Wangdu County has a long history. It is said that Emperor Ku, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, the founder of the Chinese nation, lived in the northwest of the county five thousand years ago. Emperor Ku’s third concubine Qingdu gave birth to Yao in Danling (now Shunping, Yiqishan and Yao). Mountain), Yao was granted the title of Marquis of the Tang Dynasty and built a city to house his mother, and named the city Qingdu City.
The capital of Qing Dynasty in Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties belonged to Jizhou.
During the Warring States Period, the State of Zhao established the Qing capital.
In the 19th year of the reign of King Qin (228 BC), Qin destroyed the six kingdoms and divided Qingdu into two counties, Quni County in the north and Qingdu County in the south.
Qingdu County is governed by Gu County (now Guxian Village) and belongs to Hengshan County.
The northwest is bounded by Yiqi Mountain and Quni County. The area includes present-day Tang County, part of Shunping County and most of Wangdu County, with a population of about 30,000 households and 120,000 people. .
In the sixth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (201 BC), it was relocated to Wangdu County.
The origin of the name of Wangdu County is based on ancient legend: Yao lived in Yao Mountain (Yiqi Mountain), and his mother Qingdu lived in Du Mountain (Gu Mountain). The two mountains are more than 10 miles apart. Yao often climbed the mountain to look at his mother. , which is called "climbing Yao Mountain and Wangdu Mountain", so it is also called "Wangdu Mountain".
In the Western Han Dynasty, the county and the Hou Kingdom were co-located. In the southeast, there was Liusuyi Hou Kingdom (Liuxu Village), the fiefdom of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, Liu Gai, and in the southwest, there was the new territory of Hou Kingdom (ancient town), the fiefdom of Liu Jia, Prince Jing of Zhongshan. In the southeast, there was Prince Jing of Zhongshan, Liu Ying, who was granted the land of Anxianhou Kingdom (now part of Dingzhou City), in the east, there was Prince Jing of Zhongshan, Liu Zhong, who was granted the land of Guangwanghou Kingdom (now part of Qingyuan), Wangdu County, Tang County, and Quni (now part of Qingyuan). Shunping) and Shangquyang (now Quyang) are neighbors, and the county government is still in Guxian (now Guxian Village), which belongs to the Zhongshan Kingdom of Jizhou.
The population was only 20,000 at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, and grew to 37,000 by the end of the Western Han Dynasty.
In 9 AD, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and established a new dynasty. He ordered the counties and counties across the country to be renamed. Wangdu County was renamed Shun Tiao County, which means rain and wind, and it belongs to Changshan County.
After Liu Xiu became emperor in the Eastern Han Dynasty, he ordered the counties to restore their original names in the first year of Jianwu.
Wangdu County still belongs to the Zhongshan Kingdom of Jizhou.
The Three Kingdoms and Jin Dynasties remained the same.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was great chaos in northern China. Wangdu County belonged to the countries of Later Zhao, Ran Wei, Qian Yan, Qian Qin, and Later Yan. Due to the turmoil, the economy was destroyed and the population dropped sharply. The county had less than 10,000 people. , belongs to Zhongshan County.
In 439 AD, the Tuoba clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty unified the north. The society was relatively stable, the population returned to work, and the household registration increased. Wangdu County was under the jurisdiction of the Northern Wei Dynasty and belonged to Anzhou (today's Dingzhou), with a population of about 20,000.
From the late Northern Wei Dynasty to the Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Western Wei, and Northern Zhou, the world continued to be in turmoil.
In the third year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty (552 AD), Wangdu County was abolished and the area was merged into Beiping (today's Mancheng).
Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, took over the political power of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and established the Sui Dynasty. He worked hard to govern the state and established counties. In the sixth year of Kaihuang (586 AD), Beiping County was divided and Wangdu County was restored, which belonged to Dingzhou.
Twenty years later, in April of the first year of Emperor Yang's Daye of the Sui Dynasty (AD 605), Wangdu County was abolished and returned to Beiping. It belonged to Boling County at first and then to Gaoyang County.
After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the county was changed into a state. In the fourth year of Wude (621 AD), parts of Anxi (today's Dingzhou) and Beiping counties were divided into Wuding County, and the county government was temporarily set in Anxi. Dingzhou (today's Dingzhou) was soon renamed Wangdu County.
Because the county government of Guxian County (Guxian Village) had been abandoned for a long time due to war, a pond was built at the present county seat. In the eighth year of Zhenguan, the Wangdu County Seat was completed, and the county seat has been moved to this day.
In the Tang Dynasty, the territory was vast: "The Tang River (Tang River) 42 miles away from the county is bounded by Dingzhou in the south, Yangchengdian in the east, Yaoshan in the north, and Daoma Guguan in the northwest. There are Zhongrenting (Haishui of Tang County) and Zuorenting (Duting of Tang County) in the west, and Liusu in the southeast is included in the territory. The territory exceeded the previous generation. "During the Kaiyuan period of Tang Dynasty, the population increased, reaching 6,500 households and 41,340 people.
After the Anshi Rebellion, the household registration was greatly reduced. By the Zhenyuan period of Dezong, the number of people dropped by 84% to only 6,600.
In the early Song Dynasty, the Wangdu county system remained the same.
Dingzhou was renamed Zhongshan Prefecture in the third year of Zhenghe, and Wangdu County was under its jurisdiction.
In the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, Wangdu had 6,000 households, up to 20,000.
At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty's cavalry invaded the south, and Hebei was completely occupied by the Jin army. Many people fled, and the countryside became a hunting ground.
In the seventh year of Jin Dynasty (AD 1167), Wangdu County was renamed Haishan County.
In the thirteenth year of Dading (1173 AD), Prince Wanyan Yunmu of the Jin Dynasty came to Baozhou and Dingzhou for hunting. He saw the newly built county government house with bright tiles, a lotus pond in the south and a lotus pond in the north. The mausoleum of Yao's mother is very spectacular. It is thought that Yao's mother's real name was Qingdu. She was born and buried here. It was once called Qingdu County in history. After returning to the dynasty, he reported it to Emperor Jin Shizong, who then issued an edict to change Haishan County to Qingdu. county.
During the Southern Song Dynasty, the county had become the rear area of ????the Jin Dynasty. The household registration system was gradually completed, the society was relatively stable, and the population increased significantly. In the sixth year of Mingchang (1195 AD), the county population was about 80,000.
In the seventh year of Temujin's reign (AD 1212), the Taizu of Mongolia, Borjijin, went south to destroy the Jin Dynasty and obtained Zhongyuan Prefecture. The county system of Qingdu remained the same, and it was initially assigned to Zhending Prefecture.
In the eleventh year of Taizu (1216 AD), it was subordinate to Hengzhou.
In the eleventh year of Taizong (1239 AD), it was changed to Shuntian Road, Zhongshu Province.
In the twelfth year of the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1275-), Shuntian Road was changed to Baoding Road, and Qingdu County was changed to it.
In the process of going south to destroy the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty adopted a policy of national oppression of mass killing and crazy plundering. Houses suddenly turned into Qiu Ruins", and the population of Qingdu County fell to the second lowest point in history.
According to population estimates recorded in the 12th year of Zhiyuan, the number of households in Qingdu County was less than 2,000, with a population of 3,600.
In the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1368 AD), Baoding Road was renamed Baoding Prefecture and Qingdu County was under the jurisdiction of it.
In the early Ming Dynasty, due to the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the "Jingnan War", "there were not even one household in ten" in the county. A large number of immigrants from Shanxi and other places moved to the Central Plains. Qingdu County was a key county for accepting immigrants.
The population increased after Yongle, and by the Hongzhi Dynasty there were 2,200 households and a population of more than 25,300 people.
After the Qing army entered the pass, the Qingdu county system remained the same.
Qing soldiers entered the Central Plains and killed many people.
On October 7, the 11th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1639), the Qing troops fell into Qingdu City, massacred without calculation, looted everything, and burned the whole city.
According to the "Qingdu County Chronicle" during the Kangxi period, in the Shunzhi year, the county had four communities and six villages, with 1,111 households and 8,369 residents. In the eleventh year of Qianlong's reign (AD 1746), Emperor Qianlong went on a tour of the Hutuo River in Zhengding. He passed through Qingdu County on his way back to Luan and visited the mausoleum of Yao's mother. He believed that naming the county after Yao's mother was disrespectful and should be avoided. After returning to Beijing, he issued an edict to rename it. Wangdu County. After the Qianlong reign, the population increased rapidly. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, in the 30th year of Guangxu's reign, the county had 12,000 households with 71,127 people.
In the first year of the Republic of China (1912 AD), Wangdu County was still under the jurisdiction of Baoding Prefecture.
In the third year of the Republic of China (1914 AD), Baoding Road was established, and Wangdu County was assigned to it accordingly.
In the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928 AD), Hebei Province was established, the administrative system at the road level was abolished, and Wangdu County was directly under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province.
In the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937 AD), Hebei Province was divided into 17 administrative inspection districts, and Wangdu County belonged to the first administrative inspection district.
During the Republic of China, Hope County had 3 districts, 97 townships and 123 villages, with a population of 92,090 in the 23rd year of the Republic of China (1934 AD).
In the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937 AD), the Japanese invaded and occupied Wangdu County. Kuomintang officials fled south, and Wangdu City was occupied by the Japanese army. The Japanese army established a puppet government to maintain their rule.
The anti-Japanese army and people led by the Communist Party of China established the anti-Japanese regime in a difficult environment.
In April 1938, the Wangdu County Anti-Japanese Democratic Party was established, under the Second Special Administration of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region. In July 1940, it was changed to the Fourth Special Administration of the Border Region.
In 1941, the situation of the Anti-Japanese War behind enemy lines was tense. In order to provide Wangdu County with a solid anti-Japanese base area, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region decided to transfer 37 villages in Tang County, including Gaochang, Shanyang, and Lianyi, to Wanxian County. Six villages including Guocun and Rentuan, and three villages including Dawuji in Mancheng County and North and South Lizezhuang were placed under the Anti-Japanese Democratic Party of Wangdu County.
In January 1942, the border area decided to abolish Wangdu County and use Pinghan Road as the boundary. Xinwang County was built on the west side of the road. Later, it was named Xiaofeng County to commemorate the sacrifice of Xi Xiaofeng, the organization director of the three prefecture committees. In June, it was named Xiaofeng County to commemorate his death. Liu Yunbiao, the commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Cavalry Regiment, was renamed Yunbiao County.
Yunbiao County has jurisdiction over 153 villages in four districts: Sizhuang, Heibao, Shanyang and Xiashu in Wan County.
Wangding County was established in the east of the road, with jurisdiction over 132 villages in 4 districts including Jiacun, Baituo and Qingfengdian and Liuzao in Ding County.
The anti-Japanese regime in the two counties belongs to the Fourth Special Administration of the Border Region.
In June 1944, it was renamed the Third Border Region Agency.
In 1944, Wangding County was abolished, and Qingfengdian, Liuzao Districts, Gudian, Beihe, Ershilipu, Nanheying, Yuheying, Chihui, Nanyang Village, Beiyang Village, etc. 8 Several villages were placed into Ding County, and the rest were placed into Yunbiao County, still under the Third Border Region Administration.
Japan surrendered in August 1945. The Japanese army marched northward along the Ping-Han Railway, and the Nationalist Communist Party forcibly took over the county.
The soldiers and civilians led by *** resolutely defended the fruits of victory.
In November, 27 villages in Xiashu District and Zhuangli, Tanshan, Ligezhuang, Zhanggezhuang and other villages returned to Wanxian County. Yunbiao County has jurisdiction over 172 villages in 5 districts.
In January 1947, Wangdu City was liberated by the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the county Kuomintang government fled and was destroyed.
In May 1946, Yunbiao County was abolished and the name of Wangdu County was restored.
In December 1947, it was affiliated to the Fifth Special Office of Beiyue District, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region. In January 1949, it was changed to the Yishui Special Office of Chahar Province. In August, it was affiliated to the Baoding District Commissioner's Office of Hebei Province.
When the People's Republic of China was founded on October 1, 1949, Wangdu County governed 5 districts, 172 villages, and a population of 124,000.
In October 1951, eight villages including Gudian and Beihe were transferred from Ding County to Wangdu County.
In 1952, Zhuangli Village returned to Wangdu.
In August 1954, 37 villages including Gaochang, Shanyang, and Lianyi returned to Tang County, and Wangdu County administered 144 administrative villages.
In December 1957, 12 villages including Fujiaying and Shenbaihu in Qingyuan County were assigned to Wangdu.
Wangdu County governs 156 villages.
In June 1958, Wangdu County merged with Tang County and was called Tang County. The county government was Wangdu Town, and Jiacun Township was included in Anguo County.
In January 1962, the original organizational structure of Wangdu County was restored, and it belonged to the Baoding Administration, with jurisdiction over 16 people's communes, 147 administrative villages, and a population of 156,000.
In 1970, the Baoding Special Administrative Office was changed to Baoding District, under the jurisdiction of Wangdu County.
In December 1994, Baoding area and Baoding City merged to form Baoding City, and Wangdu County still belonged to it. At that time, it governed 1 town, 15 townships, 147 administrative villages, and a population of 252,000.
In 1996, townships were merged and towns were expanded, and the county governs 1 town and 7 townships.
In 2002, Gudian Township was renamed Gudian Town.
At the end of 2003, it governed 2 towns, 6 townships, 147 administrative villages, and a population of 261,000.