Why is Chaoshan divided into three cities?
Because the economic gap is small, it can't attract each other's population. It can be said that Chaoshan is divided into three.
Shantou, which once had a good economic development, was divided into three parts: Shantou, Chaozhou and Jieyang. Although it was sudden at that time, it seems normal today. First of all, the original Shantou was very big. 1July, 965, Shantou District was split into Xingmei District (now prefecture-level Meizhou City), and Shantou District is still very large after the split of Xingmei District. However, after Hainan Island was divided from Guangdong Province into a separate province, the remaining jurisdiction of Guangdong Province was not very large. Therefore, the division of Shantou is inevitable. At the same time, several other regions in Guangdong have also split, such as Zhanjiang and Maoming.
Shantou City is divided into three new prefecture-level cities: Shantou City, Chaozhou City and Jieyang City. Another reason is that Shantou Special Economic Zone needed to expand its capacity in 1990s. Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and Xiamen, the predecessors of the four special economic zones, are export special zones and experimental zones, and their areas should not be too large. Therefore, the driving capacity of the special economic zones at that time was not great, but later the Shantou Special Economic Zone was expanded to the whole urban area of Shantou, which still could not meet the development needs. Therefore, Shantou Special Economic Zone will develop into a prefecture-level city, and the original Shantou City will be divided into three and developed into three new prefecture-level cities.
Chaoshan development
1949 10 After the founding of New China in June, the former Shantou City Hall was reorganized and Chaoshan District was established. This is the first time in the history of Chaoshan that "Chaoshan" has become the name of administrative division.
1956 February, Shantou Special Zone was established. After several changes, it was renamed Shantou City. Shantou is the seat of local or regional party and government organs.
Shantou used to have a very wide jurisdiction, including not only the current Chaoshan three cities, but also counties such as Fengshun, Meixian, Tai Po, Wuhua, Xingning, Pingyuan, Jiaoling, Haifeng and Lufeng. Later, as Meizhou and Shanwei separated from Shantou and became independent prefecture-level cities, the jurisdiction of Shantou gradually narrowed.
After the founding of New China, Shantou has become a pivotal port city, and because of its important geographical location, it has always been the central city of Chaoshan and the seat of the municipal government.
199 1 year 65438+February 7, the original Shantou city was divided into three prefecture-level cities: Shantou, Chaozhou and Jieyang. Since then, the "three-legged" pattern of Chaoshan three cities has been formally formed. Since then, Chaoshan has officially ended the history of "managing people", no matter who, but an equal Chaoshan three cities.
As the saying goes, "if you stay together for a long time, you will break up." In the history of more than two thousand years, Chaoshan has always been an inseparable whole, and we are all "bonding ourselves". If the three cities can merge again in the future, Chaoshan will be really blessed.
The scope of Chaoshan area
Chaoshan area is located in the southeast coast of Guangdong Province, belonging to Chaoshan cultural area and Chaoshan dialect area. It is the ancestral home and concentrated place of Chaoshan people, the birthplace and prosperity of Chaoshan culture, and the popular and popular area of Chaoshan dialect, including Shantou (special economic zone), Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shanwei.
Chaoshan area belonged to Chaozhou in all previous dynasties, but originally belonged to Shantou in contemporary times. Chaoshan Administrative Region belonged to Jieyang County and Nanhai County in Qin and Han Dynasties. It was once said that Tang Zeng was renamed Chaoyang County, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Five Dynasties and Ten Countries, and Song Dynasty was renamed Chaozhou. The three counties under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou in the Northern Song Dynasty were collectively referred to as Chaozhou Sanyang and Chaozhou Road in the Yuan Dynasty and Chaozhou House in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The eight counties under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou Prefecture, namely Haiyang, Chaoyang, Jieyang, Chenghai, Puning, Huilai, Raoping and Fengshun, are collectively called the eight cities of Chaozhou, and the three cities of Chaozhou belong to the same urban administrative region from ancient Chaozhou to contemporary Shantou. 199 1 year, the original Shantou was divided into three prefecture-level cities: Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shantou. Since ancient times, they have the same roots, close relationship with people, the same cultural background and the same business background. It is an area with the same history, the same mountains and rivers, the same nationality, the same Chaozhou dialect and related interests. Chaoshan area has long been the political, economic and cultural center of eastern Guangdong, with a long history of foreign trade. It is a bright pearl of the Maritime Silk Road and the second growth pole of Guangdong's economy. Until the reform and opening up, it was the second largest city in Guangdong after Guangzhou.