Chaozhou is a state-level historical and cultural city, located in the east of Guangdong Province and the north of Hanjiang Delta Plain. It borders Zhao 'an County and Pinghe County in Fujian Province in the east, Jiedong County in Jieyang City in our province in the west, Fengshun County and dapu county in Meizhou City in the north, Shantou City in Nantong and Chenghai City under Shantou City in the north, and is close to the South China Sea. The total area of the city is 3,613.9 square kilometers, of which the land area is 3,181.9 square kilometers, the sea area is 533 square kilometers and the coastline is 1.36 kilometers. The urban planning area is 174 square kilometers and the built-up area is 31.38 square kilometers. At the end of 2112, the total population was 2,479,211, of which the urban population was 344,111. Now it has jurisdiction over Chaoan County, Raoping County, Xiangqiao District and Fengxi District.

Chaozhou has a subtropical maritime monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 21.4 degrees Celsius, mild climate, abundant rainfall, evergreen all year round and suitable for farming in all seasons. The topography of the city is high in the north and low in the south, with mountains and hills accounting for 65% of the city's total area, mainly distributed in Raoping County and the north of Chaoan County; The main mountain ranges are the Wuyishan branch at the junction of Guangdong and Fujian, and the Lotus Mountain at the junction of Chaomei, the Phoenix Mountain. Fenghuang Daji, the main peak of Fenghuang Mountain Range, is 1497.8 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in the city. The main rivers Hanjiang River and Huanggang River run obliquely through Chaozhou from northwest to southeast. Chaozhou city is rich in natural resources, abundant in surface water resources, and has a lot of theoretical reserves of natural water energy. The water energy available for installed development is 144,811 kilowatts, accounting for 83.8% of the reserves. There are nearly 21 kinds of mineral deposits, and only the preliminarily proved high-quality porcelain reserves reach 211 million tons; There are many kinds of animals and plants; In addition, there are vast beach coating resources.

Chaozhou is a tourist city open to the outside world, with rich tourism resources, especially human resources. The wealth of cultural relics began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty. In the long history, due to the long-term foreign exchanges and the blending of Chinese and Western cultures, the historical evolution process contained, accumulated and developed rich regional culture, which enabled the local native culture to communicate with the surrounding culture, the Central Plains culture and the marine culture, forming a unique style-hipster culture. She has a cultural landscape with distinctive local characteristics, complete structure, complete categories and high grade.

Chaozhou cuisine has the characteristics of "three more":

First, there are many aquatic products. Most of them are from the Hai nationality, and fish, shrimp, clams and clams have always been the main ingredients of Chaozhou cuisine, which can be cooked into many famous dishes.

2. Vegetarian dishes are diverse and unique. When I was at the table, I saw that the vegetables were not meat, but vegetarian dishes were made of meat, which made the green vegetables soft and rotten, full of meat, delicious and vegetarian. There are dozens of famous products such as thick mushroom mustard, glass cabbage and national protection cuisine, which are the representatives of vegetarian dishes in Guangdong cuisine.

Third, there are many varieties of sugar beet and special materials are used. Sweet potato, taro, pumpkin, ginkgo, water chestnut, lotus seeds, oranges, pineapples and beans are commonly used, while meat such as fat pork and pork belly can also be made into first-class famous dishes. The sweet and greasy plants are suitable, and the representative works include sweet melon and taro paste, sweet lotus seeds, lamb-roasted ginkgo, sweet wrinkled fried meat and so on.

Chaozhou cuisine pays attention to knife work, neat and beautiful splicing, and pays more attention to seasoning. When all kinds of dishes are served, they must be accompanied by saucers. There are many sauces and saucers, which are spectacular. This is a unique expression of Chaoshan food culture. With the distribution of Chaozhou people around the world and the widespread emergence of Chaozhou restaurants, Chaozhou cuisine is increasingly favored at home and abroad.

Twenty-three famous dishes in Chaozhou:

Braised shark's fin, crystal lobster, roasted in open fire, Hanjiang flowers, boiled conch, butterfly platter, abalone in garden, assorted winter melon cup, carp yue longmen, braised sea cucumber, golden turtle hatching, hibiscus official swallow, braised shark's fin in black-bone chicken, autumn chrysanthemum in garden, golden bamboo shoots and chinese forest frog soup. Tea-flavored chicken

21 famous snacks in Chaozhou:

Duck Mother Nian, Chaozhou Mo Dou Pill, Chaozhou Hand-hammered Beef Pill, Crispy Shell, Chaozhou Spring Cake, Oyster Baked (Crispy), Gaotang Preserved Vegetable, Gusu Xiangfu, Spiced Olive, Plum Blossom Dumplings, Shangtang Beef, Jindu Brand Pickled Vegetable King, Lianxiang Piglet Nest and Glutinous Rice Peach. When Hemudu in banpo village was sprouting their ancient civilization, the ancestors of Chaozhou began to live in this ancient land: shell mound in Chen Qiao Village, shell mound in Chihu Village, Beiqiu Site in Meilin Lake, shell mound in Shiwei Mountain, shell mound in Cape Mountain, and Shenshan Hill Site in Lishu Mountain ... All these ancient cultural sites are like a patchwork of historical scrolls.

after Qin Shihuang unified China, four counties, namely Guilin, Nanhai, Xiang and Minzhong, were built in the south, and Chaozhou at that time belonged to Nanhai county. In the sixth year of Emperor Yuan Ding of the Han Dynasty (111 BC), six counties of Nanhai County were opened, and Chaozhou belonged to Jieyang County of Nanhai County. Chaozhou was founded in the sixth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 331) and was named Haiyang County. Yi 'an County, established in the 9th year of Yi 'xi, Emperor Jin 'an (AD 413), is the predecessor of Chaozhou. In the 11th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (AD 591), it was renamed Anxian County, and later it was renamed Haiyang County. In the 3rd year of the Republic of China (AD 1914), it was renamed Chaoan County because of the same name as Haiyang County in Shandong Province. The name "Chaozhou" began in the 11th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (AD 591). The name of Chaozhou changed several times: it was renamed Yi 'an County in the third year of Emperor Yangdi's Daye (AD 617), and the name of Chaozhou appeared for the second time until the state system was restored in the fourth year of Wude in Tang Gaozu (AD 621). In the first year of Tianbao, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (AD 742), the county was abandoned and Chaozhou was renamed Chaoyang County. Chaozhou city is the seat of county, state, road and government in past dynasties, and it has been the political and cultural center of Chaoshan area since the early liberation. Before the opening of Shantou (AD 1861), Chaozhou was still the economic center of Chaoshan area and even eastern Guangdong.

After the new China was born, it was still called Chaoan County. In 1953, the urban area and its suburbs were demolished, and Chaozhou City was set up, which was organized separately from Chaoan County. In 1958, Chaozhou was withdrawn and merged into Chaoan County. In 1979, Chaozhou was restored with the approval of the State Council, and the county and city were established separately again. In 1983, Chao 'an County was withdrawn and merged into Chaozhou City. In October 1989, Chaozhou was designated as a provincial city, enjoying the city (prefecture) level economic management authority, and the county-level organizational system; It was designated as a sub-prefecture-level city in October, 1991. At the end of 1991, Chaozhou was upgraded to a prefecture-level city and expanded its area, which governed the administrative divisions of the newly established Xiangqiao District (county level), the newly restored Chaoan County and the former Raoping County of Shantou City. After the merger of towns and villages, there are 43 towns, 9 streets and 945 village committees (neighborhood committees)