平顶山历史悠久，文化底蕴深厚。早在一万年以前的旧石器时代，这里就有古人类活动。众多的裴李岗文化遗址表明，约在7000年前，这一带就出现了较大的部落群。卫东区蒲城店龙山文化古城遗址的发现，说明5000年前我们的祖先就在此建立了城镇和村落。
Pingdingshan has a long history and profound cultural heritage. As early as the Paleolithic age, 10000 years ago, there were ancient human activities here. Many Peiligang cultural sites show that there were large tribal groups in this area about 7000 years ago. The discovery of Longshan cultural ancient city site in puchengdian, Weidong district shows that our ancestors established towns and villages here 5000 years ago.
由此可见，平顶山地区是中华民族最早开发的土地之一，也是中华民族的发祥地之一。
It can be seen that Pingdingshan area is one of the earliest land developed by the Chinese nation and also one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation.
春秋时代，这里属应国管辖，应国以鹰为图腾，古典汉语“应”“鹰”通假，平顶山因此又称鹰城。
In the spring and Autumn period, this place was under the jurisdiction of Yingguo. Yingguo used Eagles as totem. In classical Chinese, "Ying" and "Ying" used to pass holidays. Therefore, Pingdingshan is also called Yingcheng.
春秋时代的墨翟，叶姓华人始祖、史称叶公的政治家沈诸梁，刘姓始祖刘累，唐朝诗人元结，南宋名将牛皋，明代医学家古涛，清代文学家李绿圆，近代农民起义领袖白朗，都生于此。
In the spring and Autumn period, Mo Zhai, the first ancestor of Ye, Shen Zhuliang, the statesman who was called Ye Gong, Liu Lei, the first ancestor of Liu, Yuan Jie, the poet of Tang Dynasty, Niu Gao, the famous general of Southern Song Dynasty, Gu Tao, the medical expert of Ming Dynasty, Li Lvyuan, the writer of Qing Dynasty, and Bai Lang, the leader of modern peasant uprising were all born here.
历代文人名士孔子、李白、韩愈、颜真卿、苏东坡、欧阳修、范仲淹都来过此地。这里有地下应国历史博物馆之称的春秋战国时期的应国古墓，有长城之祖楚长城遗址，有古代《战国策》所列五大名剑产地的舞钢冶炼遗址，有代表汉代冶铁最高水平的望龙岗冶铁遗址，有唐代建筑、中州四大名寺之一风穴寺，有代表颜体书法的代表作之一的元次山碑，有北宋五大名窑之首的清凉寺汝官窑遗址和五大名窑之一的张公巷北宋官窑遗址，有堆汗如脂、视如碧玉、扣声如磬的汝瓷，有宋代大文豪苏洵、苏轼、苏辙的墓冢，有我国现存三座古代县级衙署中保存最完整的一座明代县衙---叶县县衙，有气势宏伟的汝学宫（汝洲文庙）等。
Confucius, Li Bai, Han Yu, Yan Zhenqing, Su Dongpo, Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan, famous scholars of all dynasties, have come here. There are ancient tombs of Yingguo in the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period, known as the underground Yingguo history museum. There are ruins of the great wall of Chu, the ancestor of the Great Wall, Wugang smelting site of the five famous sword producing areas listed in the ancient Warring States policy, wanglonggang smelting site representing the highest level of iron smelting in Han Dynasty, Fengxue temple, one of the four famous temples in Tang Dynasty and Zhongzhou, and yuanci, one of the representative works of Yan calligraphy The steles include the relics of Qingliang Temple Ru Guan Yao, the head of the five famous kilns in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhanggong lane, one of the five famous kilns, Ru porcelain with sweat as fat, jade as jade, and chime as chime, tombs of Su Xun, Su Shi, and Su Zhe, the literary giants of the Song Dynasty, and the most complete County yam in the Ming Dynasty, Ye County yam, one of the three existing ancient county yams in China Palace (Ruzhou Confucian Temple), etc.