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What is the relationship between Guicheng, Nanhai and Foshan?

Nanhai is an ancient county that has always existed. 1992-02, Nanhai city was established and later changed to Nanhai district.

Foshan used to be a town name, covering ancestral hall area and Nanhai county. Later, Foshan Town was separated from the South China Sea and called Foshan City. After the new China, there are two Foshan, one is the Foshan area and the other is the Foshan area. One is Foshan. Foshan Special Zone has become the current prefecture-level city Foshan, which is the "Big Foshan", and Foshan City has become the current Chancheng of Foshan City, which is the "Little Foshan".

Guicheng was originally a field, when Nanhai County was still in Guiyuan, Foshan. In 1980s, Nanhai county government moved to this field as a new county, and Guicheng was named after Guiyuan.