According to records, Changsha belongs to Sanmiao country in summer. After China conquered Sanmiao, Changsha became the residence of Yangyue people, and it was named "Sha", which means that there are white sands on both sides of Xiangjiang River, and it was named "Changsha" with the ancient Vietnamese or "Chang".
In 589 (the ninth year of Emperor Wendi), there was Zhaotan in Changsha, Tanzhou was changed to Tanzhou, Tanzhou General Political Department was established, and Linxiang County was changed to Changsha County, which was the beginning of the name of Changsha County. Yang Di Waste Tanzhou, after Changsha County, Changsha County is the governing county. In Sui Dynasty, Changsha County crossed Xiangjiang River to central Hunan, which laid the basic scale of Changsha from now on to Qing Dynasty.
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There is another star city in Changsha, which originated from the stars, that is, the "Changsha" star in the lotus, so Changsha also has another name of "Star City". However, the twenty-eight lodging system was established late, so this hypothesis should be attached by future generations.
From the middle of Shang Dynasty, "the land of Yueyang" became the "southern clothing" of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and paid tribute to it. The Book of Yizhou Wang Hui records that when Luoyi was built in 1 1 century BC, governors and Fang countries came to congratulate it. Among the tributes is "Changsha Turtle", which is the earliest historical record of the place name of "Changsha".
The ancient Yue people in Changsha lived in semi-crypt houses, used stone tools and lived a clan life of slash and burn. Influenced by the Central Plains in the middle and late Shang Dynasty, Changsha entered the Bronze Age, and by the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty, copper hoes and rakes appeared. Exquisite bronze containers and musical instruments were also made.
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