Chengdu is a famous cultural city with a long history, with a history of 23 10 years. As early as the Neolithic Age, the ancestors of Shu people lived and lived in this area. Around 400 BC, the ancient Shu King IX moved to Chengdu, located in Guangdufan Township (now Shuangliu). According to the meaning of Taiping Universe, "Zhou Ziqi became a city in one year and Chengdu in two years", because of its name Chengdu, has been passed down to this day. In 3 1 1 BC, after the Qin dynasty destroyed Shu, Shu county was set up in the ancient Shu state, and Zhang Yi was sent to imitate Jianyang to build Chengdu, making Chengdu a perfect city. In 65438 BC+006 BC, in order to strengthen the centralization of the central royal family, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up thirteen secretariat departments throughout the country. Sichuan belongs to Yizhou secretariat department, which has always been in Chengdu. During the Han Dynasty, Chengdu became one of the five major cities in China (Luoyang, Handan, Linzi, Wan and Chengdu). At that time, the textile industry in Chengdu was in full swing, and the output of Shu brocade ranked first in the country. A Jin Guan was set up in the southwest of the city, specializing in brocade, and a Jin Guan City was built, so Chengdu was called "Jin Guan City" and "Jin Cheng". In the Tang Dynasty, Chengdu was as famous as Chang 'an, Yangzhou and Dunhuang, and was called "Yang (Yangzhou)-Yi (Chengdu) II" with Yangzhou. Gongsun Shu at the end of the Western Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei in the Three Kingdoms Period, Li Xiong in the Western Jin Dynasty, Li Shou in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Jian in the former Shu Dynasty and Meng Zhixiang in the latter Shu Dynasty all established feudal separatist dynasties in Sichuan, with Chengdu as the imperial capital and their own countries. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang also established the "Great West" peasant revolutionary regime in Chengdu. Meng Yunshi, a master of the post-Shu Dynasty, planted hibiscus trees all over the city wall, so Chengdu is also called "Furong City" and "Rongcheng City". Yuan dynasty 1286 established Sichuan and other provinces, with Chengdu as the rule and Chengdu as the beginning of provincial rule. In the Ming Dynasty, the Yuan system was attacked first. In the ninth year of Hongwu (1376), Sichuan and other provinces were changed to undertake the publicity and deployment department for Sichuan, and Chengdu was then the governor of Chengdu and the publicity and deployment department for Sichuan.

In the Qing Dynasty, Sichuan was renamed Sichuan Province, and Chengdu was under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province, Western Sichuan Taoist Temple and Chengdu Prefecture. In the long history, Chengdu has always been a state, county, government, road, road and province. In the early years of the Republic of China, Chengdu was still the seat of Sichuan Province after abolishing orthodoxy and government. 1922, Chengdu and Huayang counties merged into one city, and the municipal government was established, while the county administration was retained. Chengdu municipal government was established in 1928, and Chengdu is a provincial city. 1949,65438+February, Chengdu was liberated and became the resident of western Sichuan administrative office. 1952, cancel the administrative office and restore the organizational system in Sichuan province. Since then, Chengdu has been the capital of Sichuan Province.