What did Beijing used to be called??

Question

was Beijong always called Beijing?

Answer 1

During Liao dynasty, Beijing was referred to as Yanjing (capital of Yan Kingdom), and now this is the name used for Beijing's most popular beer :)

Later when Zhu Yanhang of Ming dynasty took over the city in 1368 and they named it Beiping (Northern Peace) and for next 35 years capital was shifted south to Nanjing.

Later in the early 1400s Zhu's son Yongle shuffled the court back to Beiping and named it Beijing (Northern Capital).

**(Directions in Chinese-

Nan: south, Bei: north, Dong: east, Xi: west)

Answer 2

peaking.it is a ancient city.

Answer 3

Zhong Du 中都 under the Jin Dynasty

Dadu 大都 under Mongol Yuan Dynasty, Khanbaliq in Mongolian

"Twice in the city's history, the name was changed from Beijing (Peking) to Beiping (Peiping) (北平 Pinyin: Beiping)

Yanjing (燕京; Pinyin: Yānjīng; Wade-Giles: Yen-ching) is and has been another popular informal name for Beijing"

Answer 4

Peking.

Answer 5

Peking is the name of the city and is  the traditional customary name for Beijing in English (passports issued by the British Embassy are still printed as being issued by the "British Embassy, Peking"). The term Peking originated with French missionaries four hundred years ago and corresponds to an older pronunciation predating a subsequent sound change in Mandarin.  It is still used in many languages.

Answer 6

in modern times it's  Beijing

for

"bei" = north, "jing" = capital

which means

"northern capital"

while

long ago

the major city of Chinese Empire was Nanjing

for "nan" = south, "jing" = capital

or

"southern capital"

:)

even Japanese Tokio originally is Dongjing

"dong" = east, "jing" = ... ?

:P

Answer 7

It used to be called Peking