Being one of the cradles of ancient civilization of China, Zhejiang has a long history and splendid culture. As early as in the Old Stone Age about 50,000 years ago, the primitive man called "the Jiande Man" lived and multiplied in what is now Zhejiang Province. During the New Stone Age, human activities extended to a wider area in this province. Over 100 sites of ruins of this period have been discovered in the province, which respectively belonged to different cultures such as the Hemudu Culture (7,000 years ago), the Majiabang Culture (6,000 years ago) and the Liangzhu Culture (5,000 years ago). During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), the areas of today's Zhejiang were under the jurisdiction of the State of Wu and the State of Yue respectively. During the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC), Guiji (now Shaoxing City) was made a prefecture. During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Sunquan, a Fuyang native, established Wu Kingdom. Then in the Tang Dynasty, Zhejiang was under the jurisdiction of Jiangnandong and Liangzhe successively, taking initial shape of a provincial administration. In the period of Five Dynasties and Ten States, Qianliu, a Linan native established Wuyue Kingdom. During the Yuan Dynasty, Zhejiang belonged to Zhongshu Province. In the beginning of Ming Dynasty, the structure was changed to Zhejiang Chengxuan Secretariat, with 11 cities, 1 prefecture and 75 counties under its administration, and the border of the province was basically determined. In the beginning of the Kangxi Era of Qing Dynasty, the name was changed to Zhejiang Province, and the organizational system was determined. Zhejiang is a place with numerous famous scholars and figures in history, many outstanding personalities of philosophy, politics, military, science and culture were from this province. More than one thousands of Zhejiang-born writers have gone down in history since Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) until nowadays, accounting for about one sixth within the country. After the foundation of New China, almost one fifth of the academicians ( members of the Academic Committee ) in the Two Academies are native of Zhejiang.