Jingyuan, an ancient civilized county in western China, is a vibrant land in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. It is located on the northwest edge of the Loess Plateau and in the central part of Gansu Province. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It has a vast territory, beautiful scenery, rich cultural heritage, a long history, and profound cultural accumulation. It has been the only passage connecting the Central Plains and the Western Regions since ancient times, and has become the northern part of the ancient Silk Road. One of the important line towns. It is known as "Cardinal of Qinlong" and "Key to the Golden City", and is known as "Famous Town in Longshang" and "Pearl of the Yellow River". Jingyuan County has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 15 townships: Beiwan Town, Dongwan Town, Wulan Town, Pingbao Township, Mitan Township, Santan Township, Dalu Township, Xinglong Township, Shuanglong Township, Shimen Township, and Liuchuan Township, Gaowan Township, Jing'an Township, Wuhe Township, Dongsheng Township, Beitan Township, Yongxin Township, Ruoli Township. Among them, Xinglong Township, Shuanglong Township, Shimen Township, Jing'an Township, Wuhe Township, Dongsheng Township, Beitan Township and Yongxin Township are commonly known as the "North Eight Townships".
Jingyuan County is located in Jingyuan, with a long history and splendid culture. She is like a wonderful flower in the cradle of Chinese civilization. With its profound historical and cultural heritage and unique geographical and cultural landscape, it shows extraordinary momentum, gorgeousness, simplicity and elegance. Tracing traces of the activities of the ancestors in the territory, human beings lived and multiplied on this ancient land in the middle and late Neolithic Age 5,000 years ago. Archeology has discovered human life in many places such as Baozi Mountain, Hongzuizi, and Miaowa Mountain. A large number of pottery and stone artifacts were unearthed from the site. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Jingyuan was a nomadic land for the Qiang and Rong people. It preserves the Wujiachuan Rock Paintings, a typical cultural site of the nomadic people from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period. At the end of the Warring States Period, it was the territory of the Qin State. After Qin unified China, it belonged to Beidi County. In the third year of Yuanding reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, Zuli and Quaiyin counties were established, marking the beginning of more than 2,100 years of county-level administrative history in Jingyuan. In the fifth year of Yuanding's reign, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty traveled westward to Zuli County and returned near the Yellow River. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Yuwentai, the prime minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, led his troops to join forces in Zuli County and happily established it as Huizhou. Through the Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, the territory was in a state of war for a long time. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, it fell to Tubo. In the Song Dynasty, it was successively occupied by the Xixia and Jin Dynasties. There were many moves in the state governance, and the title changed frequently. Due to the needs of border defense, the Ming Dynasty set up the Jinglu Guards in the second year of Zhengtong. This became a military conflict zone between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolia of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. In the first year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Jingyuanwei, and in the eighth year of Yongzheng's reign, it was renamed Jingyuan County. Since then, many administrative affiliations have changed, but the name of the county is still used today.