Xin.27an County Great Clearance

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1 xin county

1.1 enforcement
1.2 end of ban
1.3 legacy





xin county
enforcement

enforcement of drastic measure extended xin county (which covered territory of modern-day shenzhen , hong kong) , adjacent counties of guangdong in 1661. 2 inspections determined areas cleared. @ time of first inspection distance of 50 li coast, calculated two-thirds of territory of county affected. year later boundary extended further inland, , remained of county absorbed adjoining dongguan county. 5th year of kangxi, xin had ceased separate administrative county. when new boundaries fixed, inhabitants living outside them given notice move inland. these orders enforced troops. result whole communities uprooted native place, deprived of means of livelihood , compelled settle could. rural people risked lives if ignored government edict move, or ventured prohibited area. recorded 16,000 persons xin driven inland. territory of hong kong became largely wasteland during ban.


end of ban

the ban lifted in 1669, following request governor-general of guangdong , guangxi zhou youde (周有德) , governor of guangdong wang lairen (王來任), , residents allowed return original homes. 1,648 of left said have returned when evacuation rescinded in 1669.


legacy

the chou wong yi kung study hall in shui tau tsuen erected in 1685 tang clan in honour of zhou youde , wang lairen.


the evacuation of coast followed prolonged earlier years of miseries , had profound effect on lives of population , on pattern of future settlement. survivors hardships did not end when returned take interrupted lives in old homes, recorded destructive typhoons in 1669 , 1671 destroyed new houses in many places. evacuation has had great impact on minds of local people , descendants. recalled in genealogies , traditions of of longsettled clans of county: commemorated in construction , continued repair of temples 2 officials strove have order rescinded. example chou wong yi kung study hall in shui tau tsuen, in kam tin, hong kong, erected in 1685 tang clan in honour of zhou youde , wang lairen. event remembered centuries later manufacture , sale pedlars of images of 2 men, recorded yuen long district of new territories of hong kong @ end of 19th century.


hakka dialect speaking communities thought have arrived in hong kong area after rescinding of coastal evacuation order. immigration area assisted government after order rescinded. formerly established punti clans came back, expanded ancestral halls, built study halls , set market towns in yuen long, tai po , sheung shui.


beacon hill in hong kong named after beacon, garrison stationed enforce decree.








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