Zhejiang Province, referred to as Zhejiang for short, is one of the 23 provinces in China, located in the east of China, with Hangzhou as its capital.
The total area of the province is 105500 square kilometers, and it governs 1 1 prefecture-level cities.
As of February, 2002 1 year, the whole province had jurisdiction over 37 municipal districts, 32 counties, 20 county-level cities and1autonomous counties, with a total of 90 county-level divisions.
By June 5438+February 2020, the whole province will administer 488 streets, 6 18 towns, 245 townships and 14 ethnic townships, with a total of 1365 township-level divisions.
The terrain of Zhejiang is inclined from southwest to northeast, and the terrain is complex. These mountains form three roughly parallel branches from southwest to northeast. It spans eight water systems, namely Qiantang River, Oujiang River, Lingjiang River, Tiaoxi River, Feiyun River, Aojiang River and Caoejiang River, and consists of plains, hills, basins, mountains and islands, of which mountains and hills account for 75%, flat land only accounts for 20%, rivers and lakes only account for 5%, and the cultivated land area is only 208.5438+.
【 "Upper Eighth Hospital" and "Lower Third Hospital" 】
According to the geographical subdivision of Wu dialect, it is divided into northern Zhejiang and southern Zhejiang.
Jiangsu is divided into southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu. Why does Zhejiang like to talk about East Zhejiang and West Zhejiang? This can be traced back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, when there was a saying in Zhejiang: "Go to the Eighth Hospital" and "Go to the Third Hospital".
How do you divide this? Haha, traditionally, Zhejiang is divided into two parts: East Zhejiang and West Zhejiang. In Tang Suzong's analysis, the east roads in the south of the Yangtze River are Zhedong Road and Zhexi Road, the south of Qiantang River is Zhedong Road, and the north is Zhexi Road. In the Southern Song Dynasty, "Zhejiang East Road" and "Zhejiang West Road" were set up.
Although in the period of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, Zhejiang and Zhejiang joined forces to establish Zhejiang Province (later changed to a government council and an envoy), the pattern of "Zhejiang and Zhejiang" was broken in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and by 138 1 year, after Huzhou and Jiaxing were given to Zhejiang from Nanzhili, the territory of Zhejiang was basically fixed and remained basically unchanged for more than 600 years.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Zhejiang Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Zhejiang Province were under the jurisdiction of eleven states, which were roughly the same as the current administrative regions: Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Taizhou, Jinhua, Quzhou, Yanzhou (Jiande), Wenzhou and Chuzhou (Lishui).
In this way, according to the traditional division of "East Zhejiang" and "West Zhejiang", Zhejiang is divided into "Upper Eighth Hospital" and "Lower Third Hospital".
The so-called "Upper Eight Houses", also known as "Eight Houses in East Zhejiang", are Ningbo, Shaoxing, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Chuzhou (Lishui), Jinhua, Yanzhou (Jiande) and Quzhou. Among them, Jin, Qu and Yan can also be called "Shang San Fu" separately. This place has been an important academic place since the Song Dynasty, and Confucianism and Buddhism are very developed.
What about "the next three blessings", that is, "the three blessings in western Zhejiang"? In other words, you must have heard of it, that is, the famous "Hangjiahu", which is located in the plain area of Hangjiahu (formerly known as Miyake). Hangjiahu Plain is the largest plain in Zhejiang Province, covering an area of about 7,620 square kilometers. Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou are also included in the narrow sense of "Seven Houses in the South of the Yangtze River" (except.
Therefore, the "Upper Eighth Hospital" and "Lower Third Hospital" in Zhejiang are divided according to the traditional "East Zhejiang and West Zhejiang with Qiantang River as the boundary", but why are they called "Upper" and "Lower"? This is based on the terrain, because Hangjiahu belongs to the plain and the terrain is relatively low, so it is called "down"; Eight states south of Qiantang River have high terrain, so they are called "Shang".
Breakdown by geographical location]
The topography of Zhejiang Province is dominated by hills, mountains and basins, accounting for 70.4% of the total area of the province. Therefore, Zhejiang Province is geographically divided into northern Zhejiang, southern Zhejiang, central Zhejiang, western Zhejiang and eastern Zhejiang.
Alluvial plains with dense water networks in northern Zhejiang: Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou.
Southern Zhejiang is a mountainous area (decreasing from southwest to northeast): Wenzhou, Taizhou and Lishui.
Between the south of Zhejiang and the north of Zhejiang is the central part of Zhejiang: Jinhua City.
East Zhejiang is a coastal hilly area: Shaoxing, Ningbo and Zhoushan.
West Zhejiang (Jinqu Basin) in the upper reaches of Qiantang River: Quzhou City.
Zhoushan Island Landform: Zhoushan City.
Wu dialect's division of northern and southern Zhejiang
At present, the concepts of northern Zhejiang and southern Zhejiang are basically divided into northern Zhejiang and southern Zhejiang, which is due to a series of studies on the Wu language family in the book Modern Wu Language Studies by Mr. Zhao Yuanren 1928. Because most of the research on Wu dialect comes from Suzhou and Shanghai, and most of the films about Taihu Lake are set in Shanghai and Suzhou, and places like Huaba often appear on the Internet, which compares the local economy in a big concept. Today, Zhejiang's economy is basically not divided between north and south.
Well, the geographical division of Zhejiang is introduced in detail. Xiaoqi said that it is a fact that the customs of every place are different. The humanities are also different. But these humanities, history and customs have changed over the years, and we should learn to respect them.