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History
of Dandong |
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Dandong
city, named as Andong city before 1965.
Back to 6000-7000 years ago, our ancestors first exploited Dandong
region into the Neolithic Age,
3500-4000 years ago into the Bronze Age. Dandong is located in
the frontier area, it has been military stronghold at previous
years. In Xi-Han
period (221B.C.-220A.D.), Dandong
region was under the jurisdiction of West Anping county. In the
early period of Tang Dynasty (618-907), Dandong
region was under the jurisdiction of Andong Prefecture, and in
Liao Dynasty (916-1125), it was under the jurisdiction of Xuan
state, Kai state and Mu state. In Jin Dynasty it was under the
jurisdiction of Po-Su state, In Yuan Dynasty it was under the
jurisdiction of Po-Sha state, In Ming Dynasty(1368-1644) it was
under the jurisdiction of Liaodong state.
In
1618 the Houjin Dynasty
toke the frontier
stable
policy,
which they built wicker fence along Aihe bianmen and
Fenghuancheng bianmen to prohibit farming, herding, fishing and
hunting, mining beyond the fence. The policy brought havoc to
the economy and cultural development.
After 1689, Qing Dynasty toke the frontier development
policy,
this region developed gradually.In 1929 the Dandong was belonged
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In 1931 the Japanese puppet government changed Liaoning Province to
Fengtian Province, Andong County subjected to Fengtian Province. The
unconditional surrender of Japan on August of 1945 marks the liberation
of Andong in the anti-fascist war, the
army of the Communist Party of China garrison the Andong City. Setup
Andong province and Andong city. |
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After
the setup of the People¡¯s Republic of China In
1949, Andong city was praised as heroical city because of the Korea War.
From 1949 to 1956, the socialist transformation was almost finished.
From 1957 to 1966, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China,
the all-around socialist construction started. In the year of 1954, the
Liaodong province and Liaoxi province combined together as Liaoning
province. Andong city
belonged to Liaoning Province. In January 1965, with the approval
from the State Council, the city changed its name to Dandong.
From 1966 to 1976, like anywhere else, Dandong has also suffered
from "Cultural Revolution¡¯.
After 1976, Dandong paced into the new period of socialism modernization
construction, and has achieved great successes one by one both in
socialism material civilization and spiritual civilization. In 1985,
Xiuyian, Fengcheng and Kuandian county was changed into Manchu autonomy
county , in 1992, the Xiuyian Manchu autonomy county hand over to Anshan
City. In July 1993, Donggou county
changed its name as Donggang city by the approval from the State Council
, and in March 1994, Fengcheng
Manchu autonomy county changed it name as Fengcheng city by the State
Council. Now, Dandong city governs Zhenxing district, Yuanbao district,
Zhen¡¯an district, Donggang city, Fengcheng city and Kuandian Manchu
autonomy county. Dandong
Border Economic Cooperation Zone, a state-level development zone, was
authorized and setup by the State Council on July 7,1992.
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