Chapter 296: Tuocheng Shantou

When you get out of the car, you will be greeted by the fresh smell of the waves, and the air in Shantou will be filled with the unique smell of the seaside city, like the vitality of fish jumping, which makes people feel happy.

Even the fluorescence on the Poseidon fall seems to be a little smoother.

Most of Shantou is tropical, between the equatorial low pressure zone and the subtropical high pressure zone, and is on the southern edge of the northeast trade wind belt. Shantou is located at the southeast tip of the Eurasian continent, on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, and bordering the South China Sea. It often blows northerly winds in winter and southerly or southeasterly winds in summer, with obvious monsoon climate characteristics. The Tropic of Cancer passes through the northern part of Shantou City. The city is mild and humid, sunny, rainy, frost-free period, wet spring, rainy days; In early summer, the temperature rises, the cold and warm are changeable, and there are often heavy rains; Although the summer is hot and rarely scorching, it is often hit by typhoons; Autumn is cool and dry, with sunny weather and a significant drop in temperature; There is no severe cold in winter, but there are short-term colds.

Sikong Yao took a big breath of the air that belonged to this city, and his mood also jumped with joy, and finally arrived, Tuocheng.

Shantou is located in the eastern part of Guangdong Province, the southern end of the Hanjiang River Delta, is one of the megacities, but also an important port city in the south, an open coastal city, an important part of the Haixi Economic Zone, and the only ≠≠≡≠≡city where the Tropic of Cancer and the coastline intersect.

Among all the other names in Shantou, Tuocheng is the most famous.

Although the formation of the name Shantou is only about 100 years, it does not mean that the history of Shantou urban area is only 100 years, from a historical point of view, the predecessor of Shantou urban area is called Tuopu Sandu, which has jurisdiction over Tuojiangdu, Crocodile Pudu, and Pengzhou Du. Tuopu Sandu was subordinated to Jieyang County 42 years ago from the Northern Song Dynasty to Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty. In the 42nd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, Chenghai County was set up. And part of the land of the three counties of Haiyang Chao'an, Raoping County and Jieyang County was assigned to Chenghai County. Tuopu Sandu in Jieyang County. That is, the predecessor of Shantou's urban area was attributed to Chenghai County. The saying about "Tuocheng" should be derived from the city of Pengzhou. Chaoshan used to have the saying of "Chaozhou nine counties and ten city gods", but this statement is not correct, only Raoping County has four cities and four city gods, including Nanao City, Nanao is still under the jurisdiction of Raoping County at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Generally speaking, as long as the land is in a prosperous commercial port and a heavy military area, it is possible to build a city wall for defense. Tuopu Sandu Prefecture is located in Haiyang, at the junction of Chao'an, Jieyang, Chenghai and Chaoyang counties. According to the mouth of the Hanrong and Liangjiang rivers, merchant ships are often submerged here, and there are robbers who take advantage of their dangers to loot, which is a great disaster. In order to prevent pirates and pirates, Zhu Yuanzhang's second year, that is, the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, set up a thousand households in Pengzhou Duxialing Village. Twenty-five years later, in the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the Thousand Households Office was moved from Duxialing Village in Pengzhou to the west city of Tuojiang and built a city wall and moat. But it didn't change its name. It is not called the Thousand Households of the Tuojiang Guard, or it is still called the Thousand Households of the Pengzhou Guard, and the city built is also called the Pengzhou City, and the City God Temple is called the City God Temple of the Three Capitals of Tuopu. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, with the continuous growth of the three capitals of Tuopu. Chenghai County has set up the Tuopu Inspection Department as the management agency of public security, customs and coastal defense. At that time, Tuopu Sandu had become another prosperous sub-urban area in Chenghai County, where homespun cloth, porcelain, tea, southern sugar and fruits gathered in Tuopu Commercial Port.

Because at that time, the urban area of Shantou was called Tuopu Sandufu. It is also known as the Tuopu Inspection Division, so the folk of Pengzhou City are commonly known as Tuopu City, referred to as "Tuocheng". Because Tuopu Pengzhou City was built in the 27th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, that is, in 1394, and Chenghai County was only placed in the 42nd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, there is a saying in Shantou Tuopu area, "Before Chenghai County, there is Tuopu City first". In 1948, in the third year of Wanli in Chenghai County, the sand ridge of the Hanjiang Estuary in Guanghuabu had accumulated into a piece, called "Shaxianping". In the 56th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1717 AD), a chimney pier was built here to build a fort, which was called "Shaxian Head". From Yongzheng to Qianlong, the number of people who moved here to live here increased day by day, in addition to fishing, farming, but also using seawater to dry salt, salt dealers from all over the world also often come here to sell salt for sale. The Qing government set up a station here to collect salt taxes. Abbreviated as "Shantou". In 1861, Shantou was officially opened as a commercial port. In 1921, Chenghai County began to abolish the capital and establish districts and Shantou Port continued to prosper, the management functions and town trade were gradually replaced by Shantou, and the influence of Tuopu Pengzhou City gradually withdrew from history. …

Speaking of Tuopu Sandufu, Tuopu Sandu includes Tuojiang Capital, Crocodile Pudu, Pengzhou Capital, and what places in the urban area do today's Sandu refer to? Tuojiangdu: refers to today's Tuodong Street, Liantang Street, Wuqiao Street, and Dongfang Street in Jinping District. Crocodile Pudu: refers to the area of Yuepu Street, Qishan Street and Guanghua Street in Jinping District today. Pengzhoudu: refers to the entire jurisdiction of Longhu District today and includes Jinsha Street, Guangsha Street, Dongdun Street, and Guanghua Street in Jinping District. To put it simply, the Tuopu Sandu of that year was not today's Tuopu Town, but refers to the Jinping District and Longhu District of Shantou today. At that time, Pengzhou was not today's Pengzhou Village, but today's Longhu District.

However, in addition to this, there is also a saying, one is the name of the fish, a small freshwater fish... Blowing sand small fish. One solution is the name of the animal, i.e. the stingray, a type of crocodile. Commonly known as pig Po Long. The Hanjiang River was first called Yuanshui, the Tang Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty was called the Evil River, the Southern Song Dynasty was called the Crocodile River, and then changed to the Han River, and it was called the Hanjiang River after the Qing Dynasty. The Han River is divided into three tributaries, which are now called Beixi, Dongxi and Xixi. In ancient times, they were named after crocodiles, and they were called Crocodile Creek, Longxi, and Yongjiang. The Meixi River, Xinjin River, and Waisha River, which cross Shantou, are all tributaries of the Xixi River. The area around the center of Shantou was originally an island, because the water of the Yangtze River constantly brought the sediment from the upstream, filled the trench, and connected the island with the land, its name should naturally be called the island, because the word is really difficult to write and read, the ancients simplified it into the word Tuo. This is the origin of Tuo Island.

In the city of Shantou, there are countless delicacies, famous overseas, and the buildings of Shantou are also different from the high-rise buildings in big cities, although not high, but have a particularly casual atmosphere, the combination of modern architecture and fisherman culture, so that the city exudes a comfortable and quiet taste.

Many wanderers who go out to make a living are full of sincere feelings for this city, and overseas Chinese compatriots will never forget to return to their hometowns to appreciate the charm of this city.

Such a beautiful scenery is refreshing and enjoyable, but there is only one exception. Su Congwu looked at the city, but it was not a taste in her heart, this city that gave birth to her and raised her did not leave her with any good memories.

Su Congshuang seemed to see through Shui Ying's thoughts, and gently hugged her and comforted: "Don't be afraid of sister, I will accompany you."

"Hmm." Shui Ying nodded, in the final analysis, there is nothing wrong with this city and this world, what is really sinister is just the human heart.

After calming Shui Ying's emotions, another person became unhappy, and after enjoying the scenery of the seaside city, Sikong Yao suddenly turned his sharp eyes and reprimanded: "But, why did you come with you."

Following Sikong Yao's gaze, Bai Xia shrugged helplessly, and said helplessly, "Why can't I come?"

Sikong Yao glanced at Bai Xia, this guy came with him, and he always felt uncomfortable. Sikong Yao admonished: "I'll say it first, don't get in the way, in case the investigation is delayed, I won't be the first to spare you."

The corners of Bai Xia's mouth twitched slightly, such a big hat was buttoned down, it really made people cry and laugh, what would really delay the development of things was actually Sikong Yao's gluttonous heart.

But Bai Xia naturally didn't dare to resist at this moment, so he could only respond: "Yes, yes, yes."

When he came to Shantou, even Mr. K was silent and normal, and said: "I have heard that Shantou is the first food city in Guangdong, although the scenery is good, but this food is unknown."

Yifan is also in line with the Dao: "I heard the master of the Meteorite Pavilion say that in this place in Shantou, there is a kind of food that is extremely exquisite in speed and strength, called beef balls, I don't know if it's true?"

Su Congshuang, as a native of Shantou, naturally wants to do the friendship of the landlord at this time, guide the guide for everyone, and said: "There are countless snacks and delicacies in Shantou, and the food of Shantou reflects the profound heritage of Chaoshan food culture, which is more famous, there are local snacks such as Lao Ma Gong Zongqiu, Xitianxiang oyster branding, Xinxing fried cake, and the shrimp bamboo shoots in the fragrant snack shop are also very good, such as spring rolls and rice rolls and other dim sum are also countless, and there are a variety of seafood flavors on Nanao Island farther away, and seaweed is also civilized overseas. In addition, the beef balls you said are also a major feature here, if you come to Shantou, it would be a pity if you didn't eat an authentic Chaoshan hot pot. ”…

It is not a loss that he is a native of Shantou, and the food in Shantou was brought by Su Congshuang, which made everyone salivate.

Sikong Yao said excitedly: "Let's go, let's eat immediately."

"Uh, aren't you going to investigate the poisoning?" The naïve Su Congshuang didn't seem to understand Sikong Yao's intention to really come to Shantou, and still stupidly thought that this was the case.

Sikong Yao said slyly: "Oh, if you don't have a full stomach, where can you have the strength to investigate, you can't say that you can't eat authentic Chaoshan hot pot, even if you come in vain, you have to fill your stomach first."

Yifan echoed: "I agree with this."

The demeanor of the eldest brother, who has always been steady and mature, also exposed the attributes of foodies at this moment, and at this time Su Congshuang understood why this large group would follow, protecting Sikong Yao is fake, and foraging is true.

Sighing helplessly, Su Congshuang said: "Okay, first of all, the first stop is the most authentic Xie Ji Beef City in Shantou." (To be continued......)