Pingtan War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression

Pingtan War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression

Pingtan War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is a historical event. In June of the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1559), Qi Jiguang led his troops to cross the sea in the heat, and was annihilated in one fell swoop.

After the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1555), Pingtan was repeatedly ravaged by Japanese invaders. Wherever he went, he burned, killed and looted, and did everything he could. Lian Jie (Lian Jie, Zhongmen Village, Su 'ao Town) and Wantou Street (near Dongwei Village, Liu Shui Town) were all burned down. Pingtan people rose up against Japan and left many anti-Japanese relics in urban and rural areas.

In June of the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1559), the enemy sailed from Tang Hong to Majiang, and was defeated by Yin Feng of Ming army in Meihua Sea in Changle. The remaining Japanese pirates were disturbed by strong winds in Pingtan and sent to Fuqing Baihe, Sejiang, Donghan, Houying and other places. The looting and killing were fruitless. In the 43rd year of Jiajing (1564), the Japanese invaders invaded Yongbin, Tian Niu and other places, all of which were defeated by Qi Jiguang. More than 200 remaining Japanese pirates fled Haitan Island, and Qi Jiguang braved the heat to lead the troops across the sea, killing them in one fell swoop.