How old is the history of Songkou Town?

Songkou Town is an ancient town with a history of 1000 years. According to historical records, it was built in the Western Han Dynasty. Songkou is 50 kilometers away from Meizhou City, which is under the jurisdiction of Meixian County. Historically, "Songkou" includes Songbei, Songnan, Songdong and Songkou towns, with a total area of 360 square kilometers. Songkou Town was built earlier. According to the records of Meizhou City and Meixian County, Songkou belonged to Jieyang County in Nanhai County during the Western Han Dynasty. At that time, the main household of Songkou was the She nationality, named "Dongshezhai". During the Jin Dynasty, it belonged to Dongguan County, Guangzhou, Haiyang County, Yi 'an County, and Songkou was renamed as "Yi 'an Wai". In the fourth year of Song Kaibao, Meizhou was changed from the southern Qi Dynasty to Jingzhou, and then to Meizhou. There was a market in Meikou Town in Songkou, which has been around for thousands of years. At the end of Song Dynasty and the beginning of Yuan Dynasty, there were many surnames and a certain number of Hakkas in Songkou, most of whom moved in from Fujian and other places. At that time, it was anti-customer-oriented. After more than 700 years of reproduction, there are now more than 120 surnames and more than 73,000 people in Songkou, Songnan and Song Dong. In addition, there are more than 80,000 overseas Chinese in various countries and regions in the world, exceeding the local population.