Pinghai ancient city

Pinghai ancient city was built in the 18th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1385). It has a history of more than 600 years. Historically, it was an important coastal defense military town and the throat of maritime import and export in southern Huizhou. There are four ancient city gates, some city walls, ancient wells, ancient bridges, complete cross streets, ancient dwellings and ancient temples in the ancient town. Sightseeing in the ancient city, you can see many historical sites.

Pinghai ancient city

Pinghai ancient city was built in the 18th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1385 A.D.), which has a history of more than 600 years. It is known as a "living fossil" of Lingnan culture. Pinghai, 53 kilometers away from Huidong County, is located at the southernmost end of Huidong County, facing the South China Sea, Red Bay in the East and Daya Bay in the West. It has always been an important coastal defense town and the throat of maritime import and export in southern Huizhou. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, bandits were rampant. During the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty, Pinghai built a city to resist foreign invasion. From Kangxi to Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty, Daxingshan fort, panyangang fort, duntougang fort, dongzaitou fort and Jitou fort were successively built in the front of pinghaicheng, forming a sea defense line. The ancient city of Pinghai still has four gatehouses, part of the city wall, complete cross street, most of the ancient dwellings, a number of ancient temples, ancient cultural sites and a large number of historical relics.

Development history

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, bandits were rampant and the people were in dire straits. In Hongwu Period, Ming Taizu sent huadusi to Pinghai to build a city to resist foreign invasion. "The city is 520 feet high, one hundred and eight feet high, 871 pheasants and butterflies, and four gates." After the establishment of Pinghai City, Pinghai patrol department, pinghaiying general department, pinghaiying Chinese military garrison department and pinghaicang were set up, which was the grain organization of Guishan County in Zhili. From Kangxi to Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty, Daxingshan fort, panyangang fort, duntougang fort, dongzaitou fort and Jitou fort were successively built in the front of pinghaicheng, forming a sea defense line.

Main attractions

Pinghai ancient stone bridge

At the entrance of Shiqiaotou village, Pinghai Town, Huidong County, there is a stone bridge with 4 piers and 5 holes built in the Qing Dynasty. After more than 230 years of wind and rain erosion, except for one pier partially collapsed in the river, the other piers and Bridge bodies are intact. The stone bridge is 1.4m wide and 30m long. This is the oldest stone bridge ever found in Huidong.

Shiqiaotou village is named after Shiqiao. There is a small mound tens of meters away from the stone bridge. Under the mound is a stone tablet erected on the 10th of the first month of the 36th year of Emperor Qianlong (1771 AD). The inscription is vaguely discernible: "the ancestors of the Ming dynasty built the bridge five times, but now it is a long time ago. The bridge was damaged by flood, and the sand pressed the bridge. The road sill became a pit". In order to facilitate the villagers to get in and out, the village sages came forward to raise funds and "build a rugged road for hundreds of years" To build a bridge for thousands of people. The following is the name of the bridge donor and the amount of donation.

According to the inscriptions, it can be inferred that the stone bridge was first built in the Ming Dynasty, then destroyed by floods, and rebuilt in the 36th year of Qianlong. According to the villagers, the existing stone bridge is still the same as it was. Although it has to experience several floods every year, and sometimes almost submerges the bridge deck, the stone bridge has never collapsed.

Cross Street

The streets connecting the East, West, North and south gate towers of Pinghai ancient city are called "Shizi ancient street". Connected with the ancient city, it is harmonious and appropriate. The streets still keep the style of ancient houses. Most of these dwellings are balanced and symmetrical flat square brick houses, which are the comprehensive structures evolved from mansion style, dragon style and courtyard.

Seven Star well

There are seven ancient wells in the ancient city, which are called "Seven Star wells". It is said that the well is calibrated according to the names of the sun, moon, Venus, Jupiter, mercury, Mars and Saturn. The Seven Star well is about 8 meters deep and is built with standard stones, which is very solid. The well diameter is all round, and the well platform is square and round. The water quality of Qixing well varies with the climate. The water is light in rainy season and salty in winter.

Gan Quan Ji Shi

According to records, in October of the 21st year of Kangxi, Shi Lang, commander-in-chief of the navy of the Qing army, ordered 30000 sailors to stay in Pinghai, waiting for the wind to cross to Taiwan. At that time, there was a drought and water shortage in the army. There is a well filled with waste beside the palace in pinghaitian. Shi Lang ordered it to be excavated and prayed to Mazu secretly. After the well was dug, the spring water was sweet, which solved the water problem of the common people and soldiers, and the spring water never ran out. Shi Lang thought that it was a gift from God to help the master with Ganquan. He wrote the word "Shiquan" in person. The well still exists today and is now located in Tianhou palace in Pinghai village.

Charm of ancient city

Ancient city language

The unique origin and geographical environment of the ancient city give rise to a unique language - Junsheng. It is a combination of Guangzhou dialect, Chaozhou Dialect and Hakka dialect, which is based on the northern phonetics. It can be easily used in a variety of dialects. As a result, there is a saying that "you know Pinghai dialect and you can travel all over the world" in eastern Guangdong.

After more than 600 years of development and evolution, the people here have created rich folk art and become the cultural area with the richest local characteristics in Dongjiang area.

Pinghaijun has been listed as an endangered language by the state, and some scholars have done in-depth research on pinghaijun, and have written "Research on military dialect" (a major scientific research project of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, research results of Chinese dialects of endangered languages).

Pinghai songs

Pinghai Fishing Song has beautiful tone and lyric. More than 40 tunes have been included in the dictionary of Chinese Quyi. In the early days of the founding of the people's Republic of China, Su Mo, a fisherman, sang the fisherman's songs in Beijing and was warmly received by Premier Zhou Enlai. In 1975, Huidong opera company took part in the national quyi performance with a unique style of Pinghai fisherman's song duet. In 1976, the National Symposium on fisherman's song reform was held in Huidong.

In the traditional folk festival activities, carp chasing spring, Jiaolong going out to sea, Wufeng Chaoyang, happy harvest, lotus, Eight Immortals crossing the sea, flooded Jinshan, lion awakening, Golden Dragon performance and other projects are like exotic flowers in the ocean of culture and art.

Pleasant climate

Pinghai, with mild climate, abundant rainfall, fertile land and rich specialties, is known as the "land of fish and rice". With the progress of society, Pinghai is no longer a single industrial structure dominated by agriculture and fish, but has become a coastal town with comprehensive development of agriculture, fishery, salt, industry, commerce and tourism.

agricultural production

Pinghai produces rice, sweet potatoes, peanuts, potatoes, vegetables, etc. The potatoes and off-season vegetables there are famous for their high quality and high yield. Pinghai balsam pear is a new variety cultivated and improved by science and technology. It is big, tender and crisp. It can be planted all year round. Most of the potatoes and vegetables in Pinghai are exported to Hong Kong, Huizhou, Dongguan and Shenzhen. Seafood are mackerel, squid, eel, grouper, lobster, abalone, fresh oysters and so on. By 2013, the town has formed a production base for fruits, vegetables, aquatic products and other commodities.

Other information

Nanmen Bay, two kilometers away from the ancient city, is 6.5 kilometers long. Within 100 meters of the shore, the sea floor is flat without reefs, and the depth of water is just as deep as the chest. It is an excellent natural bathing beach.

Bijia Bay in the southwest coast of Pinghai is a natural high-quality harbor with the characteristics of small waves, deep water and shelter from wind. Relevant departments are conducting feasibility study on the comprehensive development and utilization of Bijia Bay. By 2013, a 2000 ton wharf has been built, and an asphalt dredging road has been built.

In Bijia, a large amount of quartz sand is also stored. As early as the 1930s, someone smelted quartz sand in Bijia, and still leaves the smoke window of the torch. Until 2013, quartz sand was still an export product of Pinghai.

Tourism information

Take the bus directly to Huidong County at Tianhe passenger station (80 yuan, about 3 hours drive), walk 100 meters to the right from the station, and there is a bread minibus with the words "Huidong port" (18 yuan, about 1 hour drive), and get off at Pinghai post office.

Address: Southeast Pingshan, Huidong County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 114.889586

Latitude: 22.614849

Tel: 0752-8501210

Tour time: 1 day

Traffic information: take the special line bus from Huidong passenger terminal to the port, and then take the bus to Pinghai town to go to the ancient city.

Chinese PinYin : Ping Hai Gu Cheng