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Jieyang City Introduction:
Jieyang, also known as "Lingnan Water City", is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, one of the cities in the Shanchaojie metropolitan area, and is located in the center of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the West Coast Economic Zone. It has two municipal districts, two counties and one county-level city under its jurisdiction. The city has a total land area of 5,240 square kilometers and a sea area of 9,300 square kilometers. As of the end of 2021, the resident population of Jieyang City was 5,616,800 people. .In 2021, Jieyang City realized a gross regional product of 226.543 billion yuan, an increase of 6.1% over the previous year .
Jieyang is one of the important ancestral homes and settlements of the Chaoshan people, as well as one of the important birthplaces of the Chaoshan culture and its prosperity, and one of the famous hometowns of overseas Chinese in China. Jieyang is also one of the important birthplaces of Chaoshan culture and one of the flourishing places. It is famous as the hometown of overseas Chinese, with overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan compatriots and local sages living all over the world. Jieyang has a profound Chaoshan culture, represented by the special culture of Chaozhou language, Chaozhou Opera, Chaozhou Ying Song and Dance, Chaozhou Kungfu Tea, Chaozhou Cuisine, Chaozhou Embroidery, Chaozhou Shantang, Chaozhou Merchant Culture, Welcoming Masters, King of Sanshan, Chaoshan Wood Carving, Chaozhou Folk Houses, Chaozhou Ancestral Halls, Chaozhou Craftsmanship, Chaoshan Yarn Drawing, Going out of the Garden, and Paying Worship to Moon Maiden, etc.?
In Jieyang, there are three major water systems, namely, Rongjiang, Longjiang and Lianjiang, and the second largest deep-water river in Guangdong Province, Rongjiang River, surrounds the city of Jieyang from the north and south, and is known as the "Land of Fish and Rice", "Floating Gourd", and "Lotus on the Water". Jieyang is known as "the town of fish and rice", "floating water gourd" and "lotus flower on the water". Jieyang is named after Jieyang Ridge, one of the five ancient ridges, and is an emerging city in Chaoshan, the Jade Capital of China and the Jade Capital of Asia, as well as the "Seaside Zulu" and the "Hometown of National Paintings". "Jieyang is the hometown of the coastal economic zone of Guangdong. Jieyang is the main battlefield of the eastern wing of the Guangdong coastal economic belt, Jieyang Binhai New Area is the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government special planning, special policy support to create a key platform for the Guangdong coastal economic belt.