The Historical Origin of Yancheng
Du Yan County was built in the fourth year of Yuan Shou in the Western Han Dynasty (BC 1 19), and it was named Du Yan County because of its developed salt industry. At that time, Yancheng was full of salt fields and rivers carrying salt everywhere. Blasphemy In ancient times, it meant the river of salt.
In 4 1 1 year BC, in the seventh year of Emperor Yixi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Du Yan County was renamed Yancheng County. What was Yancheng like at that time? Yantian around the city? Famous at home and abroad, the name has continued to this day.
Yancheng is one of the areas that were used and developed earlier along the eastern coast of China.
Yancheng belonged to before the Western Zhou Dynasty? Huaiyi? Land; By the Warring States period, people here knew how to use it. Boil the sea to get salt? Make a fortune; During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the salt industry here has been highly prosperous, with salt rivers extending in all directions. Boiling the sea for profit and crossing the canal for luck? .
What changes have taken place in Yancheng in history?
In the fourth year of founding ceremony, Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty (1 19 BC), an area east of Sheyang County near the Yellow Sea was divided into Duyan County by the Western Han Dynasty. Because the area is full of salt boiling fields and rivers carrying salt extend in all directions, Du Yan County is designed to increase the central tax revenue for the convenience of management. At the beginning of the county, it was under the jurisdiction of Sheyang Cheng.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao, a famous lean man, moved the people of the whole Jianghuai area to the west, abolishing Du Yan County, and it was not until the Western Jin Dynasty that the county was restored.
In the seventh year of Yixi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 4 1 1), due to the highly developed salt industry, Du Yan County was renamed Yancheng.
Sheyang County was located in Yancheng during the Northern Qi Dynasty, and changed to Yancheng County after Chen.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, peasant uprisings mushroomed. One of them, Wei Che, the leader of the Jiang-Huai peasant uprising army, occupied Yancheng and established Sheyang, Xin 'an and Anle counties.
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Zhou She was abandoned and Yancheng County was restored, belonging to Chuzhou. After Tang Suzong ascended the throne, he set up the Governor of Yancheng in 758 to manage the salt affairs in Chuzhou. Yancheng remained basically unchanged during the Song and Yuan Dynasties.
By the end of Yuan Dynasty, although Zhang Shicheng led the salt people's uprising in Jianghuai and established the Zhou regime, it lasted for 14 years and finally made Pingjiang its capital, so it was more or less related to Yancheng.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's? Hongwu drove away? More than 4,000 landless households moved to Jiangbei, and some of them were included in Yancheng.
In the early Qing Dynasty, Yancheng was first placed under the jurisdiction of jiangnan province, and then under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province. In the ninth year of Yongzheng, Funing County was established. In the thirty-third year of Qianlong, Dongtai County was established.
During the Republic of China, it belonged to Huaiyang Road first, and then to Yanfu District Administrative Office. After liberation, in June 1953 65438+ 10 1, after the establishment of the people's government of Jiangsu Province, Yancheng area was established. 1970, Yancheng District was changed to Yancheng District. 1983, Yancheng District and Yancheng County were abolished, and Yancheng City, a provincial city, was established.
Through the above historical narration of Yancheng, we can draw a conclusion that there are two related Yancheng in history. Country? There are two * * *: Wei Che, a peasant uprising army at the end of Sui Dynasty, and Zhang Shicheng, a salt uprising army at the end of Yuan Dynasty. Big week? Political power. Note: Because of these two? Country? It has not been recognized by the world and its influence is not great, so there are different opinions about whether it is a country or not.