during the Han dynasty, the trade and economic activities in Tuen Mun were quite large. Salt making and mining are well developed. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, in 428 A.D. (the fifth year of Yuan Jia of Liu Song Wendi), a divinely endowed monk from Hebei traveled south, often crossing the sea by wooden cups, and was called "Bei Du Zen Master". Later, he went to Tuen Mun to practice Buddhism and settled in a ōyama Iwao in Qingshan, and built Bei Du An (later called Qingshan Ancient Temple and Qingshan Zen Temple) in front of the rock. At that time, ancient books also recorded the beautiful scenery on the mountain and the special product of Tuen Mun in those days-the hanging bell flower, and Chinese and foreign ships bound for Guangzhou had docked in Tuen Mun for supplies.
in the Tang dynasty (ad 618-96), a military fortress, Tuen Mun Town, was set up, and its troops were stationed in the border guards. By ad 736 (ad 24), there were 2, troops stationed in Tuen Mun, which belonged to the Annan capital. After the Tang dynasty, Tuen Mun gradually became an important hub for external maritime traffic in southern China.
During the Southern Han Dynasty in the Five Dynasties (917-971), Jinghai was set up as a patrol, and a military camp was built at the foot of the mountain. The stone statue of Beidu Zen Master in Beidu Rock on the mountain was also carved in the Southern Han Dynasty in the suburb of N, and it is still preserved in its original place.
in the song dynasty (96-1279), the inspection department was set up to arrest pirates. At that time, Tuen Mun gradually became the outer port of Guangzhou, and ships from all over the world stopped at Tuen Mun Bay to wait for news. On the land, residents mostly take farming as their business, mainly planting rice, but only for self-sufficiency.
In the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolians entered the Central Plains, which led to many Han families in the northern Central Plains to emigrate, while Liao and Tao moved to Tuen Mun.
The piers and houses of the Ming Dynasty were stationed separately. In the ninth year of Ming Zhengde (A.D. 1514), the Portuguese arrived in Tuen Mun and occupied the sea passage leading to the Pearl River Delta, which caused great suffering to the local residents. In the sixteenth year of Zhengde (AD 1521), the first Sino-Portuguese war broke out, and Wang Tai, the deputy envoy of Guangdong Sea Road, commanded the war, repelled the Portuguese and recaptured Tuen Mun. In business, Tuen Mun was rich in famous tea and sea salt.
during the Qing dynasty, Tuen Mun was a hometown of agriculture and fisheries. The Qing government set up Tuen Mun village and pier here, and sent officers and soldiers to defend it. The area from Nantou to Tuen Mun was often invaded by Japanese pirates and others. In the first year of Kangxi (A.D. 1662), Ao Bai, the assistant minister, issued three successive orders to move to the border, which caused the residents in Tuen Mun District to be displaced, the land was barren, the human life and economic losses were heavy, and pirates were even more rampant. Guangdong officials all complained about the shortcomings of moving to the border and demanded the resumption of the border one after another. It was not until the eighth year of Kangxi (1669) that the resumption of the border was allowed.
When Tuen Mun was handed over to Britain in 1899, there was only Xin Hui, a small town with a population of 25. Because of the inconvenient transportation, residents had to rely on water transportation to return to villages in the region. At that time, Qingshan Bay was still desolate and sparsely populated, and water was only supplied by mountain springs.
In 19, revolutionaries set up a secret anti-Qing activity station in Qingshan Farm, which is far away from Hong Kong and Kowloon, and carried out revolutionary activities.
Records in ancient books
Tuen Mun is a famous city in South China in history, and a large number of ancient books have recorded the story of Tuen Mun. Here are a few of them:
Book of the Tang Dynasty, the forty-third chapter, the thirty-third chapter, the geography, the seventh chapter, the Lingnan Road
Guangzhou's southeast sea voyage, 2 miles to Tuen Mun Mountain, is sailing west, and the second day to Kyushu Stone. Two days south to elephant stone. And three days in the southwest, to occupy the mountain, the mountain in the east of the ring kingdom 2 Caspian sea. Two days south to Lingshan. Another day's trip to the poisonous country. Another day's trip to the ancient kingdom. Another half-day trip to Bentuo Langzhou. Two days later, I went to Juntu Mountain. On the fifth day, I went to Haitai, and the vassals called it "quality". The north and south were hundreds of miles, the north was Luoyue, and the south bank was the Buddha's death.
The answer to Sailing Abroad
Three Buddhists are the key points of the sea-way exchanges between countries, and the three Buddhists are also coming from the north. They sailed up and down Zhu, made friends with foreign countries and even China. Those who want to go abroad entered Tuen Mun, and those who want to go to the spring entered Jiazimen.
Xin 'an County Records No.12
Ming Zheng Wenbing: Bei Dushan
I heard about this old tour of Zen.
Zhuo Xiquan is still there in front of the mountain, and the clock hanging on the rock is still there.
the stone pillars and the sagebrush are an ancient victory, and the cymbidium sedge is quiet in four seasons.
The Collection of Han Changli in the Tang Dynasty, Volume 6
The Eighteen Coordination Laws of Farewell Yuan
Han Yu sent a letter to defend the city in Longcheng. When will Jun Ji be here?
when there is a hurricane in the Xiashan, lightning helps to hit it.
riding the tide to help the rich, the nearshore refers to one shot.
although the clouds are firm, the wood and stone are mutually developed.
although the clouds are high in tuen mun, the waves are not reflected.
I don't care enough about the remaining sins, but I don't care enough about my children.
why can't Hu Wei bear to say goodbye? Thank you very much.
Volume 12 of Xin 'an County Chronicle
The situation of preventing the sea
Nantou Yizhai originally governed six places in the floodplain, namely, Buddhist Temple Gate, Dragon Boat Bay, Logue Bay, Langbai Bay in Da 'ao and Ming Dynasty. In the 14th year of Wanli, Governor Wu Yushi Wang Hui named Nantou as the gateway to control the barbarians. Please move the general troops to the town to build a ship that can go directly to Macao, but from Macao to the province, the water is shallow. It must go straight to Hutou Gate from Lantau Island via Nantou to reach the Pearl River. After the demise of Qin Long Haidaojiang Town Ping in Tuen Mun, pirates in three years had a story about the flow of pirates in eight kou and four years [going to ||] In the Wanli period of the countryside, thieves in Create [going to ||] In the Chongzheng period, the word Kuiqi Xiang Liu and others successively invaded, although they were repeatedly wiped out, and the defense in the south was particularly strict.