Historical Overview of Xingtai

Xingtai, is an ancient city with a long history.

According to history, during the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Son of Heaven divided the vassals and "King Cheng appointed the fourth son of the Duke of Zhou as the Marquis of Xing".

Xing Hou had built a platform near the village of Pulp Water in Xingtai County, and the ancient Li Panlong had a poem "Climbing Xingtai": "There is Xingtai in the northwest of the County Zhai, and I climbed there at sunset to open my eyes in drunkenness, and in the spring, there are ten thousand trees on the water of Zhangshui, and a thousand loads of white clouds coming from the Taihang River.

"Xingtai for the name of the place, that is, from this.

Historically, Xingtai was known by many names.

At the beginning of the Warring States period, it was the fiefdom of Zhao Xiangzi, so it was called Xiangguo, and in the Sui, Tang and Fifth Dynasties it was called Longgang.

The name was changed to Xingtai in the third year of Xuanhe in Song (112 AD), and it has been carried on to this day.

Xingtai is also commonly known as Shundefu, a name that originated in the Yuan Dynasty.

At the time of the Jin and Yuan dynasties, China's northern economy was in the doldrums, and the Yuan Shizuizu Kublai, based on the advice of Xingtai's Liu Bingzhong, sent a "good official" to govern the country, and "removed the corruption and violence, and the exiles returned to the country, and in less than a month, the households increased by ten times".

A.D. 1262, "Xing for Shundefu", because the Shundefu Yamen is located in Xingtai County, so the two names are usually mixed.

Xingtai has been the capital twice in history.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, there was a great uprising of peasants, and Zhang Er, the old nobleman of the six countries, established the state of Zhao, with its capital in Xindu, which is now Xingtai.

During the Wei, Jin and North-South Dynasties, the Capricorn Shi Le unified the north and established the kingdom of Houzhao in 319 AD, with its capital in Xiangguo.

Shi Le and his son Shi Hu in Xiangguo big repair palace premises, its famous hall has Jiande Hall, Chongxun Palace, Taiwu Hall dozens of places, "are lacquered tiles and gold stalls, silver pillars and gold columns, bead curtains poor silver and jade".

Today's Xingtai Citadel, which is rumored to be built by Shi Le.

Xingtai people have made important contributions to the economic and cultural development of China.

Xing porcelain in the Tang Dynasty, iron smelting since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and leather tanning and tanning since the Yuan and Ming Dynasties have been famous throughout China.

Xingtai people, such as Zhang Yu in the Han Dynasty, Liu Bingzhong in the Yuan Dynasty, Guo Shoujing, etc., were famous politicians and scientists.

However, under the feudal rule, the ancient city of Xingtai developed slowly, and all industries withered, making the lives of the working people very miserable.

After the liberation of the country, Xingtai's economy and culture have developed rapidly.

Initially formed a complete industrial system of energy, metallurgy, machinery, light industry, textile, chemical industry, medicine, building materials, etc., has become a new industrial city on the North China Plain.

The city has become a new industrial city on the North China Plain.