Zhoushan Archipelago has a long history. According to archaeological discoveries, Zhoushan Archipelago was inhabited as early as the Neolithic Age more than 5,000 years ago. On the site of primitive village in Ma 'ao Town, northwest of Zhoushan Archipelago, primitive villagers created a mysterious and splendid "island Hemudu culture" on 99 mounds piled by the sea, which is known as "the first village in the East China Sea".

Records of the Historian: Qin Xufu searched for immortal medicine in Penglai, abbot and Yingzhou islands along the southeast coast. Among them, "Penglai Fairy Island" is Daishan Island in Zhoushan. According to historians' analysis, Xu Fudong passed through Zhoushan Islands when crossing Japan.

Zhoushan belongs to Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period, which is called "Yongdong" (east of Yongjiang River), also known as "the continent in the sea". In 738 (the 26th year of Tang Kaiyuan), the county was founded, and it was named "Wengshan County" because there was Wengshan in the territory. By 77 1 year (Dali six years), Yuan Chao led the rebel army to occupy Wengshan and was removed from the county government. 1073 (the sixth year of Xining in Northern Song Dynasty), which was renamed as "Guo Chang County". "That is to say, it meets Japan in the east, Dengsete in the north, Oumin in the south and Wu Hui in the west. It is a huge obstacle in the sea, enough to make the country prosperous. "

At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the county was promoted to a state. 1369 (the second year of Ming Hongwu), changed the state to the county; In the Ming Dynasty, Guo Chang County was abandoned in the 19th year of Hongwu (1386) because of the sea ban. In the 20th year, Hongwu advocated that the residents of 46 mountains (islands) such as Zhoushan Island should move inward. By the early Qing Dynasty, they had moved to the folk twice. 1687 (twenty-six years of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty), the county was established again and renamed as "Dinghai County". Kangxi wrote "Dinghai Mountain" with a flat forehead. He believes that "ship" is a moving object and is not peaceful. It is not as good as "fixing the sea god needle" and "fixing the sea god needle". So the original Dinghai County (now Zhenhai and Beilun districts in Ningbo) was renamed Zhenhai, and Dinghai County was named Zhoushan Islands to pray for "Haibo Yongding".

1840 At 2 pm on July 5th, the long-planned British invasion of Dinghai, Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province marked the official outbreak of the Opium War. [5] The defense of Dinghai became an important battlefield of the Opium War, and the people of Zhoushan began a heroic and tenacious struggle against Britain. The three commanders in Dinghai braved hardships and dangers, and died bravely. After the fall of Dinghai in the Opium War, the Qing government negotiated peace with Britain in exchange for compensation and cession of Hong Kong, and the British troops withdrew from Dinghai. [6] After the Opium War, Daoguang was promoted to "Dinghai Zhili Guild Hall". After the Revolution of 1911, the organizational system of Dinghai County was restored.

1949 (thirty-eight years of the Republic of China) was divided into Haizhou and Wengzhou counties. 1950 May 17, Zhoushan Islands were liberated, and Dinghai County People's Government was established, belonging to Ningbo Special Zone. 1953 In March, with the approval of the State Council, Dinghai County was divided into three counties: Dinghai County, Putuo County and Daishan County, and was transferred from Jiangsu Province to Shengsi County, and Zhoushan District was established. 1954, Xiangshan county, which originally belonged to Ningbo area, was included. 1958 Xiangshan County was placed under Taizhou District. 1959, Dinghai, Putuo, Daishan and Shengsi counties were abolished and Zhoushan County was merged. 1960165438+10, Shengsi People's Commune was transferred to Shanghai. 1May, 962, Zhoushan County was abolished and Zhoushan Special Zone was re-established to govern five counties: Dinghai, Putuo, Daishan, Daqu and Shengsi. 1964 Daqu County was abolished and placed under the jurisdiction of Daishan County and Shengsi County respectively. From March 1967, Zhoushan area was renamed Zhoushan area. 1979, archaeologists discovered an ancient cultural site with an area of140,000 square meters on the pier of Ma 'ao Town, Dinghai District, Zhoushan City. After preliminary excavation, there are 12 Neolithic sites with a cultural layer of 60-80 cm, and a number of stone tools and pottery have been unearthed. A large number of printed hard pottery were unearthed in 8 Shang and Zhou cultural sites. Archaeologists believe that this is the earliest gathering place of Zhoushan ancestors. Ma 'ao Beach in Dinghai is a relatively complete Neolithic primitive pottery-making area with an area of about 1 1,000 square meters. Most of the fragments of red pottery with sand unearthed here have traces of rice. According to this, experts believe that Zhoushan Islands began to grow a large number of rice 5,000 years ago, which is the sea passage for China rice to be transported to Japan. 1987 65438+ 10, with the approval of the State Council, Zhoushan area was abolished and Dinghai and Putuo counties were established, and Zhoushan city was established, with jurisdiction over two districts (Dinghai and Putuo) and two counties (Daishan and Shengsi), and a new system of city leading districts and counties was implemented. 20 1 1 In July, the State Council officially approved the establishment of Zhoushan New District (Special Zone), which is equivalent to Pudong New Area.