Xuzhou is one of the Kyushu in China culture. There are only Xuzhou, Dai and Huai on the sea. According to legend, when Dayu controlled the water, he divided the world into Kyushu, and Xuzhou was one of the Kyushu in Xia and Shang Dynasties. As a geographical area, Xuzhou is located in the north of Huaihe River, south of Mount Tai and west of Yellow Sea, involving northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui and southern Shandong, with red clay as the main material. "Shangshu Gong Yu" records: "Shanghai, Dai and Huai are all Xuzhou. The skills of Huai, Yi, Meng and Yu, Xiao Ye is a pig, Dongping. The earth is covered with red graves, and the vegetation is gradually wrapped. Jue Tian is above average and Jue Fu is above average. Juegong has only five-color soil, Stephane has scattered, Fuyang has solitary tung, Sibin has floating, and Huaiyi has pearl fish. It's just a mystery, a mystery. Floating in Huaisi, reaching the river.
Kyushu is the geographical division of Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties recorded in China ancient books, and later became the name of China. The ancients divided China into nine regions, so-called "Kyushu". According to the records in Shangshu Gong Yu, Kyushu in Gong Yu is Jizhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Liangzhou and Yongzhou.