Dongguan ancient known as the mouth of the Moo Shu, according to legend, is the Great Yu chiseled stone beams, from then on the mountains and rivers are dangerous, soldiers must fight. According to the "Three Kingdoms", Wu and Chu confrontation, Sun Quan in 212 years to build Moo Shu Dock, 230 years to base Dongxing embankment, 252 years to end the left and right mountain gorges to build two cities, which is called the east and west of the two passes, a fierce battle for 40 years. Dongguan is located on the Chaohu Lake and the Yangtze River. It was a military town during the North and South Dynasties, the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The story of the war has been told by many heroes and sons and daughters.
Because of repeated military fire, the development is slow. After the founding of the country, set up a few handicraft associations and a stone factory, in 1958, the Ministry of Water Resources built Anhui Province Dongguan Cement Plant, building materials industry has flourished since then, the porcelain clay mine came into being, the formation of Henshan County, an important industrial base, to create a brilliant performance.
Today, Dongguan brand cement is still selling well, the brand is loud and clear, Anhui porcelain continues to generate foreign exchange, among the top ten national porcelain. Dongtai highway passenger and cargo access to Henshan and Wuhu, Maanshan, endless flow; Dongguan port transportation through the Chaohu Lake, Yangtze River, throughput boom. Here, the power supply conditions are unique, telecommunication links to thousands of households, junior high school reputation, the center of the elementary school is beautiful.
Community east of Chaohu City, the second hospital Dongguan Branch, medical equipment, fully functional; west of the county Chinese orthopedic hospital, Dai's orthopedic civilization near and far. Community up and down the three markets, the morning crowded, the size of the supermarket store business is booming; the sun of the mountain, the sun of the water, Dongguan is a good place. Dongguan community not only has a strong economic base, talent advantage, a good political ecology, stable and harmonious entrepreneurial environment, there is a rich cultural heritage, and therefore unlimited development potential, superior conditions for transformation. From the Taoist twenty-first cave flow out of longevity Peng favoritism, bring us food culture, fitness culture development space, from the "two passes, three temples and countless mountains," "born as Sun Zhongmou" of the ancient battlefields of the point of the Generals and horses; "Three Heroes", bring us the hope of tourism culture, leisure and cultural entrepreneurship. Dongguan is a place of great talent and great wealth, Dongguan people from all over the world, more open-mindedness of all over the world. A hot land, ten thousand hearts, eager to aspiring people to Dongguan entrepreneurial development, welcome the return of the cross-border pearl jade red son, hand in hand with innovation, and then build brilliant.
The end of 2005, the abolition of Dongguan Town, merged into the town of Linh Tou, with jurisdiction over 5 neighborhood committees, 20 village committees, covering an area of 151.5 square kilometers, with a population of 76,600 people, the township government is located in Linh Tou (the former Linh Tou township government site).