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History of Gaozhou

Dating back 65 million years ago, there was originally a boundless inland lake in the plain area in the west of Gaozhou. This lake started from the northeast of Zhenjiang Town. , passing through Shigu, to Sishui, and the western part of the boundary, extending to Jintang in Maoming City and Yangjiao in Dianbai County. The lake is strip-shaped and covers an area of ??about 200 square kilometers. On the lake surface, the scales are shining and the blue waves are rippling. There are aquatic animals such as turtles, turtles, fish, snails and clams living in the lake. On the shore of the lake, there are lush trees and luxuriant branches, giving it a vibrant southern scenery.

Twenty-six million years ago, due to changes in the earth's crust, the surface of the earth gradually rose and the lake water became shallower. After several vicissitudes of life, the original boundless lake gradually turned into a plain basin with crisscrossed river networks. All the fish and turtles that lived in the lake died due to lack of water, and their bodies were gradually covered by silt. Under anoxic conditions, after a long process of chemical changes, they gradually become fossils. A large number of biological fossils in the lake were found in the area from Shigu to Surabaya. Those plant groups covered by soil beneath the earth evolved into coal.

In the hilly and mountainous areas in central and northern Gaozhou, the terrain changes little due to the relatively stable crust. In this broad hilly area, there are continuous shades and towering ancient trees. Under the shade, many giant mammals live. Among these animals, the more prominent ones include the proboscis stegodon and Nammu elephants; the carnivorous hyenas and black bears; the artiodactyls wild boars, deer, and sheep; and the primates ancient monkeys and orangutans. , macaques, etc. Here, monkeys crow, birds sing, swallows sing and birds sing everywhere, and it is very lively.

Two million years ago, the Earth experienced the Quaternary Ice Age, which caused abnormal weather in various places. During this period, some animals could not adapt to climate changes, and due to the decrease in food in nature, these animals were eliminated by nature. During the construction of the Gaozhou Reservoir in the past, several Nammoth ivory fossils were unearthed on the construction site, which were formed about 1 million years ago.

10,000 years ago, there were human activities in Gaozhou. Two perforated stone balls were unearthed in Xiangshan Town in the south, which were hunting tools made and used in the Late Paleolithic Age. This is the earliest stone tool discovered in Gaozhou. During the Neolithic Age, many human settlements appeared in Gaozhou. At present, 2 Neolithic cultural sites have been discovered in Gaozhou, and 11 Neolithic cultural relics have been unearthed. Ground stone tools such as stone axes, stone adzes, stone rings, and stone beads were unearthed, as well as primitive pottery products such as pottery spinning wheels and pottery net pendants, dating back about 4,000 to 6,000 years ago. In primitive society, the ancestors of Gaozhou began to enter human civilization and maintained primitive social organizations in the form of tribes. During the pre-Qin period, Gaozhou belonged to the Xiou and Luoyue tribes.

After Qin unified Lingnan, Nanhai, Guilin and Xiangjun were established. Gaozhou City was located between Guilin and Xiangjun at that time, that is, the central and northern part belonged to Guilin County and the southern part belonged to Xiangjun.

In the sixth year of Yuanding in the Western Han Dynasty (111 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed the Nanyue Kingdom and established Hepu County in the Jiaozhi Department. The county governs today's Hepu City, and the county has Gaoliang County, which is 30 kilometers north of today's Yangjiang City. , the southern part of present-day Gaozhou belonged to Gaoliang County, Hepu County, and the northern part belonged to Duanxi County, Cangwu County. In the 25th year of Jian'an (AD 220) at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Sun Quan analyzed Gaoliang County in Hepu County and divided it into Gaoliang County (the seat is now Enping North) and Gaoxing County (the seat is now Yangjiangxi). The southern part of Gaozhou City belonged to Gaoxing County, and the northern part belonged to Duanxi County, Cangwu County.

In the first year of Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty (AD 280), Gaoxing County was merged into Gaoliang County, and the county was governed in Anning (now Baisha, 30 miles away, Yangjiangxi). In the seventh year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (351), Cangwu County added Jinkang and other counties. At that time, the northern part of Gaozhou City belonged to Duanxi County, Jinkang County, and the southern part belonged to Gaoliang County, Gaoliang County. Jinkang County and Gaoliang County are both under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou.

In the Southern Dynasties, Liang Datong (528 AD), Liang Pinglidong established Gaozhou, and the state was governed in today's Yangxi County. In the Southern Dynasty, Liang Datong (AD 530) established Dianbai County. The county was located in the old city of Changpo, Gaozhou, and belonged to Gaozhou. At the same time, Luozhou County in today's Huazhou was promoted to Luozhou, and the west and southwest of today's Gaozhou City belonged to Luozhou Gaoxing. County; the northern part belongs to Longzhou Liangde County; the central and eastern parts belong to Dianbai County, and the southern part belongs to Nanba County.

In the ninth year of Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (589), Dianbai County and Haichang County were abolished and Dianbai County was established. Lianjiang and Nanba counties were abolished and Lianjiang County and Nanba County were established. They were placed under the jurisdiction of Gaozhou and Gaozhou. The state seat is still in Gaoliang County (now Yangjiangxi). The two counties of Gaoxing and Shilong were abolished and replaced by Shilong and Wuchuan counties. In the 18th year of Kaihuang's reign (598), Maoming County was added, and the three counties were all under the jurisdiction of Luozhou.

Today, the central and western parts of Gaozhou City belong to Dianbai County, the southern part belongs to Nanba County, the western part belongs to Maoming County, and the northern part belongs to Liangde County. In the third year of Daye of the Sui Dynasty (607), Gaozhou and Luozhou were abolished, and Gaoliang County was restored. The administrative seat was Gaoliang County (today's Yangjiangxi). Today's Gaozhou City belongs to Gaoliang County.

In the fourth year of Wude (621) of the Tang Dynasty, Gaoliang County was abolished, and Dianbai, Lianjiang and other counties were placed under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou. In the sixth year of Wude (621), Gaozhou was restored to Gaozhou, and the state administration was still in Yangjiang. It was extended to the 23rd year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty ( 646), Gaozhou was moved to Liangde County (now northeast of Gaozhou). In the first year of Kaiyuan (713), the administrative seat of Gaozhou was moved to Lianjiang County (today's Dianbaimata). In the first year of Tang Tianbao (742), Gaozhou was renamed Gaoliang County, and the county seat was Baocheng (Lianjiang was renamed, today's Dianbaimata). It still governs Liangde, Dianbai and Lianjiang counties. In the first year of Qianyuan (758), Gaoliang County was abolished and renamed Gaozhou County. In the eleventh year of the Dali calendar (776), the prefecture was moved to Dianbai County (now the old city of Changpo, Gaozhou), and it took over the three counties of Dianbai, Liangde and Baoning, which lasted until the early Northern Song Dynasty

Among them The history of Liangde County is as follows: Liang in the Southern Dynasties established Liangde County in Longzhou in the northeast of Xinyi, which belongs to this county in the northeast of today's Gaozhou City. In the second year of Chen Yongding in the Southern Dynasty (558 AD), Wude County was established in the northeastern territory of present-day Gaozhou, and the county was governed by the east of Dong'an Town, present-day Gaozhou City. In the ninth year of Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (589 AD), Wude County was abolished and Liangde County was established. Longzhou (Longzhou was abolished in 607, the third year of Daye, and Yongxi County was established), and was placed under Gaozhou in the sixth year of Tang Wude (623).

In the fourth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (621 AD), Nandang Prefecture was established, and its administrative seat is now Bobai, Guangxi. Zhenguan first moved to Yulin; in the eighth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty (635 AD), Nandang Prefecture was renamed Panzhou. The state government was moved to Maoming County (today's Gaozhou City), and Panzhou administered Maoming, Panshui and Nanba counties. In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643), Panzhou was abolished and Maoming County returned to Gaozhou. In the first year of Yonghui (650), Panzhou was restored, and the state government was still Maoming County. Panzhou governed Maoming, Panshui, Maoshan, Nanba and other counties, and later became Panshui County. In the first year of Kaiyuan (713), Maoshan County was changed to Pan Shui.

The history of Maoming County is as follows: it was placed under the jurisdiction of Luozhou in the tenth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (570). Maoming County was placed under the jurisdiction of Luozhou in the fifth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (622), and it was placed under the jurisdiction of Pan in the first year of Yonghui (650). state. The history of Panshui County is as follows: In the fifth year of Emperor Wude of the Tang Dynasty (622), Nanba County was added, and the administrative seat was in the boundary area of ??present-day Gaozhou. In the 23rd year of Zhenguan, Panshui County was analyzed and Maoshan County was established, and the administrative seat was now Wuchuan Bopu.

In the first year of Tianbao (742), Panzhou was changed to Nanpan County, and the administrative seat remained in Maoming County. In the first year of Qianyuan (758), the county was abolished and restored to a state, and Panzhou was restored. Panzhou controlled the three counties of Maoming, Panshui, and Nanba until it was abandoned in the fifth year of Kaibao of the Song Dynasty (972).

The central and western part of present-day Gaozhou belonged to Maoming County at that time, the southern part belonged to Panshui County (later merged with Maoshan County), the northern part belonged to Liangde County, and the central and eastern part belonged to Dianbai County.

In the first year of Kaiping in Houliang (907), Maoming County was renamed Yueshang County. In the third year of Longde (923), Maoming County was restored and belonged to the Southern Han Dynasty.

In the fifth year of Kaibao in the Song Dynasty (972 AD), Panzhou was abolished and Panzhou was merged into Gaozhou. Nanba and Panshui counties were merged into Maoming County, and Liangde and Baoning counties were merged into Dianbai County, both belonging to Gaozhou. In the first year of Jingde (1004), Gaozhou was abolished, and its subordinate counties were returned to Douzhou, which was governed by Maoming County. Three years later, Gaozhou was restored, Maoming and Dianbai counties were restored, and Xinyi County was restored. In the fourth year of Xining (1071), it merged with Douzhou into Gaozhou, took over Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi counties, and belonged to Guangnan West Road. At this time, Gaozhou became the seat of one state and two counties, namely Gaozhou, Maoming and Dianbai counties.

In the 17th year of Yuan Dynasty (AD 1280), Gaozhou was renamed as Gaozhou Road Appliance Division; the county remained unchanged, and both belonged to Haibei and Hainan Road, Huguang Province. Gaozhou Road was moved from Dianbai County to Maoming County (today's Gaozhou City) in the eighth year of Dade (1304). In the fifteenth year of Zhizheng period (1355), he also governed Dianbai County.

In the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1368 AD), Gaozhou Road was renamed Gaozhou Prefecture. In the seventh year of Hongwu, it was demoted to a prefecture, and Maoming County was revoked and merged into Gaozhou. In the ninth year, Gaozhou returned to the capital. In the fourteenth year of Hongwu's reign, Maoming County was restored. So far, Gaozhou Prefecture has taken over Maoming County, Dianbai County, Xinyi County, Huazhou and its jurisdictional counties Wuchuan and Lianjiang. In the third year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1467), Dianbai County was moved to Shendianwei (today's Dianbai Dian Town), and the government of Gaozhou was moved from Dianbai County to Maoming County, under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. The area around the original Gaozhou and Dianbai Administration was placed under the jurisdiction of Maoming County, which became the basic area of ??Gaozhou today.

In the Qing Dynasty, following the Ming Dynasty, Gaozhou Prefecture governed one prefecture and five counties, including Huazhou, Maoming, Xinyi, Dianbai, Wuchuan, and Lianjiang. It belonged to Gaoyang Leidao and governed Maoming County.

Because Gaozhou has a large jurisdiction and is located in a strategically important area, Gaozhou Prefecture is called the capital of the four lower prefectures in Guangdong.

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Gaozhou Prefecture was evacuated, and Guangdong Province dispatched the Gaozhou Appeasement Office, stationed in Gaozhou City, Maoming County, and controlled six counties: Maoming, Xinyi, Dianbai, Huaxian, Wuchuan, and Lianjiang counties. . In the third year of the Republic of China, the Gaozhou Appeasement Office was withdrawn and Gaoleidao was established. The administrative seat was Maoming County, which governed 11 counties under the former Gaozhou Prefecture, Leizhou Prefecture, and Yangjiang Zhili Prefecture. In the ninth year (1920), the Taoist movement was withdrawn and Gao Lei was sent to deal with the aftermath. The administrative office was the same as that of Gao Lei Taoism. In the fourteenth year of the Republic of China (1925), the aftermath department was withdrawn and the South Road Administrative Office was dispatched to Maoming County. In the 15th year, it was changed to the South Road Appeasement Commissioner's Office. In November of the 25th year of the Republic of China (1936), Guangdong sent the Seventh Administrative Inspectorate to Maoming County, with jurisdiction over Maoming, Xinyi, Dianbai, Huaxian, Wuchuan, Lianjiang, Yangjiang, Yangchun and Meilu Administration Bureaus. In the 27th year of the Republic of China, the South Road Administrative Office was dispatched to Maoming County to manage the seventh and eighth administrative inspectorate offices. In the 36th year of the Republic of China (1947), the former Seventh Administrative Inspectorate Office was changed to the Eighth Administrative Inspectorate, and the administrative office and jurisdiction remained unchanged.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the end of October 1949, Maoming County belonged to the South Road Prefecture. In 1950, it belonged to Gaolei District. In 1952, it belonged to the Western Guangdong Administrative Region. In 1956, it belonged to Zhanjiang District. On May 12, 1958, a new oil city was built in the south of Maoming County, and the Maoming Municipal Preparatory Office was established. On the 23rd, it was changed to the Maoming Industrial and Mining District City Preparatory Office. On August 26, the Maoming Industrial and Mining District City was established. On March 22, 1959, the State Council Maoming City was approved to be a municipality under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, and the original Maoming County was changed to Gaozhou County, which belongs to Zhanjiang Prefecture. In July 1983, Maoming City was directly under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province and administered four counties: Gaozhou, Xinyi, Dianbai and Huazhou. In June 1993, the State Council approved the abolition of Gaozhou County and the establishment of Gaozhou City.