Yuxian, with a long history, is one of the oldest counties in Shanxi. Now it is under the jurisdiction of Yangquan City. Because the mountains in the county are round, the middle and low are named after pots. Yuxian is the hometown of doctors in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Jin Dynasty. The old city is located in Dayu Town, northeast of Yangqu County, which has been abandoned for more than a thousand years. Yuxian was divided into Meng Ping, Yuyang and Yushou counties in 1942. Yucheng was liberated in August 1945, and the three counties were merged into Yuxian county. 1983 was placed under the jurisdiction of Yangquan city in September. Yu is a very old place. 1929, archaeologists unearthed animal skulls engraved with "Bai Lin [] September Festival [] Wang Ziweng []". According to scholars, this "jar" is a place name. Of course, the so-called dangerous land here can't be the whole territory of Yu County today, but it can be inferred that our ancestors worked, lived and multiplied on a part of this land at least three or four thousand years ago. In the Xia and Shang Dynasties, it was said that the world was divided into Kyushu. Geographically, Yu belongs to Jizhou. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the state was changed, and Yu was the state. After the implementation of the enfeoffment system, Yu belonged to the state of Jin. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Yu also belonged to the State of Jin. According to Zuo Zhuan, in the twenty-eight years, "Jin killed Qi Ying, Wei Xianzi was in power, and Qi was named as seven counties (Wu, Qi, Ping Ling, Geng Yang, Tu Shui, Ma Shou and Yu), and (should be Yu Bing) was the doctor of Yu", ruling in Dayu Town, 45 kilometers northeast of Taiyuan City today. According to "Dikuo Zhi", "The outer city of Yuxian County, Bingzhou, is known as the original enemy. Also known as hatred, it is also a country. " Accordingly, during this period, the western part of Yuxian county was Mongolia together with Dayu area, and the eastern part was Qiujude, which ruled the ancient city flat in the east of the city. During the Warring States Period, in the fourteenth year of King Ding Zhou (455 BC), Zhi Bo ended his hatred of Judas. In five years (453 BC), Zhi Bo was destroyed by Zhao, and the enemy still belonged to Zhao. In the 19th year of Qin Shihuang (228 BC), Zhao was destroyed and placed in Yuxian County, Taiyuan, where it was ruled by Bing Yi (Dayu in Yangqu). Yuxian County in Han Dynasty belonged to Taiyuan County, and was the secretariat department of Bingzhou. Before the Han Dynasty, Yuxian was divided into two parts, and later Yuxian and Qiuyou were both handed over to Yuxian. During the Three Kingdoms period, Yuxian was a new county in Bingzhou. In the Western Jin Dynasty, Yuzhou was a new county in Bingzhou. Qianfo Temple Cliffside Images

The Northern Wei Dynasty suggested that in the first year (A.D. 528), the eastern part of Yuxian was merged into Shi 'ai (now Pingding County), which belonged to Leping County (now Xiyang County). The northwest of Yuxian County (north of Sing Tao Village) is located in Fucheng County and belongs to Dingxiang County. In the 16th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (AD 596), Qiu County (named after Qiu Mountain in the north of the city) was established and ruled in Yuxian County, belonging to Liao State. In the third year of Daye (A.D. 607), the former enemy was renamed Yuxian County and belonged to Taiyuan County. In the third year of Tang Wude (AD 620), Wuhe County was located in the west of Yuxian County, where it was now located in Jingling Town. In the first year of Zhenguan (AD 62), Wuhe County was merged into Yuxian County, belonging to Taiyuan County, Taiyuan Prefecture, Hedong Road. Before the Northern Wei, Sui and Tang Dynasties, the upper and middle reaches of the five rivers in the west of Yuxian County, Yuxian County before the Han Dynasty, and Dayu area in Yangqu County was the city of other countries. Today, the area to the east and south of the county is the former enemy of the Sui Dynasty (that is, the country that hated Judah during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period). The area north of Sing Tao was the territory of Dingxiang County in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it was unified into Yuxian County in the early Tang Dynasty. When you are in danger, you belong to Taiyuan. During Jin Xingding's reign, he was promoted to the state, controlled by Jiangzhou Marshal House and placed in the secretariat. Yuxian county belongs to Wu Yongjun of Taiyuan. In the Yuan Dynasty, the gold system was followed, and the rest was still a state, belonging to Jining Road, Xuanwei Department, Hedong Shanxi Road, Zhongshu Province. In the seventh year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1374), Yuzhou was reduced to Yuxian, which belonged to Taiyuan, Shanxi. In the second year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (AD 1724), Shengping was designated as Zhili Prefecture, and Yuxian, Shouyang and Xiyang were pacified. After the founding of the Republic of China, the state-owned sports system was abolished. There were three roads in Shanxi: Yanmen, Jining and Hedong, and Yuxian belonged to Jining Road. After the road was cancelled, Yuxian was directly under the province. At the end of 1937, Yuxian Anti-Japanese Democratic Government was established, led by the Fourth Division of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region, and 1939 was led by the Second Division. 1938 65438+ 10, Japanese troops occupied Yuxian. The vast areas of the county are anti-Japanese guerrilla zones and base areas. 1942, due to the development of the anti-Japanese struggle, Yuxian was divided into Yuping (Mountain), Yuyang (Ququ) and Shouyang (East) counties, and the second and third districts in the east of the city (1939) were placed under the leadership of Pingding County, and belonged to the first and second districts of Beiyue District in the Jinchaji border area. War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Shengli 1945 In August, Yuxian was liberated (August 25th), and the original Yuxian area of Yuyang and Yuping counties was returned to Yuxian. 1946, the area originally assigned to Shoudong County is still assigned to Yuxian County, which is under the leadership of the second district of Hebei and Shanxi. 1948, the two districts originally assigned to Pingding County were also assigned to Yuxian County. At this point, Yuxian jurisdiction has been restored. 1August 1948 to1August 1949 was the leader of Jinzhong District 1. 1 949 August1to 20 belong to the leaders of Yangquan area. Later, he returned to Jinzhong area. 1952 In May, 20 villages, including the southeast foot of the county, Petunia Town East, Dongcun Village, Sujiaquan Village, Daxizhuang Village, Daxie River North, East and West Nanpi Village and Shangxiazhangzhao Village, were assigned to Yangquan City. At the end of the same year, 26 villages in the west of the county were classified as Yangqu County, including Dongxi Guoqiu, Daxi Fangshan, Dongxi Hanhu and Dongxi Huanglongtou. 1958 10, the county realized people's commune. At the same time, with the approval of the State Council, Yuxian was revoked and transferred to Yangquan City. 1 1 In June, Yangquan Yuxian Union was established. 1April, 959, the superior decided to restore the organizational system of Yuxian County, leave Yangquan City, and return to the leadership of Jinzhong District. 1In August, 959, eight villages under the jurisdiction of Niucun Commune, such as Beibei, Dujiazhuang, Wangjiazhuang, Daijiazhuang, Kongnanzhuang, Zuizishang, Donglinjian and Wujiashan, were assigned to Yangquan City. 1September, 983, Yuxian was placed under the leadership of Yangquan City, and the city was in charge of the county. 1984, when the government and society were separated, 25 people's communes were changed into 4 towns, and 2 1 township: Chengguan Town, Niucun Town, Shangshe Town, Xiyan Town, Caoxia Township, Nanlou Township, Lujiacun Town, Qingcheng Town, Sunjiazhuang Township, Ren Xian Township, Dongzhuangtou Township, Dongmukou Township, xia zhuang Township and so on. In 2000, the total population of Yuxian County was 294 176. Township population: Chengguan Town 64 130, Lujiacun Town 10962, Niucun Town 206 14, Shangshe Town1205, Xiyan Town1502/kloc. Nanlou Township 1393 1, Caoxia Township 15439, Ren Xian Township 1 1527, Dongmukou Township 4906, Dongzhuangtou Township 4497, Beixiazhuang Township 6929 and Tatu Township 8408. Xiaojiahui 6286, Liangjiazhai 7233, Beiyukou 3848, Yulinping 2806, Lizhuang 39 16, Panqian 9037, Nanshe 47 14, Liang Dong1015/. (According to the data of the fifth population census; Unit: person) 200 1 year, Yuxian county was removed from the township and merged into the town, and the original 25 towns were adjusted to 8 towns and 6 towns: the original Xiyan town, Nanshe town and Liang Dong town were merged.