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| Introduction |
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Nanning has a history of more than 1,600
years. In 318 A.D. Nanning came into its existence as a county.
It was named Yongzhou, or Yong for short in the Tang Dynasty;
Yongning prefecture in the Song Dynasty, Yongzhou headquarters
in Yuan dynasty; Nanning prefecture in Ming and Qing Dynnasties
and Nanning county after the revolution of 1911. It did not
acquire the present name until 1949.
Nanning, with a glorious tradition, is remembered as a heroic
city in the minds of Chinese people. For thousands of years,
the city has undergone countless tests in battle. In the old
days, Su Jian, head officer of this region in Song Dynasty,
once led the army and people throughout Yongzhou City to resist
the Vietnamese aggressors, who were waging war against China.
In modern times, the famous generals Liu Yongfu and Feng Zicai
bravely safeguarded the region against French aggressors in
a bid to defend their homeland. Moreover, the city has also
witnessed glorious deeds by locals as following: the 1911 Revolution,
the May 4th Movement in 1919, dispatching troops to aid the
Northern Expeditionary Armies, the founding of the Seventh and
Eighth Armies of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army,
the Baise Uprising paving the way for establishing the Zuojiang
and Youjiang revolutionary bases, the Longzhou Uprising and
the bloody Kunlunguan Campaign which gave a heavy blow to the
Japanese aggressors. The local people have added an illustrious
chapter to the history of defending the homeland and pursuing
social progress by safeguarding the South Gate of the motherland
and participating in the socialist construction of New China. |
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