Hokiang

History

Medieval

From 698 to 936, the Mohe-ruled kingdom of Balhae (Bohai) occupied northern Korea and parts of Northeast China and Primorsky Krai, consisting of the Nanai, the Udege, and the Evenks and descendants of the Tungus-speaking people and the people of the Goguryeo kingdom. Hejiang, later settled by Northern Mohe tribes, was submitted to the Balhae Kingdom under King Mun and King Seon's reign (818-830):

Funie Mohe (拂涅靺鞨) was located on the south between Hejiang and Songjiang Province

Tieli Mohe (鐵利靺鞨) was west of Hejiang

Heishui Mohe (黑水靺鞨) roughly between the north of Hejiang (Shuangyashan, Jiamusi, Hegang and Yichun) and the south of actual Khabarovsk Krai (Bikin, Vyazemsky, Lazo and Khabarovsk neighbourhood)

King Seon administrated their territories via three prefectures:

Dongping (Dongpyeong) Prefecture (東平府)

Yizhou (Iju) (伊州), present-day Mishan (Chinese: 密山; pinyin: Mìshān) as its administrative centre, corresponding to the previous land of Funie Mohe

Dingli (Cheolli) Prefecture (定理府)

Delizhen (Deongnijin) (德理鎮) present-day Harbin (Chinese: 哈爾濱; pinyin: Hā'ěrbīn), as its administrative centre, corresponding to the previous land of Tieli Mohe

Huaiyuan (Hoewon) Prefecture (懷遠府)

Dazhou (Dalju) (達州) present-day Tongjiang (Chinese: 同江; pinyin: Tóngjiāng), as its administrative centre corresponding to the southern part of Heishui Mohe territory

Balhae was an early feudal medieval state of Eastern Asia. It developed its industry, agriculture, animal husbandry, and had its own cultural traditions and art. People of Balhae maintained political, economic and cultural contacts with the Tang dynasty, as well as Korea and Japan.

Modern

The province was formed in 1945 after the capture of Japanese-controlled Manchukuo. In 1949, the province was incorporated into Songjiang Province and in 1954 the whole area was included into Heilongjiang Province.