When you walk along the streets in Beijing, you may notice that many place names are named after numbers. These place names have their own origins, not only with a long history, but also with unique meanings, allusions, legends, or interesting stories. These place names are both interesting and distinctive. Today, let's start with numbers "One Two Three" to introduce place names in Beijing in the numerical way.
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Many people think that place names named after numbers seem somewhat arbitrary and cannot compare to place names named after historical allusions. In fact, besides being convenient for management, many place names named after numbers also have their unique origins.
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Many place names in Beijing contain numbers, which are mostly related to Beijing's rich historical and cultural heritage. History gives meaning to place names, and the stories hidden in the numbers enrich Beijing's unique culture.
It is pretty common that place names in Beijing named after numbers. These place names are with long history, most of them appeared during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. There are more than one hundred place names named after numbers, from one to ten thousand, and even native Beijingers can not name them all.
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