Chaoshan refers to the three cities of Chaozhou, Shantou and Jieyang.

The Chaoshan area is located on the southeast coast of Guangdong Province. It belongs to the Chaoshan cultural area and the Chaoshan dialect area. It is the ancestral home and concentration place of the Chaoshan people, the birthplace and prosperity of Chaoshan culture, It is an area where Chaozhou dialect and Chaoshan culture are popular. The Chaoshan area generally refers to the three cities of Chaozhou, Shantou and Jieyang. The Chaoshan region in a broad sense includes the four cities of Shantou (Special Economic Zone), Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shanwei.

Chaoshan and Taiwan face each other. The four cities of Chaoshan are close to each other in terms of geography, culture, folk customs and language. Chaoshan is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese and one of the important ancestral places of compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It is the hometown of more than 30 million overseas Chaoshan people and is the birthplace of Thaksin, the first of the five emperors of Thailand. home. A batch of overseas Chinese from Chaoshan were selected into the Memory of the World Register.

Chaoshan is a famous national historical and cultural city, the Asian Jade Capital, a famous Chinese medicine city, and an industrial base for textiles, hardware, stainless steel, and daily ceramics. Shantou’s 11 Taobao towns rank first in Guangdong. Since the Song Dynasty, it has been known as "a famous state in the mountains and seas, a state in the south, and a seaside state". The famous contemporary writer Lao She wrote a poem, "I long for the autumn of Chaoshan for decades".

Characteristic attractions in Chaoshan

1. CITIC Golf Seaside Resort

It is the first batch of national AAAA-level tourist attractions in Chaoshan. It is located in the beautiful Haojiang District of Shantou City. On Longhu Beach, there is a four-star resort hotel with the largest green area in eastern Guangdong.

2. Lianhua Rural Tourism Area

It is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction. It is a landscape-type and ecological rural tourist area with natural landscape and cultural diversity.

3. Fantawild Happy World·Blue Mercury Park

It is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction. It is located at the eastern gateway of Shantou and the starting point of the eastern new city of Shantou, covering an area of ??240,000 square meters. , with an annual reception capacity of 2 million people, is the largest high-tech theme park in eastern Guangdong.

4. Lotus Peak

Located on the seaside of Haimen Town, Chaoyang District, Shantou City, the scenic spot is surrounded by the sea on three sides and backed by mountains on one side. It is a good place for tourism and vacation. In 2001, it became One of the first batch of national AAA tourist attractions in Guangdong Province.

5. Wangtian Lake Ecological Agricultural Leisure Tourism Area

It is a national 4A-level tourist attraction. It is located in Wangtian Lake in Guanghe Caoshan, Baita Town, Jiedong District, creating an agricultural tourist area. , rural recreation area, lakeside resort, ecological conservation area and traditional Chinese medicine tea park.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chaoshan Area