Because Zhanjiang was called Guangzhou Bay in ancient times, it has nothing to do with Guangzhou now, which was not called Guangzhou in ancient times.

Guangdong province is a strong coastal province in the south of China. If many people know the geographical names of Guangdong, they will find that Zhanjiang is located in Leizhou Peninsula at the southernmost tip of Guangdong, but Zhanjiang is called Guangzhou Bay, which is illogical. Guangzhou and Zhanjiang are too far away, like Hangzhou Bay and Shenzhen Bay, which are close to the city. In fact, this Guangzhou Bay has no connection with the provincial capital Guangzhou. Zhanjiang was called Guangzhou Bay in the Song Dynasty.

during the song dynasty, lingnan region was completely within the territory of China. Zhanjiang was called Gaozhou prefecture at that time, and some coastal areas were called Guangzhou Bay. In some records of the Ming or Qing dynasties, it was always called Guangzhou Bay, but now Guangzhou was not known as Guangzhou at that time. Later, during the Opium War, because the landform and geographical advantages here were not worse than Hong Kong, the French thought that since the British occupied Hong Kong.

Later, Guangzhou Bay became a French colony, also known as Baiwate City. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Guangzhou Bay finally returned to the embrace of the motherland, and then it was renamed Zhanjiang City. Zhanjiang is now a beautiful coastal city, and it is also a tourist city suitable for petty bourgeoisie holidays. Because it is close to the tropics, it is very warm in winter, and there are many tourists who come here to shelter from the cold and eat seafood. The future development prospect is very promising.