Historical evolution of Xiangtan

Xiangnan County, the first county government in Xiangtan City since the Han Dynasty, was established, and the county seat (now Gucheng Village, Shitan Town, Xiangtan County) was built. It has been 1200 years since Xiangtan County moved to Luokou (now Yisuhe Town, Xiangtan County) in the Tang Dynasty. The ancient inhabitants of Xiangtan were known at least 5000 years ago. In the Han Dynasty, Lianshui and Juaner basins belonged to Xiangnan County (now Changsha) above the Xianghekou. In the fourth year of Jianping in the Western Han Dynasty (3 BC), a region in the west was set aside from southern Hunan, which became the Hou State of Xiangxiang and later changed to Xiangxiang County. The demarcation of Xiangxiang helps to ensure that the central culture centered on Linxiang is not interfered by the later civilized barbarian culture. Therefore, from the Warring States to the Han Dynasty, and even hundreds of years later, Xiangxiang became the collision point between the Central Plains culture and the southern culture.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao, Liu and Sun contended. Jingzhou belonged to Liu Bei at first, and then to Sun Wu. Jiang Wan, a native of Xiangxiang, followed Liu Bei into Shu with Zhou. After Zhuge Liang's death, he inherited the phase and took the position of Fu.

During the Southern Dynasties, Xiangnan County was divided and divided into counties around Xiangnan County, and the main part entered Hengyang County, which was once moved to the original Xiangnan County. During the Southern Dynasties, Liandao was merged into Xiangxiang, and the strength of Xiangxiang increased until the early liberation. During the reign of Xianfeng and Tongzhi (A.D. 185 1~ 1874), Zeng Guofan, a native of Xiangxiang, organized a group training to form the Xiang Army to fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Nian Army. Xiang army was famous for a while. In Xiangxiang County alone, more than 7,800 people were given official titles because of their meritorious military service, among them, 86 were civil servants and county magistrates, 1 153 were military attaché s, and almost half of the upper-middle-class officers in the Xiang Army, and sometimes it was said that "there is no army without Hunan". Xiang army has also made more achievements in resisting foreign aggression. Especially for the former enemy commander-in-chief, Jiang was the most prominent in the western expedition army responsible for the supply of grain. The two Xiangxiang people cooperated tacitly, led the "Laoxiangying" to wipe out Agubai and Bai Yanhu gangs, and made great contributions to the recovery of Xinjiang. Since then, some Xiang troops have stayed in Xinjiang, Gansu and Ningxia, and some of their descendants have settled here, and even formed their own villages, retaining Huxiang customs and dialects. Therefore, there is a poem saying that "Huxiang children are full of Tianshan mountains."

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China after the Opium War, with the opening of Changsha, the administrative center of Hunan, the opening of the Guangdong-Han Railway and the relative decline of Guangzhou's trade status, Hunan's commercial activities shifted to Changsha, and Xiangtan's business gradually declined.

With the rise of the bourgeois old democratic revolution, the pioneers in Xiangtan and Liu introduced the leaders of Xiangtan Hui Party to Huang Xing. In the 30th year of Guangxu (1904), they planned the "Chen Jia Uprising", but failed, and Ma Fuyi died the following year. In the thirty-second year of Guangxu, Yu Zhimo, a native of Xiangxiang, mobilized Xiangxiang students to oppose Tao Fuzeng, a magistrate of a county, and set off a student movement that shook the whole province. Soon, Yu Zhimo died unjustly in prison. In the same year, Liu Daoyi was ordered to launch the "Pingyi Uprising". Many members of the Hui Party in Xiangtan took part in the uprising, which lasted for nearly a month. Later, more than 50,000 officers and men from Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces fought back, but they failed because of the loss of troops, and Liu Daoyi died. After the failure of the Revolution of 1911, various warlords fought for many years, mostly for turf wars, which led to constant military disasters and complaints from the people. Since then, Xiangtan's industry and commerce have gradually declined. Only gypsum in Dishuibu, manganese mine in He Ling and coal mine in Tanjiashan have been mined one after another, and industrial workers have reached a certain number. Xiangtan has also become the "manganese capital" of China.

Railway construction began in Xiangtan County during the Republic of China. Guangdong, Han, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan and Guizhou meet in Zhuzhou, 30 kilometers east of the county seat. Xiangtan county gradually took its place and became a transportation hub. Zhuzhou town developed rapidly and eventually became an independent city from Xiangtan.

1936, the then national government decided to build a central electric appliance factory (motor factory), a central machine factory (aircraft factory), a central iron and steel factory, a power plant and a Hunan-Guizhou railway in Xiashesi area of Xiangtan. However, due to the "Lugouqiao Incident" launched by the Japanese army, the construction of machinery factories, steel mills, power plants, railways and iron bridges was suspended due to the all-round invasion of North China and Central China. Later, due to the burning and looting of Japanese imperialism and the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, Xiangtan's economy was even more depressed and people's lives were very poor. The devastating destruction of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and other wars completely ended its stage as a consumer trade city, and then Xiangtan gradually turned into an industrial city. 1949 In August, Xiangtan was peacefully liberated and Xiangtan County People's Government was established.

1950 In July, with the approval of the Central South Military and Political Committee, Chengguan District of Xiangtan County was changed to Xiangtan City, which was subordinate to Changsha Institution (renamed Xiangtan Institution in June, 1952), and Xiangtan Municipal People's Government was formally established.

1in April, 953, the State Council approved Xiangtan as a provincial city, which was managed by Xiangtan institutions.

Xiangtan Revolutionary Committee was established in September, 1968. 1980 10, the Municipal Revolutionary Committee was renamed Xiangtan Municipal People's Government. In the same year, Xiangtan was changed to a municipality directly under the Central Government.

1In August, 983, the cities of Xiangtan merged, and Liuyang County in Xiangtan area was placed under Changsha City, Liling County, Youxian County, Chaling County and Lingxian County were placed under Zhuzhou City, and Xiangtan County and Xiangxiang County were placed under Xiangtan City. Xiangtan implements the system of city governing county. The city has jurisdiction over Xiangtan and Xiangxiang counties and five districts: Yuhu, Yuetang, Xiangjiang, Bantang and Suburb.

1984, Yin Tian Town and Shaoshan in Xiangtan County were divided into county-level Shaoshan District, which belonged to Xiangtan City.

1986 Xiangxiang county was changed to the city, which is still under the jurisdiction of Xiangtan city.

1990 Shaoshan was withdrawn from the city, 1992 The suburbs of Xiangtan were changed from five administrative regions, namely Yuhu, Xiangjiang, Yuetang, Bantang and Suburb, to two administrative regions, namely Yuhu and Yuetang, which are bounded by Xiangjiang.

On August 12, 2005, the State Council approved (Guo Han [2005] No.72): the residence of Xiangtan Municipal People's Government was moved from Yuhu Road, yuhu district, Xiangtan City to Furong Road, Yuetang District, Xiangtan City.

In 2009, according to the resolution of Xiangtan Municipal Government, Xiangshui Township, with an area of 138 square kilometers, was placed under the custody of Jiuhua Demonstration Zone, and the area of yuhu district was expanded from 74 square kilometers to 2 12 square kilometers.

In 20 10, xiang tang Township and Jiangshe Town were placed under the jurisdiction of yuhu district, and the area of yuhu district increased to 45 1.39 square kilometers, rising from the 32nd among the 35 administrative regions in the province to 1 1, and the area increased by more than five times in two years.

20 12 On March 20th, Xiangtan Municipal Committee decided to transfer 7 administrative villages in Longdong Town of Xiangxiang City and 2 administrative villages in Jin Shizhen City to Shaoshan City. After the adjustment, the area of Shaoshan City increased from 2 1 1 square kilometer to 247.3 square kilometers. The name "Xiangtan" comes from its geographical features. On the one hand, it is named "Xiangtan" because it is located in the song of Xiangjiang River. On the other hand, it is more widely accepted that it is named Xiangzhou Lake in the Xiangjiang River under Zhaoshan Mountain, which is actually a deep section of Xiangjiang River, but it is quite famous for its legendary connection with King Zhao of Zhou, so that it has been named after Xiangtan County since the Tang Dynasty.