However, the history of Xing Wu civilization can be pushed forward for more than 500 years. In 248 BC, China at that time was still in the Warring States period when the vassal states were independent. Huang Xie, the son of Chun, one of the "Four Gentlemen of the Warring States", built a city called "Yi City" at the foot of Yunchao Mountain. After the city was built, Huang Xie organized local people to reclaim farmland, build water conservancy projects and develop agricultural production, thus establishing and developing the civilization history of Xing Wu at the earliest. From then to now, Xing Wu has a history of nearly 2,300 years.
In 602 AD, in Sui Dynasty, Wu Xing was renamed as "Huzhou" because he was on the verge of Taihu Lake, and his administrative status was actually equivalent to that of Huzhou now.
Whether it is called Xing Wu or Huzhou, this area basically existed in the form of county, state and government in history. It was only thirty years after the rule of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, the modern Republic of China and the founding of New China that Xing Wu was called a county, and its administrative level seemed to have dropped by one level. On June 65438+1 October1day, 2003, with the approval of the State Council City, China, Wuxing District was established as a district of Huzhou City, with the qualification equivalent to a county-level administrative unit, which turned a new page in the history of Xing Wu's development. Xing Wu now has six towns, three townships and six streets, covering an area of 872 square kilometers and a population of 580,000.