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Origin of Shenzhen's Name
The name of Shenzhen first appeared in 1410 during the Ming Dynasty. Local people call the drains in paddy fields "zhen" or "chong". The name "Shenzhen" means "deep drains", because this is an area crisscrossed with rivers and streams, and there are deep drains in the paddy fields. Shenzhen became a township at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. Shenzhen is also called roc city. As a famous Chinese legend goes, long ago, a big roc - a gigantic bird of Eastern legend flew to the South China Sea and was attracted by the scenery and decided to settle down here, thus making the name of roc city.
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