Wu Zetian (A.D. 624-705) was born in Wenshui County, Bingzhou (now Beixu Village, Wenshui County, Shanxi Province). She is the only orthodox female emperor in the history of China and one of the oldest (67 years old) and longest-lived (82 years old) emperors. Yang, the second daughter and mother of a hero in the Tang Dynasty. At the age of fourteen, he entered the harem as a talented person of Emperor Taizong. Emperor Taizong named him "Wu Mei". Tang Gaozong was Zhao Yi at first, then a queen, and was honored as the queen of heaven. He and Li Zhi of Tang Gaozong are called the second sage. From February 27th, 65438+683 to June, 65438+690, he was called the Empress Dowager of Tang Zhongzong and Tang Ruizong. In the meantime, he changed his name. Wu Zetian thinks that she is as lofty as the sun and the moon, hanging high above the sky.

Later, he established himself as emperor, made Luoyang his capital, renamed Shen Du, and established the Wuzhou Dynasty. In the first year of Emperor Taizong (690), Wenshui County was changed to Xing Wu County because it was his hometown. In the first year of Tang Shenlong (704), Zhongzong was restored, formerly known as Wenshui County. In the first month of the first year of Shenlong (705), Wu Zetian was seriously ill, and Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi launched a mutiny, forcing Wu Shi to abdicate, which was called the Shenlong Revolution in history. After the restoration of Tang Zhongzong and the restoration of the Tang Dynasty, he was honored as "Emperor Zetiansheng", and later changed his name to "Empress Zetiansheng" according to Wu's wishes, and was buried in Ganling as a queen. In the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (AD 7 16), posthumous title was changed to Zetian Shengdi, and Tianbao was added in the eighth year (AD 749).

Wenshui County belongs to Lvliang City, Shanxi Province, with Luliang Mountain in the west and Linfen River in the east, and is located in the middle of Fenhe River Basin. Wenshui County faces Qixian County and Pingyao County across Fenhe River in the east, Fenyang City in the south, lishi district City in Lvliang City in the west and Jiaocheng County and Qingxu County in the north. Wenshui County, with a total area of 1064.4 square kilometers and 600,000 mu of cultivated land, is an agricultural county in Shanxi Province. By 20 12, Wenshui county has 7 towns, 5 townships and 199 administrative villages with a total population of 426,285.