Archaeological discoveries have been made in the ruins of Peiligang culture, Yangshao culture and Longshan culture in the Neolithic age of primitive society. Historical records first appeared in 1324 BC, and were recorded in The Book of Songs, The Analects of Confucius and The Classic of Mountains and Seas.
During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the imperial clan in Wu Wang was granted a fief, and Britain took the eagle as its totem, so Pingdingshan was also called Eagle City.
In 526 BC, Confucius and Ye Gong discussed the strategy of governing the country here, leaving a famous saying that "those who are near please, those who are far away come".
There are 14 national key cultural relics protection units and 38 provincial cultural relics protection units.
Xiangshan Temple, founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty, is one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China. It is the place where avalokitesvara bodhisattva with thousands of hands and thousands of eyes gained enlightenment and the source of avalokitesvara culture in Han Dynasty.
Fengxue Temple, which was founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty, has a history of 1500 years. It was once called "the four famous temples in Zhongzhou" with Baima Temple, Shaolin Temple and Suoguo Temple.
Liang Qing Siruguan Kiln Site and Yingguo Cemetery are listed as major national archaeological discoveries. Sansu Garden is the cemetery of three writers, Su Xun, Su Shi and Su Zhe in Song Dynasty, and the Yexian County Department is the only county government in Ming Dynasty in China.
The annual Majie Book Fair lasted for more than 700 years, which is a great miracle in the cultural history of China. Pingdingshan was named "China Quyi City".
For thousands of years, this hot land has nurtured many outstanding people. It is not only the hometown of Mozi, a thinker in the Spring and Autumn Period, a famous figure in the Han Dynasty, Jie Yuan He, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, a famous anti-gold star in the Southern Song Dynasty, a famous modern poet and educator, and a winner of Xu Yunuo and Nobel Prize in Physics, but also the ancestral home of world-famous Liu and Ye.
Confucius, Li Bai, Han Yu, Yan Zhenqing, Su Dongpo, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan and other famous literati in the past dynasties either traveled to Sri Lanka, served as officials in Sri Lanka or were buried in Sri Lanka, leaving many precious historical sites.