Huzhou is an ancient city in the south of the Yangtze River with a history of more than 2,000 years. In the fifteenth year of King Kaolie of Chu (248 BC), Huang Xie, Lord of Chunshen, moved to this place, built a city, and established Jiancheng County, named after the many wild grasses in the area. In the second year of Renshou of the Sui Dynasty (AD 602), a prefecture was established, and Huzhou was named after Taihu Lake. The name of Huzhou began from then on.
Huzhou has been inhabited by humans as far back as the Neolithic Age (about 5000-5500 years ago) in the late primitive society.
Huzhou has a history of more than 2,300 years since it was founded. It is an ancient city in the south of the Yangtze River with a long history.
In 334 BC, Huang Xie, Lord Chun Shen of Chu, moved here and built a city here, named "Chengcheng" (named for the many wild grasses growing in it).
In 223 BC, the Qin Dynasty changed "Jiancheng" to "Wucheng", named after Wu Jin and Cheng Lin who were good at brewing.
In 266 AD (the first year of Sun Hao Baoding's reign in the Eastern Three Kingdoms), "Wucheng" was changed to Wuxing County.
In 602 AD (the second year of Renshou in the Sui Dynasty), a state was established and named Huzhou. It was named because it was located near Taihu Lake, and the name Huzhou came from this.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a government was established, and it has always been called "Huzhou Prefecture".
In 1912 (the first year of the Republic of China), Huzhou Prefecture was abolished and Wucheng and Gui'an counties were merged into Wuxing County.
On April 27, 1949, Huzhou was liberated and divided into Huzhou City and Wuxing County. They were separated and merged several times until 1983; Huzhou was also the first prefecture of Zhejiang Province, Jiaxing Prefecture and Jiaxing District Administration after liberation. The center is located.
In July 1983, the land was removed to build a city, the Jiaxing area was abolished, and Huzhou and Jiaxing were divided into two cities, implementing a city-governed county system. Huzhou, as a prefecture-level provincial city, governs two districts: urban and suburban, and three counties: Deqing, Changxing, and Anji. In 1988, the urban and suburban districts were abolished, and in 1993, three districts, namely urban district, Nanxun district and Linghu district, were established.
In January 2003, the three districts of Chengdu, Nanxun and Linghu were abolished and two new municipal districts of Wuxing District and Nanxun District were established. The current administrative area of ??Huzhou City governs two districts and three counties.