Where do the Chinese province names come from?
I already found the answer, and wanted to share it!

http://www.thatsmags.com/china/post/7487/explained-how-every-chinese-province-got-its-name

There's also this fun quiz to remember them all:

https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3206

(A great many of them are named after rivers, mountains or cities, so it doesn't clear up quite as much as one might hope... But it's still nice to know the history!)

Question

Where do the Chinese province names come from?
I already found the answer, and wanted to share it!

http://www.thatsmags.com/china/post/7487/explained-how-every-chinese-province-got-its-name

There's also this fun quiz to remember them all:

https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3206

(A great many of them are named after rivers, mountains or cities, so it doesn't clear up quite as much as one might hope... But it's still nice to know the history!)

Answer

There are several to name the provinces.
1, named by locations . For example, 河南， namely means the south of Yellow River.
2, named by rivers. Such as 黑龙江省，the province got the name from 黑龙江.
3. Got the names since long time ago. Like 天津（Ming Dynasty 、北京(Ming Dynasty)、四川(Song Dynasty)e t c.
4. Names with exact meanings.  For example, 
香港，perfume harbor, because Hongkong was well known for its perfume transference.

Answer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_China
You can check the map and click in each province to see how they got their names.

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Thanks for an interesting article.

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