The southeast coast of Guangdong Province is home to the Cháoshàn (潮汕) Teochiu linguistic and cultural region. Unlike southwestern Guangdong, where Cantonese is spoken, the Minnan dialect of Teochew is spoken here. Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; pinyin: Guǎngdōng; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Kwangtung in older transliteration; Cantonese: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Teochiu can refer to: Chaozhou(潮州), a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China. ... Cantonese (Traditional Chinese: 粵語; Simplified Chinese: 粤语]], Cantonese: Yuet6yue5; Mandarin pinyin: YuèyÇ”, lit. ... Mǐn Nán (Chinese: 閩南語), also spelt as Minnan or Min-nan; native name Bân-lâm-gú; literally means Southern Min or Southern Fujian and refers to the local language/dialect of southern Fujian province, China. ... The Chaozhou language , also called Teochew, Teochiu, Tiuchiu, or Diojiu, is a dialect of the Chinese spoken variant of Minnan 閩南, spoken in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong. ...

Encompassing the cities of Raoping, Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang, Puning, Chao'an, Huilai, and Shanwei, the Chaoshan region, with a population of approximately 10 million, covers an area of about 10,500 km² that stretches from Shanwei on the coast to the border of Fujian. This is a unique area with its own culture that is quite different to its neighbours in Canton and the rest of China. It does, however, share similarities to the Minnan areas just north of Chaoshan in Fujian province. One of the main reasons for its uniqueness is its language. It is said that this dialect of Chinese is one of the most difficult ones to master, it has over 8 tones compared to the 4 tones found in Mandarin. Music, opera, and food are also obvious characteristics that distinguishe Chaoshan people from the rest of Guangdong. A temperate climate and fresh seafood attracts many visitors to this area. The people are more relaxed than other areas of China, smoking rate is less, and work should always take the backseat to noon naps and Kung-Fu tea. Many visitors from Hong Kong flock to the area for the great food known throughout China. The food is bland and so is able to retain its original flavor without being tampered by soy sauce, vinegar, chili, and other sauces. Other favorites are beef balls, fish balls, guo3 (which is a special type of rice noodle),fen3, and numerous other small treats. Raoping is a county in eastern Guangdong Province, to the west of Fujian Province, near South China Sea. ... Chaozhou (Chinese: 潮州 lit. ... The historic quarter of Shantou, which features both Western and Chinese architecture Shantou (Simplified Chinese: 汕头; Traditional Chinese: 汕頭; Hanyu Pinyin: ; POJ: Sòaⁿ-thau; also seen as Swátōw or Suátao) is a city of 784,000 in coastal eastern Guangdong Province, China, metropolitan area 4,721,117 (calculation... Jieyang (揭阳) is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Chaoyang (simplified Chinese: 朝阳; pinyin: Cháoyáng) is a prefecture-level city in Liaoning province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Chaozhou (Chinese: ; Pinyin: Cháozhōu; Wade-Giles: Chao²-chou¹; usually spelled Chiu Chow in the US and Hong Kong), also widely known by its Postal map spelling Teochew, is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Shanwei (Simplified Chinese: 汕尾; Pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province, Peoples Republic of China. ... (Chinese: 福建; Pinyin: Fújiàn; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China. ...

In recent years, due to corruption and car smuggling in the 1980s and 1990s, the central government has chosen to slow down growth of this region even though it is still designated as a SEZ (Special Economic Zone). This has had a major effect on the lives of Chaoshan people. Business is not as vibrant compared to other cities in Guangdong and Shantou University is finding it hard to attract local high school graduates. Despite of that, new construction is prevalent and there appears to be hope in the horizon for this unique area on the coast of Southeast China. The other factor that benefits this area is the overwhelming Overseas Chinese from this area. The richest Chinese person in the world Li Ka Shing is from this region. He has invested greatly on the education and healthcare of this region. This section is edited by Jiwei who lived in this region for the past 8 months. One word of warning for visitors is that this area has one of the worst traffic conditions in all of China. Not in volume, but in the chaotic motorbike riders in this area. It is not uncommon to see 4 if not 5 people on one Suzuki.

The name "Chaoshan" (潮汕) is of recent provenance, a contraction of the names of its two largest administrative areas, Chaozhou (潮 州) and Shantou (Traditional Chinese: 汕頭; Simplified Chinese: 汕头) Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ...

Maps

Chaozhou Prefecture (in yellow), part of the Chaoshan Teochiu linguistic region Image File history File links 内容介绍：潮州在广东的位置 原创者：zhuwq 创作日期：2005年1月 创作方法：将广东地图用扫描仪输入电脑，再将图片导入FLASH，用画笔描出轮廓，着填充，导出JPG图像。 zhuwq授权，任何人都可以使用 http://zh. ... For the township in Taiwan, see Chaojhou, Pingtung. ...

Jieyang Prefecture (in yellow), part of the Chaoshan Teochiu linguistic region Image File history File links Jieyang_map2005. ... Jieyang (Simplified Chinese: 揭阳; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province, Peoples Republic of China. ...

Shantou Prefecture (in yellow), part of the Chaoshan Teochiu linguistic region]] Image File history File links 内容介绍：汕头在广东的位置 原创者：zhuwq 创作日期：2005年1月 创作方法：将广东地图用扫描仪输入电脑，再将图片导入FLASH，用画笔描出轮廓，着填充，导出JPG图像。 zhuwq授权，任何人都可以使用 http://zh. ... The historic quarter of Shantou, which features both Western and Chinese architecture Shantou (Simplified Chinese: 汕头; Traditional Chinese: 汕頭; Hanyu Pinyin: ; POJ: Sòaⁿ-thau; also seen as Swátōw or Suátao) is a city of 784,000 in coastal eastern Guangdong Province, China. ...

Chenghai Prefecture (in yellow), part of the Chaoshan Teochiu linguistic region No file by this name exists; you can upload it. ...