Introduction to Wuyue style: Wuyue (907-978) was one of the ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties period. (The ninth one perished) was founded by Qian Liu, a native of Lin'an, Zhejiang, with Hangzhou as its capital. It covers an area of ​​13 states and 86 counties (map below). Its scope includes today's Zhejiang Province, all of Shanghai, and parts of Suzhou and Wuxi in Jiangsu Province. After three dynasties and five kings, it took nearly a hundred years to return to the Song Dynasty in 978 AD. At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the vassal towns were separated and wars continued frequently. Qian Liu adopted the strategic policy of protecting the territory and the people and "resting the army and calming the people", focusing on agriculture and mulberry, developing water conservancy, and developing overseas exchanges with Japan, Korea and other countries, so that the two Zhejiang areas had a A long period of stable development.

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