Chaoshan people refer to Chaozhou, Shantou and Jieyang, as well as Liuhuang Town, Tangkeng Town, tang nan zhen Town, Fengliang Town, Puzhai Town and Dongliu Town in Fengshun County of Meizhou City. They are Heluo people with similar Chaoshan cultural background, and they call themselves chaozhou people, because most of these areas were originally under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou Fucheng.

This also includes a large number of Hakkas in China, some of whom have been transformed into Heluo due to various factors of intermarriage. For example, some Hakkas in towns such as Liuhuang Town in Fengshun, Gurao Town in Chaoyang, Liangying Town and Qianzhan Town in Huilai County have been completely transformed into Heluo. These are some phenomena of the so-called "chaozhou people, the ancestor of Hakka".

Chaoshan people, formerly known as chaozhou people, were appointed as Chaozhou secretariat by Han Yu. At that time, the whole Chaoshan area was under Chaozhou's control. Chaoshan people share the same ancestor as Minnan people. They were all moved by the Han people in the Central Plains during Qin Shihuang's reign, first moved to Fujian, and then some moved to Chaoshan. So Chaoshan dialect is very similar to Minnan dialect and Taiwan dialect. "Tide" means water, and "Shantou" is a ridge made of sand. As can be seen from the name, the Chaoshan area faces the sea with the back of the mountain. Shantou is the head of the ridge, Shanwei is the tail of the ridge, and the geographical Chaoshan refers to the four cities of Shantou, Shanwei, Chaozhou and Jieyang on the Chaoshan plain. It also includes several county-level cities such as Chaoyang (Shantou) and Puning (Jieyang).

Chaoyang used to be the largest county in China, but now the scenery is gone, and it is divided into Chaoyang District and Chaonan District, which are under the jurisdiction of Shantou. However, Chaoyang has produced many strongmen, including Huang Guangyu, the richest man in China, and his brother, and Lin Baixin, the head of Asian TV. Among the top ten richest people in Guangdong, there are 7 Chaoshan people, four of whom are from Chaoyang District. From here, we can see the hard work of Chaoshan people, unwilling to be self-reliant after others. Chaoshan people are famous all over the world for doing business, and they are known as "Oriental Jews" before Wenzhou people. Chao Gang, Jin Gang and Hui Gang are the three major business gangs in China. Li Ka-shing, the richest Chinese in the world, is from Chaoshan, Huang Guangyu, the richest man in China, and Zhu Mengyi, the richest man in Guangdong.

In addition, the richest people in Thailand and Singapore are Chaoshan people, and the richest Chinese in Europe, Canada and Australia are also Chaoshan people. In 26, two of the top three in China's rich list were Chaoshan people, 74 of the top 5 were from Guangdong, and among the 74 in Guangdong, seven of the top ten were Chaoshan people. There are so many rich people in such a small Chaoshan area that you can't find a second one anywhere in the country. There is a certain reason why Chaoshan people are so rich. Recently, a book called "The Richest is a Tide Merchant" was published. You can read it when you are free. I believe we can find a little reason. Let's talk about this later ... Let's talk about what Chaoshan people are first. Chaoshan people are called the 57th minority in China, because they have well preserved their local culture. Have their own language-Chaoshan dialect. His own drama-Chaozhou opera, his own music-Chaozhou music, his own food-Chaozhou cuisine, his own celebrity-Chaoshan rich man ... Chaozhou is among the first batch of historical and cultural cities in China.

Xiangziqiao is one of the four famous bridges in ancient China. The Chaoshan folk houses, commonly known as "Four Points of Gold" and "pokeberry root", are praised by folklore experts as a more artistic and practical China folk house model than Beijing Siheyuan. Chaozhou cuisine is popular all over the world, and Chaoshan's unique "congou" inherits and develops the tea culture in China. Chaozhou embroidery is one of the most important embroideries in China. Chaozhou ceramics have been popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the ceramic industry is still popular at present. Chaozhou Opera, known as Chaozhou Opera, is one of the important local operas in China. Overseas Chinese in Chaoshan have made outstanding achievements in the history of the development of the Chinese nation: Chaoshan people attach great importance to tradition.