The origin of Yinchuan place names:
The word "Yinchuan" appeared in local documents in Ningxia, which was about the end of Ming and the beginning of Qing Dynasty. Some officials and scholars use "Yinchuan" to describe the beautiful scenery of Ningxia Plain with criss-crossing ditches and lakes.
During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, the word "Yinchuan" gradually took on the meaning of place names. For example, in the inscription of Huinong Canal, "The Yellow River originates from Kunlun, accumulates stones, passes through Yinchuan and flows northward from Shizuishan ..." Yinchuan in the inscription is generally called Yinchuan Plain as the Yellow River Irrigation Area.
During the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, Zhao Benzhi, the magistrate of Ningxia, founded Yinchuan Academy in Fucheng (now Yinchuan City), and Wang Yichen edited Yinchuan Xiaozhi. The scope of the word "Yinchuan" tends to be specific and clear, and it begins to assume the meaning of place names, and gradually becomes synonymous with Ningxia Fucheng. 1944, the capital of Ningxia (now the former site of Yinchuan) was changed into an organizational city, and it was officially named "Yinchuan". Place names have been used to this day.