It has a civilization history of more than five thousand years. The history of Xuzhou's city construction can be traced back to Pengguo, a master established during the Yao Emperor's reign more than 4,000 years ago. The name of Pengcheng appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, in 573 BC, and it was the earliest city in Jiangsu. Yu Xia divided the whole country into Kyushu, and Xuzhou was one of them. At that time, "Xuzhou" was just the name of a natural economic region, and Pengcheng became the central city of this region.
When Emperor Yao established the Kingdom of Shi Peng in Peng Zu, Pengcheng got its name. During the Xia and Shang Dynasties, Da Peng was very powerful and was once one of the five tyrants. According to legend, Peng Zu, the founder of Dapeng Kingdom, lived 800 years and was the founder of China cooking and Qigong. Peng Zu has a great influence in history. He was highly praised by Confucius and regarded as one of the founders by Taoism. Peng Zu's diet regimen plays an important role in the formation and development of China culture in the future.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Pengcheng was the capital of Song, Xu and Chu. On the occasion of the Qin and Han Dynasties, Xiang Yu, the overlord of the Western Chu Dynasty, established Pengcheng as its capital. Pengcheng is also the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei and the Western Jin Dynasty, which lasted for more than 500 years. Liu Bang, the cloth emperor who came out from here, unified the whole country and created a glorious Han Dynasty in history. During the Western Han Dynasty, Pengcheng was an important vassal state of Liu, Wang, Chu and Pengcheng.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao moved to Xuzhou to administer Pengcheng, formerly known as Xuzhou. Xuzhou is also known as "the hometown of dragonflies for thousands of years, the hometown of a generation of emperors". More than 6000 years ago, the ancestors of Xuzhou lived and worked here. At the end of primitive society, Yao called Peng Zu a big country, and Xuzhou was called Pengcheng. Later, at the end of Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang was born in Fengxian and grew up in Pei County. Xuzhou has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. In modern wars, there are War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's Xuzhou Battle and the Huaihai Campaign of the Liberation War centered on Xuzhou.