History of Egong Bridge in Lianfeng Village, Longchuan County

Lianfeng Village belongs to Fengnen Town, Longchuan County, Heyuan, which has a long history.

According to research, humans were thriving in the middle and upper reaches of the Dongjiang River as early as 10,000 to 4,000 BC.

In ancient times, the area under the jurisdiction of Heyuan City first belonged to Fertile Prefecture and then to Yangzhou.

Map of Lianfeng Village

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was called the Land of Baiyue and belonged to Chu.

In the thirty-third year of the First Emperor of Qin (214 BC), Qin pinged Baiyue, established Nanhai County, and established Longchuan County in the middle and upper reaches of the Dongjiang River. The first county magistrate was the one who later unified Lingnan and was appointed by Han Gaozu Zhao Tuo, who was crowned the King of Nanyue, had his county seat in Tuocheng Town, now Longchuan County. The county included the current Heyuan City, Huizhou City, Shanwei City, (parts of) as well as Xingning, Wuhua, Xunwu County in Jiangxi Province and other places.

In the first year of Qi Yongming in the Southern Dynasty (483), Longchuan was divided into Heyuan County; in the 13th year of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty (1518), Longchuan was divided into Heping County; in the seventh year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (1634) ), Heping and Heyuan were analyzed and settled in Lianping County; in the third year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty (1569), Changle County (now Wuhua County) and Guishan County (now Huiyang, Huidong County, Guchuan County) were analyzed and settled in Yong'an The county was renamed Zijin County in the third year of the Republic of China.

The Heyuan area belonged to Nanhai County in the Han Dynasty, Dongguan County in the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, Lianghua County in the second year of Nanliang Tianjian (503), and Xunzhou in the Sui and Tang Dynasties (it was renamed Longchuan County, Leixiang County, etc. during the period) .

In the first year of Qianxiang of the Southern Han Dynasty (917), Xunzhou was divided into Zhenzhou and Xunzhou, and the Heyuan area belonged to Xunzhou.

In the fifth year of Tianxi reign of Song Dynasty (1021), Zhenzhou was renamed Huizhou.

In the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1369), Xunzhou was merged into Huizhou.

The Heyuan area belonged to the Dongjiang Administrative Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Revolutionary Party in 1913; after the founding of New China, it successively belonged to the Dongjiang Administrative Committee, Dongjiang Administrative Commissioner's Office, East Guangdong Administrative Office, Shaoguan area, Huiyang area, etc. .

On January 7, 1988, the State Council approved the abolition of Heyuan County and the establishment of Heyuan City, with jurisdiction over Yuancheng District, suburbs, Longchuan County, Zijin County, Lianping County, and Heping County; on March 2, the Municipal Party Committee, City *** is officially open for business.

In August 1992, the State Council approved it to be included in the coastal economic development open zone, becoming an area that can enjoy both mountainous area preferential policies and coastal open preferential policies.

On November 8, 1993, the State Council approved the abolition of the suburbs of Heyuan City and the establishment of Dongyuan County, with the county party committee and county *** located in Xiantang Town.

Party member representatives took a group photo with the village party branch

Heyuan City is the center of Hakka settlement in the Dongjiang River Basin.

In ancient times, residents in this area belonged to Yao, Miao, Gaoshan and other ethnic minorities.

During the "Baiyue" period, the Yue people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang were scattered among the ethnic minorities and played an important role in civilizing Guangdong.

After the Qin Dynasty and the Baiyue Period, people from Shaanxi and Longxi moved to Guangdong, bringing with them the Yellow River culture.

Since then, whenever there was war in the Central Plains, groups of immigrants entered Lingnan.

These people who migrated south assimilated with the local indigenous peoples and gradually formed the Hakka civilization.

Therefore, Hakka people have both the boldness and enthusiasm of northerners and the cleverness and humor of southerners.

In the long history, this fertile soil has given birth to many celebrities and lofty ideals.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were Jinshi Wei Changming and Shangshu Wang Ruli; in the Song Dynasty, there were Jinshi Gu Chengzhi; in the Qing Dynasty, there were Governor Xi Shen of Guizhou, Governor Yan Jian and Governor Yan Botao of Fujian and Zhejiang; there are now revolutionary martyrs Ruan Xiaoxian, Huang Juren, Liu Qinxi, Huang Ke; contemporary famous writers Xiao Yin, calligrapher Li Zhenou, calligrapher and painter Chen Rongju, film and television writer Xie Pengsong, painter Liu Dabu, painter Zhou Shicong, rocket launch expert Zhang Qibin, etc.