Spring and Autumn Period: Jiaxing is known as Zuili (Drunken Plums) and is an important city in the state of Yuè. 210 BC: Qin Shi Huang changed the name of Jiaxing from Changshui District to Youquan. 231: Master Yedao of Jiaxing informed Sun Quan of the Kingdom of Wu that there was a sign of auspice, so Sun changed Youchuan to Hexing District. January 242: Sun He was made the crown prince. Because of the naming taboo, Jiahe was changed to Jiaxing. 938: (Later Jin of the Five Dynasties): Xiu Prefecture established 1117: (Song Dynasty): Lianghe District 1429: (Ming Dynasty): Xiushui District was established northwest of Jiaxing. 1914: Reverted to Jiaxing County (because there's a Jiahe in Hunan Province) 1921: Communist Party of China founded at the South Lake in Jiaxing. 1949 - 1958, 1979 (PRC): Upgraded to a city 1981: Old Jiaxing County merged into the city 1983: Upgraded to prefecture-level city.     City Area Location    Next City ⇨