Dianbai District is a municipal district of Maoming City, Guangdong Province. It is located in the southwest coast of Guangdong, bordering Gaozhou and Yangchun in the north, Yangxi in the east, Maonan District and Wuchuan in the west and Nanhai in the south. 201April 18 was formed by the merger of Dianbai County and Maogang District of Maoming City.
Dianbai District is the only coastal county-level administrative region within the jurisdiction of Maoming City, and its coastal area is an important part of Maoming Binhai New Area in Guangdong Province. Qijing Town belongs to Maoming High-tech Industrial Development Zone; Nanhai Street belongs to Shuidongwan New Town.
The origin of the name
Electric white is called electricity for short, and it is named after lightning. Why is there the name "Dianbai"? There are two legends: First, when Dianbai was first built, its back hill was Baoshan. There is a cave on the cliff of Baoshan, which is unfathomable According to legend, if a stone is thrown into a rock, it will thunder and immediately flash white light, so it is called "electric white".
2. From Dianbai to Leizhou Peninsula, it is located in the southwest of Guangdong. The land is dry, and it thunders all the year round. Especially in summer, it often destroys things and hurts people and animals, so it is named Dianbai and Leizhou. This theory is named after lightning and lightning.
In addition, Dianbai has been rich in agarwood (Aquilaria sinensis) since ancient times. This major also has a profound historical and cultural origin and foundation with the heroine, Mrs Sendai, and the Tang Emperor Li Shimin. Whether the name of Dianbai is also related to "agarwood" remains to be verified by experts.