Shiyan City, Hubei Province was originally a "small town", why was it upgraded to a "prefecture-level city"?

Shiyan City is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, in the middle and upper reaches of the Hanjiang River, at the junction of the three economic plates of northwest, southwest and central China, with developed transportation. It is the only regional central city in the adjacent areas of Shaanxi, Chongqing, Hubei and Henan, the first of the three central cities in Qinba Mountain area, and also the center of automobile scientific research, manufacturing, commercial distribution, medical care and tourism culture. Among them? Motor city? Danjiangkou? Wudang Mountain? It is also world-famous. Shiyan is a township in the mountainous area of northwest Hubei, formerly known as Nanping, which belongs to Yunxian County. Its name is unknown, but it has a long history.

Shiyan is one of the birthplaces of ancient humans in China. At the end of 1980s, the national archaeologist excavated the ancient human skull fossil on the beam of Quyuan River School in Yunxian County, which was recognized as Homo erectus by international paleoanthropologists and named as? Fuyang people? 10 million years ago. Prove that Shiyan area is the origin of ancient humans.

According to historical records and geographical records:? In Xia Dynasty, Shiyan was the regional confluence of Liangzhou, Jingzhou and Yuzhou. In Shang Dynasty, the territory belonged to Yong State. ? Shiyan area in Xia Dynasty belonged to Liangzhou and Yuzhou. Today, Yunxian County, Yunxi County, Fangxian County, Zhushan County and Zhuxi County belong to Liangzhou, and Danjiangkou belongs to Yuzhou. Shiyan in Shang Dynasty was the territory of the ancient kingdom, which was inhabited successively by feudal and tribal kingdoms such as Yong, Peng and Wei. Guo Yong center is in Yongbeiba area on Zhushan Mountain today, Guo Peng center is in Fangxian County today, and Weiguo center is near Huanglong in zhang wan today. Shiyan in the Western Zhou Dynasty is still a place where ancient countries coexist, mediocre, insignificant, admired, unfamiliar and equal. Guo Yong occupies Zhushan and Ankang in Shaanxi, Weiguo is in Huanglong, zhang wan, Zhuan Xu and Zhuan Xu are in Wufeng Township, Yunxian County, and the hub country center is Xijiadian in Danjiangkou, at the junction of Danjiangkou and Xichuan in Henan Province.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, around 6 1 1 year BC, after the northern Chu State was neglected and destroyed, Hanzhong County was established in Yongdu, Shang Yong County was established in Yongdu, Shiyan belonged to Chu, and Chu and Qin established six counties in Shang Yong in this area. Around 6 1 1 year BC, after the destruction of Yong and Ai in Chu, Shiyan returned to Chu and there were six counties. According to the law of establishing the system of connecting the past with the future, can we learn from the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty? Six counties in Shang Yong? In addition to counties, there are five counties: Fangling, Wei, Wuling, Changli and Wudang. At the beginning of the Warring States, Shiyan belonged to the six counties of Yong (Shang Yong, Fangling, Lu 'an, Changli, Wudang and Wuling) above Chu. In 365438 BC+02 BC, Shiyan belonged to Qin after being represented by Qin Zhangyi. In 304 BC, Zhao Haoqi of Qin returned the general to Chu. After Chu Huaiwang died in Qin in 296 BC, Shiyan was finally owned by Qin.

After the Qin Dynasty unified the six countries, Shiyan now belongs to Wudang County and Nanyang County in Jingzhou in the east and south, and Wuxi County and Hanzhong County in Yizhou in the west. The Han dynasty inherited the Qin system, and successive dynasties.

In the year of Ming Chenghua 12 (1476), Yunyang prefecture was established. Jie Yuan, the founder of the government, regards Nanping as a base for resettling refugees, reclaiming land, building dams to irrigate fields and serving the military and civilians. In the first year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1522), the Huguang map was recorded under the Shanhe Gate. Shiyan, in the south of the county (Yun County), is named Shiyan because streams irrigate fields. ? (Shiyan Literature and History Series II 1994 Edition). Shiyan? As a place name, it was first seen in historical records and has a history of more than 500 years.

After the Qing Dynasty, although the administrative divisions changed frequently, Shiyan was always under the jurisdiction of Yun County. The construction of 1966 third line has brought new development opportunities to Shiyan. Established on June 6th 1967? Shiyan Office of Yunxian Administrative Office? Later, it was renamed? Shiyan Office of Yunyang Administrative Office? .

1969165438+1the State Council approved the cancellation on October 24th? Shiyan Office of Yunyang Administrative Office? Shiyan city (county-level city) was established, and in February 1973, it was changed to a provincial city. 1994 is still called Shiyan city after the merger, and the system of city governing county is implemented.