Jiujiang County - Jiujiang County

Japanese: 九江郡 - きゅうこうぐん
Jiujiang County - Jiujiang County

…Xunyang County was established in the Han Dynasty, and during the Three Kingdoms period, it was on the border between Wu and Wei, and was the base of the Wu navy. Since the Southern Dynasty established Xunyang County, the area has changed its name to Jiangzhou, Jiujiang County, etc., but it has developed as the center of the northern Jiangxi region and a distribution center for tea and rice, pottery from Jingdezhen, and timber. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Sino-British Treaty of Tianjin in 1858 (the 8th year of the Xianfeng era) opened the port to serve as a key port between Hankou and Shanghai. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Jiujiang County" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…漢代から尋陽県が置かれ,三国時代には呉と魏の境界にあり,呉の水軍の基地であった。南朝により尋陽郡治が置かれて以来,江州,九江郡などと名称は変わっても,江西北部地区の中心で,茶や米の農産物,景徳鎮からの陶器,木材などの集散地として発展した。清末には,1858年(咸豊8)の中英天津条約で,漢口~上海間の要港として開港された。…

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