What is the history of Yinchuan?

Yinchuan has a long history and is one of the birthplaces of ancient civilization in China. The remains and relics of human activities in the late Paleolithic period found in Shuidonggou show that there were human activities here as early as primitive society. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period (about1/century-22 BC1year), Ningxia was one of the inhabited areas of Qiang, Rong and Xiongnu.

After Qin Shihuang unified China, Meng Tian led 300,000 troops to defend the border, built the world-famous Qin Changcheng and the famous Qinqu, which created the history of irrigation from the Yellow River. By the Han dynasty, the agricultural economy here had been quite prosperous. During the reign of Emperor Hanyangshuo, the northern electric farming town was built, which opened the first page of Yinchuan's urban construction history, and it has been more than 2000 years. Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, visited Ningxia twice and immigrated 700,000 people to China, further developing agricultural irrigation. In the third year of Yifeng in Tang Gaozu (AD 678), Huaiyuan New City was built, which is now the location of xingqing district in Yinchuan City. After the Tang Anshi Rebellion, Prince Hengli entered Ningxia, where he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor (Tang Suzong). At that time, Yinchuan had become one of the important routes of east-west traffic and trade in China, with developed agriculture and considerable wealth.

In A.D. 1038, Li Yuanhao, the leader of the Tangut, established the Daxia Kingdom with Ningxia as the center, which was called Xixia in history and Xingqingfu (now Yinchuan) as its capital. Chief Li Yuanhao built an altar here to collect books, which is the throne of the emperor. At that time, the territory of Xixia included Ningxia, most of Gansu, northwestern Shaanxi, eastern Xinjiang and other vast areas in the northwest, and confronted the Song, Liao and Jin regimes 189. After the Yuan Dynasty destroyed Xixia, 1288 set up Ningxia government road, and the place name "Ningxia" came into being. Since then, Yinchuan has been an important town for the dynasties to guard the border.