Chaozhou culture has distinctive regional characteristics and is an important part of Lingnan culture.

Chaoshan culture is a culture created by Chaoshan people (Chaoshan people). It is compatible with Chinese and foreign cultures and is characterized by maritime culture.

Chaoshan culture originated and became popular in the Chaoshan area of ??Guangdong Province (Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang, and Shanwei), which also includes Shanwei. and Tangnan and Liuhuang towns in Fengshun County, Meizhou City.

The folk customs

Chaoshan has many folk customs and retains many traditional cultures of the Central Plains. This is something that Chaoshan people have always been proud of. In addition to traditional festivals, they also retain the disappearing customs of the Central Plains such as the Bon Festival, burning pagodas in the Mid-Autumn Festival, burning dragons in the New Year, Chaoshan Mid-Autumn Festival and so on. In addition, some of the more distinctive customs include eating seven kinds of soup on the "Human Festival", competing for big pigs in Chenghai, competing for pomegranates and salt stoves to drag the gods in Longwei, and the "Ying Laoye" in Chaopu villages.