Xinhui has a history of more than 2000 years. Qin and Han Dynasties belonged to Nanhai County. In the first year of Wu in the Three Kingdoms (222), the government set up Pingyi County near Hezhen Village, which was the beginning of the establishment of administrative divisions in Xinhui. (East) Xinhui County was established in the late Jin Dynasty (420) and in the tenth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (590). During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was renamed as Zhou Gang, and it was also called "Lingnan Ancient Three States" with guangzhou fu and Chaozhou Prefecture. Xinhui is a famous historical and cultural city in southern Guangdong, which has long been the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of Siyi area. 1992 Withdraw counties and set up cities.
Xinhui is the birthplace of Lingnan School and Lingnan Piano School, and is known as "Zou Lu by the Sea". There are many cultural relics and historic sites in Xinhui, including Beiqiu in Neolithic Age, ancient pagodas in Sui Dynasty, ceramics and kiln sites in Tang Dynasty, Confucius Temple in Song Dynasty, Yamen naval battle site in Song and Yuan Dynasties, Yashan Temple, ancient forts and ancient pagodas in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Xinhui Academy, which is comparable to Chenjiaci in Guangzhou, Yutai Temple in Guifeng Mountain, one of the four jungles in Guangdong, and the former residence of Liang Qichao, a national key cultural relic protection unit. Xinhui has beautiful scenery and many scenic spots. Bird of Paradise and Guifeng Mountain National Forest Park are famous at home and abroad. Chishiyan, Gongkeng Temple, Yuhu Resort, Dou Gu Resort and Yinhu Bay are good places to travel.
Xinhui is the most prosperous area in Guangdong history, and is known as "the fist of Dongguan must be a new pen". Since the Ming Dynasty, the cultural education of Xinhui has been very developed. It is one of the cities that produce the most scholars, juren and academicians of the two academies in China. It has produced many outstanding figures who have made important contributions to the country. It can be said that talents and scholars come forth in large numbers. Among them, Feng Ye, Rong Feng and Feng Bao (the husband of Mrs. Xian), the "three secretaries" of the Northern and Southern Dynasties; During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Zhang Pseudo and Li Zhen went out of the capital together with great scholars, which was called "one Li Sanxian". The contemporary three generations, together with Chen Yuan and Chen Lesu, and known as "three historians", as well as Liang Qichao, a modern enlightenment thinker, Feng, a famous Chinese oil painter and art educator, have long been praised by the world.