"Yong" refers to the bell handle in Ci Hai. Because the word "Yong" was connected with the arrow in ancient Chinese, its original meaning refers to the big clock. In addition, from the shape of "Yong", it is also very similar to the shape of the big clock we usually see in temples. As the abbreviation of Ningbo, "Yong" appeared as early as 2400 years ago in the Spring and Autumn Period.

At that time, the place of Ningbo was not called Ningbo, only two place names, Yinhe, belonged to Yue State and was the territory of Gou Jian, the king of Yue. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the book Guoyu Yuyue said: "The land of Gou Jian is in the east of Yin." In 473 BC, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, invaded Wu in one fell swoop ten years later, captured Fu Cha, the king of Wu, alive on Gusu Mountain, and then exiled him to the desolate Zhoushan Island.

For this period of history, Guoyu Yuyue records: "Please ask Wang Yong to make a sentence." In the Spring and Autumn Period, Zuo Qiuming's Zuo Zhuan also wrote: "Please make the prince of Wu live in Yongdong." More than 300 years later, Sima Qian once again mentioned "harmony" as a place to "destroy Wu" in Historical Records. Hook wanted to move Fu Cha, the king of Wu, to Yongdong and give him a home, and then Fu Cha committed suicide. "

"Yong" and "Sentence" in historical materials refer to present-day Ningbo, while "Yong Dong" and "Yong Sentence East" refer to present-day Zhoushan Island. In ancient times, the area where Yongjiang River flowed was called "Yong land". Although the name of this land has undergone many changes, "Yong" has always been its abbreviation and continues to this day.

Ningbo location boundary

Ningbo is located in the middle of China's coastline, in the south wing of the Yangtze River Delta, between east longitude12055'-12216' and north latitude 28 5 1'-30 33'. Zhoushan Islands is a natural barrier in the east, Hangzhou Bay in the north and Victory in Shaoxing City in the west.

The total land area of Ningbo is 98 16 square kilometers (the land area published in the statistical yearbook is calculated by the 0-meter isobath), and the total land area of the whole city is 98 16 square kilometers, including 3730 square kilometers in the urban area; The total sea area is 8355.8 square kilometers, and the total length of coastline is 1594.4 kilometers, accounting for about 24% of the province's coastline. There are 6 14 islands in the city, covering an area of 255.9 square kilometers.