Old places of Kingdom of Wu 吳國

The beautiful spring time in Wuxi and Suzhou(蘇州,無錫), where the ancient Kingdom of Wu was located. This was part of our Jiangnan (江南 South of Yangtze River) tour. In old time, Jiangnan was destination of many people because of its weather and scenery. They used to say: there is heaven above; below there is Su Hang (Su=Suzhou, capitol of Wu nation, Hang=Hangzhou, capitol of Yue nation).

Kingdom of Wu – 12th century BC to 473 BC:

The Wu nation (吳國:Wú Guó) was one of the nations during the Western Zhou Dynasty. It was located near the mouth of Yangtze River. Considered a semi-barbarian place by ancient Chinese historians, its capital was at modern day Suzhou.

Wu Nation was later conquered by an upstart nation to its south, the Yue Nation (越國), in 473 BC. After the demise of Wu, people fled and some of them used the kongdom's name as surname.

For the details of the genealogy of Wu and Wu nation, please see 吳國與吳氏源流