History of Yingde City

Issued on: September 15, 2023 Issued by: Yingde Municipal People's Government Portal

[Prior to the Qin Dynasty] Yingde has a long history. The stone tools found in the ancient river bed cementation deposit of Baojing Palace show that the history of human activities in Yingde can be traced back to 100000 years ago. In the late Paleolithic period, a group of primitive ancestors lived in the Niulan Cave of Shishi Mountain, Yunling, Yinghong Town. In the early Neolithic period, a group of primitive ancestors lived in limestone caves around today's Qingtang Town, and lived a life of gathering and hunting. In the late Neolithic period, these ancestors moved from caves to platforms and mountains near the river bank, and began to cultivate, fish and hunt.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Yingde belonged to Baiyue; During the Warring States Period, it belonged to Chu; In the Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Nanhai Prefecture.

[The Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, and the Jin Dynasty] From 206 BC to 195 BC, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty set up two counties in Yingde, namely Zhenyang (today's Yingzhong and Yingdong areas in Yingde City and some areas in Wengyuan County, Xinfeng County, and Fogang County) and Handang (today's Yingxi area in Yingde City), which belong to the South Vietnam country. The Eastern Han Dynasty followed the old system of the Western Han Dynasty, and Zhenyang County and Handang County belonged to the Guiyang County of Jingzhou. In the twenty fifth year of Jian'an (220 years), Yangshan County of Guangdong Province entered Handang County.

In the first year of Wu Ganlu in the Three Kingdoms Period (265), Taoxiang in Hanxi County was restored to Yangshan County; Zhenyang County and Handang County belong to Shixing County, Jingzhou.

In the first year of Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty (280 years), Zhenyang County and Handang County were changed to Shixing County of Guangzhou. In the first year of Yongjia (307), Zhenyang County and Handang County were changed to Shixing County of Xiangzhou. In the third year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (328), Zhenyang County and Handang County were changed to Shixing County of Jingzhou.

[Southern and Northern Dynasties] In the 29th year of Yuanjia in the Southern Dynasty (452), Zhenyang County and Handang County were changed to Shixing County of Guangzhou; Thirty years later, it returned to Shixing County, Xiangzhou. In the first three years of Liu Songtai's reign (467), Zhenyang County was changed to Zhenyang County, and Zhenyang County and Handang County were still Shixing County of Xiangzhou; In the sixth year, Gangxi County was established 60 miles west of Zhenyang County. In the first year of Liu Songtai's reign in Henan (472 years), Zhenyang County and Handang County belonged to Guangxing County of Xiangzhou. In the first year of Jianyuan in the Southern Qi Dynasty (479), Zhenyang County was renamed Zhenyang County, and both Handang County and Zhenyang County belonged to Shixing County of Xiangzhou. In the sixth year of Liang Tianjian's reign (507), Hengzhou and Yangshan Prefecture were set up in Handang County, and their administrative offices were all in Handang County; Zhenyang County belongs to Shixing County of Hengzhou, and Handang County belongs to Yangshan County of Hengzhou. In the second year of Liang Chengsheng (553), Zhenyang County was located in Wengyuan County; Zhenyang County belongs to Shixing County, East Hengzhou. During the reign of Tianjia (560-566), Hengzhou was changed into Xiheng Prefecture, and Handang County was still under the jurisdiction. Handang County belonged to Yangshan County of Xiheng Prefecture, and Zhenyang County belonged to Shixing County of Dongheng Prefecture.

[Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period] In the ninth year of Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (589), Zhenyang County belonged to Shaozhou; In the 10th year, Handang County was under the jurisdiction of Handang Prefecture, Zhenyang County was changed into Zhenyang County, and Xunzhou was changed; In the 16th year (596), Zhenyang County was incorporated into Qujiang County; In the 19th year (599), Zhenyang County was changed to Guangzhou; In 20 years, Handang County belonged to Guangzhou. In the first year of Renshou (601), Guangzhou was renamed Panzhou. In the third year of Daye (607), Hangui County belonged to Nanhai County.

In the fifth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (622), the state of Hangui was re established in Hangui County, which belonged to Zhenyang County and Hangui County. In the first year of Zhenguan (627), Zhenyang County was renamed Zhenyang County, and Handang County was changed to replace Handang County. The two counties belong to Guangzhou. In the first year of Tianbao (742), Zhenyang County and Judang County belonged to Nanhai County. In the first year of the Qianyuan era (758), Zhenyang County and Zai County belonged to Guangzhou. In the first year of Qianheng in the Southern Han Dynasty of the Five Dynasties (917), Guangzhou was upgraded to Xingwang Mansion, and Zhenyang County and Zai County belonged to Xingwang Mansion. In the fourth year of Qianheng era (920), Yingzhou was set up in Zhenyang County to lead Zhenyang County. Biandang County still belongs to Xingwang Mansion.

[Two Song Dynasties] In the fourth year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (971), Changdang County was changed to Lianzhou, Guangnan East Road; In the fifth year, because the word "洭洭洭洭洭洭洭洭洭测测测测测测测测测测测测测测测测; Six years later, it became an English state. In the first year of Qianxing in the Northern Song Dynasty (1022), because the word "Zhen" in the name of Zhenyang County was homonymous with the word "Zhen" in the name of Zhao Zhen, Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, Zhenyang County was changed to Zhenyang County, which belonged to the same state as Oguang County. In the second year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty (1120), Yingzhou was granted the name of Zhenyang County. In the first year of Qingyuan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1195), Yingzhou was upgraded to Yingde Mansion, which belonged to Guangnan East Road and governed Zhenyang County and Juguang County. It was named Yingde from the beginning.

[Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties] In the 15th year of the Yuan to Yuan Dynasty (1278), Yingde Mansion was changed to Yingde Road General Administration Mansion, which belongs to Guangdong Road of Jiangxi Province; In the 23rd year (1286), it was reduced to Sanzhou. In the fifth year of Dade (1301), it was upgraded to Road, leading Zhenyang, Baguang and Wengyuan counties. In the first year of Dada (1308), it was restored to the prefecture, leading Zhenyang, Daguang and Wengyuan counties. In the first year of Yanyou's reign (1314), Zhenyang County was abandoned, Guangyuan County was replaced and Yingdezhou was merged, belonging to Guangdong Road of Jiangxi Province. In the second year of Hongwu in the early Ming Dynasty (1369), Yingdezhou was changed into Yingde County, which belonged to Shaozhou Prefecture of Guangdong Province. In the third year of Longqing (1569), it was divided into two cities, Xianggang and Gantang, Yingde County (the junction of Qingtang and Baisha towns in Yingde City and Xinfeng County today), and part of Heyuan and Wengyuan counties were set up in Changning County (Xinfeng County today). It was made in the Qing Dynasty along the Ming Dynasty. Yingde County is the capital of Shaozhou, Guangdong Province. In the 18th year of Jiaqing (1813), Fogang Hall (today's Fogang County) was set up in Yingde County, which was divided into four maps: Dapo Dugaotai, Baishi, Dushi and Jingtou, two maps of Yanxia Duhu Mountain and Guanyin, and part of Qingyuan County.

【 Republic of China 】 During the Republic of China, there was no great change in the establishment of Yingde County. In April of the 38th year of the Republic of China (1949), Yingde County was under the jurisdiction of the Third Administrative Supervision District of Guangdong Province.

[The People's Republic of China] On October 9, 1949, Yingde County was liberated. Yingde County was initially under the Beijiang Provisional People's Action Committee, and later successively under the Beijiang People's Administrative Supervision Commissioner's Office, the Beijiang District Administrative Supervision Commissioner's Office, the Beijiang District Commissioner's Office, the Northern Guangdong Administrative Office, the Shaoguan Commissioner's Office, the Shaoguan Revolutionary Committee, the Shaoguan Revolutionary Committee, the Shaoguan Local Administrative Office, and Shaoguan City. In January 1988, Qingyuan was removed from the county into a city, and Yingde County was transferred from Shaoguan City to Qingyuan City. In January 1994, Yingde withdrew from the county to a city (county level), which is still Qingyuan City. Yingcheng Street, where the municipal government is located.