Uchie - Naiko

Japanese: 内江 - ないこう

A city in the southeastern part of Sichuan Province, China. Population: 1.32 million (1994). During the Han dynasty, it was established as Zizhong County, during the Northern Zhou dynasty it became Zhongjiang County, and during the Sui dynasty it first became Neijiang County. It was named after the fact that it is located in the inland waters, namely the Tuojiang River basin. Sugarcane cultivation flourished and the sugar manufacturing industry developed, so it is also called "Tiancheng" (Sweet City). In "The Divine Creations" by Song Yingxing of the Ming dynasty, it is written that the method of extracting sugar from sugarcane was introduced to Sichuan by the Western Regions monk Zou during the Tang Dalian era. [Komai Shoichi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，四川省南東部の市。人口132万(1994)。漢代に資中県がおかれ，北周には中江県，隋代に初めて内江県となった。この地が内水すなわち沱江の流域にあることから名づけられた。サトウキビ栽培がさかんで製糖業が発達しており，〈甜城（てんじよう）〉ともいわれる。明の宋応星の《天工開物》には，サトウキビから砂糖をとる方法は唐の大暦年間に西域の僧鄒（そうすう）和尚によって四川に伝えられたとある。【駒井正一】

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