Hunan was called “Sanxiang” in ancient times, and “Sanxiang” is the abbreviation of “Xiaoxiang”, “Steamed Xiang” and “Yuanxiang”.

There are nicknames in many areas in ancient times, such as Beijing was successively called Jicheng, Yandu, Yanjing and so on in ancient times, so what was Hunan called in ancient times? Next, the editor will give you the popularization of science.

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The first statement

“Li Xiang”, “Xiaoxiang”, “steamed Xiang” collectively referred to as “Sanxiang”, Yang Hai Mountain is now called Yangshuo Mountain, Yangshuo Mountain has a “Xiang Li dispatch” big stone tablet, people generally known as “Li Xiang”. The Xiangshui River winds its way into Lingling, Hunan Province, and joins the Xiaoshui River, which originates from Jiuqi Mountain, and runs northward. This section is called the middle reaches of Xiangshui River and is called “Xiaoxiang”. Xiaoxiang two water rolling flow to Hengyang, and steam water confluence for the downstream of Xiang water, known as “steam Xiang”.

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The second argument

Xiangtan, Xiangxiang, and Xiangyin, together, are called Sanxiang. However, Xiangtan, Xiangxiang and Xiangyin are distributed in the north and middle of Hunan, which also cannot summarize the whole province of Hunan.

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The third statement

“Sanxiang” is used as the general name of the three regions of northern, western and southern Hunan.

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The fourth argument

Xiaoxiang, Zixiang, and Yuanxiang are called “three Xiang”. Steamed water is short, and it is not as good as shui, weishui, scooping water, shuishui, and rippled water, so remove the li and steamed erxiang, leaving Xiaoxiang. It is also called Zixiang because of the joint venture water from the northward flow of the Xiangshui River to the north of Xiangyin. Then the northward flow of the Xiangshui River to the west of Zhongzhou in Yueyang County meets the main Hong Road of the Yuanjiang River and is called Yuanxiang, which truly includes all the watersheds of Xiang, Zi, Yuan and Li “Four Waters”.