Chaoshan is a city in Guangdong Province.

The Chaoshan area is located on the southeast coast of Guangdong Province. It belongs to the Chaoshan cultural area and the Chaoshan dialect area. It is the ancestral home and concentration area of ??the Chaoshan ethnic group. It is the birthplace and flourishing place of Chaoshan culture. It is an area where Chaoshan dialect and Chaoshan culture are popular, including

Shantou (Special Economic Zone), Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shanwei.

Chaoshan borders the Lianhua Mountains to the north, the South China Sea to the south, Haifeng County to the west, and Raoping County to the east, facing Taiwan.

The four cities of Chaoshan are closely related in terms of geography, culture, folk customs and language. The four cities cover 11 districts, 6 counties and 2 county-level cities, Puning and Lufeng, with a total permanent population of more than 18 million and a total area of ??16,189.5 square kilometers.

Introduction to Chaoshan Culture Chaoshan culture originated and became popular in the Chaoshan area of ??Guangdong Province (Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang, and Shanwei), Tangnan and Liuhuang Towns in Fengshun County in Meizhou City, and parts of Huidong County in Huizhou City.

Chaoshan culture not only has distinctive regional characteristics, but also has some characteristics of Central Plains culture, which runs through the entire social life of Chaozhou people.

It includes Chaoshan English singing and dancing, Gongfu tea, Chaoshan food, Chaoshan merchant gang culture, Chaoshan charity halls, Chaoshan ancestral halls, Chaoshan dialect, Chaoshan embroidery, and Chaoshan opera.

Chaoshan culture represented by Chaozhou music, Chaoshan crafts, Chaoshan wood carvings, Chaozhou gongs and drums, Chaoshan folk houses, etc. has a profound influence and is well-known at home and abroad.

The Hong Kong Chaozhou Bon Festival, Chaoshan Ying Song and Dance, Chaoshan Overseas Chinese Culture, etc. have been listed as national intangible cultural heritage.