Is Chaozhou Chaoshan?

Chaozhou belongs to Chaoshan. It is one of the four cities in Chaoshan. The four cities of Chaoshan refer to the four cities of Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shanwei in Guangdong Province. There are still about 140,000 native Chaoshan people in the southern part of Fengshun County, Meizhou City. The four cities of Chaoshan cover 11 districts, 6 counties and 2 county-level cities, Puning and Lufeng, with a total area of ​​16,189.5 square kilometers.

Whether it is Ngee'an County in the Jin Dynasty, ancient Chaozhou in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, or Chaoxun Road in modern times, the contemporary Shantou City and Chaoshan Administrative Region all involve the present-day Shanwei area, and Shanwei has a long history in humanities, language, and folk customs. In terms of culture and other aspects, it is similar to Shantou, Chaozhou, and Jieyang, so it is collectively called the Chaoshan Four Cities and belongs to the Chaoshan Cultural District of Guangdong.

Chaozhou, a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, one of the four Chaoshan cities, is a gateway city in the eastern part of Guangdong Province approved by the Guangdong Provincial Government. It is located in the eastern part of Guangdong, China, bordering Meizhou to the north, the South China Sea to the south, Zhangzhou to the east, and Jieyang and Shantou to the west. As of 2019, the city has jurisdiction over 3 districts and 1 county, with a total area of ​​3,146 square kilometers.

Chaozhou is a national historical and cultural city, the porcelain capital of China, the hometown of Lingtou Dancong tea in China, a national key pollution-free agricultural product (tea) production demonstration base, a famous food city in China, a national garden city, and the capital of Chaozhou cuisine. It is the hometown of stainless steel products in China, the hometown of Chinese national folk art, the famous old revolutionary base Soviet Area, the hometown of overseas Chinese, and one of the important ancestral places of compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.