Haicheng County
| Haicheng County 海澄縣 | |||||||
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| County of China | |||||||
| 1567–1960 | |||||||
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• Established | 17 January 1567 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1960 | ||||||
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| Today part of |  China | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 海澄縣 | ||||||||||||
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Haicheng County was a historic county in South China, dating to the Ming Dynasty. During the late Ming Dynasty, Haicheng was one of China's most important ports, earning the moniker "Little Suzhou-Hangzhou" (小蘇杭), a reference to the historically prominent trading centers of Hangzhou and Suzhou.
History
[edit]Haicheng was elevated to county status on 17 January 1567 during the Ming Dynasty, and was the site of Yuegang (Moon Harbor), a major seaport handling the majority of maritime trade with Southeast Asia.[1] Haicheng County was merged with Longxi County in 1960 to form the modern-day Longhai City in Fujian Province. For most of its history, the administrative center of the county was in Shima (石碼).
References
[edit]- ^ Brook, Timothy (2010-06-30). The Troubled Empire. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-04602-3.