Shilou, formerly known as Shishitou, is also called "Snake Head" and "Shishitou" by local people. One said that the stone building was originally named Shishitou, because there are huge stones on Lianhua Mountain, which are as cool as lions, hence the name; Later, because of the rumors of the local accent, it was called Shilou. According to the Records of Chen Family Tree of Shilou, Chen's ancestral home in Shilou was Yidao County (now Longxi County, Gansu Province) in Nan 'an County of Jin Dynasty. The ancestor Chen Yuande (namely Chen Xuande) was the founding general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Because Emperor Wu usurped the throne, he abandoned his official and fled south with his family, and settled in Ningrenli (now Kengtou Village), Guilin Township, Panyu, Guangdong Province. His 22nd grandson, Chen Minxing, the ancestor of Shilou (1141-kloc-0/199), "determined to be outstanding but not vulgar", so he "followed the seashore to explore places of interest, and saw the buoyancy mountain (Lotus Mountain). Founded in the Southern Song Dynasty (1165-1174), it has been more than 830 years. " The original surnames of Shilou were "Chen Guanzheng, Zhu, Ma Caiqin Liang", but now many of them have declined or even disappeared except Chen. The village consists of East Covenant, Middle Covenant and West Covenant. In Qing Dynasty, there were comments on "Eight Scenes of Stone Building" such as birdsong in bamboo garden, cicada singing in litchi garden, sail shadow on lion river, pine shade in Maling, moon fishing in the stream, cloud hoe in Shapu, lotus stone recognizing Buddha and stone returning to firewood.
In the Qing Dynasty, the stone building belonged to Dalingbao and Shengtangbao of Jiaotang Company. During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, it belonged to Gangweishe Township. 1949 10, which is the resident of Yudong District Township Office. 1950 In May, the second district was changed. /kloc-in the spring of 0/953, the second area was divided into three areas and four areas, and Shilou was the resident of the third area. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/955, it was renamed Shilou District. /kloc-the area was evacuated in March, 1957, and it was divided into three major towns: Shilou, Hualong and Mingjing. 1958 10 Three townships merged into Shilou Group. In the same year, 65438+February was the Shilou grass-roots commune. 1March 959, Shilou commune. At the same time, two communes, Lianhuashan and Hualong, were separated. 1984 is Shilou District. 1987 is Shilou town. 1986 1 Analysis of William Village entering Lianhuashan Town. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lianhua Mountain was uninhabited. From February of 1957 to February of 1958+0 1, members of nine fishery production cooperatives, including Duntouji, moved and settled in succession to establish fishermen's villages. 1958 65438+ February is a private fishing village in Lianhua Mountain. 1March, 959, divided into Lianhuashan Commune. 1984 is the lotus mountain area. 1987 is Lianhuashan Town. In March 2002, Lianhuashan Town was merged into Shilou Town.