There is no exact written record of Tongren history before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and later some sporadic records are scattered in relevant history books. The bronze man, formerly known as the bronze man, is said that in the Yuan Dynasty, a fisherman sneaked into the bottom of the river at the copper rock and won three bronze men. In the Yuan Dynasty, there was a "long lawsuit between the military and civilians". Under the Sinan Xuanwei Division. In the 11th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, Sizhou and Sinan Xuanwei Departments were withdrawn, and now Tongren, Sinan, Shiqian and Wuluo Departments are established, all of which belong to Guizhou's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the third year of Ming Dynasty (AD 1438), Wuluo House was abolished and most of it was incorporated into Tongren House. Tongren got its name from this. In the first year of the Republic of China (A.D. 19 12), Tongren County (now jiangkou county) was withdrawn and merged into Tongren District (now tongren city); In the second year of the Republic of China (19 13), Tongren area was changed to Tongren county (now tongren city); At the same time, Sinan Prefecture was changed to Sinan County, Shiqian Prefecture was changed to Shiqian County, and Songtao Zhili Hall was changed to Songtao County. In addition, the original Tongren County (now jiangkou county) was restored and renamed as jiangkou county, Anhua County was renamed as Dejiang County, Yanhe County was established with the original Sinan Mansion Youxi Mansion, and Xixi County (now Wanshan Special Zone) was established with the original Tongren Prefecture Provincial Mansion. Yuping County and Yinjiang County remain unchanged. In the third year of the Republic of China (19 14), Zhengdaying County was established, which was the former resident of Zhengdaying County in Tongren County and was under the jurisdiction of Songtao County. Forty-eight streams (now Ganlongkou) are divided into counties on the basis of the original forty-eight streams, which are under the jurisdiction of Songtiao County. In June of the 24th year of the Republic of China (A.D. 1935), with the approval of Ying Xing, Chairman of the Military Commission of the National Government, the 1 1 Administrative Supervision Zone was established in Guizhou. Among them, the Sixth Administrative Supervision District Commissioner's Office is located in Sinan, covering Sinan, Dejiang, Yinjiang, Yanhe and Shiqian counties, and the Fifth Administrative Supervision District Commissioner's Office is located in Tongren, covering Tongren, Jiangkou, Songtiao, Yuping and Shengxi counties. In the 25th year of the Republic of China (1936), Zhengdaying County was merged into Tongren County, and Ganlongkou County was merged into Songtao County. In March of the same year, the whole province was downsized into eight inspector districts, and the sixth inspector district commissioner's office was located in Tongren, covering Tongren, Jiangkou, Songtao, Yuping, Shijie, Shengxi, Sinan, Dejiang, Yinjiang, Yanhe, Houping (now located in Houping Township, Yanhe County) 13 counties. In the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937) 1 1 month, the inspection department was re-established. Dejiang and Houping counties belonged to the fifth inspection department (now Zunyi City), and the remaining nine counties belonged to the first inspection department (now zhenyuan county). In the 30th year of the Republic of China (194 1 year), Xixi county was abolished, and its jurisdiction was merged into Tongren county and Yuping county respectively. Sahouping County, whose jurisdiction is merged into Yanhe and Wuchuan counties respectively. In February of the 32nd year of the Republic of China (1943), six administrative supervision zones were established in the whole province. The Commissioner's Office of the Sixth Inspector District is located in Tongren, which has jurisdiction over nine counties: Tongren, Jiangkou, Yuping, Songtao, Yinjiang, Shiqian, Sinan, Dejiang and Yanhe. At this point, the establishment of Tongren area is basically fixed. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Tongren was liberated in June 1950 65438+ 10/2. Tongren District was established in that year, and the Commissioner's Office is located in Tongren County, which governs Tongren, Yuping, Songtiao, Jiangkou, Yinjiang, Shiqian, Sinan, Dejiang and Yanhe counties. 1956 In September, Songtao County was revoked and Songtao Miao Autonomous County was established. 1958+02, Yuping and Jiangkou counties were abolished and merged into Tongren county. 196 1 Yuping and Jiangkou counties resumed in August. Wanshan Special Zone was established in February 1966, abolished in September/968 and resumed in August 1970. 1979 1 Revoke the Revolutionary Committee of Tongren District and formally establish the Tongren District Administrative Office (collectively referred to as the Administrative Office) as the current organizational system of the administrative organs of the Guizhou Provincial People's Government. At this point, the administrative office is located in Tongren County, which governs Tongren County, jiangkou county, Yinjiang County, Shiqian County, Sinan County, Dejiang County, Yanhe County, Yuping County, Songtao Miao Autonomous County and Wanshan Special Zone. L 8 counties of Autonomous County, 1 Special Zone. Since then, the changes in the county-level organizational system are as follows: On September 7, 1983, the State Council approved the cancellation of Yuping County to establish Yuping County, and the original administrative area remained unchanged; 1986 10 7 the State Council approved the revocation of Tujia Autonomous County along the river and the establishment of Baizhi County, with the original administrative area unchanged; 1986 12 13. the State Council approved the revocation of Yinjiang County and the establishment of Yinjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, with the original administrative area unchanged. 1August 2, 9871the State Council approved the sale of Tongren county and the establishment of Tongren city, with the original administrative area unchanged. The changes in the township organizational system are as follows: 1984 65438+ 10. In October, the people's commune was changed into a township. Through the adjustment of township construction, the township administrative region of the whole region was divided into 60 districts, with 10 district-level towns. Districts (towns) have jurisdiction over 369 townships, 2/kloc-0 townships and 4 ethnic townships. 1987 79 ethnic townships, 60 districts and 10 district-level towns were newly built. Districts (towns) have jurisdiction over 3 15 townships, 22 township-level towns and 83 ethnic townships. 199 1 The whole region passed the "Building Biography" and reported it to the provincial people's government for approval. Since then, 39 townships, 56 ethnic townships, 69 towns and 4 sub-district offices have been built.