welcome to Huzhouhuzhou County, located in the eastern Zhejiang Province, Shaoxing City, southeast of Cao'e River upstream. Latitude 29 ° 27 ', longitude 121 ° 01'. East of Fenghua, Ninghai, roof south, southwest and Dongyang, Pan to the west and north sides of and adjacent Shengzhou. 52 km from east to west county, 37 km from north to south. Located in the hills east of Zhejiang, roof, Siming, Hueiji mountains Mountains Stretching the territory, the terrain from the southeast to the northwest was stepped down. County mountains of southeast, central and western hilly plateau, northwest valley basin. The county landscape of "half water half-field eight mountains," said.
Spring and Autumn Period, Xinchang County has an environment more, Wu, Chu and other countries, from Hueiji County Qin, the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty are under the jurisdiction of the county Hueiji quiet part of the county. Two years after Liang Kaiping (908), analysis of 13 rural home in southeastern Yan Xinchang county, the county name is derived from Xinchang township name. Have been part of more state government and Shaoxing in Shaoxing, Shaoxing City. East Xinchang Yan Gu Cheng, and Ming Nanming, in the jurisdiction of Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province in the east. Before the Tang Dynasty is a quiet county, Five years after the Liang Kaiping (908 years) to build the county. Are included in the coastal economic open areas, is Shanghai's economic zone, with the Ningbo international "Alive" completion and opening up, Xinchang regional advantage is more significant. Ninghai County east, Fenghua, south roof, southwest adjacent Pan, Dongyang, Shengzhou from the north west border. A distance of 52.3 kilometers, 36.9 kilometers north-south interval.
welcome to Huzhou ,Huzhou(Chinese: 湖州; pinyin: Húzh ōu) is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Lying south of the Lake Tai, it borders Jiaxing to the east, Hangzhou to the south, and the provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu to the west and north respectively.
248 BC,Gucheng County (菰城县) be setup by the State of Chu.
222 BC,Qin Dynasty, Wucheng County (乌程县) be setup.
266,Kingdom of Wu, set Wuxing Shire (吴兴郡), its administrative area including the modern Huzhou prefecture city and Hangzhou 杭州,Yixing宜兴.
602,Sui dynasty, changed the name of Wuxing to Huzhou(湖州).
in Tang Dynasty, Huzhou administers 5 counties:Wucheng (乌程),Wukang(武康),Changxing(长兴), Anji(安吉), Deqing(德清).
at the beginning of Song Dynasty, Gui'an county (归安县) be divided from the Wucheng county.
in Qing Dynasty,Huzhou administers 7 counties:Wucheng,Guo'an, Wukang,Deqing, Changxing, Anji, Xiaofeng.
1949, the People's Republic of China,Huzhou town became the seat of government of the First Special District of Zhejiang, administrative area including the modern Huzhou and Jiaxing prefecture cities.
1983, Huzhou prefecture level city be setup.
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Huzhou is known as the City of Silk, is one of the Four Capital-cities of Silk in China.
Textiles (especially Silk),building materials and agriculture.
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Zhu Zhi 朱治(156-224) and Zhu Ran 朱然 (182-248), military general for the Kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms era of China.
Shen Yue 沈约 (441-513), prominent scholar of the Liang Dynasty and author of the Book of Song宋书.
Chen Baxian 陈霸先 （503-559), founder and Emperor Wu of Chen dynasty 陈武帝.
Lu Yu 陆羽 （733-804), sage of tea, author of the Classic of Tea.
Zhao Mengfu 赵孟頫 （1254-1322), great calligrapher in Yuan dynasty.
Yu Yue 俞樾 （1821-1906), famous scholar.
Shen Jiaben 沈家本 (1840-1913), Late Qing Chinese scholar and jurist.
Wu Changshuo 吴昌硕 （1844-1927), great calligrapher.
Chen Qimei 陈其美 （1878-1916), revolutionary, member of Chinese Tongmenghui. Chen Guofu 陈果夫 and Chen Lifu 陈立夫 are nephews of Chen Qimei.
Lei Zhen 雷震 （1897-1979), famous politician and political analyst of the Republic of China.
Dai Jitao 戴季陶 （1891-1949), famous politician of the Republic of China.
Zhu Jiahua 朱家骅 （1893-1963), famous politician of the Republic of China.
Qian Shanqiang 钱三强 （1913-1992), famous scientist of great merit in Chinese atomic bomb study; and his father Qian Xuantong 钱玄同 (1887-1939), famous scholar.
Tu Shou'e 屠守锷 （1917 -), famous scientist and rocket designer.