While, in 554 of Westerm Wei, after this area was in occupation of Pei-Dynasty, it was renamed Xianzhou, because two Yong Zhou could not exist in the same Pei-Dynasty.
しかし、西魏の恭帝元年に北朝がこの地を占領すると、同じ北朝内に雍州を二つ置くわけにいかないため、襄州と改名した。