How many years have you been watching pearls?

Judging from the linguistic features, it has been inhabited at least in the Song Dynasty, which means it has a history of at least seven or eight hundred years.

Guanzhu Town is located in the central mountainous area of Dianbai County, Maoming City, Guangdong Province. It is the largest township in Dianbai area on the eve of the merger of lintou town and Daya Town. Guanzhu Town is located in the central mountainous area of Dianbai County, Maoming City, Guangdong Province, in the hinterland of Dianbai County, with a total area of 155.5 square kilometers. It is one of the largest towns in Dianbai. The town is a hilly area with high terrain in the east and low terrain in the west. It is a large agricultural town in mountainous areas with rich products. Dianbai County vigorously promotes the cultivation of agarwood and builds "the first county of agarwood in China".

There is another saying about the origin of pearl-watching artists. According to the place names in Guangdong Province, the concept is appreciation, and pearls are pearls. Guanzhu is located in the northeast of Dianbai, belonging to the alluvial plain of Shalang River and the combination of mountains and hills. It is called the electric white granary, which is rich in rice. Every harvest season, endless rice looks like countless pearls, hence the name "Guanzhu".

Dianbai County is a county under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, and now it belongs to Maoming City, which is located in the southwest coast of Guangdong Province. According to the "Explanation of the Names of the Counties", it was named "Dianbai" because of "moving to the county to cure the gods and defend the electricity"; It is named after the lightning here. Biography of Hanshu: "It is hard to go to the world in spring."

Dianbai County has a long history. According to the county annals of past dynasties, Dianbai Tangyu was spread to the south, and Yangzhou was native to the Three Dynasties. Nanhai County was founded in Qin Dynasty, and Dianbai belonged to its western territory. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was a hundred. At the end of Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo occupied the territory, calling himself the King of South Vietnam, and was in charge of Dianbai. During the Three Kingdoms period, this land belonged to the State of Wu. In the 25th year of Jian 'an of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty (AD 220) and the 5th year of Wu Dynasty (AD 226), the State of Wu transferred the Nanhai, Cangwu, Gaoliang and Yulin counties of Jiaozhou to Guangzhou. Dianbaili was transferred to Gaoliang County, Guangzhou. Seeing Haichang County from Gaoliang County in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Haichang County is located in Shuzi Town, north of Dianbai Town. In the ninth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (AD 589), Dianbai and Haichang counties merged to form Dianbai County, and Dianbai was the county from then on. From Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, Dianbai basically belonged to Gaozhou. In the third year of Ming Dynasty (AD 1467), the county magistrate was located in Changpo, Gaozhou. Due to the harassment of mountain thieves, the county magistrate moved to Shendian Wei (now Temple City), and Wei and the county ruled together. Guangdong South Road Administrative Office of the Republic of China. In the 28th year of the Republic of China (AD 1939), in order to avoid the Japanese bombing, the county moved to Xia Dong Town. In 36 years (AD 1947), he moved back to the city. 1949 belongs to Zhanjiang area. 1950 65438+February, the county government moved to Shuidong. Zhanjiang area was abolished 1983, and Dianbai County was subordinate to Maoming City.

Jin Gai Mountain, located 8 kilometers southeast of Guanzhu Town, is a peak of Dayun Naoling, with an altitude of 460 meters. Fiona Fang, located in the hinterland of Dianbai, is a rare tourist virgin land. Guanzhu intersection of Guangzhou-Zhanjiang Expressway, which is about to open, is 600 meters west of the foot of the mountain. It is one of the ancient battlefields where China's first heroine, the Western Empress Dowager, marched. In the 1960s, a vulgar bronze drum was unearthed. Jin Gai Mountain is majestic, with beautiful rocks, different shapes and many caves and temples. Its scenic spots include bottomless pit, Yanbo Dongting, water cave, Tashitang, Golden Tortoise Peeping Bath Stone, Drunk Fairy Lunatone, Flying Eagle Snake Stone, Yin Shi the Great, Stone Boat, Sister Stone, Force Stone, Zhao Zilong War Trail, Underground River, Panxian Lake, Wannian and so on.

Wang Guanzhu Ancestral Temple is the largest and most intact ancient ancestral temple building in Dianbai County, and it is a typical folk ancestral temple-style art building with antique traditional buildings. Wang's Ancestral Hall was built in the eighth year of Qing Daoguang (1828), and by 20 10, it has been 182. After several repairs, its style still exists.

The common language of the town is elegance. In addition, some natural villages, such as Shiwan and Hedong, use Li dialect and Shanghai dialect, while others, such as Zhu Cun, originally used vernacular, but under the attack of surrounding elegant dialect, few people speak vernacular, and now most people communicate in vernacular are foreigners. After the Song Dynasty, Cao Yafang's immigrants mainly came from the Hakka areas of the old Tingzhou government in western Fujian and the old Jiaying government in eastern Guangdong. Although it was after the Song Dynasty, large-scale migration took place in the Ming Dynasty. Hakka people moved from the Central Plains to the south and then to the southwest of Fujian and Guangdong. Hakka immigrants will never forget their ethnic origin. When they arrived at a new place of residence, they worked hard to open up and lay the foundation. When they have the conditions, they will use their surnames to build ancestral temples and offer sacrifices to their ancestors, which will be passed down from generation to generation. More importantly, in the cracks of strong dialects such as vernacular, it is commendable that Ya people have passed on Ya language to this day. Although Ya dialect is deeply influenced by other local dialects, it still adheres to its own characteristics.

Guanzhu products are rich. The main crops are: rice, peanuts, vegetables (including vegetables exported in winter, such as green beans, peppers, eggplant, melons), lychee, longan, yellow orchid and other precious medicinal materials, such as Aquilaria Resinatum and Morinda officinalis. Known as the "electric white granary", it is the trade distribution center of Guangdong fruits and southern medicinal materials. The aquaculture industry is booming, and it has always been the trading center of small-eared pigs in Guangdong, Guangxi 12 counties and cities. Annual sales include 10 medicinal materials market, small-ear pig market, fruit wholesale market, and freshwater fish (mainly pond fish and reservoir fish) have also developed. Rich in tourism resources, there are more than 80 scenic spots such as Hanping Reservoir, Fukeng Jingai Mountain and Guanzhu Hot Spring (located near Wuyi Genzhu Garden). The water temperature is 89.8℃, and the spring water is clear and contains many minerals. It is a good place for recuperation and fitness, and it is also being planned and developed at present.