(Redirected from Nanhai District)'Nanhai' (南海) is a
district of
Foshan prefecture-level city, in
Guangdong province, southern
China.
History
The town was established in 1271 by two brothers carrying their fathers bones. They were fleeing south from the Mongols on a bamboo raft when a violent storm shipwrecked them. The brothers settled down there and the position of the wreck is commemorated by a shrine. This area was named Broken Raft Point.
Famous people from Nanhai:
Wong Fei Hung
External Link
Mango Kwan's site contains pictures and history in Chinese.
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