Fengxian is a county of a long history. It was recorded in Jiu Tong Zhi that "The city of Xuxhou has a longer history than that of Xuan, but the history of Fengxian county is longer than both of them". Fengxian county belonged to Stage of Song in the Spring and Autumn Period(770-476B.C.), and Yan, the king of Song, made it the capital of this state. In the Warring States Period(475-221B.C.), Fengxian belonged to the Stage of Chu. The Qin Dynasty (221-207B.C.)took over this county after the ruin of Chu, and renamed it "Fengyi". Owning to its long history, Fengxian won the title of "Old Feng". It was also given the name "Phoenix City" by the local people because is was said that the holy birt-phoenix had been to this county. "QinTai" was another name for this old county because the first emperor of Qin Dynasty once built a great platform-"Tai", to suppress the "Airs of A New Emperor" here.
　 Fengxian has seen people of great talent coming forth in large numbers. For instance, Liu Bang, the founder and first emperor of Han Dynasty(206B.C.-A.D.220), who destroyed the Qin Dynasty, was born here .Famous and veteran generals, such as XiaoHe, Zhou Be, ZhouYafu; the king of Yan State-Lu Wan; Liu An-a celebrated scholar of the Eclectics School, all came from this county in the same period of Liu Bang. Wen Tianxiang, a great poet and patriotic general of Song Dynasty, once wrote, "of all the kings, generals and ministers in Han Dynasty-None came from other places but Feng and Pei". ZhangDaoling, the founder of Taoism, was born in Fengxian. So was Zhu Weng, the first emperor of Hou Linag Dynasty. From Tang Dynasty (616--907)to Qing Dynasty(1644-1911), as many as one hundred Fengxianese became generals or ministers, among whom were Li Pan -the first number One Scholar coming from northern Jiangsu Province in Qing Dynasty, and Li Wei, minister of War Ministry and Bodyguard of the Prince in Yong Zheng Period. During the Anti-Japanese-War Period(1937-1945), a great number of patriots-Li Zhenqian, Wang Wenbin, etc., rose from Fengxian County, which was the center of Huxi Anti-Japanese Base then. In the War of Liberation, the county of Fengxain people contribute a lot to the final victory of Huai-hai Campaign and the Chinese Revolution. After Liberation, the county of Fengxian saw the rising of national-known scholars such as Zhao Benfu-a famous writer, etc..
　 In Fengxian, there are lots of historical and cultural places of great interest and scenic beauty, which have encouraged thousands of famous men of letters to write numerous literary master pieces. The most famous historical Eight Scenes are: Hua Shan Lan Se; Pao Shui Bo Guang; Shen Jing Chun You; Tian Jin Wan Dian; Qin Tai Ming Yue; E Mu Qiu Rong; Qv Dou Chen Yan. In addtion, within the area of the county of Fengxian, there are ----