant. It can be seen that Henan has a deep relationship with elephants.