Deqing Museum

Deqing is located in the west of Hangjiahu Plain in the Yangtze River Delta, facing Shanghai to the east, Hangzhou to the south, Taihu Lake Economic Circle to the north, and Tianmu Mountain to the west. Deqing has a long history, and there are a large number of remains of the Liangzhu culture with a civilization history of five thousand years in the county. In 222 AD, it was in Wukang County. In 691 AD (2nd year of Tang Tianshou), Wuyuan County was established in the east of Wukang, and it was renamed Deqing County in AD 742. Since then, the two counties coexist for a long time. In 1958, the two counties of Wukang merged into Deqing County, and the county was governed by Chengguan Town. In 1994, the county government moved to Wukang Town. The county now has a total area of 935.9 square kilometers, administers 11 towns, 1 development zone, and has a total population of 430,000.