History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
In the northwest of Anhui Province, there is a place called Bo (bó) City, which is a prefecture-level city in Anhui Province, about 300 kilometers away from Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province, located in the south of the North China Plain, bordering Henan Province in the west and north, bordering Fuyang City in the southwest, adjacent to Huaibei City in the east, adjacent to Huainan City in the southeast, with a total area of more than 8,300 square kilometers and a total population of more than 5 million.
Seeing the name Bozhou City, many people who see it for the first time, if they do not pay attention, it is easy to recognize it as "Millizhou". So let's talk about the origin of the word "Bo" in Bozhou.
The character "亳" is the ancient name of Duyi, which was the capital of the Shang Tang Dynasty. According to legend, this place was once divided into three places, namely Nanbo, Beibo and Xibo, which were the three places of Gushu, Menghe and Yanshi at that time, and if they were put to the present, they were the southeast of the current Shangqiu County in Henan, the west of Yanshi County in Henan and Yanshi County. In the Chronicle of History. There is a record in the Yin Benji: "Tang Shiju Bo", indicating that Tang was the place where Tang was appointed as the lord of the alliance.
As for the original meaning of the word "亳", we can find some evidence from the oracle bone, the word "亳" in the oracle bone has a "pavilion" prefix on it, so that we can understand it as a pavilion-like building. Underneath it there is an image of an "ear of wheat". Here you can understand the harvest of grain. Therefore, the original meaning of the word "亳" should be the meaning of granary.
Let's talk about the history of Bozhou City:
In the Xia Dynasty, there were two places in the territory of Bozhou, the Yu clan and the Tushan clan. In the Shang Dynasty, the capital was established in this place. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, jiaoguo was established here and Jiaocheng was built. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chen destroyed the State of Jiao, and Jiaocheng also belonged to the State of Chen, and later to the State of Chu.
In the Qin Dynasty, the county system was introduced, and a county was set up here, which was under the jurisdiction of Surabaya County at that time. By the time of the Western Han Dynasty, The County was under the jurisdiction of Pei County. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yuzhou Assassin History Department was set up here, and later fell under the jurisdiction of the Pei State.
In the Jin Dynasty, the kingdom of Yu was set up here, and later changed to Yu County. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was a jurisdiction of Southern Yanzhou. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, a governor's office was set up here, and in 579 AD, the Southern Yan Prefecture was changed to Bo Prefecture.
In the Sui Dynasty, Bozhou was changed to Yu County. In the Tang Dynasty, the name of Bozhou was restored. During the Song Dynasty, Bozhou was under the jurisdiction of Huainan Road, and later Bozhou was upgraded to the Status of Jiqing Army. During the Jin Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Nanjing Road. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Bieliang Road. During the Liu Futong Rebellion, Bozhou became the capital of the "Han and Song" political districts.
In the Ming Dynasty, Bozhou was initially a county, and later rose to a prefecture, subordinate to Fengyang Province. During the Qing Dynasty, Bozhou was under the jurisdiction of the then Anhui Provincial Envoy Department. During the Republic of China period, Bozhou became Bo County, and in 1947, Bocheng City was established.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1986, Bo County was abolished and Bozhou City was established, which at this time was a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Fuyang District. By 2000, Bozhou had become a prefecture-level city.