Han Yu, a famous politician and writer in the Tang Dynasty, was relegated to Chaozhou, Guangdong Province because of the failure of political struggle, and wrote the famous Sacrifice to Crocodiles. At that time, there was still a large number of human trafficking in Chaozhou, and it didn't change until Han Yu arrived. There are many exiled politicians like Han Yu.

Because Guangdong and Hainan were used as exile places for most of the time in ancient times, they could not be compared with the north in terms of civilization.

The geographical position of Guangdong in modern times was superior, especially the coastal ports, which was in line with modern shipping. Coupled with the large population (after the rise of the Maritime Silk Road, the population of Guangdong exploded 10 times during the Song Dynasty), it caught up with the opportunity of reform and opening up and began to rise again. Only Guangzhou is a treasure land in the agricultural era, surrounded by mountains on three sides and the sea on one side, with rivers and alluvial plains at the mouth of the sea. This geographical condition is rare in the whole earth. But this does not mean that Guangdong must have been extremely barren in ancient times. At least from the Song Dynasty, or in the middle and late period, Guangdong began to exert its strength.

Guangzhou ranked among the top ten cities in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the status of Guangzhou Port has been very stable, while Quanzhou was purely brought out by Jingdezhen porcelain export port, and Quanzhou declined after the popularization of porcelain production.

There are many top scholars in Guangdong. And the prime minister and senior officials. Culturally, after the Tang Dynasty, it was not backward, but followed the mainstream.

Zen established after the ancient method landed in Guangzhou also influenced the mainstream culture of the Central Plains northward.

At least in the late Qing Dynasty, Guangdong was the largest financial province in China, but at that time, Jiangsu Province was divided into Jiangning, Jiangsu and Jiangbei, which should add up to more than Guangdong. Now Jiangsu plus Shanghai is more than Guangdong, but not necessarily more than Guangdong plus Hong Kong and Macao. Reform and opening up brought Guangdong back to the position of the late Qing Dynasty, which can be regarded as a re-emergence.

In the future, Guangdong will meet more important historical tasks and provide endless vitality and motivation for realizing the bright future of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.