Dongyang has a long history.

as early as more than 18 years ago, in the second year of Emperor Xingping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, in 195 AD, a county system was established, named Ning Wu, belonging to Huiji County.

dongyang county was established in the second year of the Tang dynasty, that is, in 688 ad, and is known as the "wangxian county of Wu".

in may 1988, with the approval of the State Council, dongyang withdrew its county and set up a city, which opened a new chapter in urban development.

The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period:

During the Spring and Autumn Period (77 BC-476 BC), wuyue fought for hegemony and belonged to Yue State;

During the Warring States Period (475 BC-222 BC), Chu conquered Yue and belonged to Chu.

Qin and Han Dynasties:

During the Qin Dynasty (221-27 BC), the county system was implemented, and Dongyang was a part of Zhuji and Wushang counties, belonging to Huiji County.

Western Han Dynasty:

Counties and countries are parallel, belonging to Liu Jiajing Kingdom, Liu Bi Wu Kingdom, Huiji County and Yangzhou secretariat Huiji County.

In the second year of Emperor Xingping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 195):

County-building system, which means "Wu Di An Ning", was named Ning Wu and belonged to Huiji County.

this is the beginning of the establishment of dongyang county.

during the three kingdoms period, Ning Wu county belonged to huiji county, Yangzhou, Wu.

The first year of Wu Baoding (266):

Dongyang County was located in the west of Huiji County, and Changshan County (now Jinhua) was ruled.

Ning Wu county belongs to dongyang county.

dongyang was named because the county is "in the yang of Jin Huashan and the east of water".

Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties:

In the fourth year of Tang Wude (621), the county ruled the state, and Kuaiji County was changed to Yuezhou, while Dongyang County was Wuzhou.

In the second year of the Tang Dynasty (AD 688), it was analyzed that Yiwu (formerly Wushang County) rushed to the east and the old place of Wuning County, attacked the old county name and built Dongyang County.

at that time, it had the reputation of "Wangxian County".

in the five dynasties, the king of Wu yue changed dongyang county to dongchang county.

Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties:

In Song Dynasty, Dongchang County was Dongyang County, and the road was ruled in parallel.

Yuan, Zhu Yuanzhang changed Wuzhou Road to Ningyue Road, and then changed it to Jinhua House.

dongyang county still belongs to Jinhua prefecture.

Modern times:

During the Republic of China, there were administrative supervision areas between counties in Zhejiang Province, which were divided into different administrative supervision areas many times before and after.

On May 8, 1949, Dongyang was liberated.

after liberation, dongyang was under the jurisdiction of Jinhua area (later Jinhua city). pan' an county was included in 58 years and set aside from dongyang in 83 years, and the county administration changed accordingly.

On May 25th, 1988, Dongyang withdrew from the county and set up a city.

in 23, it became 17 economically strong counties in Zhejiang province (ranked 13th).