Information about Shashi Islands

The history of China government's administrative jurisdiction and sovereignty over southwest zhongsha islands can be traced back to a long time ago. At the latest in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the South China Sea Islands were under the effective jurisdiction of the China government.

Since the Qin Dynasty unified the whole country, the entire South China Sea Islands, including the Xisha Islands, have been China's sacred and inalienable territory. Since then, the China government has never stopped its jurisdiction over the entire South China Sea Islands, including the Xisha Islands, which are indisputable sacred and inalienable territory of China.

In the Han Dynasty, in the first year of Yuanfeng in the Western Han Dynasty (A.D. 1 10), Zhu Ya County and Yuer County were established in Hainan, which indicated that the central government began to directly rule Hainan Island and the South China Sea Islands. Since then, with the development of production and the progress of navigation technology, China people often sail in the South China Sea and live and produce in the Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands. The relationship between the South China Sea Islands and the mainland of the motherland is getting closer and closer, and the rulers of past dynasties have deepened their understanding of the South China Sea and the South China Sea Islands.

To the early Tang Dynasty, there were Yazhou in the north, Danzhou in the west, Zhou Zhen (now Sanya) and Zhou Zhen in the south, formerly known as Linzhen County, and Jialin Town County in the third year of Sui Dynasty (AD 607). Tang Gaozu Wude five years (AD 622), changed the county to Zhou Zhen. According to Geography of Old Tang Dynasty (Lingnan Road: Zhou Zhen), Zhou Zhen governs the southern waters of Hainan Island. Since then, the administrative jurisdiction of the Central Plains Dynasty over the South China Sea Islands has never been interrupted. In the 12th year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty (AD 724), the meridian stream, presided over by monks and others, reached the South China Sea and the islands south of it, and related constellations were observed in the South China Sea. This is an act of exercising sovereignty.

In Song Dynasty, Yazhou, located in the north of Tang Island, moved south and changed Zhou Zhen to Yazhou, later renamed Zhu Yajun and later changed to Jiyang Army. The South China Sea Islands are directly under the jurisdiction of Jiyang Army. At that time, the Northern Song Dynasty imperial court ordered the navy to patrol "Jiuruluozhou" (now Xisha Islands) for the first time, which was the earliest sea patrol activity of our navy.

In Yuan Dynasty, in the 15th year of Yuan Shizu to Yuan Dynasty (AD 1278), Qiongzhou was changed to Qiongzhou Road. The South China Sea Islands are still under the jurisdiction of Jiyang Army. At that time, except for Changning Army in Sichuan Province and Nanning (now Danzhou City), Wan 'an (now Wanning City) and ji yang (now Sanya City) in Huguang Province, most of the military systems in Song Dynasty were changed to states. This is a method of managing the frontier with a special administrative system, which shows that the rulers attach importance to the coastal defense frontier. Kublai Khan of Yuan Shizu personally sent a famous astronomer Guo Shoujing to the Xisha Islands for astronomical survey, indicating that sovereignty belongs to the Yuan Dynasty.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Hainan established a unified local administrative organization-Qiongzhou Prefecture, which was subordinate to Guangdong. Restore Yazhou, Danzhou and Wanzhou. Put the South China Sea Islands under the jurisdiction of Wanzhou, which is under the jurisdiction of Qiongzhou Prefecture. It is clearly divided into four island groups (namely, Dongsha, Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha Islands), such as Nan 'ao Qi, Qizhouyang, Li Qian Changsha and Wanli Shitang. The early and middle Qing Dynasty basically followed the Ming system. In the late Qing Dynasty, dongsha islands was under the jurisdiction of Huizhou. Xisha Islands, Nansha Islands and zhongsha islands are still under the jurisdiction of Wanzhou. Since then, the South China Sea Islands have been under the jurisdiction of two different state-level local administrative agencies.

1909, in the Qing dynasty, Guangdong navy prefect Lee Joon led warships Fu Bo and Chen Hang to cruise the Xisha Islands, and named 15 islands one by one to show that the Xisha Islands belonged to China. Among them, Fu Bo Island was named after the accompanying warship "Fu Bo" (later renamed as "Jinqing Island"), and Chenhang Island in Yongle Islands of Xisha Islands was named after the warship "Chen Hang". 19 10 years, Lee Joon wrote "Illustrated National Defense Fortress of Guangdong Navy" and invited the court.

During the Republic of China, after 19 1 1 Xinhai Revolution, the Guangdong provincial government announced that the Xisha Islands would be placed under the jurisdiction of Yaxian County (now Sanya City) in Hainan Province. 192 1 year, the southern military government reiterated this decree. After the end of the Second World War, according to the spirit of the Cairo Declaration of China, Britain and the United States in 1943 and the Potsdam Proclamation in July 1945,1the following year after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in the autumn of 946, the naval command of the then Republic of China sent Taiping, Yongxing, Nakano and Nakano. Among them, "Yongxing" and "Zhong Jian" arrived in Xisha Islands under the command of Yao Ruyu, deputy commander of the fleet, and named Yongxing Island and Zhongjian Island under the names of "Yongxing" and "Zhong Jian". 165438+ 10, in October, the "Navy Recovered Xisha Islands Monument" was set up at Yongxing Island Wharf. Zhang, Director of Marine Department of Naval Command, was appointed as the first director of Xisha Islands Management Office. 1946, the Marine Corps of the Republic of China stationed in Yongxing Island. 65438+ February, "Taiping Island" was recovered, and "Taiping Island in Nansha Islands" was erected at the eastern end of the island. Subsequently, the receiver went to Zhongye Island, Xiyue Island and Nanwei Island respectively, and erected a monument on the island as evidence, and held a reception ceremony on the island to re-erect the sovereignty monument; And stationed troops in Taiping Island, the largest island in Nansha Islands, and set up a fisherman service station.

1949 after the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), the China government continued to exercise sovereignty over the southwest zhongsha islands and its waters. 1950 May 13, China People's Liberation Army entered Yongxing Island in Xisha.

On March 24th, 1959, "Xisha Islands, Nansha Islands, zhongsha islands and dongsha islands Office" was established in Yongxing Island, Xisha Islands. Since then, the administrative agencies of the government have begun to exercise sovereignty over the island, organize development and construction work, and strengthen the administrative jurisdiction over the islands and reefs in southwest zhongsha islands and its adjacent waters.

On March 4th, 1969 was renamed as "Revolutionary Committee of Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha Islands in Guangdong Province". 19811kloc-0/On October 22nd, with the approval of the State Council, the "Xisha Islands, Nansha Islands and zhongsha islands Office" was re-established in Yongxing Island. As an agency of Guangdong Provincial People's Government, it is directly led by Hainan Administrative Office.

1988 Hainan province. The jurisdiction of Hainan Province includes Hainan Island 19 cities and counties, the islands and reefs of Xisha Islands, Nansha Islands and Zhongsha Islands and their sea areas. 1988 September19 was renamed as "Xisha Islands, Nansha Islands and zhongsha islands Office". The administrative setup system equivalent to county-level institutions is still used, and the office is still located in Yongxing Island, Xisha Islands. [3]

On July 22nd, 20 14, the Ganquan Community Neighborhood Committee of Sansha City was formally established, which indicated that all inhabited islands and reefs of Xisha Islands in Sansha City had established mass self-governing organizations, and the construction of grassroots organizations in Sansha City was becoming more and more perfect. Ganquan Community Neighborhood Committee will cooperate with the relevant departments of Sansha City to carry out the protection of animals, plants and cultural relics in the island reef and surrounding waters. [5]

2014 September 12, a large-scale photo collection "Xisha Xisha" created by Cha Chunming, a famous military photographer and senior reporter of Xinhua News Agency, was published by China Photography Publishing House. "Xisha Xisha" selected some photos of the Xisha Islands and edited them into a book, showing the magnificent panorama of the Xisha Islands in an all-round and three-dimensional way. [6]

Cha Chunming said that this book should be dedicated to the motherland and the beautiful ocean, to the people who love and protect the ocean, and to the maritime guards who protect the motherland's maritime territory. The picture shows the white boobies and virgin forests on the East Island of Xisha.