What is the ancient name of Cangnan?

Cangnan was called Lingxi in ancient times, Longxi and Linxi in ancient times.

In today's Cangnan, as early as the Neolithic Age, there were human activities on Dulong Mountain in Lingxi Town, leaving fragments of stone tools and ancient pottery. Up to now, there are still seven stone shed tombs of Shang and Zhou Dynasties in Tongqiao Village, Qianku Town. It was a special burial style in the coastal areas of southern Zhejiang at that time. This kind of boulder burial culture is extremely rare in China and has been listed as a "national security" unit. During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, human activities became more and more frequent. Cangnan County has a rich collection of humanities since the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was a land of travelers. In 334 BC, after the State of Chu defeated the State of Yue, the rest of the State of Yue retreated to Fujian and southern Zhejiang ... See the hereditary table of the monarchs of the State of Yue. In the mid-Warring States period, it was Fujian and Vietnam, and it belonged to Minzhong County after Qin unified China.

In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu's reign (202 BC), Fujian and Vietnam were established in his hometown in central Fujian. In the third year of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty (BC 192), Li Yao became the king of the East China Sea, which was then the capital of Dongou (now Wenzhou), and the world called Dongou King, which governed the East China Sea.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dongou moved to Jianghuai, and the country was excluded.

In the second year of Zhao Han's reign (85 BC), Cangnan now belongs to Hewlett-Packard County.

In the third year of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty (BC 192), Li Yao became the king of the East China Sea, which was then the capital of Dongou (now Wenzhou), and the world called Dongou King, which governed the East China Sea. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dongou moved to Jianghuai, and the country was excluded. In the second year of Zhao Han's reign (85 BC), Cangnan now belongs to Hewlett-Packard County. ?

The local Minnan culture mainly comes from Putian immigrants from southern Fujian in Ming and Qing Dynasties and Putian people who immigrated to Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and then to Wenzhou, with Cangnan County as the center, which is called southern Zhejiang Min dialect. Since then, it has successively belonged to Zhang 'an, Yongning, Luoyang, Anyang, Angu, Shiyang, Hengyang, Yongjia, Pingyang and other counties.

On March 6th, 198 1, Pingyang County Committee of the Communist Party of China and Pingyang County Revolutionary Committee submitted the Report on Withdrawing Counties to Establish Cities to committee of cpc zhejiang provincial committee and Zhejiang Revolutionary Committees. On June 18, the State Council issued a reply to the provincial government, approving the establishment of Cangnan County.

Overview of Cangnan County:

Cangnan county is one of them. In the middle of Fujian County, 72 communes in seven districts, namely Fanshan Town, Pingyang, Lingxi, Fanshan, Mazhan, Jinxiang, Qianku, Yishan and Qiaopier, are under the jurisdiction of Cangnan County, and the county seat is located in Lingxi Town.

In the same year165438+1October 5, Cangnan, Pingyang branch. After several administrative divisions, it has jurisdiction over 36 townships (including 16 townships and 20 towns), 104 residential areas and 8 18 administrative villages with a total population of 1.224 million.