Where does the Pearl River Delta mean?
The Pearl River Delta is located in the lower reaches of the Pearl River in Guangdong Province, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, facing Southeast Asia across the sea, with convenient land and sea transportation, and is called the "South Gate" of China. The vicissitudes of life in the modern Pearl River Delta have been recorded in detail in ancient books in China, and there are concise opinions, such as
"In the past, the south of the Five Ridges were all ears of the sea, gradually becoming an island, gradually becoming a township well, and the people were also prosperous." (Feng Fengchu, 1853, Records of Shunde County, Volume 3) This not only points out that the Pearl River Delta used to be the sea, but also summarizes the basic process of its formation and development.