Why is Ji'nan called Ji'nan?
author Zhang Lei
reader Yueh: for nearly ten years, I don't know why Ji'nan is called "Ji'nan".
Xiaobian reply: the reason why Ji'nan is called Ji'nan is in the south of Ji Shui. Yan Weiqing and Yan Min's book "Ji'nan dialect" explained: "water is the ground water." It flows north of Ji'nan's Baotu Spring and becomes a river of water. The water later flowed into the Xiaoqing River and the Daqing River, while the Daqing River was the original river of Ji Shui, but then the river was captured by the Yellow River, and now the water, the Daqing River and the the Yellow River have become a river. However, the name "Ji'nan" was not set at the beginning, and there were many changes in the middle. In the spring and Autumn period, Ji'nan belonged to Qi state. It was called "Yi Yi", "saddle city" and "Bao Yi". During the Warring States period, he became the first city of Qi. According to "Zuo Zhuan", Lu Cheng Gong two years (589 BC), Lu, Wei, Jin three countries and the Qi State had a famous battle here: the battle of saddle, the result of the defeat of Qi, Qi Hou was chased by the Jin soldiers, once "three weeks do not note" (around Huashan three circles).
went to the Han Dynasty and was set up as Ji'nan County, and hence the name "Ji'nan". At that time, it was first sealed to the Qi State and then to Luo Guo. In 164 BC, Emperor Han Wen changed Ji'nan county to Ji'nan. Later dynasties, sometimes changed to "county" and sometimes "country". The Northern Dynasties and Sui, Tang and Song dynasties were changed to Qi State or Qi county. From the Northern Song Dynasty, it was the East Road of Jingdong and set up Ji Nan Fu. Later, gold, yuan, Ming and Qing capital were established in Ji'nan. After the northern expedition in 1929, the city of Ji'nan was changed.