What was Shenzhen like before?

Shenzhen was just a small fishing village before the reform and opening up.

1. The place name "Shenzhen" first appeared in the historical records of 14 10, which was built in the early Qing Dynasty. The local dialect usually calls the ridge ditch "town" or "surge". Shenzhen is named for its dense Shui Ze and deep ditch beside the village.

2. Although the development history of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone is only over 40 years, it has more than 6,700 years of human activities (indigenous people lived in Shenzhen in the middle of Neolithic Age), 6,000 years of human development and marine economic development, 1700 years of urban history, 600 years of coastal defense history and a long history of Guangfu people and Hakka immigrants.

The earliest predecessor of Shenzhen is Baoan County, guangzhou fu. As a county-level organization, security began in 33 1 year (the sixth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty). Dongguan county, located in six counties under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, probably covers Shenzhen, Dongguan and Hong Kong. The county is in Baoan County (Nantou).

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Shenzhen, an important hub of southern maritime trade in Song Dynasty, belongs to Baoan County, guangzhou fu. Rich in salt and spices. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was also famous for producing pearls.

The predecessor of Shenzhen used to be Xin 'an County. In A.D. 1573, the Ming government of China expanded the garrison base of thousands of households in Dongguan, established Xin 'an County, and built a county to govern Nantou, covering the present Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The economy is dominated by salt, tea, spices and rice.

Shenzhen is a coastal city in the south of China, adjacent to Hongkong. Located in the south of the Tropic of Cancer, east longitude 1 13 43' to1/4 38', north latitude 22 24' to 22 52'. Located in the south of Guangdong Province, on the east bank of the Pearl River Estuary, bordering Daya Bay and Dapeng Bay in the east; West of the Pearl River Estuary and Lingdingyang; The Shenzhen River in the south is connected with Hong Kong; It borders Dongguan and Huizhou in the north. Urban area 1997.47 square kilometers.