History of Luzon Island

In ancient times, Luzon Island was a small country called Luzon. Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, China merchant ships have often come here to trade. China ancient books called it "Little Luzon". There are special articles in Textual Research on East and West and Biography of Foreign Countries in Ming Dynasty.

In the third year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1405), Zheng He, the eunuch of Sambo, arrived in Luzon with a huge fleet, that is, Xu Chailao, the leader of overseas Chinese in Jinjiang, was appointed as the governor of Luzon by the imperial edict of Yongle, and took charge of the country's political, economic, military and cultural power for 20 years (1405- 1424). During this period, Xu Chai-lao spared no effort to carry forward the Chinese national culture, implement the Confucian benevolent policy, spread the advanced agriculture, fishery and industrial technology in southern Fujian, and vigorously developed shipbuilding, textile, pottery making and tea planting, which made outstanding contributions to the social stability, economic and trade development and literary prosperity of Lu-Zong.

From 157 1 to 1898, the land was occupied by Spain, so Hailu was translated into Little Luzon and Big Luzon was called Spain. In the past, most overseas Chinese who went to the Philippines landed in Luzon, so Luzon is the general name of the Philippines. In the era when Spain ruled the Philippines, overseas Chinese also called Spain Big Luzon and the Philippines Little Luzon. Luzon is rich in gold, rich in products and prosperous in trade. From 1372 (the fifth year of China Ming Hongwu) to 14 10 (the eighth year of Yongle), envoys were sent to China three times, and the Ming Dynasty also sent envoys to apply for jobs in 1405. In15th and16th centuries, businessmen from the southeast coast of China frequently exchanged with Luzon, and overseas Chinese began to live in Luzon. Spanish colonists invaded the northern Philippines in the16th century and met with stubborn resistance in Manila. Under the command of Luo Yue (King) Suleiman, the people of Manila bravely resisted the Spanish aggression. 157 1 Suleiman was killed in the naval battle on June 3, and Luzon was gradually conquered by Spain. After Spanish colonial rule was established in Manila, China's history books of Ming Dynasty still called it "Luzon".

1898 was occupied by the United States. During the Pacific War, the US military launched an offensive campaign against Japan on Luzon Island in the Philippines from June 5438+0945 to July 5438+0.