What was Heze called in ancient times?

Heze, known as Cao Zhou in ancient times, is one of the prefecture-level cities under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province. In the thirteenth year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty, it was promoted to the government, attached to Guo County, and its territorial jurisdiction remained unchanged. He was given the name Heze, and the name of Heze is still in use today. It is a famous hometown of peony, martial arts, calligraphy and painting, drama and folk art in China.

Heze City, the peony capital of China, belongs to Shandong Province and was called Cao Zhou in ancient times. Located in the southwest of Shandong Province, at the junction of Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan and Anhui provinces, it is adjacent to Jining City in the east, Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province and Suzhou City in Anhui Province in the southeast, Shangqiu City in Henan Province in the south, Kaifeng City and Xinxiang City in Henan Province in the west and Puyang City in Henan Province in the north.

In ancient times, Heze, Leize, Konosawa and Mengzhuze in Heze City occupied a sacred position in history. Hua Xu followed Lei Zesheng and Fuxi, and Emperor Yao was sealed in Tao at the age of thirteen. He ascended the throne for a hundred years, collapsed in Chengyang and was buried in Gulin. Shun was born in Yao city, cultivated in Lishan, fished and made pottery by the river. Fuxi is the ancestor of the Chinese nation and even many ethnic groups in East Asia, and Yao and Shun are the ancestors of the Chinese ancestors who moved from ignorance to civilization. They are closely related to Heze, Shandong Province, and they are the life of raising Chinese ancestors. Heze is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization.