Jingjiang was called Mazhou and Matuosha in ancient times. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingjiang had not yet become a land, and only a unique mountain peak named Gushan emerged in the surging river. Later, due to the tidal erosion of the river, pieces of sandbars gradually rose at the foot of the lonely mountain. The sandbar became a piece of land, which people called "Matosha". A broken stone tablet was found in Jiaoshan Port (now Dongxing Town), with a few lines of inscription, "This sand is Wu Dadi's big sand for herding horses ..." Wu Dadi was Sun Quan, the monarch of Wu. In Jingjiang dialect, "grazing" and "white", "big" and "carrying" are homophonic. If it is wrong, it will be mistaken for "white horse carrying sand", and over time, it will be simplified to "horse carrying sand".
Jingjiang was established in the Three Kingdoms and before the first year of Wu Chiwu (238), and was organized as Jiyang Township, Yanling County, the second administrative region of Wu State. In the second year of Wu Chiwu (239), it was the state where Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, herded horses and belonged to Piling County.
In the second year of Jin Taikang (28 1), it belonged to Jiyang County (now Jiangyin City) of Piling County. From the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the early Ming Dynasty, Matuosha was attached to one place and two places. Xiaomasha turned to Jiangyin in the south, Dasha turned to Hailing in the north, and then turned to Taixing.
After the Song Dynasty, the population of Jingjiang increased significantly. In the Song Dynasty, "Matuosha" was also called "Yinsha".
In the fourth year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 130), Jin Bing invaded the Central Plains, Yue Fei led the army to resist, and then retreated to Yinsha. In this process, a large number of refugees retreated with Yue Fei. When they came to Yinsha, they found that the land was fertile and the water plants were rich, so they settled here. The Yuan Dynasty belonged to Jiangyin Prefecture.
In the second year of Ming Hongwu (1369), he was transferred to Jiangyin. In the seventh year of Chenghua (147 1), Teng Zhao visited Nanji and said that Ma Tuosha "crossed the river to pay taxes and serve the corvee. Anyone who has anything to do with the city is riding the wind and waves, and the number of people regards the past as an increase ... its land belongs to Jinling and it is resistant to rivers and seas. Teng Zhao, the governor of Yingtian (Nanjing), wrote to the imperial court, saying in the chapter that Ma Tuosha "lives in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and defends the whole of Wu, and is called the important town". In that year 1 1 month, the court approved it. In order to pray for Matosha's peace and harmony, Emperor Chenghua agreed to set up a county and named it Jingjiang. " Jing ",stability and peace; Jiang ",a city near the river.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jingjiang was placed under Changzhou Prefecture.
During Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, Taiping Army marched into Jiangnan, and Jiangnan was damaged. During the war, some people in Jiangnan fled to Jingjiang to settle down and do business. 19 13 ~ 1927 Lisu Long Island.
1949 65438+1October 28th, Jingjiang was liberated. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it successively belonged to Taizhou and Yangzhou. 1983 custody in Yangzhou city in March.
1July, 99314th, Jingjiang withdrew its county and set up a city.
1July, 1996 19, Taizhou was established, and Jingjiang was changed to Taizhou administrative trusteeship.