Dapeng Fortress

[1] In 1571, it sustained a siege of over forty days by Japanese pirates equipped with scaling ladders.

In the Qing dynasty, Dapeng defended the Thousand Households City as Dapeng Marine Master Camp, and established nine districts such as Dongyongkou, Shuishitang, Lantau, Red Incense Burner, Yantian, Guanhutang, Laodapeng, Shangshatang, and Xiashatang.

In the flood season, it has jurisdiction over the Tuotu, Fotangmen, Nantou and Lantau forts.

The headquarters and the left battalion were located in the Dapeng city, and the right battalion was stationed in the newly built Tung Chung city (located in Tung Chung, Lantau, Hong Kong).

Since 1983, including the tenth cultural relics site of the Lord's House, it has been listed as a cultural relics protection unit in Shenzhen; in 1989, the Guangdong Provincial Government also recognized Dapeng City as a provincial cultural relics protection unit; the Dapeng Ancient City Museum was established in May 1996, Responsible for the management of Dapeng City.