Area of Chūgoku
History
Chūgoku means literally the Country of the Medium. This denomination refers to old divisions of Japan: one distinguished the Close Pays (近国, Kingoku ), the Pays of the Medium and the Remote Pays (遠国, Ongoku ), in reference to the distance which separated them from the old capitals (Nara or Kyōto according to the time.)In a strict way, current Chūgoku covers only the Pays of the Medium of the west of Kyōto, along the roads of Sanindo (山陰道) and Sanyodo (山陽道).
In Japanese, the Kanji 中国 and the reading Chūgoku are also used to indicate the China. The same characters are used in Chinese but marked Zhōngguó .
To avoid confusing the area of Chūgoku with China, the area is also called Région of San' in-San' yō. San' in is the northern part, vis-a-vis the Mer of Japan, i.e. “the dark side of the mountain”. San' yō , “the enlightened side of the mountain”, is the southern part, facing the Inland sea of Seto. These names draw their origins from the differences in climate marked between the two.
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The area of Chūgoku is consisted today of the five following prefectures:- the Prefecture of Hiroshima;
- the Prefecture of Shimane;
- the Prefecture of Tottori;
- the Prefecture of Yamaguchi.
- Moreover, the Préfecture of Okayama is generally included, although only the Province of Bitchu was regarded as Pays of the Medium, whereas the provinces of Mimasaka and Bizen, the two other components of current Okayama, were regarded as close Pays .
The principal cities of the area are Hiroshima, Okayama and Matsue.
The area of Chūgoku is characterized by its irregular hills and its zones of limited plains and is divided into two parts separated by the assembly line which through is it in west.
The town of Hiroshima, the “capital” of the area of Chūgoku, was rebuilt after its destruction by a atomic bomb in 1945, and is now an industrial metropolis more than cash one million people.
Intensive fishing and pollution reduced the productivity of the fishing zones of the inland sea, and the zone concentrated on heavy industry. San' in, however, is industrialized and rests on the Agriculture.
See too
Related articles
External bonds and documents
- Chūgoku on the site of the National office of Japanese tourism
Zh-classical: 中國地方
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