Historical evolution of Wulian County

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was successively under the jurisdiction of Ju, Chu, Lu, and Qi; in the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was under the jurisdiction of Mizhou, Jingdong East Road; in the Ming Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Zhucheng County and Juzhou of Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Chief Secretary, and Rizhao under its jurisdiction County; in the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to Juzhou and Rizhao counties in Yizhou Prefecture, and Zhucheng County in Qingzhou Prefecture.

The Wulian area was originally under the jurisdiction of Juxian, Rizhao and Zhucheng counties. According to old records: Ju County, the Zhou Dynasty was the country of Ju, the county was established in the Qin Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty inherited the system of the Qin Dynasty. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty granted Zhu Xuhou and Liu Zhang the title of King of Chengyang, with Ju as the capital and called it the Kingdom of Chengyang. The Jin Dynasty established Yangzhou here, which was later changed to Juzhou. Ming Dynasty withdrew the county into the state. In the Republic of China, the prefecture was changed into a county. Rizhao County belongs to Ju State in Zhou Dynasty and Ju County in Qin Dynasty. In the Western Han Dynasty, Haiqu County was established, and later Kunshan County was established; in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Kunshan County was abolished and Haiqu County was changed to Xihai County. Xihai County was removed from Jin Dynasty and merged into Ju County. In the second year of Yuanyou of the Song Dynasty (AD 1087), Rizhao Town was established in Ju County, and Rizhao County was established in the Jin Dynasty. Zhucheng County first belonged to Ju State in Zhou Dynasty, and later to Lu State and Qi State. The county was first established in Qin Dynasty, and its name is unknown. Dongwu County and Ju County were established in the Han Dynasty, and were renamed Zhucheng County in the Sui Dynasty.

The above records show that Juxian, Rizhao and Zhucheng counties have a long history. The two Neolithic sites discovered in the 1950s, Dantu Village and Dongchengxian, indicate that the early Wulian area belonged to the Longshan Culture. The ruins of the Great Wall of Qi during the Warring States Period, which stretches across the northern part of the county, were built in the 18th year of King Xian of Zhou Dynasty (351 BC).

Based on the old records and relevant information of Ju, Ri and Zhu counties, the historical evolution of Wulian area is briefly described as follows:

Wulian area belonged to Qingzhou in ancient times. The Zhou Dynasty was a fiefdom of Ju State. "Revisiting Ju Zhi" of the Republic of China records: "King Wu of Zhou named Ziyu in Ju, and the capital was Ji Jin (near present-day Ziya Village, southwest of Jiaozhou City) at first, and later moved to Ju." During the Warring States Period, it still belonged to the State of Ju. In the first year of King Jian of Chu (431 BC), the Northern Expedition destroyed Ju, and it became the territory of Chu, and then came under the jurisdiction of Lu and Qi respectively. According to the "Bamboo Book Annals": The State of Qi built the Great Wall and used it as a boundary, with the State of Qi in the north and the State of Lu in the south. After that, King Chu Kaolie once again went north to destroy Lu, and it was under the jurisdiction of Chu and Qi respectively. During the Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Ju County, Langya County (the northern part of today's Wulian County was originally part of Zhucheng County. In the Qin Dynasty, the county was under the jurisdiction of the county, and the county name is unknown).

In the Western Han Dynasty, it belonged to Langya County of the Xuzhou Governor's Department (according to the "Revisiting Ju Zhi" of the Republic of China, Ju County once belonged to Yanzhou County Chengyang State at that time, to be verified). Today, Wulian County is under the jurisdiction of Ju. , Haiqu, Kunshan, Dongwu, Zhu, Zhequan ("Zhequan County" in the "Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Chinese Place Names" notes: "The Kingdom of Han, Later Han Province. The old city is seventy miles southwest of today's Zhucheng County") Six counties. In the 13th year of Jianwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 37), the county was changed into a country, and it belonged to the Langya Kingdom of the Xuzhou Governor's Department. At that time, Kunshan County was abolished and Haiqu County was renamed Xihai County. The territory was divided into four counties: Ju, Xihai, Dongwu and Zhu.

During the Cao and Wei Dynasties of the Three Kingdoms, it belonged to Chengyang County of Xuzhou Department and Langya County of Qingzhou Department. At that time, Xihai County was abolished and merged into Ju County. The territory was divided into Ju County, Dongwu County and other counties.

In the early Jin Dynasty, it belonged to Chengyang County of Qingzhou Department; in the 10th year of Taikang (AD 289), the four counties of Ju, Dongwu, Gumu and Zhu in Chengyang County of Qingzhou were transferred to Dongguan County of Xuzhou Department. The territory is governed by three counties: Ju, Dongwu and Zhu. There was no exclusive title during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. It belonged to Shi Zhao, Murong Yan, and Fu Qin successively. It belonged to Nan Yan in the third year of Long'an (399 AD), and returned to Jin in the sixth year of Yixi (410 AD).

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties remained unchanged. After the Northern Wei Dynasty occupied Shandong, in the 28th year of Yuanjia (AD 451), Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty, it belonged to Dongguan County of Nanqingzhou, and later to Dongwu County of Jiaozhou. Wulian area was divided into Ju, Dongwu and Zhu counties. In the seventh year of Wu Ding (549 AD), Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Dongguan County was renamed Yitang County. By the time of the Northern Qi Dynasty, it belonged to the three counties of Yitang, Dong'an and Gaomi in Southern Qingzhou. At that time, the counties were abolished and merged into Dongwu County. Today, the county is under the jurisdiction of Ju County and Dongwu County. The Northern Zhou Dynasty was changed to Yitang County in Juzhou, and the territory was still divided into Ju and Dongwu counties.

In the early years of the Sui Dynasty, Wulian County was under the jurisdiction of Ju County, Langya County, Xuzhou (Ju County was renamed Juzhou in the third year of Kaihuang (583 AD); in the second year of Daye (606 AD), the state was restored As a county) and Dongwu County, Gaomi County, Qingzhou (the county was abolished in the third year of Kaihuang and Jiaozhou was established; it was changed to Mizhou in the fifth year of Kaihuang). In the 18th year of Kaihuang's reign (AD 598), Dongwu County was renamed Zhucheng County.

The Tang Dynasty belonged to Gaomi County in Mizhou, Henan Province. Today, the county is divided into Ju County and Zhucheng County. According to the "Reconstruction of the First Annals" of the Republic of China, Juzhou was established in the fifth year of Wude (622 AD) and Ju County was under its jurisdiction; in the eighth year of Zhenguan (634 AD), Juzhou was abolished and Ju County was transferred to Mizhou.

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms remained the same.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the country was divided into thirteen roads. In the fifth year of Chunhua (AD 994), Taizu of the Song Dynasty, the roads were abandoned and roads were preserved. At that time, it belonged to Jingdong Road in Mizhou; in the seventh year of Xining (AD 1074), It belongs to Mizhou, Jingdong East Road; in the second year of Yuanyou (1087 AD), Rizhao Town was established in Ju County; in the third year of Yuanyou (1088 AD), Rizhao Town and Zhucheng County were transferred to Linhai, and were subsequently abolished, but Rizhao Town was still incorporated into it. Ju County, together with Zhucheng County, is under the jurisdiction of Miszhou. At this time, Wulian County was divided into Ju County and Zhucheng County.

In the Jin Dynasty, Rizhao Town was promoted to Rizhao County. At that time, Ju County and Rizhao County both belonged to Juzhou, Langya County, Shandong East Road (Juzhou was originally Chengyang Army, it was promoted to Chengyang Prefecture in the 22nd year of Dading (1182 AD), and changed to Juzhou in the 24th year of Dading), and Zhucheng County was under the jurisdiction of Zhucheng County. Mizhou, Langya County, Shandong East Road. Wulian area is under the jurisdiction of Juxian, Rizhao and Zhucheng counties respectively.

In the Ming Dynasty, according to "History of the Ming Dynasty Volume 41": "Juzhou, at the beginning of Hongwu, was governed by a prefecture, with Juxian Province and two counties, Rizhao and Yishui.

"According to the "Shandong Tongzhi·Evolution" record: "In the first year of Hongwu (1368 AD), Mizhou was abolished and (Zhucheng) County was subordinated to Qingzhou Prefecture. "At that time, Wulian County was under the jurisdiction of Zhucheng County and Juzhou of Qingzhou Prefecture, the Chief Secretary of Shandong Province, and Rizhao County under its jurisdiction.

In the Shunzhi and Kangxi dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, the county boundaries remained unchanged. In the eighth year of Yongzheng (AD 1730), Juzhou was promoted to Zhili Prefecture, still under the jurisdiction of Rizhao County. In the twelfth year of Yongzheng (AD 1734), it was demoted to Sanzhou and promoted to Yizhou as the prefecture. Today, the county is under the jurisdiction of Yi. The state capitals are Juzhou and Rizhao County, and Qingzhou Prefecture is Zhucheng County.

In 1912 AD, the Republic of China was established in the third year of the Republic of China (AD 1914). The prefectures were divided into provinces, provinces, and counties. Level 3. At that time, Juzhou was converted into a county, and Rizhao County was under the jurisdiction of Dainan Road. In the fourth year of the Republic of China (1915 AD), it was changed to Jining Road; Zhucheng County was under the jurisdiction of Jiaodong Road, and Wulian area still belonged to Juxian, Rizhao, and It was under the jurisdiction of the three counties of Zhucheng. In the 14th year of the Republic of China (1925 AD), Jining Road was cut off and Langya Road was established. Ju County and Rizhao County were under its jurisdiction. In the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), the Northern Expeditionary Army unified Shandong Province and abolished the road. , the county was directly under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, and the current territory of Wulian County remained under the same jurisdiction.

On July 7, 1937, Japan launched a war of aggression against China. The team "fleeed armedly" to Wulian Mountain. In February 1938, the Japanese invaders successively occupied the three counties of Zhucheng, Rizhao, and Juxian. In March, the Central Shandong Special Committee was established; The Juxian County Committee, the Zhucheng County Committee, and the Rizhao County Committee were successively established, and the Eighth Route Army offices in each county were established. At this time, three political forces formed in the southern, southwest, and central mountainous areas of Wulian: the Central Shandong Southeast Special Committee and Ju. The area where the county committees of the three counties of Japan, Japan and Zhuzhou were active; along the Taiwei Highway and Taishi Highway were the areas occupied by the Japanese and puppets, and pseudo-management systems such as the "Maintenance Association" and the "Xinmin Association" were established; other areas were occupied by local Kuomintang guerrillas. At that time, there were as many as 13 units of the Kuomintang's miscellaneous troops stationed in the Wulian area. In March 1943, the anti-Japanese democratic government of Rizhao County under the leadership of the Communist Party of China was established in Changlan Village (then called the Rizhao County Administrative Committee). Immediately, the Anti-Japanese Democratic Regime of the Third District under its jurisdiction was established (administering the areas of Gaoze, Hongning, Songbai, Jiejie, and Wang Shituan in present-day Wulian County). In June of the same year, due to the deterioration of the situation, the party's armed forces and the government were The agency withdrew from Wulian Mountain to the south of Taishi Highway.

In 1943, the 13th Binhai Regiment of the Eighth Route Army marched to the north of Taishi Road and liberated most of Wulian. In the same year, Ribei, Jubei, and The anti-Japanese democratic governments in the three counties of Zhucheng were established one after another and were subordinate to the Binbei Administration. At that time, the territory of present-day Wulian County was divided into four counties: Ribei, Jubei, Zhucheng, and Zhujubian. Eleven district-level anti-Japanese democratic governments were established successively. : The four districts of Hongning, Jijie, Wulian and Bin'an in Ribei County; the three districts of Zhongzhi, Shichang and Guanshuai in Jubei County; Mawan (later changed to Hubu) and Renli in Zhucheng County In 1944, Zhucheng County added Jigou District, Gaoze District, and Huaihe District on the border of Zhucheng County, which governs the Niujia Guanzhuang, Yuanxi, and Fotang areas in present-day Wulian County.

In 1945, Ribei County was abolished, and the three districts of Hongning, Jiejie, and Wulian under its jurisdiction were merged into Zangma County. The Hubu District of Zhucheng County was also placed under the jurisdiction of Zangma County.

On May 12, 1947, a general meeting was held to announce the establishment of Wulian County, which was under the jurisdiction of the Binbei Office of the Jiaodong Administrative Office. The administrative division of the county consists of seven districts: Hubu, Wulian, Hongning and Jiejie in Zangma County and Changshan, Renli and Gaoze in Zhucheng County. In 1948, Songbai District was added. In December 1949, Jubei County was abolished, and the three districts under its jurisdiction, Zhongzhi, Guanshuai and Huaihe, were merged into Wulian County. At that time, Wulian County had jurisdiction over eleven districts.

In the spring of 1950, the Binbei Administrative Office was abolished and a separate Jiaozhou Administrative Office was established. Wulian County was under the jurisdiction of the Jiaozhou Administrative Office of the Jiaodong Administrative Office. In December 1954, the Shichang District of Ju County was placed under the jurisdiction of Wulian County, which governed twelve districts at that time. In February 1956, Songbai District was abolished and 11 districts were under its jurisdiction.

In March 1956, the Jiaozhou Prefecture was abolished and Wulian County was placed under the Changwei Prefecture. In April of the same year, Changshan District was placed under Zhucheng County. At that time, Wulian County governed ten districts.

In January 1958, districts were withdrawn and merged into townships. Wulian County was divided into Yuanxi, Xumeng, Gaoze, Fangzi, Street, Songjia, Chaohe, Keguan, Huaya, Huitou, and Hu There are twenty-four townships in Bu, Gaogezhuang, Wanghu, Zhangxian, Guanshuai, Yuligou, Zhongzhi, Xuezhuang, Hongning, Songbai, Zhongzhuang, Chijiazhuang, Shichang and Yaqian. In September of the same year, the people's commune was established and the administrative and social communes were unified. Wulian County was divided into Hongning, Gaoze, Xumeng, Wanghu, Guanshuai, Zhongzhi, Shichang, Yuli, Street, Chaohe, Thirteen communes include Kuguan, Hubu and Songbai.

In May 1965, with the approval of the Changtan Special Office, the original thirteen communes were divided into sixteen, and three communes, namely Yuanxi, Shanyang and Wang Shitong, were added. In 1970, Changwei District was renamed Changwei District, and the Commissioner's Office was changed to the Administrative Office.

In 1981, it was changed to Weifang area, and the affiliation of Wulian County remained unchanged.

In December 1982, with the approval of the Weifang Administrative Office, Hongning Commune was abolished and Hongning Town was established. At that time, Wulian County governed fifteen communes and one town.

In October 1983, the Weifang Regional Administrative Office was abolished and renamed Weifang City, and Wulian County came under the jurisdiction of Weifang City.

On May 12, 1984, institutional reform (also known as rural reform) was carried out, and the people's communes were abolished. Except for the institutional name of Hongning Town, the original four towns of Chaohe, Xumeng, Guanshuai and Street The communes were changed to towns, and the eleven communes of Keguan, Hubu, Songbai, Shanyang, Wangshituan, Shichang, Yuli, Wanghu, Zhongzhi, Gaoze and Yuanxi were changed to townships, and Qibaoshan Town and Qibaoshan Town were built. There are five townships: Luoquan, Shanzhuang, Dujiagou, Huaya (renamed Weijiajia on September 22, 1984), and Chahe. At that time, Wulian County governed sixteen townships and six towns. From August to December of the same year, the rural system was reformed. The original production brigade was renamed as a village, and the brigade management committee was renamed as a village committee.

At the end of 1992, Weifang City was placed under the jurisdiction of Rizhao City. It currently governs 12 towns, streets and 632 administrative villages.