The name of Tangshan began in the late Tang Dynasty. According to the records of Luanxian County, "Tangshan returned in a few weeks, with heavy hills and valleys, and its eastern foot was full of rivers. According to legend, Li Siyuan stationed troops here in the later Tang Dynasty and built a stone city of more than 200 feet. In the later Tang Dynasty, General Jiang made contributions to chop jiaozi, and was buried here. Later generations built temples to worship shrines. The mountain was named after the Tang Dynasty, really because of this. "

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Taizu expelled the Tatars, and the north was vast and sparsely populated. In order to enrich the border, in addition to recruiting exiles to return to China to work, they also moved into hukou from Jiangsu, Huai, Zhejiang and Shandong. In the second year of Yongle (1404), the Ming dynasty began to organize villages in Tangshan: local people organized societies and relocated households organized villages. As a result, ancient villages such as Qiaotou Tun, Liujiatun and Majiatun gradually formed.

Tangshan used to be a remote village and a heavy industrial city developed with the development of coal resources. In order to develop coal and iron ore, in the second year of Guangxu (1876), Li Hongzhang, governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang, sent Tang, general manager of China Merchants Bureau, and Maris, an American miner, to survey Kaiping Town, and the survey results were very good. Tang Shuting reported to Li Hongzhang that he thought it would be a great success to employ foreign craftsmen and adopt western methods to mine iron ore. 1877, Li Hongzhang appointed Tang to be responsible for the mining of Kaiping Coal Mine. Therefore, Kaiping Mine was established in that year.

Bureau, buy land to build a house in Qiaotoutun, and purchase machines. With the development of coal mines, the population has increased and businessmen have flourished. 1878, Qiaotoutun was upgraded to a town (Qiaotou Town), parallel to Kaiping Town.

1898, Qiaotou Town was renamed Tangshan Town because there was "Tangshan" in the north of the town, which was the beginning of Tangshan's administrative name. At the beginning of the 20th century, Tangshan gradually developed from an industrial town to an industrial city. 1928, Tangshan Town was renamed Tangshan City, which still belongs to the jurisdiction of Luanxian Eight Districts. 1938, the Japanese puppet Beiping provisional government clearly established Tangshan city, expanded the urban area and added 30 natural villages. 1June, 939, Tangshan organization was formally established. 1948 12 12 Tangshan was liberated and the Tangshan Municipal People's Government was established, which was subordinate to Jidong District of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region. On August 1949, the People's Government of Hebei Province was established, and Tangshan is the municipality under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province.