Why is Dongguan called Dongguan?

At present, there are two names for Dongguan: Guanxiang and Immigrant.

1, Guan Xiang said

As early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Liaobu Lane in Dongguan had a wide influence, and Guanxiang was a cultural card of Dongguan. Guanxiang tree is the most representative and proud plant in Dongguan, which has a profound historical and cultural heritage and now has the basic conditions to revive Guanxiang cultural industry. In recent years, with the gradual revival of Wanxiang culture, some people think that Dongguan is named after Wanxiang.

2. Immigration theory

In 257 AD, in order to develop the salt industry, the State of Wu in the Three Kingdoms period set up a "salt governor" in Dongguan, Lingnan. When it came to the change of the Jin Dynasty, "the Central Plains was barren and stayed." At that time, the rulers promulgated the measures of "Overseas Chinese County" to resettle the foreign population. In 33 1 year, the Eastern Jin regime established Baoan County, which was divided into Nanhai County and Dongguan County. The original place names of some counties in the northern region have been retained, and the "old area in the northern region" may become a new place name in the southern region. In order to resettle the immigrants from "Dongguan County" in Shandong Province, "Dongguan County" is called "Dongguan County".