The Sui Dynasty dug the Jiangnan River, that is, the Grand Canal from Hangzhou to Zhenjiang via Jiaxing, which brought irrigation efficiency to Jiaxing. Huating County was located in Jiaxing County and some counties such as Haiyan and Kunshan in the tenth year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (75 1). There were 27 farms in Jiaxing in the Tang Dynasty, among which "there are three villages in western Zhejiang and Jiahe is the largest". Jiaxing has become an important grain-producing area in southeast China, with "Jiahe is the only one, Jianghuai is the health; Jiahe apologizes, Jianghuai is frugal. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Wu Yueguo set up Kaiyuan Mansion in Jiaxing, which separated from Suzhou and led Jiaxing, Haiyan and Huating counties. This was the first time that Jiaxing established a state-level political power. At the end of Jin Dynasty, in the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu Tianfu (940), at the invitation of Qian Yuansui, King of Wu Yue, Xiuzhou was established in Jiaxing, leading four counties of Jiaxing, Haiyan, Huating and Chongde. Xiuzhou was changed to Jiahe County in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Ningzong was in the first year of Qingyuan (1 195), and the county was promoted to the government, and later it was changed to Jiaxing Army.
In the 13th year of Yuan Shizu Zhiyuan (1276), Jiaxing Army was changed to the appeasement department of Jiaxing House and was promoted to the general manager of Jiaxing Road. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Jiaxing's economy was relatively developed, and it was known as "all-round and Suzhou-Hangzhou" and "the first in western Zhejiang". Ports such as Zhapu, Ganpu and Qinglong have frequent foreign trade and prosperous shipping. In the fourth year of Xuande in Ming Dynasty (1429), xiushui county was in the northwest of Jiaxing County and Jiashan County was in the northeast. Analysis of Haiyan County in Pinghu County: Analysis of Chongde County Chongde County is located in Tongxiang County, and Jiaxing Prefecture has seven counties under its jurisdiction, which is called one government and seven counties. Four or five hundred years later, the county system in Jiaxing remained basically unchanged. At that time, on the basis of the development of agriculture and handicrafts, the commodity economy became increasingly prosperous, and cotton silk was exported to the north and south, as far as overseas. The silk in Wangjiangjing Town, Jiaxing once had the reputation of "clothes and quilts are all over the world", Jiashan has the proverb "Tang Wei has endless yarn", and the silk in Puyuan Town, Tongxiang is famous for "ten thousand pieces a day".
Ming Hongzhi's Records of Jiaxing recorded: "Jiaxing is a mansion in western Zhejiang" and "Jiangdong is a metropolis".
In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the Qing army broke through here and carried out a massacre. Jiaxing suffered heavy losses and was no longer prosperous. In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government carried out tax reform and rectification, and built seawalls along the coast of Hangzhou Bay many times. Jiaxing's social economy has gradually improved, and cities and towns have resumed prosperity.
In the tenth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1860), the Taiping Army conquered Jiaxing and established the Imperial Palace as the local military and political leading body. After the mid-Qing Dynasty, Jiaxing's economy and urban appearance declined day by day due to imperialist plunder and feudal exploitation.
1911165438+1On October 7th, the Revolution Party of 1911 regained Jiaxing and established its military and political branch. In the early years of the Republic of China, the county was abandoned and renamed Jiahe County, and later Jiaxing County.
1921in early August, the first national congress of China * * * closed on a cruise ship in Nanhu, Jiaxing, and announced the establishment of China * * *.
Jiaxing was liberated on May 7th 1949.
1985-65438+ 10, with the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, Jiaxing and its three counties of Jiashan, Tongxiang and Haining were listed as economic open areas in the Yangtze River Delta. By 1988, Jiaxing and its five counties were listed as economic open zones.
An important historical event-the birthplace of China.
Jiaxing is not only famous for its beautiful scenery, but also attracted worldwide attention because of the successful closing of the first National Congress of China, and became an important revolutionary memorial site in the modern history of China. 192 1 on July 23rd, the first national congress of China was held in secret at No.76, Wang Zhi Road, French Concession. A total of 65,438+03 delegates attended the meeting, representing seven communist groups and more than 50 party member. Halfway through the meeting, he was harassed by the French Concession and forced to stop the meeting.
According to the suggestion of Wang, the wife of Shanghai representative Li Da, the "First Congress" was held on a cruise ship in Nanhu, Jiaxing. Wang, a native of Wuzhen, Tongxiang, Jiaxing, studied at Jiaxing Women's Normal School and is very familiar with Jiaxing and Nanhu. She also arranged a "big" meeting in Nanhu. At the beginning of August, the delegates arrived in Jiaxing by the early train from Shanghai North Station, led by Wang immediately. They took a ferry to the island in the middle of the lake, and then a small tugboat took them to the conference cruise ship rented by Wang in advance. This cruise ship is a single-clip silk-screen ship, about16m long and 3m wide. The bow is wide and flat, with a front cabin, a middle cabin and a rear cabin. There is a clip on the right, and the meeting is held in the middle cabin. Wang is sitting in the bow.
In the name of swimming in the lake, the delegates asked the shipowner to park his boat in the secluded waters about 200 meters southeast of Yu Yan Tower. At about 1 1 in the morning, the "First Big" South Lake Conference officially started. The meeting first deliberated and adopted the first plan of China and the first resolution of China. After secret ballot, Chen Duxiu, Zhang and Li Da were elected as the national leading body of the Party-the Central Committee, with Chen Duxiu as the secretary, Zhang responsible for organizing and Li Da responsible for propaganda. At six o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting completed all the agendas and concluded successfully, solemnly announcing the establishment of China * * *! At the end of the meeting, all the delegates shouted out the strongest voice of the times in a low voice: "Long live * * *! Long live the Third International! Long live communism! "
After the meeting, the delegates quietly left the ship and left Jiaxing that night. They brought the flame of revolution to all parts of the country, and the history of China has since written a new chapter. In order to commemorate the great historical event that the first congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was successfully concluded on the South Lake cruise ship, 1959 copied a cruise ship that held the first congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) under the care and instruction of the Central Committee and the Provincial Party Committee (the South Lake cruise ship was extinct during the Anti-Japanese War). As a memorial ship of the first Congress, it was moored on the water in front of the Yu Yan Building, vividly showing the birth of China. 1On April 5th, 964, a great representative, Comrade Dong, inspected the South Lake and carefully observed the memorial boat, and happily wrote a poem: "On the original boat of revolution, workers and peasants were born, praising communist party. Returning to Tomb-Sweeping Day, misty rain visited the old traces. " Comrade Peng Zhen boarded the memorial ship in March 18 199 1 and said with deep affection, "This ship is not big, but it has a great future. With this ship, socialist People's Republic of China (PRC) was born. "
This "large" commemorative ship is affectionately called "South Lake Red Ship".