Dapeng Peninsula

The Dapeng Fortress (Dapengcheng) was built to protect the inhabitants from attacks by Japanese pirates (wokou) during the late Ming Dynasty.

During the Second Opium War there was a possibility of annexation as part of British Hong Kong.

During the Cultural Revolution the region saw a major famine, just like the rest of rural China.

Tung Ping Chau (an island in Hong Kong) is located off the west coast of the peninsula.

[2][3] The highest point of the peninsula is Qiniangshan, which is located at 869 metres above sea level.