The origin of the name Chizhou in Anhui Province, why is it called Chizhou? What does Chizhou mean?

Pool refers to the Chikou River, from:

Tang Wude four years (621) began to set up Chizhou, the state of Shicheng, to the first year of Zhengguan (627) withdrawn, the territories are also under the Xuanshou, Chizhou is the land of the Xuanshou, Tang Tianbao first year (742) to change the state for the county, the original Chizhou, known as the county of Qiupu.

Chizhou, referred to as "pool", alias "qiupu", prefecture-level city in Anhui Province. It is an important riverside port city on the south bank of the Yangtze River, a member city of the Yangtze River Delta city cluster, a national model city of double embracing, a national forest city, and the location of Jiuhua Mountain, one of the four most famous Buddhist mountains in China.

Extended information:

Chizhou has been known as "the land of a thousand poets", and is a provincial-level famous city of history and culture. The city is known as a provincial-level historical and cultural city. It was established in 621 A.D. and has been in operation for nearly 1400 years. The celebrities Li Bai, Du Mu, Tao Yuanming, Su Shi and Yue Fei have all visited Chizhou and left valuable cultural treasures.

At the same time, there are "China's theater living fossil" Guizhi Nuo opera, "the originator of Beijing opera" Qingyang cavity and Dongzhi lanterns and a number of national intangible cultural heritage and a long history of Buddhist culture, tea culture.

"Five miles of different winds, ten miles of different customs," the unique geographic location, the fusion of diverse cultures convergence, the formation of a very different style of folk culture in Chizhou. Dongzhi lanterns, Jiuhuashan temple fair included in the national intangible cultural heritage, Guiqi Luocheng folk songs, Shidai singing song, Ping'an grass dragon lanterns, cock tunes, Fukuo main temple fair, Youhua singing gongs and drums included in the provincial cultural heritage.

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