Historical evolution of Shawan Town

According to historical records, Shawan Town was originally a small fishing village where fishermen gathered. By the Song Dynasty, the northwest of Shawan had become land, while the southeast was still a shallow sea. Through generations of immigrants, immigrants continued to reclaim land from the sea, and the area of ????fields continued to expand. Extension. In the sixth year of Shaoding in the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1233), Deming, the ancestor of the He family, came here from the mainland, purchased a large amount of mountain land and sea fields in Shawan, settled here, multiplied his descendants, and became rich. Sandy Bay has gradually become a land of plenty. Therefore, there is also a proverb in Panyu: "Where is Shawan? If you have a son, you don't have to worry about not having a wife." At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of immigrants fled to Lingnan, and many of them moved to Shawan. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, various surnames came out in large numbers, and many surnames developed into wealthy families.