Xingtai City, referred to as "Xing", was known as Xingzhou and Shunde Prefecture in ancient times.
Xingzhou, the old name of present-day Xingtai City in the Sui, Tang, Song and Jin Dynasties, was called Shunde Prefecture in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the 16th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (596), it was established as "Xing" in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. More than a hundred years later, it moved to Nangeng and became the Northern Ping Fan.
The Western Zhou Dynasty granted the fourth son of Duke Zhou to the Xing Kingdom. The territory was east of the Taihang Mountains, so it was west of the Yellow River, south of the Hutuo River, and north of the Zhang River. It was passed down to twenty generations successively for more than five hundred years. One of the 53 feudal states with the surname Ji in the Zhou Dynasty. The Xing Kingdom was a Yuan lord state east of the Taihang Mountains with the power of conquest. In history, it led its princes to fight against the northern Rong and Di many times.
Shunde Prefecture, the old name of present-day Xingtai City in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, was called Xingzhou in the Sui, Tang, Song and Jin Dynasties. In the Yuan Dynasty (1262), Kublai Khan specially took the meaning of "All living things are in harmony with heaven" from the "Book of Changes" Kun Gua. Kun is thick and carries things, and virtues are boundless." Xingzhou was named Shunde Prefecture, which belongs to Zhongshu Province, it was promoted to Shunde Road in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, restored to Shunde Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty, followed the Ming system in the Qing Dynasty, and was subordinate to Zhili Province.
Shunde Prefecture was abolished in the second year of the Republic of China (1913). In 1925, Shunde City was established in Chengxiang (east of the bridge) of Qie Prefecture. In 1928, the abandoned city belonged to Xingtai County. In 1983, Xingtai, a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, was established.
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The long history of Xingtai has seen the emergence of sages such as Guo Shoujing, Li Mu, Wei Zheng, Song Jing, and Liu Bingzhong, as well as emperors such as Guo Wei, Chai Rong, Meng Zhixiang, and Meng Chang. The first emperor of the ages, Qin Shihuang, died in the sand dunes of Xingtai during his eastern tour.
Xingtai is also the ancestral home of the royal family of the Tang Dynasty (Tang Ancestral Mausoleum). Events such as Yao and Shun's abdication, Hufu riding and shooting, the Battle of Julu, and the Yellow Turban Uprising occurred that affected the course of Chinese history. Nearly a hundred idioms and allusions such as "being attacked from both sides and front" originated from Xingtai.
Location: Xingtai City is located in the south-central part of Hebei Province, at the eastern foot of the southern section of the Taihang Mountains, in the middle of the North China Plain, and among the three provinces of Shanxi, Hebei and Shandong. It is between 36°50′~37°47′ north latitude and 113°52′~115°49′ east longitude.
It faces Shandong Province in the east by the Grand Canal, is adjacent to Shanxi Province in the west by Taihang Mountain, is connected to Shijiazhuang City and Hengshui City in the north and northeast, and is connected to Handan City in the south. The city is 185 kilometers long from east to west and 80 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of ??12,456 square kilometers.
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