Historical evolution of Xingshan County

It used to be the fiefdom of Chu Shi, and it used to govern Gaoyang City.

In the third year of Wu Yong'an's reign (260) in the Three Kingdoms period, the northern boundary of Zigui County was established as Xingshan Mountain. Because the county government was established in the mountains, it was named Xingshan Mountain.

In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Changning County was established in Zhou Dynasty (Xingshan and Zigui were both under the jurisdiction of Changning). In the first year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (581), Changning was renamed Zigui (Xingshan belongs to Zigui).

In the third year of Tang Wude's reign (620), Zizi was divided and returned to Xingshan.

In the fifth year of Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty (1072), the province Xingshan moved to Zigui.

Xingshan was merged into Badong County in the seventh year of Zhenghua (1442) in the Ming Dynasty, and Xingshan County was restored to the present day in the seventh year of Chenghua (1471).

In 1949, the Xingshan County Government was established, which was successively affiliated with Yichang District, Yichang Region and Yichang City.

On December 12, 1992, the Ministry of Civil Affairs approved the move of the Xingshan County Government residence from Gaoyang Town to Gufu Town.

In 1997, Xingshan County had an area of ??2,316 square kilometers and a population of 189,000. It governed 7 towns and 6 townships: Gufu Town, Gaoyang Town, Xiakou Town, Nanyang Town, Huangliang Town, Gao Lan Town, Shuiyuesi Town, Gaoqiao Township, Xiangping Township, Pingshui Township, Zhenzi Township, Huoshiling Township, Jianyangping Township. The county government is located in Gaoyang Town.

On January 5, 2001, Xingshan County officially announced that the county would be merged from the original 7 towns and 6 townships into 6 towns and 2 townships: in addition to retaining the original Gaoyang Town and Gaoqiao Township, Other towns and villages have made adjustments: Gaolan Town, Jianyangping Township, Xiangping Township, Pingshui Township, and Huoshiling Township have been abolished, and the original administrative areas of Gaolan, Jianyangping, Xiangping, and Pingshui have been assigned to Shuiyue Temple in turn. Town, Xiakou Town, Nanyang Town, Gufu Town. The new township governments were located in Shuiyue Temple, Daxiakou, Nanyang River, and Fuziyan. The 14 villages in the original Huoshiling Township belonged to Huangliang Town and Zhenzi Township respectively.

At the end of 2004, the total population of Xingshan County was 184,689. It has jurisdiction over 6 towns of Gufu, Gaoyang, Xiakou, Nanyang, Huangliang, Shuiyuesi, 2 townships of Gaoqiao and Zhenzi, 12 neighborhood committees, and 102 village committees.

On August 17, 2009, with the approval of the Hubei Provincial Government, Gaoyang Town in Xingshan County was renamed Zhaojun Town. Gaoyang Town is a market town built by immigrants. It is the birthplace of Wang Zhaojun, the concubine of the Western Han Dynasty. It was founded in the second year of Duangong in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 989) and is the seat of the original county seat of Xingshan County.