Dongguan history and culture

The history of Dongguan can be traced back to the Neolithic Age. In the pre-Qin period, Dongguan belonged to South Vietnam. In 2 14 BC, Qin Shihuang merged with Lingnan, and Dongguan belonged to Panyu County, Nanhai County. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dongguan belonged to Jiaozhou. Shun Di set up Zengcheng County in Panyu, and Dongguan belonged to Zengcheng at that time. In the sixth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 33 1 year), Li County, Dongguan, formerly known as Baoan, was subordinate to Dongguan County (Nantou, Shenzhen).

In the second year of Tang Zhide (AD 757), it was renamed Dongguan, and the county seat was located in Yong (now Guancheng Street). In the 22nd year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 152), Xiangshan County (now Zhongshan, Zhuhai and Macau) was established in Xiangshan Town, Dongguan. In the first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1573), thousands of households were stationed in Dongguan, and Xin 'an County (now Shenzhen and Hong Kong) was established in 56 miles, and the area of Dongguan was correspondingly reduced.

Clear the edge. In the late Qing Dynasty, Lin Zexu destroyed opium in Humen.

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The origin of Dongguan's name has been controversial, including the following points:

The first kind, according to legend, is famous for its abundant aquatic plants (ten thousand grasses), hence the name Dongguan. "Dongguan" first became a local name in the year when Tang Suzong went to Germany (757). Dongguan People's Congress is a grass planting industry, located in the east of Guangzhou, hence the name Dongguan. This is a mainstream view in academic circles.

The second kind, famous for its fragrance, is called Dongguan. However, academic circles generally do not adopt this statement.

Third, in the former Dongguan County of Shandong Province, due to the war in the north, a large number of northern gentry went south, and some gentry in Dongguan County moved to Dongguan. To commemorate the native land of the north, the local area is still called "Dongguan".

Guangdong has a long history and is the seat of Pangu Kingdom in Archean South China Sea. There were traces of human activities in China 600,000-800,000 years ago. About 6.5438+0.29 million years ago, early Homo sapiens (Maba Man Site) appeared in Lingnan. Guangdong ancestors domesticated rice 0/0.4 million years ago, or became the source of rice writing in the world.

In 222 BC, after Ying Zheng, king of Qin, unified the six countries, he sent Tu Youyou to lead 500,000 Qin Jun to attack Lingnan. In 2 14 BC, Qin Jun basically occupied Lingnan. Immediately, Qin Shihuang set up three counties of "Guilin, Elephant and Nanhai" in the Lingnan area he captured.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Dongguan