Xing zhou, the old name of Xingtai City in Sui, Tang, Song and Jin Dynasties, was called Shunde House in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the 16th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (596), it was established in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Xing is a square country with a history of 3500 years. In Shang Dynasty, Zuyi moved to Xing and lived in Zu Xin, Zuding and other places 100 years. After moving to Nangeng, it became the northern flat fan.
The fourth son of the Duke of Zhou in the Western Zhou Dynasty was in Xing State, and its territory was east of Taihang Mountain, so it was west of the Yellow River, south of Hutuo River and north of Zhanghe River. It first spread to the twentieth century and lasted for more than 500 years. It is one of the 53 countries with Ji surname in Zhou Dynasty. Guo Xing is a country of the Yuan Dynasty, and it has the right of conquest to the east of Taihang Mountain. Historically, it led many ministers to attack Rongdi in the north. Xing Hou Bo Rong is recorded in historical books and occupies an important position in northern China.
Shunde House was formerly called Xingtai City in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and xing zhou in Sui, Tang, Song and Jin Dynasties. In the Yuan Dynasty (1262), Kublai Khan specially chose the Book of Changes and Kun Gua. The meaning of "Hou Kun has accumulated a lot of money, and morality has no boundaries" has been promoted to the name of Shunde House, which belongs to Zhongshu Province. It was promoted to Shunde Road in the second year of Yuan Dynasty, and was restored to Shunde House in the Ming Dynasty, which was under the jurisdiction of Zhili Province.
In the second year of the Republic of China (19 13), Shunde was abandoned. 1925, Chefu Chengxiang (Qiaodong) was established in Shunde. 1928 was abandoned as Xingtai county, and 1983 was established as Xingtai, a prefecture-level city in Hebei province.
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Xingtai has a long history, with sages such as Guo Shoujing, Li Mu, Song Jing and Liu, and emperors such as Guo Wei, Chai Rong, Meng Zhixiang and Meng Chang. Qin Shihuang died in Xingtai dunes on his way home from the east.
Xingtai is also the ancestral home of the royal family in the Tang Dynasty (Tang Zuling). Some events affected the historical process of China, such as Yao Shun's abdication, Khufu's riding and shooting, the Battle of Julu, the Yellow Scarf Uprising and so on. Nearly 100 idioms and allusions originated in Xingtai.
Geographical location: Xingtai City is located in the south-central part of Hebei Province, at the eastern foot of the southern section of Taihang Mountain, in the middle of North China Plain, and among the three provinces of Shanxi, Hebei and Shandong. 36 50' ~ 37 47' north latitude and113 52' ~115 49' east longitude.
The Grand Canal borders Shandong Province in the east, Taihang Mountain and Shanxi Province in the west, Shijiazhuang City and Hengshui City in the north and northeast, and Handan City in the south. The longest thing in the city is185km, and the widest from north to south is 80km, with a total area of12456km2.
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