Dapeng Peninsula or Dapengbandao () is a peninsula in the east of Longgang district, that lies in the easternmost part of

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

in the Guangdong Province in

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.To the southwest of the peninsula is

Mirs Bay Mirs Bay (also known as Tai Pang Wan, Dapeng Wan, Dapeng Bay, or Mers Bay; ) is a bay in the northeast of Kat O and Sai Kung Peninsula of Hong Kong. The north and east shores are surrounded by Yantian and Dapeng New District of Shenzhen. Ping C ...

and to the northeast is

Daya Bay Daya Bay (), formerly known as Bias Bay, is a bay of the South China Sea on the south coast of Guangdong Province in China. It is bordered by Shenzhen's Dapeng Peninsula to the west and Huizhou to the north and east. History The bay was a hideo ...

. The

Dapeng dialect The Dapeng dialect () is a Chinese dialect, a variant of Cantonese with a strong Hakka influence that was originally only spoken on the Dapeng Peninsula of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The Chinese diaspora has spread the dialect to places with lar ...

is the main dialect across the whole peninsula. The

Dapeng Fortress Dapeng Fortress (; Dapeng dialect ) or Dapengsuocheng is a walled village in the subdistrict Dapeng, district Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. The village lies 55 kilometers from the center of Shenzhen. History Dapeng Fortress ...

(Dapengcheng) was built to protect the inhabitants from attacks by Japanese pirates (''

wokou ''Wokou'' (; Japanese: ''Wakō''; Korean: 왜구 ''Waegu''), which literally translates to "Japanese pirates" or "dwarf pirates", were pirates who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century to the 16th century.

'') during the late

Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

. During the

Second Opium War The Second Opium War (), also known as the Second Anglo-Sino War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a colonial war lasting from 1856 to 1860, which pitted the British Empire and the French Emp ...

there was a possibility of

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as part of

British Hong Kong Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the Briti ...

. Ultimately the area was never occupied by the British. During the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...

the region saw a major

famine A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, natural disasters, crop failure, Demographic trap, population imbalance, widespread poverty, an Financial crisis, economic catastrophe or government policies. Th ...

, just like the rest of rural China.

Geography

The Dapeng Peninsula extends southwards from continental China and is surrounded by Mirs Bay to the west and Daya Bay to the east. The peninsula encompasses 294.18 km² in land area and has a 133.22 km long coastline. The peninsula is located near several islands under the jurisdiction of

Huizhou Huizhou ( zh, c= ) is a city in central-east Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, Shaoguan to the north, Heyu ...

Tung Ping Chau Tung Ping Chau () is an island in Hong Kong, part of Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark. It is also known as Ping Chau (). ''Tung'' (, meaning ''east'') is prepended to the name at times so as to avoid possible confusion with '' Peng Chau'' ...

(an island in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

) is located off the west coast of the peninsula. The Yanba Expressway (Provincial Highway S30) runs through the northern areas of the peninsula, and the provincial highway S359 runs through the entirety of the peninsula, ending at the southern tip of the peninsula. The highest point of the peninsula is

Qiniangshan Qiniangshan () is a mountain in Nan'ao Subdistrict, Dapeng Peninsula. At 869 metres above sea level, it is the second tallest mountain in Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and ...

, which is located at 869 metres above sea level.

Tourism

The Dapeng Peninsula is a noted tourist attraction, and the peninsula itself was selected as one of the most beautiful

beaches A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shel ...

of China by '' Chinese National Geography''. One of the best beaches is Xichong, in the south of the peninsula. DaPeng Peninsula is one of the few industrialized beachfront cities, and it is part of Shenzhen.

Notable people

Lai Enjue Lai Enjue ( Chinese:赖恩爵, 1795-1848), also known as ''Jian Ting'' (简廷) was a late Qing military general. He was from Dapeng Fortress, Xin'an County, Guangdong (within modern-day Dapeng New District, Shenzhen), and has ancestry from Zij ...

Deanie Ip Deanie Ip (born 25 December 1947) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She has won the Hong Kong Film Awards once for Best Actress and three times for Best Supporting Actress. Deanie also won the Golden Horse Awards once for Best Leading Actres ...

Gallery

File:Xichong.jpg, The beach at Xichong File:Dapengmap.png, Map showing location of the peninsula File:Qiniangshan, Shenzhen.jpg, Qiniangshan, which is the tallest point on the peninsula

References

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