Yandi Yugong, male, surnamed Jiang and given name Yugong, was the eighth emperor of the Shennong clan of the Chinese clan alliance, and was a contemporary of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan clan.
Emperor Yan is also known as the Shennong clan and the Lieshan clan. He is named after his cultivation of crops and the plowing of mountains with fierce fire.
In the autumn of 4539 BC, Jiang Ke, the seventh emperor of the Shennong regime, passed away. Jiang Yuzong ascended the throne in Yichuan, named Emperor Yuzong.
Kuipu, the ancestor of Emperor Yan, is the ancestor who invented agriculture in ancient legends and is also the founder of the Chinese nation’s farming civilization.
Generations of Emperor Yan inherited the tradition of farming culture. Among them, the last Emperor Yan was an expert in planting and utilizing elm trees. He led the tribe to plant elm trees extensively. Firstly, the elm leaves and bark were edible; The elm forest can shield crops from wind and sand damage.
With the expansion of power and the development of agriculture, the territory of Yugong, the eighth generation of Emperor Yan, continued to expand. Settlement states were established in northern Henan and other vast areas, becoming the prototype of early states.
Yumeng has a sixth son named Yu, and his clan tribe lives in Yu State in central Shanxi. This place is named after the name of the Yu clan, "Yu".
During the Spring and Autumn Period, it became the Yuzhou Kingdom and was later destroyed by the Quwo Kingdom.
In order to commemorate Emperor Yan Yuyi or the Yu family, people named the center of the original Yuzhou Kingdom "Yumshe".
In ancient times, "the land was sealed as a society to show that there was land." Yushe meant that this was the land of Emperor Yu (the Yu family), and the edge area was called Yuci.
Yuci has a long history.
In the eighth year of Lu Zhaogong (534 BC), Yuci was called Wei Yu, in 514 BC it was called Tushui, and during the Warring States Period it was called Yuci.
In the third year of King Zhuangxiang of Qin Dynasty (247 BC), Yuci County was established, which has been established throughout the generations.
Yuci County was liberated on July 19, 1948. Yuci City was reestablished in 1954. In 1963, the city was abolished and Yuci County was restored.
In 1971, Yuci City and Yuci County were established.
In 1983, cities and counties were merged into county-level cities under provincial jurisdiction.
The city covers an area of ??1,328 square kilometers, of which the urban area is 18 square kilometers.