The history of Changzhou

45 million years ago, human ancestor vertebrate "Chinese Shu ape" live in the Liyang yellow area, compares North Africa "the human ancestor" early 800 - 10 million years. More than 6,000 years ago, the primitive inhabitant lives together Yu Qishu area the batardeau dike pillar village. The king of Zhou 25 years (547 B.C.), Wu king yu offers a sacrifice to seals Ji in Yanling, this records the first name for the Changzhou writing.
The Western Han Dynasty great-great grandfather five years (202 B.C.) rename adjoins the Pilinng. Three countries the king of Wu Jiahe the threes (the A.D. 234 years) implements opens up wasteland, governs adjoins the Piling, Wujin (now Dantu), the yunyang (now Danyang) 3 counties farming. The Jin favors emperor Yongxing first year (the A.D. 304 years) east, because evades the sea king crown prince to adjoin the given name, renames the Jinlingjun. The Jin first year (the A.D. 318 years) the foreign national sets at the blue lingjun. The Sui dynasty king of Wen opens the emperor for nine years (the A.D. 589 years), abandons the Jinlingjun, sets at Changzhou, governs the Jinlingm, Wuxi, Yixing, Jiangyin 4 counties. The Tang Huichang four years (the A.D. 844 years), rise Changzhou for to Wang, arrange one of the nation ten Wang, govern 5 counties same (to contain the Wujin county). Illustrious Zong Jingfu first year (the A.D. 892 years), constructs the Wu country, Changzhou is subordinate to Wu, the history calls "three Wu strategic place". Yuan Emperor to a Yuan 14 year (in 1277), changed sets at Changzhou road, governed the Jinling, Wujin 2 counties and Yixing, Wuxi 2 states. From Yuan Huizong to the 17 years (in 1357), changed Changzhou road as Changchun government office, governed Wujin, Wuxi, Yixing, Jiangyin 4 counties. The Ming Yunglo seven years (in 1409), changed Changchun government office is the Changzhou government office, governed the county to increase Jingjiang, counted 5 counties. The Qing dynasty Yong Zheng four years (in 1726), the Changzhou government office governed Wujin, the positive lake, Wuxi, the gold bookcase, Yixing, Jing Xi, Jiangyin, Jingjiang 8 counties, the history calls "eight Yi famous metropolis".
After in 1912 the 1911 Revolution abandoned the Changzhou government office, theYanghu lake county merged the Wujin county, the city once calls Wujin city, along called Changzhou, was subordinate to Jiangsu Province.
After on April 23, 1949 Changzhou liberated, the city and countryside supposed Changzhou and the Wujin county separately, subordinated in the southern Jiangsu administrative area Changzhou special area. In 1953, the Changzhou city rised as municipality. In 1958, the Zhenjiang special area sent here Changzhou, renamed the Changzhou special area, governed Changzhou, the Zhenjiang 2 cities and Wujin, Jintan, the Liyang, Danyang, Yangzhong, Jurong , Yixing, the lishui, Gaochun 9 counties, subordinated Jiangsu Province. In January, 1983, the State Council authorized the Jiangsu Province solid market quotation tube county system, in March got up governs Wujin, Jintan, Liyang 3 counties.In April, 2002, the State Council authorizes the Changzhou municipal construction super city, removes county level Wujin, set the Wujin area, the suburb changes the name as the new north area; Changzhou governs Jintan, the Liyang two cities and Wujin, Xinbei, Tianning, the bell tower, Qi Shuyan five areas.