Nanhai District, Foshan City belongs to Foshan City.
Nanhai District, a district under the jurisdiction of Foshan City, Guangdong Province, is located in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta, close to Guangzhou and adjacent to Hong Kong and Macau.
It is connected to Guangzhou City in the east, Sanshui District and Gaoming District in the west, Shunde District in the south, across the Xijiang River from Pengjiang District and Heshan City in Jiangmen City, Huadu District in Guangzhou City in the north, and Chancheng District in the central and south.
The total area under its jurisdiction is 1071.55 square kilometers.
In December 1958, Nanhai and Sanshui counties merged and were initially called Nansan County, and later renamed Nanhai County.
In June 1983, Guangdong Province implemented a city-governed county system, and Nanhai County was affiliated with Foshan City.
On September 23, 1992, Nanhai was removed from the county and established as a city, which was managed by Foshan City.
On December 8, 2002, the county-level Nanhai City was abolished and Nanhai District of Foshan City was established. The administrative area of ??the original county-level Nanhai City was the administrative area of ??Nanhai District.
Foshan City, Foshan City is a national historical and cultural city and a famous Chinese dragon boat and lion cultural city.
It is the birthplace of Cantonese Opera and one of the birthplaces and prosperous places of Guangfu culture, a branch of Lingnan culture. It advocates culture and martial arts to demonstrate the spirit of Foshan.
Foshan enjoys the reputation of a national civilized city, the world's gourmet capital, the brand capital, and the most romantic city.
Foshan has a long history. In addition to traditional Chinese festivals such as the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Double Ninth Festival, there are also traditional Chinese festivals such as putting up the fog on the eve of the seventh day of July to worship the Seventh Sister;
Ancestral temple and other folk activities.
Since 1988, Foshan City has organized and held five consecutive tourism and food festivals. Foshan Autumn Colors Festival, Shiwan Ceramic Art Festival, Sanshui Flower and Bird Festival, Gaoming Hunting Festival, Shunde Dragon Boat Race, and South China Sea Lion Dance have been held in various places.
A number of tourism projects rich in local traditional characteristics, such as competitions and kite competitions, increasingly demonstrate the unique cultural charm of Foshan City.
Marriage Culture Modern Foshan Wedding Customs: Send a raw chicken (meaning life), a pair of coconuts (having a father and a son, a family blessing), gift cakes (given to the woman’s relatives), boys pressing the bed, combing their hair, and eating glutinous rice balls
The modern wedding process in Foshan City includes sending betrothal gifts, welcoming the bride, finding wedding shoes, offering tea to the parents and kneeling down, going around the auspicious road, passing the door, holding a ceremony in the hotel, serving tea to the guests, returning home after three dynasties, and worshiping ancestors.
Foshan's traditional wedding customs and culture: three books and six etiquette, laying the bed, dowry, carrying the dowry, going to the pavilion, going to the head, going out, entering the door, paying homage to the hall, and returning to the door after three dynasties.