Huzhou

Huzhou (zh-cp|c=湖州|p=Húzhōu) is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Lying south of the Lake Tai, it borders Jiaxing to the east, Hangzhou to the south, and the provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu to the west and north respectively.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Huzhou administers five county-level divisions, including two districts and three counties.

*Wuxing District (吴兴区)
*Nanxun District (南浔区)
*Deqing County (德清县)
*Changxing County (长兴县)
*Anji County (安吉县)

These are further divided into 66 township-level divisions, including 50 towns, 10 townships and six subdistricts.

History

* 248 BC,Gucheng County (菰城縣) be setup by the State of Chu.
* 222 BC,Qin Dynasty, Wucheng County (烏程縣) be setup.
* 266,Kingdom of Wu, set Wuxing Shire (吳興郡), its administrative area including the modern Huzhou prefecture city and Hangzhou 杭州,Yixing宜興.
* 602,Sui dynasty, changed the name of Wuxing to Huzhou(湖州).
* in Tang Dynasty, Huzhou administers 5 counties:Wucheng (烏程),Wukang(武康),Changxing(長興), Anji(安吉), Deqing(德清).
* at the beginning of Song Dynasty, Gui'an county (歸安縣) be divided from the Wucheng county.
* in Qing Dynasty,Huzhou administers 7 counties:Wucheng,Guo'an, Wukang,Deqing, Changxing, Anji, Xiaofeng.
* 1949, the People's Republic of China,Huzhou town became the seat of government of the First Special District of Zhejiang, administrative area including the modern Huzhou and Jiaxing prefecture cities.
*1983, Huzhou prefecture level city be setup.

Economy

* Huzhou is known as the City of Silk, is one of the Four Capital-cities of Silk in China.
* Textiles (especially Silk),building materials and agriculture.

Notable people

* Zhu Zhi 朱治(156-224) and Zhu Ran 朱然 (182-248), military general for the Kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms era of China.
* Shen Yue 沈約 (441-513), prominent scholar of the Liang Dynasty and author of the Book of Song宋書.
* Chen Baxian 陳霸先 （503-559), founder and Emperor Wu of Chen dynasty 陳武帝.
* Lu Yu 陸羽 （733-804), sage of tea, author of the Classic of Tea.
* Zhao Mengfu 趙孟頫 （1254-1322), great calligrapher in Yuan dynasty.
* Yu Yue 俞樾 （1821-1906), famous scholar.
* Shen Jiaben 沈家本 (1840-1913), Late Qing Chinese scholar and jurist.
* Wu Changshuo 吴昌硕 （1844-1927), great calligrapher.
* Chen Qimei 陳其美 （1878-1916), revolutionary, member of Chinese Tongmenghui. Chen Guofu 陳果夫 and Chen Lifu 陳立夫 are nephews of Chen Qimei.
* Lei Zhen 雷震 （1897-1979), famous politician and political analyst of the Republic of China.
* Dai Jitao 戴季陶 （1891-1949), famous politician of the Republic of China.
* Zhu Jiahua 朱家驊 （1893-1963), famous politician of the Republic of China.
* Qian Shanqiang 錢三强 （1913-1992), famous scientist of great merit in Chinese atomic bomb study; and his father Qian Xuantong 錢玄同 (1887-1939), famous scholar.
* Tu Shou'e 屠守鍔 （1917 -), famous scientist and rocket designer.

External links

* [http://www.huzhou.gov.cn Government website of Huzhou] zh icon