At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, in the 15th year of Jin Dinggong (the first 497 years), the famous Jinyang ancient city appeared on the bank of the Fenhe River, with a history of 2486 years. Jinyang Ancient City was the capital of Zhao in the early Warring States Period. After Qin Shihuang unified China, the world was divided into 36 counties, and Taiyuan County was set up on this ancient land to govern Jinyang. Jinyang was called Taiyuan from the beginning. Jinyang was set up in the thorn department of Bingzhou in the Han Dynasty, which was also the beginning of the name of Taiyuan Bingzhou, and the abbreviation of Taiyuan came from it. At that time, Taiyuan had become one of the thirteen provincial governments in China, which was well known.

Gao Huan, Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, has Taiyuan as its capital!

In 6 17 AD, in the 13th year of Yang Di's great cause, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan and Qin Wang Li Shimin set out in Taiyuan, and finally established the Tang Dynasty, which was famous for hundreds of years!

In 979 AD, Song Taizong pacified the Northern Han Dynasty, the last country among the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and conquered its capital Taiyuan, because Taiyuan has always been a place where real dragons came out. In order to prevent Taiyuan from becoming emperor again, it set fire to the old city of Taiyuan. Rebuild the new Taiyuan city on the west bank of Fenhe River in a few years! In the planning of the new Taiyuan city, the design of the "Ding" intersection is often used, which means that the dragon soul of Taiyuan has been crucified!