History of administrative divisions of Wuhan City, Xinzhou came from Huanggang, Jiangxia Wuchang is older

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The black dotted lines in the following figure are the contemporary administrative divisions of Wuhan City.

During the pre-Qin period, the area that is now Wuhan City belonged to the State of Chu. After Qin destroyed Chu and unified the six kingdoms, it began to establish prefectures and counties. However, during the Qin Dynasty, there was no county-level administrative agency in Wuhan City until the Western Han Dynasty.

The picture above shows the Western Han Dynasty in 7 AD. At this time, there were two counties in the picture above in present-day Wuhan City, both of which were under the jurisdiction of Jiangxia County.

Xiling County was established in the Western Han Dynasty. The county seat is located in the west of present-day Xinzhou District and is governed by Jiangxia County. Liang was abolished in the Southern Dynasty and was not continued.

Shaxian County was established in the Western Han Dynasty. The county seat is located in Jinkou Street, Jiangxia District. During the Western Jin Dynasty, it was moved to Wuchang District. It was abolished in the third year of Taiyuan (378 years) of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and did not continue. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Sun Ce defeated Huang Zu in Shaxian County.

The picture above shows the Western Jin Dynasty in 281 AD. At this time, the jurisdiction of Jiangxia County had been greatly reduced, and the administrative office was moved to Anlu County (now northwest of Anlu City).

Most of Jiangbei belongs to Jiangxia County, while Xiling County and Shaxian County belong to Yiyang County and Wuchang County respectively. As a result, the area of ??present-day Wuhan City was divided into three parts at this time, and this has continued until modern times.

The picture above is from the Sui Dynasty in 612 AD. At this time, there were five counties in the above picture in present-day Wuhan City, which were under the jurisdiction of three counties. This Jiangxia County and the Jiangxia County of the Western Jin Dynasty are not the inheritance of the same administrative system. Yong'an County is the predecessor of today's Huanggang City.

Jiangxia County was established in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was originally named Runan County and was changed to Jiangxia County in the Sui Dynasty. It is one of the origins of the administrative system of Wuhan today (the origin of Wuchang among the three towns in Wuhan). At this time, Jiangxia County was governed by Jiangxia County, and today's Ezhou, Huangshi, Xianning and other places are under its jurisdiction.

Hanyang County was established in the 17th year of Emperor Kaihuang’s reign (597) in the Sui Dynasty. It was first named Hanjin County and later changed to Hanyang County. It is now one of the origins of the administrative system of Wuhan City (the origin of Hanyang among the three towns in Wuhan ). At this time, Hanyang County was in today's Caidian District and was under the jurisdiction of Mianyang County.

Huanggang County was established in the Southern Dynasties and was originally named Nan'an County. It was changed to Huanggang County in the Sui Dynasty, which is the origin of the administrative structure of today's Huanggang urban area. At this time, Huanggang County was located in present-day Xinzhou District. In the fifth year of Tang Zhonghe (885), the county moved to present-day Huanggang City.

Huangpi County was established in the first year of Xiangxiang (579) in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which is the origin of the administrative structure of today's Huangpi District. Huangpi County was under the jurisdiction of Yong'an County at this time and had long been under the jurisdiction of it and its successors.

Mulan County has only existed for a short time, so I won’t go into details here.

The picture above is from the Tang Dynasty in 741 AD. At this time, there were four counties in the picture above in present-day Wuhan City, which belonged to three states. The administrative offices of these three states were all in present-day Wuhan City.

Mianzhou was established in the fourth year of Wude (621) of Tang Dynasty and governed Hanyang County. Its jurisdiction also included the present-day Hanchuan City area. Ezhou was renamed from Jiangxia County. Ezhou and Mianzhou are both the origins of the secondary administrative system in Wuhan today.

The picture above is from the Northern Song Dynasty in 1111 AD. At this time, there were three counties in the picture above in present-day Wuhan City, which were under the jurisdiction of the three states. Huanggang County, the administrative seat of Huangzhou, has been moved to its current location, and there are no major changes in the remaining administrative divisions.

The picture above is from the Yuan Dynasty in 1330 AD. Compared with the Northern Song Dynasty, Hanyang Army has been changed to Hanyang Prefecture, Ezhou has been changed to Wuchang Road, Huangzhou has been changed to Huangzhou Road, and the rest have not changed much.

The picture above is from the Ming Dynasty in 1582 AD. Compared with the Yuan Dynasty, the administrative divisions in Wuhan City today have not changed much, except for name changes.

The picture above is from the Qing Dynasty in 1820 AD. The more obvious change is that Huangpi County was now under the jurisdiction of Hanyang Prefecture, and the jurisdiction of Hanyang Prefecture was several times larger than before. The Xinzhou District area is still under the jurisdiction of Huangzhou Prefecture.

The picture above shows the early years of the Republic of China in 1914. At this time, there were four counties in the picture above in present-day Wuhan City, which were under the jurisdiction of Jianghan Road.

Jianghan Road was located in Wuchang County. In 1927, Jianghan Road was abolished.

Xiakou County was established in the 24th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1898). It was originally called Xiakou Hall, then changed to Xiakou County after the Republic of China, and then to Hankou City in 1926.

In 1927, the three towns of Hankou, Wuchang and Hanyang merged to form Wuhan City. In 1929, the three towns of Wuhan were separated again. In 1949, Wuhan City was incorporated.

The picture above shows the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1953 AD. At this time, Wuhan City (provincial municipality), Hanyang County, and Wuchang County existed at the same time, but Hanyang, Wuchang, and Huangpi counties belonged to Xiaogan Prefecture, and Xinzhou belonged to Huanggang Prefecture.

This Hanyang County is the predecessor of today’s Caidian District, and its administrative seat is also in today’s Caidian District. In 1949, the three towns of Wuhan were merged into Wuhan City. Only the old city of Hanyang County was merged, and the administrative structure of the county still existed. However, the administrative office was moved to the then Caidian Town until it was changed to Caidian District in 1992.

Wuchang County in the picture above is in a similar situation. Even its county seat was still in the urban area of ??Wuhan City until it was moved to Zhifang Town in 1960. Later, it was also under the jurisdiction of Xianning District for a period of time. In 1995 Changed to Jiangxia District.

Xinzhou County was incorporated into Huanggang County in 1952, and was transferred from Huanggang area to Wuhan City in 1983, more than 30 years ago.

With the addition of Huangpi and Xinzhou to Wuhan City in 1983, they gradually became today's administrative divisions.

Throughout the history of the administrative division of Wuhan City, Xiling County within its territory was the county seat during the Western Han Dynasty. It has a long cultural history, but unfortunately it has not been passed down to this day.

Among the existing county-level administrative systems, Wuchang District and Jiangxia District have the longest history. They are both successors of the Runan County administrative system established in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and passed down from generation to generation.

Finally, let’s talk about Xinzhou District. For more than a thousand years in ancient times, it has been under the jurisdiction of Huanggang City or its predecessor. Even during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Huanggang County was within its territory. Until more than thirty years ago, he became the last member of Wuhan. I don’t know if I can adapt to this change.

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