Most of the place names in old Beijing were based on topographic features and daily uses.
Five Pines: During the Qing Dynasty, there was the tomb of Admiral Shao Ying here, surrounded by five tall ancient pines. At that time, it was very inconvenient for people to go to the west of Beijing, and there were often bandits and robbers. So pedestrians met under the five pine trees and walked together. The place name Wukesong became known from then on. Later, in 1965, when the country built the subway, these five pine trees died one after another due to technical problems. In order to commemorate the historical significance of this place name, five pine trees were replanted here.
Apple Orchard: According to legend, during the Ming Dynasty, there was a eunuch who was favored and got a lot of private money, so he bought a large piece of land in the west of Beijing and planted various fruits. But perhaps due to water and soil problems, only apples grew best here, so he ordered only apples to be planted. In this way, a huge apple orchard appeared in western Beijing. Of course, the apple trees here were later cut down and turned into farmland, but the name of the place has remained unchanged.
Naizifang, Saoziying: Naizifang is located in Cuigezhuang Township, north of Wangjing. At that time, it was a gathering area for farmers surnamed Cui. There are many theories about this name, the most convincing are two. One is that the wet nurse room was the place where wet nurses were selected in the palace of the Qing Dynasty. Secondly, it is said that the place name “milk house” comes from the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, there was a horse farm here and it provided mare milk to the Mongolian nobles, so it was called ma milk house. From the end of the Qing Dynasty to the beginning of the Republic of China, the village developed into two villages, east and west, known as Ma Naizi East Village and Ma Naizi West Village. Saozi Camp is located on the west side of the Old Summer Palace. It was once a Mongolian military camp. It was named after the Han people contemptuously called the Mongolian soldiers Sao Tatars. name.
Bawang Tomb: Bawang Tomb is located on the north bank of Tonghui River on the southwest side of Sihui Bridge in the East Fourth Ring Road of Beijing today. Here, Azig, the “Eight Kings” of the Qing Dynasty, was once buried. Azig, born in the thirty-third year of Wanli (1605), was the twelfth son of Nurhaci. He was born to the concubine Abahai along with his fourteenth son Dorgon and fifteenth son Duduo. From his conquests in Chahar, Khalkha, and Korea, to the battles of Ningyuan, Jinzhou, and Guangqumen against the Ming army, Azig has always been a brave general of the Later Jin Dynasty. In the first year of Chongde (1636), he became the king of Wuying County and conquered Baoding and other places in the Ming Dynasty. “Fifty-six battles were all successful.” In the first year of Shunzhi (1644), regent Dorgon led Azig and Duduo to capture Beijing. Azig was named Prince of England, ranking eighth among the princes. In the same year, he was ordered to pursue Li Zicheng and his army entered Jiangxi. In 1651, Dorgon died of illness, and Azig conspired to inherit the regent throne. When the affair was revealed, he was imprisoned and later sentenced to death. His ashes were buried in a desolate place by the Tonghui River, which was later known as the “Eight Kings Tomb”.
Zhushikou: It was originally called “Zhushikou” because a trading market for buying and selling live pigs appeared here. In the Qing Dynasty, in order to elegance the place name here, Zhushikou was changed to “Zhushikou”.

衡袢波: 衡袢, from the Mongolian borrowed word daling, is a pocket for carrying things, also called “horse”. Beijing originally had several place names related to “衡裢”, such as South and North 衡袢hutong, 衡袢狠, and 衡袢波. These place names are all “pictographic” nomenclature, taking the image of “one on the east side, one on the west”.

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