Chumen () is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

under the jurisdiction of

Yuhuan Yuhuan () is a county-level city of Taizhou, at the midsection along the coast of southeastern Zhejiang Province, China. Yuhuan, with total area of including land area of , has a total population of 392,800 containing a permanent population of 9 ...

, Taizhou,

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

province, China. It is the hometown of China's pomelo. Chumen is situated in the north of Yuhuan and in the heart of the peninsula. Chumen's area is 37.5km² (14.5mi²) and there are 18 villages and 3 residential committees under its authority.

History

In the ancient times Chumen was under the sea where Mount Yaji (丫髻山) and Mount Xiqing (西青山) formed an

estuary An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environment ...

. It later rose above sea level when the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth ...

(1341–1367) government enclosed the tideland for cultivation. The town was named after the cluster of Chu trees ('' Vitex'') that grew there. During the

Hongwu Emperor The Hongwu Emperor (21 October 1328 – 24 June 1398), personal name Zhu Yuanzhang (), courtesy name Guorui (), was the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, reigning from 1368 to 1398. As famine, plagues and peasant revolts in ...

's reign (1368–1398) in the

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

(1368–1644), he had his imperial army build the town in 1387, and Chumen was first administered by Yueqing County. During the reign of the Ming dynasty

Chenghua Emperor The Chenghua Emperor (; 9 December 1447 – 9 September 1487), personal name Zhu Jianshen, was the ninth Emperor of the Ming dynasty, who reigned from 1464 to 1487. His era name " Chenghua" means "accomplished change". Childhood Zhu Jianshen wa ...

(reigned 1464–1487), it became part of Taiping County in 1476. Chumen was governed by Yuhuan officials beginning in 1728, during the

Yongzheng Emperor , regnal name = , posthumous name = Emperor Jingtian Changyun Jianzhong Biaozhen Wenwu Yingming Kuanren Xinyi Ruisheng Daxiao Zhicheng Xian()Manchu: Temgetulehe hūwangdi () , temple name = Shizong()Manchu: Šidzung () , house = Aisin Gioro ...

's reign (1722–1735) in the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

(1636–1912). During the Republican period (1912–1949), Chumen was reclassified as a town belonging to Yuhuan County. In May 1992, the townships of Tian Ma and Waitang merged into what is now known as Chumen.

References

{{Zhejiang-geo-stub Yuhuan Township-level divisions of Zhejiang

History

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