The oldest records of Enshi date the Spring and Autumn Period of 776BC. At that time the area was a state known as Bazi, which lasted until 476BC.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/hubei/2010-06/19/content_9992970.htm Factsheet from "China Daily", sourced from "China Knowledge" Enshi then became a county from 475 to 221, prior to it being absorbed into the Chinese Dynasties during the Qi period. In 1925, the city of Enshi formed the Exi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, which in 1935 became the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.
