Humanities and History of Dongguan Songshan Lake High-tech Development Zone

As far back as 400 years ago in the Ming Dynasty, the commodity economy in Guangdong had already reached considerable scale, forming the four famous fair markets: incense market, medicine market, flower market, and pearl market, among which The incense market that sells native agarwood is the most prosperous. Today's Songshan Lake area is not only the origin of incense wood, but also the center of the incense market. ?According to historical records, agarwood was introduced to Guangdong in the Tang Dynasty and was widely cultivated in the Song Dynasty. Because it was mainly concentrated in Dongguan, it was also called Guanxiang. Regarding Wanxiang, there is a beautiful story circulated by the locals: girls are responsible for washing and drying Wanxiang. They often hide the best incense pieces in their breasts in exchange for powder. The best incense, hence the name Nvxiang. After the Wanxiang is grown, processed, and packaged, it is manually picked to Hong Kong and then shipped to Southeast Asia. Hong Kong is also named Tongji Bridge

In Songshan Lake Crescent Bay Valley Park, there is a stone-paved bridge "Tongji Bridge". This is a stone bridge from the Song Dynasty. In ancient times, people in Dongguan had the custom of crossing bridges during the Lantern Festival. The proverb "If you walk to Tongji, there will be no blindness" is well known in Dongguan. It means that if you walk to "Tongji", you will have no worries and sorrows, and everything will go smoothly. Every year on the night of the 15th to the 16th of the first lunar month, every household, old and young, holds windmills, shakes wind chimes, and carries lettuce, and walks across the Tongji Bridge. "Tongji Bridge" is 10 meters long and lies in the valley and lake. The bridge was originally laid at the junction of Yuanmei Village and Shenghe Village in Nancheng. Later, due to the construction of Hongfu Road, it needed to be demolished and was "invited" to Gougu Park by the Songshan Lake Management Committee. You can take a walk with your family on "Tongji Bridge" and pray for peace and success in the future. In the ravine where birds are singing, flowers are fragrant, waves are sparkling, and tree shadows are slanting across the valley, holding on to the stone railings of the ancient bridge, the sounds of people walking on the thousand-year-old bridge echo in my heart, and I cherish this "paradise"-like wetland ecological world. Aqueduct

The aqueduct is located in the ravine scenic area and is a typical water conservancy facility during the period of agricultural learning from Dazhai in the 1960s and 1970s. The remaining aqueduct is 66 meters long and 75 centimeters wide, supported by 12 brick square columns. It was mainly used to divert water to irrigate farmland. Stopping under the aqueduct, staring at the slogans from the Cultural Revolution era on the square pillars of the aqueduct, the scene of the bustling people and rushing water in the passionate era appeared before our eyes and echoed in our ears, making us feel overwhelmed and filled with emotion. There is a pillar standing like a giant pen in Songshan Lake. According to legend, Lai Buyi, a famous Feng Shui expert in the early Ming Dynasty, followed the dragon's veins to this place.

He saw a mountain like a golden hairpin, which resembled the relics of seven fairies; This relic of the guardian fairy. Lai Buyi did not dare to reveal the secret, so he inserted the brush in his hand with a copper sleeve on the ground, which meant the treasured land of the No. 1 Scholar. The locals called this pillar the No. 1 Scholar's Brush. According to historical records, the ancestor's grave was buried in the Lichuan Qi family of Zhuangyuanbi, and his descendants studied hard for generations. When he came to Qishunzhong, he was selected as the top scholar, but he violated the emperor's taboo and missed the first prize. He was awarded the second top and second prizes instead. Later, he went to Korea as an ambassador and became famous. Nowadays, the Zhuangyuan Bi, together with Jinchailing and Niu Mianshi, form a scenic spot, and the Zhuangyuan Bi has become a living teaching material for local people to inspire their children and grandchildren to study hard. Guanyingyuan In August 2002, a group of young people from Dongguan who were admitted to key universities planted the Wanxiang tree, which represents Dongguan's rich historical and cultural heritage, in Songshan Lake, which symbolizes the new direction of Dongguan's economic development, to express Their deep nostalgia and ardent expectations for the future of Dongguan are called "Guanying Garden".