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Dapeng fortress shenzhen s ancient villages
Dapeng Fortress (Chinese: 大鹏城; pinyin: dàpéngchéng; Jyutping: daai6 paang4 sing4; Dapeng dialect [tʰaːi pʰuŋ saːŋ]) or Dapengsuocheng is a walled village in the subdistrict Dapeng, district Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. The village lies 55 kilometers from the center of Shenzhen.
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- Dapeng fortress shenzhen s ancient villages
- Shenzhen dapeng fortress dapeng suocheng longgang
- History
- People
- References
Shenzhen dapeng fortress dapeng suocheng longgang
History
Dapeng Fortress was built in 1394 to protect the area from pirates. It later developed into a town during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
In 1571, it sustained a siege of over forty days by Japanese pirates equipped with scaling ladders.
The main dialect in this village is Dapeng dialect, a mix of Hakka and Cantonese.
A lot of the villagers now live in New York, Randstad and Portsmouth.
People
Famous people of Dapeng Fortress include:
References
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