History of Shaoshan
Shaoshan enjoys a long history. As the legend goes, there was once a king named Shundi who happened to pass here during his southward inspection. He was so fascinated with the landscape here that he played Shao Music (韶乐), which attracted many phoenixes and various birds to come to accompany. And Shaoshan was thus named after the Shao Music. It was under the jurisdiction of the state of Chu in the ancient times.
On December 26, 1990, Shaoshan became a county-level city approved by the State Council.
Names and administrative levels of Shaoshan:
1652 (Qing Dynasty): Qidu, Xiangtan District
1912 (Republic of China): The Second District, Xi Township, Xiangtan County
December 1932: The Ninth District, Xiangtan County
1947: Qingtian Township, Xiangtan County
January 1950 (People’s Republic of China): The Third District, Xiangtan County
1951: The Fourth District, Xiangtan County
August 1, 1955: Yintian District, Xiangtan County
1956: Yintian Town, Xiangtan County
September 1, 1958: Shaoshan People’s Commune, Xiangtan County
May 12, 1961: Shaoshan District, Xiangtan County
December 1968: county-controlled district status upgraded to regional district, controlled directly by the province
December 1981: reverted to be county-controlled
December 1984: upgraded to county-class district, controlled by Xiangtan City
December 26, 1990: Upgraded to county-class city, controlled by Xiangtan City on behalf of the province.
Source From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaoshan#History
