The history of Changxing is customarily started from the period of Wu and Yue's struggle for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period (514 BC - 495 BC). During the Spring and Autumn Period of Wu and Yue, Changxing belonged to the State of Wu. In the first year of Wu Helu (514 BC), King Helu of Wu sent his younger brother Fugai to live here and build a city. The ancient city is located near mountains and rivers, across the depths of the Ruo River, and against the dangers of Mount Xu. It is narrow and long, hence the name the Great Wall. Because King Wu ordered Fugai to preside over the construction, it was also called King Wu City, but it was later destroyed in the war. Today's Changxing County was first built in the seventh year of Wude (624) in the Tang Dynasty, and the chariot soil was used as the city. In the fifth year of Song Tiansheng's reign (1027), it was rebuilt and 7 city gates were built. According to the "Illustrations" of the Song Dynasty, 13 buildings were built in the city, including Changle, Zanshan, Xishan, Guihua, and Renhe. In the seventeenth year of Yuan Zhizheng (1357), Zhu Yuanzhang's general Geng Bingwen conquered Changxing and presided over post-war reconstruction. The city perimeter is 929 feet, the city wall is 3 feet high and 2 feet, 8 feet, 5 inches wide. There are 6 city gates and 2 water gates. A moat was built around the city wall, which was 7 feet and 5 feet wide. At the same time, three rivers were excavated in the city, one running east-west across the city, and two running north-south. The three rivers connected with each other, resembling the shape of a "twenty" character, and were called the twenty-character river in ancient times. Residential houses are built near the water, and streets are built along the river. Teahouses, wine shops, and rice-lined silk shops line the streets, forming a checkerboard pattern with water and land running parallel to each other and rivers and streets adjacent to each other, preserving the "small bridges, flowing water, and people's houses" of Jiangnan water towns. Simple style. Judging from the map of the county seat engraved in the "Changxing County Chronicle" written by Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, the reconstruction presided over by Geng Bingwen in the Ming Dynasty established the urban framework of the ancient city of Changxing. Although it has gone through more than 700 years of vicissitudes, its city site, layout, and scale have basically remained unchanged until the Republic of China. During this period, successive dynasties dredged rivers, built bridges, paved roads, restored temples and Taoist temples, and repaired scenic spots and historic sites, recreating the "Imperial Buddhist Country" scenery of the hometown of Emperor Chen Baxian of Chen Kaiguo in the Southern Dynasties, and becoming one of the ancient cities in the south of the Yangtze River.
Changxing people originated from the Yellow River Basin and are descendants of Yan and Huang. During the Song Dynasty, the population tended to increase. By the Jiading period of the Southern Song Dynasty (1208~1224), the county's population reached 62,300 households with 273,000 people, with an average of nearly 5 people per household. Due to the intensification of military conflicts and natural disasters, the area became an important area of ??contention between the Taiping Army and the Qing Army in the late Qing Dynasty. Countless people died and fled, and the population dropped sharply. Later, after the implementation of the population incentive policy, a large number of customers immigrated and the population increased sharply. Most of them came from Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, and northern Jiangsu, followed by Wenzhou, Taizhou, Shaoxing, Hangzhou, Jinhua and other places in the province. They were closely related to the local residents. We all live in this hot land, develop planting and farming; develop fisheries and catch water from Taihu Lake; develop culture and nurture talents in the countryside, and make contributions to the continued development of Changxing land... Changxing Every bit of history is the creation of Changxing people.
The creations of Changxing people not only contribute to Changxing. The "Tomb of Xie An", the Taifu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the "Former Residence of Chen Baxian" in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the "Gong Tea Garden" in the Tang Dynasty, the "Tea Book" where the tea saint Lu Yu devoted his life to writing, and the "Cliff Stone Carvings Group" in the Tang and Song Dynasties ", the "Fairy Mountain Buddhist Holy Land" in the Tang Dynasty, the "Taihu (Lou) Port" in the Ming Dynasty, the "New Fourth Army Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Region" during the Anti-Japanese War, the famous "Purple Clay Pot", the famous "Hundred Leaf Dragon" at home and abroad, the Southern Dynasties Chen Baxian, the founding emperor of Chen, Concubine Xu Xian, a talented woman from the Taizong era of the Tang Dynasty, Gu Yingxiang, a rich writer, Gui Youguang and Wu Chengen, who were literary giants in the Ming Dynasty, Ding Fengyuan, a pioneer in running schools in the late Qing Dynasty, a group of revolutionary heroes who emerged during the revolutionary period...Changxing people created The history of civilization is a contribution to the great motherland that gave birth to Changxing.
In the long journey of struggle against natural disasters, historical reactionary forces and foreign invaders, Changxing people continued to produce and fight, making this sacred territory stand on the shore of Taihu Lake, leaving behind It has a glorious history that can be sung and cried, and the history of Changxing is developing continuously and forward in a tortuous and difficult way, bringing it into a new today and facing a brilliant tomorrow. The people of Changxing are worthy of the great Chinese nation.