Sun Yat-sen once predicted that if China were to have its capital in Ili, it would be able to dominate Asia! Why?
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Looking back at China's thousands of years of history, there are 8 cities that can be recognized as ancient capitals such as Beijing, Luoyang, and Xi'an, and none of these nearly 10 cities is not a prosperous area with convenient water and land transportation in the east of China. However, at the beginning of the twentieth century, when choosing the capital, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of our country, predicted that if the capital was Ili, it would be able to dominate Asia. And why would Yili, which is not the center of the city, make Mr. Sun so optimistic? Let's take a look at it today!
During the years of war and chaos, the Republic of China decided to discuss the grand idea of the congress
At the end of the 19th century, when our country was constantly invaded by Western powers, and the Qing government was corrupt and incompetent, Mr. Sun began the revolutionary cause, because he had been engaged in foreign affairs for several years, so Mr. Sun's thinking was completely different from the degenerate ideas at home, except that he was full of hope for the future of our country, and at the Dingdu Seminar in 1902, he publicly conceived - Dingdu Ili, plotting asia. Mr. Sun's idea stunned the people present, and after heated discussion, he had such a plan: only the headquarters should be set up in Wuchang, the capital of the border domain should be Xi'an, and the capital of Asia should be Yili.
The grand plan is very happy, and the reality is very bone
Judging from the situation at that time, although the democratic ideas proposed by Mr. Sun have made many aspiring young people and revolutionaries respond, they have not yet formed a great force, and even the goal of overthrowing the feudal dynasty is difficult to achieve, and the idea of "planning Asia" is even more difficult. Even if we look back at the original century-old history, the invasion of the great powers, the demise of the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Shikai's claim to the throne, warlords, even the Republic of China has only existed for a few decades, and the idea of a broad plan for Asia is even more illusory.
Judging from the past traditions and reality, the Chinese people believe in feng shui. As the political center of a country, the capital determines the rise and fall of the regime, so the geographical location must be excellent, in addition to the many factors of land and water transportation, natural disasters, and offensive and defensive defense. The reason why several ancient capitals in history have undergone several times of abolition has been considered and practiced, and after comparison, the advantages of Ili are very small.
Historically, Ili was once the political center of the western region and an excellent trading city
In 1763, Ili was called Huiyuan, which was the political and military center set up by the Qing government in the west. Located in the Northern Ili region of Ili, there are large-scale cities, of which the economy is developed and prosperous, and it is known as "Little Beijing". And Ili's Khorgos was once an important node of the Silk Road, only 100 kilometers away from Ili, the traffic is very convenient, and it is also a trade place on the western border, and it is still extremely prosperous today.
And these are the reasons why Mr. Sun valued Ili, and a historian named Qian Mu once mentioned in the "Spirit of Chinese History" that the center of gravity of the revolution should be placed in wuhan, the center of the inland, and it should be able to respond to every response; the capital city of the founding of the country should be placed in Xi'an, which can radiate the whole country; if you want to be the center of Asia, the capital city should be placed in Ili. But a thousand people had the idea of a thousand capitals, and because of the situation at that time, the idea of "planning asia in a big way" finally became a vain idea, and the grand idea of deciding the capital Ili was finally buried in the yellow sands of history.