Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu province, located in the center of Jiangnan and Yangtze River Delta. It is one of the central cities in the Yangtze River Delta, an advanced manufacturing base and a famous cultural tourism city. It is an important part of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in Jiangsu Province, forming the Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou metropolitan area.
As of 20 18, Changzhou has jurisdiction over five municipal districts, namely Tianning District, Zhonglou District, Xinbei District, Wujin District and Jintan District, and liyang city 1 county-level city, and has jurisdiction over 25 sub-district offices, 36 towns, 807 administrative villages and 323 neighborhood committees, with a total area of 4,385 square kilometers.
Changzhou is a famous historical and cultural city with a history of more than 3,200 years. Once named Yanling, Piling, Jinling, Nanlanling and Wujin. In the 9th year of Emperor Wendi (589), it was changed to Changzhou, which was founded in 1949. Changzhou section of the Grand Canal of China was selected as a World Heritage List.
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Changzhou is a Neolithic village site for more than 6000 years, with overlapping strata of Majiabang culture and Songze culture. The cultural relics unearthed from Panjiatang, Xiweidun Neolithic Site, Liucun Jiangtang and Panjiatang settlement site in Qinglong Town, Tianning District were found in 1976, more than 5,500 years ago. The lower layer belongs to Majiabang culture period, and the shallow layer belongs to Songze culture period.
The site of Changzhou Orchard near Paimu Village, Dingyan Township, Qishuyan District was found at 1986, more than 5,000 years ago, belonging to the late Majiabang culture. The site of Temple Pier in Miaocun Village, Huang San, Lu Zheng Town, Wujin District is about 4,500 years ago, belonging to Liangzhu culture period.
Changzhou, as the territory of the State of Wu, has a written history of more than 3,200 years since it was sentenced to Wu (the predecessor of Wu) in Baiyue, Taihu Lake Basin on the south bank of the Yangtze River. Yancheng Site in Wujin District, Changzhou is the earliest preserved city from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period in China, and the only ancient city with three cities and three rivers in the world, with a history of nearly 3,000 years.
In the early years of Zhou Chengwang (about 1042 BC), the Aman people fought against the Zhou Dynasty with Wu Kang, Pugu people and Dongyi people. In three years, Zhou killed Wu Geng, held an election and died. Yan and adherents fled to the south, staying between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, and then to the Taihu Lake basin. It was at this time that Yancheng was called the ancient flood land.
In addition, Wujin District also has the ruins of Helucheng and Hecheng in the Spring and Autumn Period. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period (547 BC), Ji Zha, the fourth son of Wu Wang Shoumeng, was sealed as Yanling City, and since then, it has a history of more than 2,500 years, with accurate chronology and exact place names. In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC), Yanling was changed to Piling, which was a county administration.
Wang Mang changed his name to Piling altar and Piling in the first year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the third year of Wu Jiahe in the Three Kingdoms (234), Wuxi County was classified as a temple farmer in Piling, and the counties were unified. In the second year of Dakang in the Western Jin Dynasty (28 1), Piling County was built, which governed Dantu, Qu (Danyang), Wujin, Yanling, Piling, Jiyang (Jiangyin, the west of Zhangjiagang) and Wuxi, and was a big county in the south of the Yangtze River.
Piling hillock, named after piling, is located here. In the first year of Emperor Huidi Yongxing in the Western Jin Dynasty (305), in order to avoid the jealousy of Sima Yi (Sima Yue), the king of the East China Sea, Piling was changed to Jinling, and the name of Jinling was used for more than 290 years.
During the Yongjia Rebellion, the gentry of the Central Plains moved southward in succession, occupying a large area, and overseas Chinese settled in counties. Wujin County once had Lanling County and Lanling County, and Jinling County had Gong Ling County, Dongguan County and Gumu County, which were successively abandoned until the end of the Southern Dynasty. In the third year of Emperor Wendi (583), the county was abolished and the county was unified by the state.
In the ninth year of Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty (589), Changzhou was established in Changshu County, and then Changshu County was divided into Suzhou, and then moved to Changzhou to govern Jinling, hence the name of Changzhou began. Since then, although it has been renamed as Piling, Jinling, Changchun and Changzhou, the time is short, and the name Changzhou has been used for nearly 1400 years. In the fourth year of Tang Wuzong Huichang (840), Changzhou was promoted to one of the top ten state capitals in China.
In the Song Dynasty, Changzhou belonged to the West Zhejiang Road. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Battle of Changzhou took place. After Bo Yan conquered Changzhou, he ordered the massacre. In the 14th year of Yuan Dynasty (1277), it was promoted to Changzhou Road, which belongs to Zhongshu Province in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and governs Jinling County and Wujin County (two counties in the same city), and leads Jinling County, Wujin County, Yixing and Wuxi.
In the seventeenth year of Zheng Zheng (1357), Zhu Yuanzhang was renamed Changchun Prefecture and Changzhou Prefecture in the same year. In the fourth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1726), Wujin set up another Yanghu Lake, Wuxi set up another Jingui, Yixing set up another Jingxi River, and Jiangyin and Jingjiang were in charge of eight counties, so it was called "the middle Wu Yingfu, and the eight cities were all famous".
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