The prefecture-level cities under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province are located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, bordering Longyan and Zhangzhou in Fujian Province in the east, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shanwei in the south, Heyuan in the west and Ganzhou in Jiangxi Province in the north.
It has jurisdiction over Meijiang District, Meixian District, Pingyuan County, Jiaoling County, dapu county, Fengshun County and Wuhua County, and has jurisdiction over xingning city. Total area 15800 km2.
By the end of 2020, the registered population was 5,439,600 and the permanent population was 3,873,200.
There are more than 5 million Chinese and overseas Chinese in Meizhou, which is one of the key hometown of overseas Chinese and one of the important ancestral homes of compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Of the 5 million Hakkas in Taiwan Province Province, 6.5438+0.8 million are from Meizhou. ?
In 20 13, China (Meizhou) Immigrants Memorial Square, the only immigrant memorial project in China established by UNESCO, was completed in Songkou Town, Meixian County, and the World Overseas Chinese Immigrants Exhibition Hall was officially opened. In 20 13, the CCTV Mid-Autumn Festival was successfully held. ?
Meizhou is the hometown of Marshal Ye Jianying, a famous old revolutionary base and a cross-strait exchange base. It is the only prefecture-level city in Guangdong that belongs to the former Central Soviet Area. Meizhou is a national historical and cultural city, a national ecological civilization demonstration zone, a national Hakka cultural ecological protection experimental zone, an East Asian cultural capital, an excellent tourist city in China, a national garden city, a national health city and a national forest city. It is a famous hometown of culture, overseas Chinese, football, generals, longevity, golden pomelo, hot springs, Hakka cuisine and peace.
According to the 2000 census, the Han population in Meizhou accounts for 99.94%, and there are 38 ethnic minorities with a population of 0.2 1.0000. Two foreigners were naturalized in China. In 20 19, there were more than 20 ethnic minorities living in Meizhou, including She, Zhuang, Yao, Manchu, Hui and Miao, with a registered population of 9,489 and a floating population of about 70,000. ? Feng Ping Village in Fengshun County is the only minority (She nationality) settlement in Meizhou.
There are two dialects in Meizhou:
Hakka
? Meizhou is a relatively concentrated settlement of Hakka people, and Hakka dialect is the main language. Except for about 1 100000 people in Tangkeng, Tangnan and huangliu town in Fengshun County, most people use Chaoshan dialect. ?
Teochew dialect
Fengshun County, Meizhou City is located at the junction of Hakka dialect and Minnan dialect, and 20% of the territory speaks Chaoshan dialect, which can also be divided into Liuwei dialect and Tangnan dialect. Chaoshan dialect is mainly distributed in the southeast of the county seat. There are many villages that speak Chaoshan dialect, and some towns where tourists and tourists live together, such as Tangkeng, Huang Liu and Tangnan Town. Quite a few people can speak two languages. ?
Now, the specialty of Meizhou, Shatian pomelo.
Meizhou is the largest pomelo producing area in Guangdong province, the largest shatian pomelo producing base in the world and the second largest pomelo producing base in China. It was awarded the titles of "Hometown of Golden Pomelo in China" and "Hometown of Honey Pomelo in China". Pomelo fruit industry has become the pillar industry of Meizhou agriculture.
Meizhou Jinyou has large fruit, beautiful appearance, regular fruit shape and gourd shape; The peel is yellow, smooth, uniform and clean; The flesh is sweet and refreshing, with honey flavor, crisp and slag. ?
It is also called "natural canned food" because of its rich nutrition and high medicinal value, and because of its storage and transportation resistance, it can be preserved for half a year under natural ventilation conditions. ?
Meizhou golden pomelo tastes sweet and sour, and its nature is cold. "Rihuazi Materia Medica" says that it has the functions of "treating pregnant women with less food and weak mouth, removing bad breath in the stomach, promoting digestion, removing gastrointestinal qi and relieving wheat poisoning". Eating grapefruit regularly has the functions of invigorating stomach, moistening lung, enriching blood, clearing intestine and relaxing bowels, which can promote wound healing and has a good auxiliary effect on septicemia. Grapefruit contains naringin, a physiologically active substance, which can reduce blood viscosity and reduce the formation of thrombus, so it has a good preventive effect on cerebrovascular diseases such as cerebral thrombosis and stroke, and is especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people. Grapefruit contains a lot of vitamin C and calcium, which helps to prevent the occurrence of intestinal cancer and gastric cancer. Fresh pomelo meat is an ideal food for diabetic patients because it contains insulin-like components. ?
The honor of Meizhou grapefruit:
65438-0995 Meixian was awarded "Hometown of Golden Pomelo in China" by the organizing committee of the first China Hometown of Top 100 Specialty Products.
In 2006, Meizhou Golden Pomelo won the national certification for the protection of geographical indication products.
In 2008, it won the Golden Pomelo Award in the Guangdong Provincial Quality Citrus Appraisal.
Meizhou Jinyou won the gold medal in the second China Agricultural Expo; The 3rd China Agricultural Expo and 1999 China International Agricultural Expo were recognized as brand-name products. * * * won the national pomelo appraisal gold medal for six times; Awarded the title of "China Famous Fruit" by China Fruit Circulation Association. ?
On February 25th, 20 14, the Ministry of Agriculture officially released the national catalog of famous and special new agricultural products in 20 13, and Meizhou Jinyou was selected as the national catalog of famous and special new agricultural products. ?
2019165438+10 month 15, Meixian Jinyou was selected in the catalogue of agricultural brands in China. ?
On July 27th, 2020, Meizhou Jinyou was selected as the second batch of protected geographical indications in Central Europe. ?