According to legend, chao yang shan has been inhabited for a long time, but no written records were found in the history of chao yang shan before the Ming Dynasty. According to the existing genealogical data, after the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, people successively settled in chao yang shan, which has grown to today's scale. During the Republic of China, chao yang shan had jurisdiction over Shuitou, Pingyang Beigang "Ma bu" or horse stance just look and Nangang Lingxi. During the democratic revolution, chao yang shan was the revolutionary base of the Soviet area in southern Zhejiang. Revolutionary predecessors, Yan Qingfu, Hu, Tu Dechuan, etc. There was a hard guerrilla struggle here. 193 1 winter, the central government of southern Zhejiang was established at the top of Chaoyang Mountain, Chen Fu's hometown, and successively established the Red Army guerrilla base area centered on Lingmentou and Zhang Zhe's tomb. From 65438 to 0947, Pingyang County appointed Tu Dechuan and Hu to carry out revolutionary activities in nangang district, with Chaoyang as the foothold. 1948, under the leadership of China * * * Production Party, Chaoyang established the township people's political power, which is one of the earliest revolutionary old areas in Pingyang County. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), chao yang shan was divided into two towns, Chaoyang and Yang Di. 1957, the two townships merged into Chao Xiang Yang, and then Chaoyang People's Commune was established, belonging to Shuitou District of Pingyang County. After 1984, it was restored to the ocean. The resident of the people's government was originally in Shantou; 1990 moved to the damper partition. 1992 After withdrawing from the district, expanding the town and merging into the township, it became a single-row township in Pingyang County. There were 12 administrative villages before 2006 and 7 administrative villages in 2007. 20 1 1 April, according to the adjustment plan of Wenzhou metropolitan core area, the original tidal administrative area was merged into Shuitou Town, Pingyang County, and the Chaoyang office was established, and then changed to Chaoyang community.