Pinghai Ancient City is reputed as a "living fossil" of Lingnan culture. Pinghai Ancient City, 53 kilometers away to the southeast of Ping Shan, Huizhou county, has a history of more than six hundred years, and was always a key military town for coastal defense and the gateway for maritime transportation imports and exports in the southern region of Huizhou. The city wall of Pinghai Ancient City is over 1700 meters in circumference and 6 meters high, built with bricks made by local kilns, and has 720 battlements. To this day, Pinghai Ancient City still retains four gate towers, parts of the city wall, an intact cross ancient street, most of the ancient civilian houses, a number of ancient temples, ancient cultural sites, and a large number of historical relics.