The origin of the name of Tianjin fair

"Wei" is a military organizational system in the Ming Dynasty, which is under the command of the commander-in-chief and directly under the military governor's office. 5600 soldiers per guard, Tianjin Sanwei quota 16800.

Although Wei's organizational system has no administrative authority, it has certain land (castles and wasteland reclamation), a large number of personnel (soldiers and military families who wasteland reclamation) and political affairs (military and political affairs and wasteland reclamation). With the increase of population, the development of business and numerous affairs and disputes, the health center has been unable to manage this commercial city with mixed military and civilian. The Ming court set up officials, offices and schools in Tianjin, or moved foreign officials and offices to Tianjin as directors.

In the second year of Ming Jianjian (1400), Judy, the prince of Yan, crossed the Grand Canal here and went south to compete for the throne. After Judy proclaimed herself emperor, in order to commemorate the "Battle of Jingnan", Yu Yongle renamed this place Tianjinwei on November 21, 2002, which means the ferry that the son of heaven passed by. As a military location, Tianjin began to build a city and set up a garrison in the area of Little zhi gu in the southwest of Sanchakou, which opened a new page in Tianjin's urban development. Later, Tianjin left-back and Tianjin right-back were added.

In the ninth year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1652), Tianjinwei, Tianjin Zuo Wei and Tianjin Youwei merged into Tianjinwei, and civil affairs, salt transportation, taxation and military affairs were established. In the third year of Yongzheng (1725), Tianjin Wei was promoted to Tianjin. In the ninth year of Yongzheng (173 1), Tianjin was promoted to Tianjin Prefecture, which governed six counties and one state.

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(1) Other nicknames of Tianjin: Jinmen, Jingu and Gushang.

1, Jingu

Tianjin is called the land of Jingu, because there are 72 land for sale in Tianjin (including Tanggu, Dagu, zhi gu, Xigu, T-selling, Salt Water Selling and Gegu).

(2) Famous scenic spots in Tianjin:

The downtown area of Tianjin is built by the river, and 1989 selected ten scenic spots in Tianjin, namely, Tower of Heaven Swirling Clouds, Jibei Xiongguan, Sunset Rain, Morning Bell of Ancient Temple, Ancient Plug of Haimen, Guliu Gorge, Hometown Pursuit, Drunk Moon in Twin Cities and Gone with the Wind in Longtan.

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