The Baifokou cultural site in the urban area is the earliest human site in the plain area discovered in the city at present, about 6000-7000 years ago; Fuxitai, the ancient ruins of Xinle, proves that Fu, the ancestor of Chinese humanities, lived here more than 6000 years ago. The culture of Sun Yat-sen in the Warring States Period is an important link in the historical and cultural context of Shijiazhuang, and it is also a splendid culture that attracts worldwide attention after western merchant cultures such as Gaocheng and Taiwan Province.
During the Han Dynasty, Taihang Mountain in the west of Shijiazhuang was always one of the important metallurgical bases for manufacturing weapons, armor and production tools, hence the name "Yehe". The Han and Tang Dynasties witnessed the revival and prosperity of Buddhism and Taoism in China, and the religious culture of Hengzhou and Zhaozhou also left a splendid chapter in the religious history of China.
Bailin Temple in Zhaozhou, according to legend, was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty and is the oldest Buddhist temple in Hebei. The most brilliant historical achievement in the Sui and Tang Dynasties culture in Shijiazhuang is the Anji Bridge in Zhaozhou, which is recognized as the originator of the world's large open-shouldered stone arch bridge, occupies a prominent position in the history of bridge construction in the world, and has been recognized as the world's human cultural heritage by the United Nations. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, cultural celebrities in Shijiazhuang were Kevin·Z and Li Jifu. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Fu Bi, Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu, Shen Kuo, Su Shi and other famous ministers worked in Hebei successively, and all left footprints in Zhengding (now Zhengding), which promoted the economic and cultural prosperity of this area.
The representative works of Shijiazhuang's architectural artistic achievements in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties are the bridge buildings and temples of Fuqing Temple in Cangyan Mountain, Jingxing. The bridge and the temple are integrated, flying in the air between deep streams in thousands of feet, like a dancing rainbow. The design form is ingenious and the building is majestic and steep, which reflects the superb architectural technology and aesthetic attainments of the working people at that time.
In the field of artistic creation, there are famous murals of Pilu Temple in Shangjing.
These murals have inherited and developed the traditional techniques of ancient murals in China, and reached a high level in composition, line drawing, color and character modeling.
At this time, the achievements of natural science are also very fruitful.
Ye Li, a famous mathematician and scholar, laid the foundation of China's elementary algebra and marked the highest achievement of world mathematics in13rd century.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Pinghan Railway (now Beijing-Guangzhou Railway) and Zheng Tai Railway (now Shitai Railway) were built one after another and met here. Shijiazhuang developed gradually with the construction of railway.
1925, the city was originally named Shijiazhuang (later renamed Shimen).
1947165438+1October 12 Shijiazhuang was liberated and became one of the earliest big cities in China.
At that time, the city's population was 6.5438+0.9 million, and there were 27 large and small factories with a total industrial output value of about 20 million yuan.
1May, 948 to1March, 949, Xibaipo was the headquarters of the * * * Central Committee and the people of China, where Chairman Mao and the CPC Central Committee commanded three major battles that shocked China and foreign countries and held the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of China.
1968 The capital of Hebei Province moved from Baoding to Shijiazhuang.
Reform and opening up provide Shijiazhuang with opportunities to participate in the international economic cycle and build a modern metropolis.
Shijiazhuang has attracted wide attention at home and abroad because of its superior geographical location and rich natural and human resources around Beijing, Tianjin and Bohai.
In recent years, Shijiazhuang's urban infrastructure construction has developed rapidly, and its urban functions have been improved day by day, forming an urban road network pattern of three horizontals, six verticals, two rings and twelve radiations. First, a number of modern buildings and residential quarters with unique shapes have sprung up, and the urban landscape has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Today's downtown Shijiazhuang is full of high-rise buildings and wide streets. "Minxin River" surrounds the city like a jade belt, and more than 20 parks along the river decorate the city like flowers.