The
Great Wall, largely constructed in its present form as protection against the
Northern Yuan when the
Ming administered the area around it as Beizhili
Beizhili,
formerlyromanized as Pei-chih-li, Pechili, Peichili, etc. and also known as North or Northern Zhili or Chih-li, was a
historicalprovince of the
Ming Empire. Its capital was
Beijing, from which it is also sometimes known as Beijing or Peking Province. Beizhili mostly covered the area of the
Yuanprovince of
Zhongshu—the "Central Administration"—and took its own name—
Chinese for "Northern Directly Administered Area"—from Beijing's status as the Ming's
national capital following the
Yongle Emperor move there from
Nanjing, which oversaw
Nanzhili or the Southern Directly Administered Area. In 1645, at the beginning of the Qing dynasty, the name of Beizhili was changed to Zhili. Under the
Republic and
People's Republic of China, it was divided into
Hebei and the
provincial-level municipalities of
Beijing and
Tianjin. (Small parts of what was once Beizhili were also ceded to
Henan and
Shandong.)
The
Great Wall, largely constructed in its present form as protection against the
Northern Yuan when the
Ming administered the area around it as Beizhili
Beizhili,
formerlyromanized as Pei-chih-li, Pechili, Peichili, etc. and also known as North or Northern Zhili or Chih-li, was a
historicalprovince of the
Ming Empire. Its capital was
Beijing, from which it is also sometimes known as Beijing or Peking Province. Beizhili mostly covered the area of the
Yuanprovince of
Zhongshu—the "Central Administration"—and took its own name—
Chinese for "Northern Directly Administered Area"—from Beijing's status as the Ming's
national capital following the
Yongle Emperor move there from
Nanjing, which oversaw
Nanzhili or the Southern Directly Administered Area. In 1645, at the beginning of the Qing dynasty, the name of Beizhili was changed to Zhili. Under the
Republic and
People's Republic of China, it was divided into
Hebei and the
provincial-level municipalities of
Beijing and
Tianjin. (Small parts of what was once Beizhili were also ceded to
Henan and
Shandong.)