Three Kingdoms Sun Quan in today's E City, the name of the capital, Wuchang, and soon built a city in the current Snake Hill, called Xiakou; 280 AD, the Jin Dynasty will be changed from Jiangxia County to Wuchang County, that is, for today's city of Wuchang's proper name of the beginning, and then changed its name to Jiangxia until the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Kangxi had set up a Wuchang Province. After the Xinhai Revolution, Jiangxia County was changed to Wuchang County, Wuchang became the official name.
North and South Dynasties period, Hankou as the name of the place in the historical records. Today's Hankou actually has a history of only 500 years or so, beginning with the diversion of the Han River during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty. The water originally flowed into the Yangtze River from the south of Guishan Mountain, but during the Chenghua period its main stream flowed into the Yangtze River from Jijiazui in the north of Guishan Mountain.
After the diversion of the Han River, the low-lying barren continent area developed into Hankou, which was known as one of the four most famous towns in China, together with Zhu Xian in Henan Province, Jingde in Jiangxi Province and Foshan in Guangdong Province, in the Qing Dynasty during the Jiaqing period. After the Opium War, Hankou opened up for business, the development of the more rapid.
In 606 A.D., the second year of the Sui Dynasty's Daye era, Hankou County was changed to Hanyang County, and the name of Hanyang began from then on. It was only after the Tang Dynasty moved the county seat to the downtown area of Hanyang that it developed rapidly.In early 1927, the national government of Wuhan merged the cities of Wuchang and Hankou (under the jurisdiction of Hanyang County) as the capital and named it Wuhan. Today, the city of Wuhan, which is a combination of the towns of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang, has a history of only 74 years.
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Archaeological Discoveries in Wuhan p>Archaeological discoveries in the Wuhan area date back to the early and middle Neolithic period, 8,000-6,000 years ago, with archaeological finds such as red burnt earth containing rice husks, stone axes and adzes as well as harpoons from the East Lake Eagle Release Platform site.
The Zhangxiwan Ancient City Site in Huangpi on the outskirts of the city is an important remnant of ancient human life 4,300 years ago. The Panlongcheng site is a Shang Dynasty Fangguo palace city about 3,500 years ago. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, Wuhan was under the jurisdiction of the state of Chu.?
The local establishment of Wuhan began in the Western Han Dynasty as the land of Shaxian County, Jiangxia County. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the city of Choyue and Lushan were built in present-day Hanyang, and the city of Xiakou was built in present-day Snake Mountain in Wuchang. Liu Biao, the pastor of Jingzhou, sent Huang Zu as the governor of Jiangxia, and set the county seat in "Choyue Castle" located in Guishan, Hanyang, "Choyue Castle" became the earliest known castle in Wuhan city area.
In 223 A.D. (the second year of Wu Huangwu), Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty built Xiakou Castle on Snake Mountain in Wuchang, and at the same time built a watchtower on the Huangguo Jie in the city, which was named Huanghelou (Yellow Crane Tower). During the Southern Dynasty, Xiakou was expanded to become the seat of Ying Prefecture.
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