"Martial Saint" Guan Erye was born in "Xie County, Hedong County", where is it today, do you know?

Guan Yu (about 162 - 220 years), the word Yunchang, the original character Changsheng, was born in Xie County, Hedong County, was a famous general of the Three Kingdoms, known for his loyalty and bravery, and later generations respected as the "martial saint".

Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei left many famous allusions, such as Taoyuan Three Knots, Three Heroes vs. Lu Bu, Wenjiu Beheading Huaxiong, Passing Five Passes and Beheading Six Generals, etc.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Hedong County and Xie County roughly corresponded to the current Yuncheng area of Shanxi Province.

Specifically, there may be slight differences in the location of Xie County:

1. Some sources indicate that Xie County is located in the area of Chengdong Village and Chengxi Village in Linjin Town, Linyi County, Shanxi Province.
2. Other sources mention that the specific location of Xie County is in Jiezhou Town, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province.
3. There is also a theory that the location of Xie County is on the line between Yongji and Linyi.

However, in general, Xie County of Hedong County is roughly located in the area of what is now Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, and may include the area of Linyi County and Jiezhou Town.

The history of Yuncheng City in Shanxi Province is very long, dating back to ancient times.

Ancient times

• Xia Dynasty: Xia Qi moved the capital from Yangzhai to Anyi (in present-day Xia County), and Yuncheng became the political center of the time.
• Shang Dynasty: There were successively the emergence of Xuan, Yu, Xuanfang and other places in the territory.
• Western Zhou Dynasty: Zhou Tianzi was divided into Ji, Yu, Wei, Xun, Geng, Xuanfang and other countries.

Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period

• Spring and Autumn Period: Yuncheng belongs to the Jin State and is located on the border between the Jin State and the Chengzhou Kingdom.
• Warring States Period: Jin internal political turmoil, Han, Zhao and Wei three families divided into Jin, Yuncheng is located on the border between Korea and Wei, the place name Yanshi.

Qin and Han dynasties

• Qin Dynasty: The county system was implemented, and Hedong County became an important administrative division of the Qin Dynasty.
• Western Han Dynasty: Hedong County continued to exist, of which Xie County was a county of Hedong County.
• Eastern Han Dynasty: Hedong County still exists, and Xie County is one of the counties.

Three Kingdoms, Two Jin Dynasties, Southern and Northern Dynasties

• Three Kingdoms Period: Hedong County came under the jurisdiction of Wei, and Xie County became part of Wei.
• Sixteen Kingdoms: Hedong County and Hejie County are constantly changing, and they have been ruled by several ethnic minority regimes.

Sui and Tang dynasties

• Sui Dynasty: Hedong County was abolished and changed to new administrative divisions such as Hedong Province.
• Tang Dynasty: Hedongdao continued to exist, while the name and location of Xie County changed.

Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties

• Yuan Dynasty: The provincial system was implemented, and names such as Hedong Province were no longer used.
• Ming Dynasty: Shanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Department was established, and the Yuncheng area was subordinate to Shanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Division.
• Qing Dynasty: Following the administrative division of the Ming Dynasty, the Yuncheng area continued to belong to Shanxi Province.

In modern times

From the 1950s to the 1960s, the Yuncheng Special Zone was established. In the 1970s, it was changed to Yuncheng area. In 2000, the Yuncheng area was abolished and the prefecture-level Yuncheng city was established.