【Origin】
In the second year (606) of the Sui Dynasty Emperor Daye, Anning County and Gaoliang County were separated into parts to form a new county, Yangjiang County, named after the Moyang River.
【History】
After Qin Shi Huang unified the whole country, he implemented the county system. In the 33rd year of Qin Shi Huang (214 BC), he sent an army to attack the Yue people in the Pearl River Valley, and after Qin unified the Yue areas in Lingnan, he set up Guilin County, Nanhai County, and Xiang County, of which Yangjiang Land initially belonged.
After Emperor Wu of Han sent troops to defeat the Xiongnu, in the sixth year of Emperor Wu's reign (111 BC), he established Gaoliang County, Hepu Commandery , with the political center in the ancient city of Daba Town ( also said to be in the village of Shangtang , Mashan ) in present-day Yangdong County. Gaoliang County included parts of present-day Yangjiang, western Enping, Maoming, Gaozhou, Dianbai, Huazhou, Wuchuan, and Luoding.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yangjiang land belonged to the rule of Eastern Wu. In the 25th year (220) of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Sun Quan separated Gaoliang County from Hepu Commandery in the Han Dynasty and established it as Gaoliang Commandery (高凉郡), which was transferred to the jurisdiction of Guangzhou, and unified three counties: Anning County (present-day Yangjiang City and its eastern part), Gaoliang County (present-day northern Part of Yangdong County), and Xiping County (present-day Baisha Town, Jiangcheng District, Buchang Township, and Pinggang Town).
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, In the first year of Liang Datong (527), Gaoliang Commandery was separated from Guangzhou, and together with Duling County, Ningkang County, and Yangchun County, it was established as Gao Prefecture. The center of Gaozhou Prefecture was in present-day Jiangcheng (527-649), and it governed most of the present-day yangjiang and Maoming cities (including Liangde).
In the second year of the Sui Dynasty (606), the Sui regime divided Anning County and Gaoliang County into a new county, Yangjiang County. Yangchun County is established in Yangchun County. Yangjiang County and Yangchun County have since been named.
In the 23rd year (649) of Emperor Taizong of Tang's reign, Yangjiang County, Xiping County, Yangchun County, and Duling County were separated from Gaozhou and established as Enzhou, which was under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Guangzhou. Enzhou prefecture was ruled in Yangjiang, from the time of Emperor Taizong of Tang during the Zhenguan period to the first year of Hongwu (1368) when Zhu Yuanzhang removed Enzhou, Yangjiang and Yangchun were counties, and Liangyang was called Enzhou for 719 years. thereafter. Jiang and Chun counties came under the jurisdiction of Zhaoqing Province.
In the sixth year of tongzhi (1867) of the Qing Dynasty, Yangjiang County was twice upgraded to a directly subordinate prefecture, under the jurisdiction of Yangchun, Kaiping, and Enping Counties. In the ninth year of Tongzhi (1870), Yangjiang Zhili Prefecture was changed to Zhili Hall. In the thirty-second year of Guangxu (1906), the Yangjiang Zhili Hall was changed to Zhili Prefecture.
In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), the prefecture capital was abolished and Yangjiang County and Yangchun County were restored.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Yangjiang and Yangchun belonged to Jiangmen Yuezhong Special District; in 1953, they were changed to the Guangdong West Bureau; in 1956, they were changed to Zhanjiang Special District; in the winter of 1958, Heyangjiang County and Yangchun County were two counties; in 1961, they were re-divided into Yangjiang County and Yangchun County. In September 1983, it became a county of Jiangmen City. On February 10, 1988, the former Yangjiang and Yangchun counties were separated from Jiangmen City and newly established as Yangjiang City (prefecture level).