Old photos of Meizhou during the Republic of China

Share a group of old photos of Meizhou from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. Let’s take a look at the history of the generation of Nanmen, the old town of Meixian County (now Meijiang District, Meizhou City) 100 years ago. This group of photos is from the University of Southern California Library

Meizhou belongs to the seven Fujian provinces in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period belongs to Vietnam, the Qin Dynasty belongs to the South China Sea, and the Han Dynasty belongs to South Vietnam. In the Southern Qi Dynasty, Chengxiang County was set up. In the third year of Qianhe in the Southern Han Dynasty (945), the fifth and tenth dynasties, that is, the second year of the opening of the Later Jin Dynasty, Chengxiang was promoted to Jingzhou. In the fourth year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (971), Jingzhou was changed to Meizhou because of avoiding the taboo of Zhao Jingzhi, the great grandfather of the Song Dynasty& ldquo; Meizhou” The name of begins here. In the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1369), Meizhou was abandoned and restored to Chengxiang County, which was the capital of the Chaozhou Prefecture, the chief political envoy of Guangdong. Most of Meizhou is located in 1733— It was called Jiaying Prefecture in 1911

In the 10th year of the reign of Emperor Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1732), the governor of Guangdong, Emida, reported to the imperial court that Xingning and Changle (now Wuhua), two counties of Huizhou Prefecture, and Chengxiang, Pingyuan and Zhenping (now Jiaoling), three counties of Chaozhou Prefecture, were established as Jiaying Prefecture and directly under the Guangdong Chief Secretary; Jiaying five genera”, In the following March, Jiaying Prefecture was officially established in the 11th year of Emperor Yongzheng (1733) of the Qing Dynasty. In 1911, Jiaying Prefecture was renamed Meizhou

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