Anqing History

Anqing region belong to blue and green lotus hillock culture and face upward splendid edge zone of culture. From the beginning of the seventies of the 20th century, Anqing has already domestically found more than 20 sites of ancient culture remains here. The numerous unearthed relics prove, our ancestor has already to multiply and live had a history of 100,000 years on this land, have created the bright human civilization. From a remote one being ancient to unify before the whole country to Qin Shihuang, Anqing region set up numerous clan square country and Western Zhou Dynasty kingdom of Wanbo today. That has not formed the unified administrative area. Spring and autumn period, West Zhou for reject Pan imperial, priority Wanbo country, Zong Zi country and country of seeds of a tung oil tree.
After Qin Shihuang unifies the world, roughly involved 7 prefectures within the territory of Anhui in Qin Dynasty, several ancient countries of the border of Anqing all eliminated today at that time, the small city is disintegrated too, not forming a county, but the broad region is nine river prefectures. When it fights for Chinese clear, belong to by Heng Shan kingdom. Belonged to Huainan kingdom, Heng Shan kingdom,Songzi principality, Yangzhou Lujiang prefecture ground now separately in the Western Han Dynasty. The West Jin Dynasty good last years (313) waste Anhui county forever, the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the period of Yixi (405-418), put the Jinxi prefecture and Huaining County in once visited place, county of Anhui, it form by prefecture, county with managing on so today sneak by mountain the systems of county town to Anhui the city.
Tang Wude four years (621) changes Tongan prefecture to Shuzhou, Wude nine years is renamed Dongan state, change the easy state again soon, Tianbao first year changes to Tongan prefecture in the first year (742 ), Zhide two years (757) changes to Shengtang prefecture, renamed ShuZhou in Hanyuan two years (759 ). Have name become different, seat of local government its straight with get county Huaining, Tongcheng, Tai Hu, Susong, Wangjiang etc...
Northern Song Dynasty belong to by Shuzhou Tongan prefecture, it is set up by army at the Deqing at Shuzhou five year (1115), Shaoxing 17 year (1147) change set up army at the Anqing of Shuzhou at the Southern Song Dynasty. not to have stable political situation. Build Anqing office the first year of an eras (1195 ) of Qingyuan, former Shuzhou had jurisdiction over Huaining, Tongcheng city, TaiHu, Wangjiang become office belong to 5 county organizational system. Yuan change to 14 years (1277 ) Anqing office for Anqing way, get described above 5 county also; To Zhi Anqing way get county go to again 6 counties, it is initial organizational system of "Anqing six city" to be three year (1323). Built the system of the office in the Ming and Qing times, the office of Anqing commanded 6 counties and became extinct and was over thereupon until Qing Dynasty.
During the Republic of China, Anqing is that province, one, county manage with the city tertiary. Establish Anqing city November 25 the 16th year of the Republic of China (1927), neck have jurisdiction over the Changjiang River both sides north city, south city (today to in the east the loud ferry of the county). The 36th year of the Republic of China (1947) November, the Communist Party of China Anhui west administrative office base area establish in liberated area, have 3 commissioner's office under its command, among them one - two commissioner's office set up in Anqing within the border. Anhui the west first patriotic democracy administrative prefecture commissioner's office have jurisdiction over Yuexi, Tai Hu, sneak mountain, night loose diving districting of cherishing etc., the guard station is in the county town of TaiHu; Anhui the west second patriotic democracy administrative prefecture commissioner's office have jurisdiction over Tongcheng city, Shu city, sneak the north and Huaining the eastern area, the guard station is in the county town of city oTongcheng.
March of 1949, the Communist Party of China Anhui the west committee and Anhui west administrative office of dividing into etc., in charge of to set up Anqing city temporary people's government. On April 24, set up the municipal government of Anqing formally. In September, commissioner's office and municipal government shut and work, keep the name of Anqing. On October 10, cancel the city construction, incorporate into and cherish Ning County. It is October 25 1950, it resume construction at the Anqing city, when for Anqing commissioner's office municipality directly under the Central Government. In August of 1951, with the approval of the Government Administration Council of People's Central Government, it is the north municipality directly under the Central Government of administrative office of Anhui to change Anqing, managed on behalf of another by the commissioner's office temporarily. It is September next year, Anqing changes into a municipality directly under the Central Government of province of Anhui. In order to have jurisdiction over the city specially, it was the city under the jurisdiction of the provincial government in 1961 in 1958, in order to have jurisdiction over the city specially in 1965, it was the city under the jurisdiction of the provincial government in 1979, in September of 1988, cancelled Anqing area and former Anqing, set up new Anqing, implement the city leader county.