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The Origin of Jiangmen
Jiangmen City is named "Jiangmen" because it is located at the intersection of Xijiang River and its tributary-Pengjiang River, and Yandun Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River faces Penglai Mountain in the north of the Yangtze River. Jiangmen was Xinhui County before the city was built. As early as the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368- 1388), a fair was formed here. /kloc-At the beginning of the 7th century, Jiangmen market flourished due to commerce and trade, and gradually became the trade center of the Pearl River Delta, where most of the goods in the middle and lower reaches of the Xijiang River were distributed. 1904, Jiangmen was opened as a foreign trade port, and Jiangmen North Street Customs was established, which was one of the eight customs in Guangdong. Western modern industry and culture have also been introduced and developed. 1925 Jiangmen is designated as a provincial city. 193 1, cancel the municipal organizational system and return to Xinhui county. 1949 10 Jiangmen was liberated on October 23rd. 195 1 year 1 month Jiangmen was changed to a provincial city. Later, it was successively under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Central Administrative Office, Zhaoqing District and Foshan District. 1983 Jiangmen has been designated as a prefecture-level city under provincial jurisdiction, and a new system of city governing counties has been implemented, which governs seven counties, namely Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, Enping, Heshan, Yangjiang and Yangchun. 1988, Yangjiang and Yangchun were separated and Yangjiang City was established. From 1992 to 1994, five counties have been removed from counties to set up cities, which are managed by Jiangmen City. In September 2002, Xinhui was divided into districts and merged into Jiangmen City. Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, Enping and Heshan are called "Wuyi" at home and abroad.