Around the 7th century BC, the Di people, who were mainly engaged in animal husbandry and were good at fighting, moved to Shanxi. In the third year of the reign of King Ling of Zhou (569 BC), a branch of Bai Di in the Di moved to the east of Yu County and established Qiuyou.
In 457 BC, Zhi Bo (Xun Yao) of the State of Jin, wanted to attack Qiuyou. Because the road in Qiuyou was dangerous and difficult to walk, he cast a big new bell, pretending to give it to the Qiuyou’s monarch, so that Qiuyou could level the mountain and fill the river ditch to pick up the bell. Chi Zhangman, a grand official of Qiuyou, saw through Xun Yao’s tricks and persuaded the monarch many times, but the monarch was eager to get the big bell and didn’t listen to dissuasion. Seven days later when the big bell arrived, Qiuyou was destroyed. This story is recorded in Master Lü’s Spring and Autumn Annals, Strategies of the Warring States and Records of the Historian, which is the earliest clear record of Yangquan’s jurisdiction in history books.
The Shang and Zhou Dynasties were the heyday of the development of bronze culture, and the early ritual and music civilization came into being, forming a complete set of ritual and music systems.
公元前7世纪前后，以畜牧业为主、擅于作战的狄族正式迁入山西。周灵王三年（公元前569年），狄族中白狄的一个分支迁到今盂县城东部定居，建立仇犹国。
公元前457年，晋国的智伯（荀瑶）欲伐仇犹，因仇由国路险难行，遂新铸大钟一口，诡称送给仇由国君，使仇由国铲平高山，填塞河沟来迎接大钟。仇由国的赤章蔓看透了荀瑶的诡计，多次劝说国君，但仇由君得钟心切，不听劝阻，七天之后钟至国灭。《吕氏春秋》《战国策》《史记》中都记载了这个故事，是史书中对阳泉辖地最早的明确记载。
商周时期是青铜器文化发展的鼎盛时期，早期的礼乐文明也由此应运而生，形成了一整套完整的礼乐制度。
