镇海为宁波市组合型城区三大片之一,地处东海之滨的甬江入海口,东临舟山群岛,西连宁绍平原,毗邻深水良港北仑港,北扼杭州湾,自古就是对外经济交往重要的贸易港口。早在北宋淳化三年(公元992年),杭州之两浙路市舶司曾迁于此达4年之久。此后,元、明、清各朝也相继设立过类似海关的管理机构。同时,镇海素有“浙东门户”、“海天雄镇”之称,是我国重要的海防要地。自公元486年起历朝都在镇海驻军,在县境近200里海岸线上设置卫城、戍所、关隘、汛地等军事设施多处,烽台昼烟夜火互相接应。全长4800米、始建于唐代的后海塘就是其中有代表性的见证。镇海先后经历了抗倭、抗英、抗法和抗日4次闻名中外的反侵略战争的战火洗礼,在我国抵抗外来侵略史上留下了悲壮的一页。特别是在抗法战争中,镇海名扬四海,威震欧洲。1885年3月1日,法国侵略军5艘装甲巡洋舰(最多时达10余艘)由远东舰队总司令孤拔带队攻击镇海。镇海军民众志成城,同仇敌忾,奋起抗击,经过历时103天的战斗,重创法国远东舰队,击毙法国远东舰队总司令孤拔,取得了鸦片战争以来我国反侵略战争首次重大的胜利。 Zhenhai is one of the three major cities in Ningbo City. It is located at the mouth of the Yongjiang River on the coast of the East China Sea. It borders on the Zhoushan Archipelago to the east and the Ningshao Plain to the west. It is adjacent to the Beilun Port in the deep water port and Hangzhou Bay in the north. Trading port. As early as the Northern Song Dynasty Chunhua three years (AD 992), Hangzhou, Zhejiang Road, Shiping Division had moved to this for 4 years. Since then, the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties have also set up similar Customs administrations. At the same time, Zhenhai is known as “East Gateway to Zhejiang” and “Haitianxiong Town” and is an important coastal defense in China. Since 486 CE, both the DPRK and the DPRK have stationed troops in the Zhenhai Sea and set up a number of military installations such as the Acropolis, Garrison, Pass and Floodplaces on the nearly 200-mile coastline in the county. A total length of 4800 meters, was built in the Tang Dynasty Houhai Tong is one of the representative testimony. Zhenhai has successively experienced the war baptism of anti-Japanese, anti-British, anti-French and anti-Japanese warfare known 4 times at home and abroad, leaving a tragic page in our history of resisting foreign aggression. Especially in the Anti-French War, Zhenhai famous everywhere, Megatron Europe. March 1, 1885, the French invasion of five armored cruisers (up to more than 10) by the Far East Fleet commander isolated and lonely team led the attack on Zhenhai. The town of the Navy civilized, together with the enemy, rose to fight against, after 103 days of fighting, to defeat the French Far East fleet, killing the French Far East fleet commander-in-chief, made the first since the Opium War against aggression, the first major victory.