The Historical Origin of Chaoyang Where does Chaoyang City belong

Chaoyang City belongs to Shantou City, Guangdong Province.

Chaoyang City was withdrawn from the city in 2003 and set up as Chaoyang District of Shantou City.

Chaoyang was placed as a county in the first year of Long'an in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (397 AD), and in 1993, the county was withdrawn to set up a city (county level), and in 2003, the city was divided into Chaoyang District and Chaonan District, which were placed under the jurisdiction of Shantou City. The Chaoyang area covers an area of square kilometers and is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in the country.

Chaoyang District is located in the southeast of Guangdong Province, bordering the South China Sea and close to the Tropic of Cancer. The landform of the whole region is dominated by hills and plains, and there are two major water systems, Lianjiang River and Rongjiang River. The transportation is convenient, there are National Highway 324, Shenzhen-Shantou Expressway, Provincial Highway 234, Provincial Highway 237, Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway and Shanzhan, Chaohui, Jiehui and Chaoshan Ring Road four expressways pass through the border.

Chaoyang District Division

As of July 2019, Chaoyang District has jurisdiction over 4 sub-districts of Wenguang, Chengnan, Mianbei and Jinpu and 9 towns of Haimen, Heping, Gurao, Guiyu, Tongyu, Hexi, Xilu, Guanbu and Jinzao. Specifically, the following towns are introduced:

1. Haimen Town is close to the South China Sea, the mouth of the Lianjiang River, located at the southeast coast of Chaoyang District, facing Jingdu Town of Chaonan District across the Lianjiang River in the West Silver Belt, Haojiang District in the northeast, and Chengnan Street in the northwest. The area is square kilometers, of which the sea area is carefully accumulated in square kilometers.

2. Xilu Town is located at the estuary of the west bank of the lower reaches of the Rongjiang River, in the northwest of Chaoyang City, across the river from Shantou City in the northeast, Hexi Town in the southeast, Heping, Tongyu and Gurao Town in the south and west, and Guanbu Town in the north.

3. Jinzao Town is located in the northwest of Chaoyang District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province, on the south bank of the Rongjiang River, bordering Guanbu in the east, Jieyang in the northwest, and Gurao and Guiyu in the south across the mountain (there is a highway to communicate).

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - Chaoyang District.

Chaozhou City is located in the southern Xinjiang of the motherland, located in the middle and lower reaches of the Hanjiang River, and is a port city on the eastern coast of Guangdong Province. It is bordered by Zhao'an County and Pinghe County of Fujian Province in the east, Jiedong District of Jieyang City, Guangdong Province in the west, Fengshun County and Dapu County of Meizhou City in the north, Nanhai and Shantou City in the south. The total area of the city is 3,679 square kilometers, of which 3,146 square kilometers are land, 533 square kilometers are sea, and the coastline of the sea (island) is 136 kilometers.

The name of Chaozhou began in the tenth year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui (591). Its name is taken"In the island of tides, the tide goes back and forth". Teochew culture runs through the entire social life of Teochew people.

The Chaozhou culture represented by the Chaozhou dialect, Chaozhou opera, Chaozhou **, Chaozhou gongfu tea, Chaozhou cuisine, and Chaozhou embroidery has far-reaching influence and is well-known at home and abroad.

Chaozhou is the place with the most dense cultural relics and historic sites in eastern Guangdong, and these cultural relics have the characteristics of concentrated distribution and complete variety. Among the five national key cultural relics protection units, there are four ancient bridges in China that were built in the Southern Song Dynasty.

1. Guangji Bridge, known as the world's first opening and closing stone bridge.

There are rare Song Dynasty mansion buildings in China, the Kaiyuan Temple that condenses the essence of the architectural art of various dynasties since the Tang Dynasty, the Huanggong Temple that collects the culmination of Chaozhou wood carving, and the Song kiln ruins of Bijia Mountain that reflect the prosperity of the Chaozhou ceramic industry in the Song Dynasty. Provincial and municipal key cultural relics protection units also include the Hanwen Ancestral Hall, the ancient city wall of the Ming Dynasty, the Guangji Gate City Tower, the Hanbi Tower, etc.

Chaozhou celebrity: Mr. Xie Guomin, ancestral home in Chenghai City. Honorary Citizen of Chaozhou City.

Chairman of CP (C.P.) Group and Chairman of Asia Telecom (Volkswagen) **** under the Group, Vice Chairman of the Thai-Chinese Friendship Association, and the first President of the China Association of Overseas Chinese Investment Enterprises. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in business by the King of Thailand.