The history of Meizhou

The establishment of local administrative divisions in Meizhou began in the third year of Southern Han and Gan in the Five Dynasties and Ten Countries (945), that is, the second year of the late Jin Dynasty, and the township was promoted to Jingzhou, leading the township and county. In the fourth year of Song Kaibao (97 1), Jingzhou was changed to Meizhou to avoid Song Taizu's grandfather Zhao Jingzhi. In the sixth year of Xining (1073), the abandoned Meizhou moved to Chengxiang County, belonging to Chaozhou Prefecture. In the fifth year of Yuanfeng (1082), he moved to Meizhou, where he led the way, belonging to Guangnan East Road. In the sixth year of Shaoxing (1 136), the abandoned Meizhou was re-established as Chengxiang County, which belonged to Huzhou. In the fourteenth year of Shaoxing, Meizhou was restored, and it still leads to townships and counties, belonging to Guangnan East Road. In the 16th year of Yuan Dynasty (1279), Meizhou was promoted to the governor's office of Meizhou Road, and in the 23rd year of Yuan Dynasty, it was restored to Meizhou, leading the township and county, belonging to the Ministry of Guangdong Daoxuan in Jiangxi Province. In Zhenyuan (1295), Meizhou belonged to Chaozhou Road, and in Zhili five years (13 18), it was changed to Xuanwei Division of Guangdong Road. In the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1369), the abandoned Meizhou moved to Chengxiang County, which belonged to Chaozhou Prefecture in Guangdong Province. In the 11th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1733), Cheng Xiang was upgraded to Jiaying House in Zhili, which governed Xingning, Changle, Pingyuan and Zhenping counties. Chengxiang County, which belongs to this county, was once called "Jiaying Five Genus" and directly belongs to Guangdong Province. In the 12th year of Jiaqing (1807), Jiaying satrap was promoted to Jiaying satrap. Jiaqing became Jiaying County in seventeen years, and still led Xingning, Changle, Pingyuan and Zhenping counties. In the third year of Xuantong (19 1 1), Jiaying County was renamed Meizhou. In the third year of the Republic of China (19 14), the state government system was abolished and Meizhou was renamed Meixian.

After the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), Xingmei District was established in June 1949+00, and on October 26th, 1950/kloc-0, the State Council issued a document to establish Xingmei Administrative Supervision Department, which governs Meixian, Xingning, Wuhua, Tai Po, Fengshun, Jiaoling and Pingyuan. At the end of 1952, Xingmei District was abolished, and Xingmei 7 counties were placed under the administrative region of eastern Guangdong. 1February, 956, the administrative divisions of eastern Guangdong were Huiyang and Shantou, and Xingmei 7 counties were subordinate to Shantou.

Meixian District was established in July, 1965. The original Xingmei 7 counties were separated from Shantou area and belonged to Meixian area, which was later changed to Meixian area. 1 in March, 1979, Meizhou Town under Meixian County was upgraded from district level to county level, and it was called Meizhou City. Mei Fei area governed seven counties with1. 1 In June, 983, after the merger of Meizhou City and Meixian County, Meixian County was changed from 7 counties 1 city to 6 counties1city.

1988 65438+ 10, Guangdong implemented the system of city governing counties, and Meixian district was changed to Meizhou city (officially listed in March), which governed the original 7 counties of Xingmei and Meijiang district of newly designated county-level district, * * 7 counties 1 district. 1 In June, 1994, Xingning County was abolished to set up a city (county level), and Meizhou City administered six counties, namely1District, and hosted xingning city.