In the previous article, the author and you talked about a series of stories about the adjustment of prefecture-level urban planning in Jiangxi Province, such as Ganzhou City, Shangrao City, and so on. Today, we will talk about Jiujiang City. Among the 11 prefecture-level cities under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Province, Jiujiang City is the only port city on the Yangtze River, with developed shipping and densely populated. Jiujiang City has a total of 13 districts and counties under its jurisdiction, which belong to prefecture-level cities with many districts and counties under its jurisdiction. So, how does Jiujiang City have 13 districts and counties under its jurisdiction? Today, we will talk about this issue.
First, let’s talk about Jiangxi Province. Jiangxi Province belongs to the southern provinces of my country, and at the same time, it is also one of the six provinces in central my country. It is adjacent to several provinces such as Anhui, Hubei, and Guangdong, and its geographic location is very important. Jiangxi Province has 11 prefecture-level cities with a total population of more than 45 million, which is basically the same as the populations of several provinces such as Yunnan and Liaoning. Jiangxi Province is rich in water resources. For a long time, water transportation used to be the main transportation channel across Jiangxi because of the complicated geological structure.
Among the 11 prefecture-level cities under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Province, Ganzhou has the largest population. Followed by Nanchang City, Shangrao City, Yichun City and Jiujiang City. In terms of population, Jiujiang City has a total population of more than 4.6 million, which is not the largest among the cities. However, the geographical location of Jiujiang City is very important. Jiujiang City has a series of titles: one of the regional central cities of Jiangxi Province, 昌九 integrated dual-core city, the sub-central city of the Poyang Lake City Group, and a member of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River City Group City, Yangtze River Economic Belt fulcrum city, a regional modern central city in Jiangxi, Hubei, Anhui, Hunan, one of the first 5 cities along the Yangtze River to open to the outside world, and the only international trade port city in Jiangxi.
Jiujiang has a total population of more than 4.6 million people, with 3 districts, 3 county-level cities, and 7 counties under its jurisdiction, totaling 13 districts and counties.Due to the excellent geographical location of Jiujiang City, it has been said that "the mouth of three rivers, the thoroughfare of seven provinces" has been used since ancient times. As for the specific zoning of the 13 districts and counties of Jiujiang City, there is a complementary relationship with the zoning adjustment of Jiangxi Province.
Before the Yuan Dynasty, the dynasties basically followed the state and county divisions. For example, Jiujiang was once called Jiangzhou. In the middle of the 13th century, after the rapid rise of the Yuan Dynasty in the north, within a few decades, the Dajin Kingdom, Xixia Kingdom , Dali Kingdom, Southern Song Dynasty and other regimes were successively eliminated, and a huge dynasty with an unprecedented vast territory was established. However, with the expansion of the territory, the Yuan Dynasty also began to face various problems. Because the Yuan Dynasty lacked local management experience, and it was very obvious.
Facing the densely packed hundreds of prefectures and thousands of counties across the country, the complex population data, arable land production, and crop varieties in various regions made the Yuan Dynasty a little at a loss. Let’s take the cultivated land in various places as an example. Due to the huge differences in geological structure and climate, the cultivated land in various places is divided into more than 10 types, such as sandy land, muddy land, and irrigated land. Each type is divided into upper, middle and lower ones. Levels. There are also many types of crops in various places, such as adzuki beans , wheat, rice, sorghum, etc., and there is a saying of whole grains.
For such a complicated situation, the Yuan Dynasty was obviously inexperienced. Relying on the state and county divisions of the Tang and Song Dynasties could not meet the needs of the Yuan Dynasty. The 15 roads in the Tang Dynasty and the 23 roads in the Song Dynasty were imperfect in every respect. Finally, the Yuan Dynasty combined the actual experience of Song Dynasty 23rd Road, and further improved and adjusted on the basis of the framework of Jin Guoxing Shangshutai. In the end, the famous provincial system was introduced. The Yuan Dynasty divided the whole country into 10 provinces, such as Jiangxi province, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, Sichuan province and so on.
At that time, the Yuan Dynasty had established Jiangxi Province. However, at that time Jiangxi Province included the current Jiangxi Province and the eastern part of Guangdong Province, and its jurisdiction was relatively large. Under the framework of the provinces in the Yuan Dynasty, each province governed various roads, and each road governed various state capitals.Each state capital has jurisdiction over various counties, which is equivalent to the design of 4 levels of zoning. For example, Jiujiang was part of Jiangzhou Road at that time.
Although the Yuan Dynasty established the provincial system and laid the framework of the provincial system, it is not perfect in all aspects. First of all, the division of provinces in the Yuan Dynasty was unreasonable, and local management was very difficult. Second, the design of various agencies is very simple and overlaps with each other. By the end of Yuan Dynasty's rule, many problems had already appeared. In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang established Ming Dynasty , according to the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty, and on the basis of the provinces of the Yuan Dynasty, the division of various places was further adjusted.
In the Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle Zhu Di completed the transfer of the capital, the Ming Dynasty formed the division of North and South Zhili and 13 provinces. Among them, the divisions of many provinces in my country were established during the Ming Dynasty, such as Jiangxi Province, Shandong Province, Henan Province and so on. Compared with the current zoning, it is very close. At that time, Jiangxi Province was divided into 13 prefectures, namely: Nanchang Prefecture, Ruizhou Prefecture, Jiujiang Prefecture, Nankang Prefecture, Raozhou Prefecture, Jianchang Prefecture, Guangxin Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Ganzhou Prefecture , Nan'anfu, Linjiangfu, Yuanzhoufu, Ji'anfu.
Among them, although Jiujiang Mansion has appeared, the regional structure has not been formed. Jiujiang Prefecture governs 5 counties including Dehua County, De'an County , Ruichang County , Hukou County , Pengze County and so on. Xingzi County, Duchang County and Jianchang County belong to Nankang Prefecture.Ning County and Wuning County are under the management of Nanchang Prefecture. After the Qing Dynasty gradually established its rule in the middle of the 17th century, it further adjusted the divisions of various regions according to its own century needs. In the end, a division of 18 provinces inland was formed. In Jiangxi Province, the scale of zoning adjustment is very small.
Especially the division of Jiujiang Prefecture, almost unchanged. In the late Qing Dynasty rule, a large-scale Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement broke out. At that time, Jiujiang Mansion guarded the gates of the provinces of Jiangxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu. It was a city that the Qing army and the Taiping army had repeatedly fought for. Zeng Guofan and his old opponent Shi Dakai arrived at the front line one after another and commanded the troops to fight.
In 1912, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, our country entered a stage of warlord melee. Warlords in various regions have repeatedly fought for hegemony, causing great damage to all regions, and the people in all regions urgently need to enter into recuperation. In a blink of an eye, the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and as the situation gradually stabilized, our country entered the work of post-war reconstruction, resumption of production, and economic construction. At the same time, various projects were started in Jiangxi Province, such as railway construction and so on. In Jiangxi Province, a series of special areas have been established, such as Shangrao area, Fuzhou area, Jiujiang area and so on.
Among them, after the establishment of Jiujiang Prefecture in 1949, it has jurisdiction over 11 counties and cities. They are: Jiujiang county-level cities, Jiujiang County, Pengze County, Ruichang County, Hukou County, Wuning County, De'an County, Xingzi County, Xiushui County , Duchang County, Yongxiu County . In the early 1950s, Xiushui County, Pengze County, Hukou County, and Duchang County were briefly designated for a few months. But then, it was included in the Jiujiang area. In the late 1960s, after all the prefectures in the country were renamed regions,The Jiujiang area was renamed Jiujiang area, and the jurisdiction remains unchanged.
In 1978, in view of the tourism value of Lushan, Jiujiang City established a Lushan county-level town, which is equivalent to 12 counties and cities. In the late 1970s, as my country's economy continued to develop at a high speed, in order to adapt to the needs of the development of the times, various regions under the jurisdiction of many provinces in my country were successively adjusted to prefecture-level cities. At the same time, some county-level cities are also changing. In 1980, Jiujiang county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang area was promoted to prefecture-level city. And set up Xunyang District , suburbs.
In the same year, the county-level town of Lushan was revoked, Lushan District was established, and it was put under the management of Jiujiang City. As for the Jiujiang area, it still exists, with 10 counties under its jurisdiction. In July 1983, the Jiujiang area was abolished and merged with Jiujiang City. The Xiushui County, Wuning County, Ruichang County, Yongxiu County, De'an County, Jiujiang County, Xingzi County, Duchang County, Pengze County, and Hu Ten counties including Kou County were put under the management of Jiujiang City. At the same time, the original Lushan District was abolished, and a special Lushan Scenic Area (not an administrative division) was established.
As for the suburbs of Jiujiang City, it was renamed the new Lushan District. Please note that these two Lushan Districts are not the same thing. At this time, Jiujiang City has 2 districts and 10 counties, totaling 12 districts and counties. In the late 1980s, Ruichang County was abolished, and Ruichang county-level city was established. Jiujiang City has 2 districts, 1 county-level city, and 9 counties under its jurisdiction. With the continuous development of Jiujiang City, the urban population has further increased and the urban area has further expanded. In 2010, Jiujiang City established the Gongqingcheng county-level city.
In 2016, Lushan District in Jiujiang City was renamed Lianxi District. At the same time, Xingzi County and some towns in the original Lushan District formed a county-level city of Lushan. At this time, Jiujiang City has 2 districts, 3 county-level cities, and 8 counties under its jurisdiction. In 2017, Jiujiang County of Jiujiang City was revoked and Chaisang District was established. As of this time, Jiujiang City has formed a zoning structure of 3 districts, 3 county-level cities, and 7 counties.
are: Xunyang District, Lianxi District, Chaisang District, Ruichang City, Gongqing City, Lushan City, Xiushui County, Wuning County, Yongxiu County, De'an County, Duchang County, Hukou County, Peng Ze County.Of course, Jiujiang City has also successively established Lushan Scenic Area, Economic Development Zone, Bali Lake New District and other districts. However, these districts have special circumstances and are generally not counted.
There are many more stories about the adjustment of regional divisions in our country. The author will talk slowly with you in future articles.
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