Overview of Yudong Ancient Town

Yudong Town is located in the northeast of Haimen City, more than 20 kilometers away from Haimen City. It is adjacent to Lvsi Port in the east, National Highway 204 and Provincial Highway 335 in the north, Ningqi Expressway in the south, just across the river from Shanghai, and only 30 kilometers from Nantong Xingdong Airport and Nantong Port in the west, with convenient transportation. Within the range of Fiona Fang 10 km, there are more than 10 natural market towns around the fish cave. Yudong, called Qing Yu in ancient times, also known as Fengcheng, is an ancient town with a written record of 1300 years. It began in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Northern Song Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and gradually developed and formed on the basis of boiling sea to get salt.

It has experienced the development process of Yanting (Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty), Qing Yu Village (Ganfu in Tang Dynasty), Qing Yu Salt Field (Northern Song Dynasty), Yudong Salt Field (Yuan Dynasty), Yudong City (Ming Dynasty) and Yudong Town (after Qing Dynasty). Fish Cave, because of its geographical location near the river and the sea, has always been a fortress for military defense. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 137 1), the Duke of Xin Guo, Tang He, was ordered to build a city and build a large-scale project here. Surrounded by the whole dongcheng river and bounded by the river, there are ten temples built inside and outside the city, but there are four towers (Kuixing Building in the East Gate, also known as zhenhai tower, Sanyi Building in the South Gate, Vulcan Building in the West Gate and Zhenwu Building in the North Gate), five archways, churches, conferences and courtyards. Fish cave has developed into its heyday, from a natural market town to an official town. Because the overall pattern of Yudong City looks like a phoenix, Yudong is also called Fengcheng. An ancient folk song can reflect the whole picture of Yudong Town in its heyday.

Cheng Yudong with beautiful scenery, four cities in four directions;

Ten halls, five mountains, five parties and three ports outside the city;

Four rivers, seven bridges and four ponds, as well as Qingdun Shuangjingzhuang;

Pavilions and pavilions, halls and courtyards, Fengcheng is famous for its blessed land.

Although Cheng Yudong was built between the Ming Dynasty and Jiajing period, the pattern and main buildings of Fengcheng remained until the early Qing Dynasty. After the liberation of eastern Henan, the original people's government of Yuyu District was changed to Yuyu District Office, and Yuyu District was renamed Yudong District on 1952. 1957 County People's Committee for Removing District and Building Yudong Township, 1958, 10 Establish Yudong People's Commune (with Management Committee), 65438+. Three years later, he retired to the town to restore the people's commune. At the beginning of 1967, the commune organization was paralyzed by the impact of the Cultural Revolution. 1April, 968, the People's Armed Forces Department established the Commune Revolutionary Committee. 198 1 June, the revolutionary Committee was revoked and the management Committee was rebuilt. 1 June 1983 is1.