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According to textual research, ancestors lived here as early as 10,000 years ago. The Zhou Dynasty was divided into seven Min territories, and the Qin Dynasty belonged to Minzhong County. In the second year of Chuigong of the Tang Dynasty (AD 686), the prefecture was established on the bank of the Zhangjiang River (today's

Yunxiao territory), hence the name Zhangzhou.

In the fourth year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty (716 AD), the government of Zhangzhou was moved to Li Aochuan (today's Zhangpu County). In the second year of Zhenyuan (786 AD), it was moved to Longxi (today's Xiangcheng District of Zhangzhou) and was renamed Zhangzhou County.

It was renamed Zhangzhou Road in the Yuan Dynasty, and Zhangzhou Prefecture in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In the early years of the Republic of China, it was merged into Tingzhang Longdao Road, and in 1934 it was changed to the fifth administrative district of Fujian Province.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, it was changed to the Sixth Administrative District of Fujian Province, also called Longxi District.

It was changed to Longxi area in 1969.

In July 1985, the administrative system of "reforming from land to city and city to county" was implemented, and the original Longxi area was changed to Zhangzhou City.

Zhangzhou has a long and splendid cultural heritage and unique human resources.

There are the provincial scenic spot Yundongyan, the "No. 1 forest of steles in southern Fujian", the national key cultural relics protection units Zhangzhou Ming and Qing Archway, Zhangzhou Confucian Temple, Jiangdong Bridge, one of the top ten famous bridges in China, and the "world architectural wonder" Zhangzhou Earth Building, etc.; Southern Fujian has rich cultural connotations

, folk art is colorful: there is Xiang Opera, known as the "Sisters of Opera on both sides of the Taiwan Strait", Bag Puppet Show, which is well-known at home and abroad, as well as puppet carving art, narcissus carving art, folk paper-cut art, etc.

Zhangzhou has a gathering of celebrities and a prosperous culture.

In history, in addition to the generals Chen Zheng, Chen Yuanguang, and Ding Ru who opened up Zhangzhou, there were also a large number of politicians such as Gao Deng, Chen Chun, Lin Qichun, Huang Daozhou, Zhang Xie, Tang Dynasty Yi, Lan Dingyuan, Zhuang Hengyang, and Cai Xin.

Thinker, educator, writer, historian, mathematician and geographer.

In the early Qing Dynasty, the "Zhao'an Painting School" represented by Xie Guanqiao, Shen Gusong and Wang Zhizhou emerged.

The more famous modern Zhao'an painters include the "Three Chens": Shen Fuwen, Shen Roujian and Shen Yaochu.

Famous writers in modern times include Lin Yutang, Yang Sao, and Xu Dishan.

The bag puppet show, Xiang opera and Teochew opera are well-known at home and abroad and have been performed abroad many times.