A prefecture-level city in Guizhou history, once like Zunyi Luzhou, has now been reduced to a county-level city.

The administrative division map of Guizhou Province in Qing Dynasty Chishui City, Guizhou Province is located at the junction of Sichuan and Guizhou. The unique geographical position of Sichuan and Guizhou endows it with an important window position in the history of Guizhou. During the nearly 200 years from the third year of Qianlong reign in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1738) to the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu reign (A.D. 1908), Renhuai Zhiliting, the predecessor of Chishui City, was an administrative division at the same level as Zunyi Prefecture in Guizhou and Luzhou Prefecture in Sichuan Province, not under the jurisdiction of Zunyi Prefecture, but under the jurisdiction of Guizhou Grain Storage Road. The map of Renhuai Zhiliting Hall in Guizhou in Qing Dynasty is equivalent to the prefecture level. Chishui City, Guizhou Province has a unique geographical position and has always been an important gateway from Guizhou Province to Sichuan Province. Guizhou province is a typical mountainous province, which has been unable to meet its own needs in food supply and needs transportation and adjustment from neighboring provinces. Chishui City is located at the junction of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and Sichuan Basin. A navigable river, Chishui River, passes through the mountainous Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. The Canyon and Chishui River provide natural land and waterway channels for the exchange of personnel and materials between Sichuan and Guizhou. Perhaps it is precisely because of the important channel and gateway position of Chishui City that Renhuai Zhili Hall, the predecessor of Chishui City, has become an administrative division at the same level as Zunyi Prefecture, and also belongs to Guizhou Grain Storage Road, so as to facilitate the smooth transportation of Sichuan grain to the barren mainland of Guizhou. The geographical gateway function of Chishui City made Chishui City the most important channel of Sichuan salt entering Guizhou in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is precisely because of the geographical location of Chishui, Sichuan and Guizhou that the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants crossed the Yangtze River in the Long March to reach Luzhou and Yibin in Sichuan, so the famous Sidu Chishui Campaign took place. During the Republic of China, although the administrative level of Chishui lost its prefecture level and was reduced to county level again, it was a first-class county in Guizhou. Attachment: First-class counties in Guizhou during the Republic of China: (20) Zhu Gui, Zunyi, Tongzi, Zheng 'an, Zhenyuan, Liping, Rongjiang, Tongren, Sinan, Wuchuan, Songtao, Bijie, Anshun, Anlong, Xingyi, Panxian, Dading, Weining, Qianxi and Chishui: (38) Taigong and Jin. After the founding of the People's Republic of China until the last century, Chishui became an important industrial city in northern Guizhou. For example, even in the last two decades, the popularity of Chishui tourism was almost supported by the beautiful data of tourists from Sichuan, Guizhou and Chongqing. This is not only because Chishui itself has a large number of high-quality tourist attractions, but also because of the geographical location of the three provinces and cities bordering it. Chishui therefore became the first county-level city in Guizhou province where the state capital is not located, and withdrew from the county to set up a city in the 1990s. Historically, Chishui City has been the communication gateway between Guizhou Province and Sichuan Province, and it has had glorious and prosperous years. However, in recent decades, due to the improvement of the surrounding land traffic, the land traffic in Chishui is gradually inferior to the surrounding areas, and the once dazzling light of Chishui City has gradually faded. Welcome everyone to leave a message to participate in our topic discussion and express your views. Thank you!