Historical evolution of Changshou county

Changshou District (formerly Changshou County), located in the east of Chongqing, is an ancient and civilized county. According to A Brief History of Chongqing, during the Warring States Period, before the ninth year of Qin Wanghui (that is, 3 16 BC), the eastern part of Sichuan was in the clan and tribe stage, which could not be verified due to the lack of detailed written records. Judging from the places where the Yangtze River passes and the distribution of ancient clans and tribes around Changshou, Changshou belongs to orange. There are Pap, Zhi and Yu. Ba: Its land is near Chongqing today; Fish: Its land is in Fengjie District today; Fructus Aurantii: It is located in Gigi Lai Township, 45 miles west of Fuling. During the clan and tribe period, longevity belonged to Fructus Aurantii and Liangzhou in Bazhou. Qin Shihuang unified the six countries (22 BC1) and set up 36 counties. Changshou County belongs to Ba County. "Justice" annals: "Now Fuzhou is a county, south of the Yangtze River". "Gongzhi" says: "Administer the counties such as Fuling and Changshou today". The county is located in Gigi Lai Township, 45 miles west of Fuling City. During the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, the Shu Han Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty, Changshou County was subordinate to Zhi County and Fuling County. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 347-420), Huan Wen was in Pingshuo, and the old county was Fuling County. The county moved to the neighboring Xikou (now Luo Qi Town, Jiangbei District). Changshou District is still a part of the county, belonging to Fuling County. During the Southern Dynasties, the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Zhi Zhi belonged to Ba County until the Sui Dynasty opened the imperial county.

In the second year of Tang Wude, Wenxian County (today's Changshou area) was formally established and belonged to Fuzhou. "Because of its normal temperature, precocious crops and melodious folk music", it was named Lewen County. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming father and son lived in Shu for ten years (A.D.1361-KLOC-0/371), and established a peasant regime, with the name of Xia and its capital in Chongqing. In September of the sixth year of Ming Hongwu, Ming Yuzhen renamed Lewen County as Changshou County. There is Changshou Mountain in the north of the county, and those who live under it live a long life, hence the name. Zhi Ming: Guantan Temple in Renhechang, Changshou County in the second year of Hongwu. Tomorrow, the county magistrate will move to Tonggukan, next to the Yangtze River, with a deep outer ring. During the Wanli period, unfortunately, a fire broke out and King Qu Zhi came to rebuild. At the end of Chongzhen, it was destroyed by peasant rebels. In the sixth year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, Yu Dafu, a magistrate of a county, moved to Fengshan and built a city wall with stones. There are four doors: "Ying Hui Gate" in the east; South name "Anqing Gate"; Jifengmen in the west and Gongchenmen in the north. Eight years of work. At this point, the scale of Changshou County has begun to take shape, and it is still called "Fengcheng" until today.