Editing Ningbo (section)

===Ancient to Sui dynasty===
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As of 2020, the earliest relics of human activity discovered in Ningbo City are from the [[:zh:井头山遗址|Jingtou Mountain site]] in Yuyao.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2022-11-01 |title=The Excavation of a Neolithic site at Jingtoushan in Yuyao, Zhejiang: Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology; Ningbo Municipal Institute of Cultural Heritage Management; The Hemudu Site Museum of Yuyao City |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/char-2022-0001/html |journal=Chinese Archaeology |language=en |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.1515/char-2022-0001 |issn=2160-5068|url-access=subscription }}</ref> These relics date back to 6300 BCE, evidencing early human consumption of seafood and rice. A large number of cultivated rice, farming tools, remains of dry fence buildings, remains of domestic livestock, and primitive religious items have been unearthed from related sites of the [[Hemudu culture]] (5000–4500 BCE), evidencing human settlement and culture in the eastern part of the Ningshao Plain, where modern-day Ningbo city is located.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2022-11-01 |title=The Excavation of a Neolithic site at Jingtoushan in Yuyao, Zhejiang: Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology; Ningbo Municipal Institute of Cultural Heritage Management; The Hemudu Site Museum of Yuyao City |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/char-2022-0001/html |journal=Chinese Archaeology |language=en |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.1515/char-2022-0001 |issn=2160-5068|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Before the [[Han dynasty]], the area where Ningbo City is located today was sparsely populated. In the [[Xia dynasty]], the location of Ningbo was called "Yin". In the [[Spring and Autumn period]], the area where Ningbo belonged was the [[Yue (state)|Yue State]]. At that time, the Yue King Goujian built Juzhang City in the present-day Cicheng Town, which became the earliest city in Ningbo. In the latter half of the [[Warring States period|Warring States]] period, the area of Ningbo became the jurisdiction of [[Chu (state)|Chu State]]. In 221 BCE, Qin unified the six states and the Ningbo area was delegated to [[Kuaiji Commandery]], with three counties of Yin, Yin, and Juzhang (some studies assert there were four counties of Yin, Yin, Juzhang, and Yuyao). In the early years of the Western Han dynasty, [[Kuaiji Commandery]] belonged to the Kingdom of Jing and Wu. After the Seven Kingdoms was settled, [[Kuaiji Commandery]] was restored. In 589 CE (Sui Kai Huang nine years), the counties were merged under the Wu kingdom.