Chaozhou

History and Geography

The town of Chaozhou is located at the extreme is province of the Guangdong, in the south of China. It divides a border common with the prefectures of Shantou to the south, Jieyang in south-west, Meizhou in the North-West and with the province of Fujian in the east.

Culture

The art of the or “gongfu cha”

The The is an important component of the local culture and it is prepared with the fenghuang (凤凰, phoenix ), a local product, according to the practice of the art of the, is called in Mandarin, “gongfu cha” (功夫茶 or 工夫茶).

Kitchen

Pellets of ox of Chaozhou
Dingbian
Xianren Zhilu (仙人指路, “the celestial spirit shows the way”)

Tourism

Furnace of Song of China

One can find the ruins of the longest furnace of the Dynastie Song in the Monts Bijia.

The bridge Guangji ( Guangji qiao )

Also called Bridge Xiangzi ( Xiangzi qiao ), it was built at the 12th century under the dynasty of Song (960-1279 after J.C.)

The Kaiyuan temple

The Temple Kaiyuan was built under the Dynastie Tang (618 - 907), and it is the center of the Buddhist activities in the east of Guangdong.

The residence of Smoked

Others

the billionaire Li Ka-shing is originating in Chaozhou.
Among the 55 Chinese dialects one can count the teochew which, although less and less spoken, persists. The inhabitants of Chaozhou are not the only ones to speak it since a little everywhere in the world, of the emigrants still practice it. With Paris, for example, he is spoken in the second Chinese community most important, after that of the Wenzhou.
the city is famous for its Poterie S, its Porcelaine and its Broderie S.

Administrative divisions

The city-prefecture of Chaozhou exerts its jurisdiction on three subdivisions - a district and two counties :

the district of Xiangqiao - 湘桥区 Xiāngqiáo Qū ;
the county of Chao' year - 潮安县 Cháo' ān Xiàn ;
the county of Raoping - 饶平县 Ràopíng Xiàn .

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