Yunmeng County was named after the ancient Yunmengze, and the word "Ze" was omitted. According to today's geography, it is said to be a "cloud dream" from Jinzhou in the east, Zhijiang in the west, Jingshan in the south and Cao Qing in Hubei in the north. Justice: Yunmeng is famous everywhere. Yunmeng Ozawa is called Guoyu Zuozhuan, or "Cloud" or "Dream" for short. Songs of Chu, National Policy, Zhou Li Hu Zhi and Shilu Chunqiu are called "Cloud Dreams". Gong Yu: A "cloud" or "cloud soil" and a "dream" are called "cloud dream" because they are far apart, while the Chu people call "Ze" a "dream". Yunmeng is Yun Ze; It is said that Jiangbei is a "cloud" and Jiangnan is a "dream". Speaking of Jiangnan, Jiangbei can be called "cloud" or "dream" everywhere. According to the records of the Han and Wei Dynasties, such as Geography of Hanshu, Yunmengze is located in the south of Huarong County (now Jianlibei) in Nanjun County, and the scope is not very large. After the Jin Dynasty, scholars expanded the scope of ancient Yunmengze, generally including Dongting Lake, which was inconsistent with the records before the Han Dynasty.

According to county records, there is Yunmeng City in the northeast of Du Yun (namely jingshan county), and so is Zhijiang. "Geography of the Western Han Dynasty" says: There is a Yunmeng Palace in Xiling under the river, which was built in the Han Dynasty.

According to historical records, Yunmeng County has a history of more than 3,000 years. In ancient times, it was the domain of Jingzhou, and Zhou was Yunmeng Jingzhou Ze, which belonged to Yunzhou in the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Warring States period, it belonged to the State of Chu. Qin belongs to Xiling, the south county (now north of the county 10 km). Han belonged to Xiling, Jiangxia County, and it belonged to anlu county, Jiangxia County in Wei and Jin Dynasties (the city site was in Chengguan Town North Cotton Mill). Song, Qi and Liang belong to anlu county and anlu county. Yunmeng County was established in the 16th year of the Western Wei Dynasty (AD 550), hence the name. At the beginning of the great cause of the Sui Dynasty (AD 605), Yunmeng belonged to Anzhou. In the fourth year of Tang Wude (AD 62 1), Yunmeng entered Yingcheng, Zhenguan in the eighth year (AD 634), Xianzongyuan in the third year (AD 808), Xiaochang entered Yunmeng, and Xian Tong, Zong Yi (AD 86 1~874) was still revived. At the beginning of Jianlongchu (AD 96 1 year), Taizong, a northern Sect, belonged to De 'an, and the province entered Anlu. At the beginning of Yuan You (A.D. 1086), he resumed his old age. In the seventh year of the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1 137), Shaoxing moved to Luoxucheng (Jerry Lee Village, Jinyitang Town) and ruled for eighteen years. Yuan is still called Yunmeng County of De 'an Prefecture. In the early Ming Dynasty, it belonged to De 'an House and Wuchang House. In the tenth year of Hongwu (A.D. 1377), Yingcheng entered the cloud dream, and it still returned in the thirteenth year. In the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed De 'an House, and it was still called Yunmeng County, which remained unchanged during the Republic of China. Yunmeng County/KLOC-0 was liberated in April, 949 and belongs to Jianghan Administrative Office. August 1949, changed to Xiaogan Commissioner's Office. 1February 1959, Commissioner Xiaogan was merged into Wuhan, and Yunmeng was merged into Anlu.1August 1960. 196 1 June, 2008, the city and the land were divided, and it still belonged to Xiaogan Commissioner's Office. In the same year 165438+ 10, the two counties were enfeoffed. 1993 in April, Xiaogan area was revoked and changed to Xiaogan City, still called Yunmeng County.