明代中叶浙江为御倭而建的城堡——以乐清县为例

The Castles Built to Resist the Japanese Pirates in Zhejiang Province in the Middle Period of Ming Dynasty——Take Yueqing County as An Example

明洪武末年,日本虽由北朝统一,但失败的南朝武士、政客、浪人、海盗互相勾结为倭寇,不时骚扰中国。至嘉靖朝,日本处于战国时期,王权失控,在领主支持下,倭寇更勾结中国奸商、豪主、海盗,釀成一代倭患。烧杀掳掠,生灵涂炭,幸赖戚继光等将领联合人民奋起抗御,平息倭患,而浙江人民爱国爱乡,筑城堡、练乡兵,现遗存的烽堠城堡就是实物见证。

In the last years of Hongwu’s reign in the Ming dynasty,although the Japanese Northern Dynasty was of unification,in the Japanese Southern Dynasty,the failed samurais,politicians and ronins colluded with each other to be pirates,harassing China from time to time.Up to Jiajing’sreign in the Ming dynasty,Japan was in the warring states period,its kingship was out of control,and the Japanese piratesunder the support of the Japanese lords,colluded with Chinese profiteers,local tyrants and pirates,becoming a generation of pirate power,and they committed all manners of crimes.But the Chinese coastal people under the leading of Qi Jiguang and other generals rose to resist,and at last put an end to the pirate disaster.At that time the patriotic Zhejiang people built castles and organized village troops to join the action.Now the remaining beacon tower castle is the witness to the history.