Wonderful folk houses｜The \”Dapeng City\” you don\’t know about, if you haven\’t seen enough, start walking tonight

When you think of Shenzhen, what comes to mind?

Are there clusters of towering buildings with shiny glass curtain walls?

Fast pace, fast life, China’s young innovative city!

Some attentive netizens even discovered:

People in Shenzhen walk in the wind, and they seem to be faster than other cities!

However, if you go all the way east from downtown Shenzhen

in the mountains and sea of ​​Dapeng Peninsula Surrounded by you

You will discover a completely different world

This mysterious place

It is not only the first of the \”Eight Scenic Spots of Shenzhen\”

it is also the back garden of Shenzhen

It is the legendary city

Dapeng City!

Wait a minute, have you heard of this place often?

Have you even been here a few times?

Did you think before?

This is just an ordinary ancient city

But after reading this article

I guarantee you will Refresh your knowledge of Dapeng City!

Overlooking Dapeng City

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\”Protection Value\” Super high, with unique layouts everywhere

Looking into the distance from the south city gate tower, the houses with green tiles and white walls are neatly arranged, corresponding to the north city tower in the distance. The outline of the ancient city\’s periphery forms a unique skyline. Under the light blue sky, it is a kind of Tranquil and comfortable that can be touched at any time

Overlooking Dapeng City

Dapeng City was built in 1394 and covers an area of ​​11 Ten thousand square meters, there are nearly 700 ancient houses, which are basically preserved It retains the scale and style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was built for military purposes and was a solid fortress built by the Ming Dynasty government to fight against Japanese pirates. Ingenious thoughts

The gates of Dapeng City

The four gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest. The concave-shaped gates eliminate blind spots in the line of sight. It is convenient for the sergeants to flank the enemy attacking the door;

The convex-shaped doorway is narrow in front and wide in back, so defenders can hide at the corner to ambush foreign enemies;

Each row of stone bricks on the surface of the city wall Most of them are two horizontal and one vertical, which are the \”nailed bricks\” that people placed in them to make the city wall more stable.

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The \”force value\” is extremely high, as if \”a land rich in generals\”

In the intricate streets and alleys of Dapeng City, there are 11 \”general mansions\” from the Ming and Qing dynasties. In this \”general place\”, seven of them belong to the same family – the Lai family in Dapeng Suocheng. Today, the most luxurious ancient building in Shenzhen is this – Zhenwei General Building, which belongs to the Qing Dynasty. The famous anti-British general Lai Enjue

General Zhenwei

300 years ago, Hakka Lai Wubiao was single from Heyuan, Guangdong. He came to Dapeng and made a living by crafting bamboo strips. Among the descendants of this new immigrant, there were five generals in succession; his only grandson Lai Shichao was a second-grade martial arts general; Lai Shichao\’s two sons and two grandsons also had outstanding military achievements. After that, the successive generals were all first- or second-grade officials, so the Lai clan in the city of Dapeng was known as the \”Three Generations and Five Generals\” in history.

The first general of Zhenwei. Built in 1844, it is a typical Qing Dynasty The Daifu-style building complex covers an area of ​​about 2,500 square meters. A circular \”moon gate\” separates the east wing and the west wing, forming a \”left hall and right bed\” pattern.

Illustration of Zhenwei General’s pattern

Like the entire city, General’s It places great emphasis on defense and is tightly enclosed by a high wall of more than one foot, with broken porcelain fragments embedded in the top of the wall. , to prevent foreign enemies from climbing. The purlins are densely arranged under the roof tiles, making it difficult for thieves to enter even if they destroy the tiles. There are holes in the door everywhere in the house. This is a trace of the ancients using wooden poles to make security doors. It is really \” Wonderful folk houses\”.

The \”cold alley\” of Dapeng City

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\” \”The food value\” is super high, so those who want to eat quickly come and watch!

The wise Dapeng people have created many delicacies over the past 600 years, and every delicacy tells a story.

01 Dapeng. Se fans

Dapeng Lai Fenzi

In ancient times, the conditions were difficult when the city was first built. Sgt. They used coconut shells with holes in them.The rice milk drips into the boiling water and solidifies into rice noodles. This action is called \”Se\”, so this kind of rice noodles is called \”Se Noodles\”; add shrimp, scallops and other Dapeng Bay seafood, and a bowl of Dapeng Noodles is completed. Do you feel the \”smell of fragrance\” instantly?

02 Dapeng Sea Urchin Rice Dumpling

Dapeng sea urchin rice dumplings

Dapeng people rely on the sea to eat from the sea. There is a local saying: I have no money to buy eggs, so I eat sea urchin for every meal. The traditional rice dumplings made by the ancient soldiers in their hometowns. When they arrived in Dapeng, they followed the local customs and put sea urchins in the rice dumplings, which was called sea urchin rice dumplings.

03 Dapeng Rice Cake

Yu Jinru and his son A Liang

77-year-old Yu Jinru is from the district The representative inheritors of the sixth generation of \”Dapeng Rice Cake\”, a national intangible cultural heritage item, are all year round. During the expedition to the west, the easy-to-carry and easy-to-preserve rice cakes were like compressed biscuits in ancient times. They were indispensable dry food for the march and were also a special delicacy passed down from generation to generation in Dapeng City. Today, the improved \”rice cakes\” are available. Once you take a bite, the aroma is overflowing.

Overview of Dapeng City

What other stories are there about this beautiful city? 700 These ancient houses were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Why are they unique in the architectural styles of the three major ethnic groups: Guangfu, Hakka and Chaoshan? Why is the Dapeng military language mixed with Cantonese, Hakka and Central Plains accents? What kind of story are the old and new immigrants writing here together?

Tonight (1 At 21:30 on March 24th, watch Shenzhen TV\’s \”Wonderful Dwellings 2\” to show you the \”Shenzhen Dapeng City\” you don\’t know about!