History of GuangzhouThe origin of street names in Guangzhou?

Du Fu Street, next to the First People's Hospital in Yuexiu District, is a small road only about 5 meters wide and more than 200 meters long. The road surface is made of smooth hemp stone, and it seems that many historical footprints have been walked on it.

According to historical records, it was named "Dufu" because it has always been the administrative and cultural center of the Lingnan region, and the highest authority was located in this area. Therefore, the existence of the name "Dufu Street" is a precious "historical fossil".

It is said that, as early as in the period of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the country is divided into 12 "Road", which Lingnan Road, including Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, the highest authority called Lingnan Road Department, also known as "Dufu" (short for "Governor's Office"), today's Dufu Street because of the adjacent to the name. and named.

The year's "capital" is a large-scale, rich and majestic, from the north to the present Dufu Street, the south to the present Zhongshan Fourth Road, east to the present Zhongyou Street, west to the present broad road. The first half of the "capital" is divided into a solemn Yamen, the second half of the garden decorated with landscape flowers and stones. After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yan, the Festival Minister, claimed the title of Emperor in "Dufu" and became the center of the Southern Han Dynasty.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the term "Dufu" became unfamiliar to people, as it was changed to Guangdong Province. Afterwards, due to frequent wars, the buildings of the former "capital" have disappeared. It originally contained the ceremonial gate 3 rooms, public hall 5 rooms, often Yamen hall 5 rooms, set up the hall 5 rooms, hold the building 3 rooms, but all were destroyed. Only the name "Dufu Street", but also by future generations continue to use to commemorate the former eminence of this place.