Guangdong hides an ancient town that was established as a county during the Qin Dynasty over a thousand years ago

Tuocheng was the earliest established ancient county in Lingnan, with the Qin Dynasty setting up the county government in Longchuan County here. It was later renamed Tuocheng in honor of Zhao Tuo, the first county magistrate of Longchuan, who later became the 'King of Nanyue'. After Emperor Qin Shi Huang unified the Central Plains, he sent an army of 500,000 to pacify Lingnan, and Zhao Tuo accompanied the army southward, with Longchuan being his first stop and where he stayed on as the first county magistrate. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, he carved out a territory in Lingnan and later established the Nanyue Kingdom, becoming King Wuling of Nanyue. Zhao Tuo had a significant impact on the culture of Lingnan and the origins of Hakka culture. During his tenure, Zhao Tuo proposed a series of suggestions and measures that promoted the integration of the Han people from the Central Plains with the various ethnic groups of the Baiyue, which is also the earliest origin of the local Hakka people and the formation of Lingnan culture. This also resulted in the small village of Tuocheng having nearly 180 surnames and about 50 ancestral halls. Tuocheng is a very quiet town with both pastoral scenery and cultural atmosphere. The entire town is an open scenic area, where the bricks and tiles within the town are preserved relics. Later generations have only carried out repairs on this basis, trying to maintain the original appearance as much as possible.