Our genealogy records that our ancestors came from Zhaixia Village, Shanyin County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province in the Qing Dynasty and came to Gaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province to est

Our genealogy records that our ancestors came from Zhaixia Village, Shanyin County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province in the Qing Dynasty and came to Gaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province to establish their business. Does anyone know where Shanyin County now belongs?

Shaoxing Prefecture is an administrative unit system in the Shaoxing area from 1131 AD to 1913 AD, following Kuaiji County in the Han, Three Kingdoms, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and Yuezhou in the Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, and Northern Song Dynasties. He attacked Yuezhou and governed one prefecture and eight counties.

It governs Shanyin and Kuaiji counties. In the fourth year of Jianyan of the Southern Song Dynasty (1130), Emperor Gaozong stationed in Yue Prefecture. With the intention of "Shao Yi's great rest and the prosperity of Pi Xu for a hundred years", the following year was changed to the first year of Shaoxing, and Yue Prefecture was promoted to Shaoxing Prefecture. Shanyin and Kuaiji counties, where the government is located, are governed by the same city, and include eight counties: Kuaiji, Shanyin, Xiaoshan County, Zhuji County, Yuyao County, Shangyu, Shengxian County and Xinchang County. In the 13th year of Yuan Dynasty (1276), it was changed to Shaoxing Road, but the county under its jurisdiction remained unchanged. In the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1369), it was reestablished as Shaoxing Prefecture, with the administrative seat unchanged, and led to eight counties: Shanyin, Kuaiji, Shangyu, Xiaoshan, Shengxian, Xin, Zhuji, and Yuyao. The Qing Dynasty succeeded the Ming Dynasty, and the government was abolished in the second year of the Republic of China (1913). Shanyin and Kuaiji were merged into Shaoxing County.

In 221 BC, the Qin Dynasty unified China and implemented the system of prefectures and counties, dividing the world into 36 counties. Kuaiji County was established on the original land of Wuyue. Kuaiji County stretches from the south bank of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province in the north to northern Fujian Province in the south. It governs 26 counties, including 13 counties north (west) of the Qiantang River and 13 counties south (east) of the Qiantang River. Among these 26 counties, there is one large county, Shanyin County. The name Shanyin comes from its location in the shade (north) of Kuaiji Mountain. According to historical records, the first emperor of Qin visited Kuaiji in 210 BC. He climbed Tianzhu Peak and looked eastward at the sea. It was renamed "Dayue Yue Shanyin" and Tianzhu Peak was originally called Qinwang Mountain. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, after Wu and Hui were divided, the jurisdiction of Kuaiji County was reduced to the east of Qiantang River, and Shanyin County was the county government.

With the development of economy and culture and the increase of household registration, Shanyin County’s position in the county is becoming more and more important. By the Qi Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties, some people suggested dividing Shanyin into two counties. From 557 to 559 AD (Yongding period of the Chen Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty), the original Shanyin County was divided into two counties, Shanyin and Kuaiji. Including the county town, Shanyin County was in the west and Kuaiji County was in the east. Since then, there has been a situation in history where Shanyin and Kuaiji counties were co-located. Later, the time came and the time came together, and customization began in 815, the tenth year of Yuanhe, Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty. In 605 (the first year of Emperor Yang's great career in the Sui Dynasty), Kuaiji County was reorganized into Yuezhou. Later, Yuezhou was promoted to Shaoxing Prefecture (from the first year of Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, that is, from 1131 AD). The administrative divisions changed frequently, but Shanyin and Kuaiji counties were always co-located. Today, Shaoxing City has always been governed by the state and the government. It is also the seat of the county seat of Shan and Hui counties. This pattern of counties (prefectures, prefectures) and counties governed in the same city, or two counties governed in the same city, remained unchanged for more than 1,300 years until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

In 1911 AD (the third year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty), Shanyin and Kuaiji counties were merged into Shaoxineng County, which was subordinate to Shaoxing Prefecture. In the year of Li, the Republic of China was established, the government system was abolished, and a two-level system of province and county was implemented. Shaoxing County was directly under the Zhejiang Provincial Government. Since then, it has been affiliated to Huiji Road and the Third (Second) Administrative Supervision District. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Shaoxing County was successively subordinate to Shaoxing Prefecture, Ningbo Prefecture, Shaoxing Region, and Shaoxing City. In 1983, the urban area of ??Shaoxing County and six suburban villages were divided into Yuecheng District.

Historically, the dividing line between Shanyin and Kuaiji counties was the Fu River that ran through the north and south of Shaoxing Prefecture, so it was also called the Boundary River. The boundary river flows from south to north, flowing in from Zhilimen (South Gate), passing through Baojia Bridge, Shezi Bridge, Dayun Bridge, Qingdao Bridge, Xianxi Bridge and Xiaojiang Bridge, then turns eastward, passes through Xiangqiao Bridge and turns north again. , passes through Xianning Bridge and Anning Bridge, exits Chang'anmen, and flows into Sanjiangkou. There are crisscross tributaries in the middle, all of which can be used by boats. There are many bridges on it, all connecting Shan and Hui counties. Hexi (the section from Xiaojiangqiao to Xiangqiao is Hebei) is the boundary of Shanyin County, and Hedong (the section from Xiaojiangqiao to Xiangqiao is Henan) is the boundary of Kuaiji County. Therefore, in the same city, Cha Yuanpei, who lived in Bi Fei Nong, north of Xiaojiang Bridge, called himself a Shanyin person, and Zhou Yucai (Lu Xun), who lived in Duchangfang, called himself a Kuaiji person.

So, if a public case occurs on the boundary river between two counties, who should handle it? As a result, the people of Shaoxing have the proverb "If you don't care about Shanyin, you won't accept it in Kuaiji", and there is also a legendary story about Xu Wenchang (Xu Wei), a talented man in the Ming Dynasty who wisely became the two magistrates of Shanhui County and petitioned for the people.

In the 1970s, when the Jiefang Road, the main road in Shaoxing City, was being expanded, the relevant departments used demolition (houses) and filling (river) as their top priority, and the section from Dajiang Bridge to Dayun Bridge on the Fuhe River (approximately (accounting for two-thirds of the total length of the Fu River) was filled in and converted into a culvert under the road.

The Fu River, which has connected the north and south of Shaoxing for thousands of years, is no longer a river!