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Fig. 1.5 The distribution of archaeological heritages investigated around Yuegang seaport

carry out sea ban policy at Yuegang, the imperial court of Ming Dynasty set up Anbian
Guan (!!!, Border Security Bureau) at Haicang (!&, now the west district of Xiamen)
in the 9th year of Jiajing (!!) period (1530), set up Jinghai Guan (!!!, Sea Defending
Bureau) at Yuegang in the 30th year of Jiajing period (1551) and reformed the name as
Haifang Guan (!%!, Sea Guard Bureau) in the 42th year of Jiajing period (1563). The
new county of Haicheng was established up in Longqing (!$) period (1567–1572) in the
boundary region of Longxi (!%) and Zhangpu (!() counties for managing and
improving the maritime trade after revising the sea ban policy.Yuegang lies at a location
connecting the Jiulongjiang river and open sea of Taiwan Strait, with the situation as
crescent shape. (Chen and Deng 1968, pp. 17, 18)
After the establishment of new administration Haicheng county and the
changing of the maritime ban policy, the imperial court of Ming Dynasty opened