Who are the four major families in Huizhou?

The four major families in Huizhou are the Miao family, the Chen family, the Lan family, and the Qiu family.

Huizhou is also one of the important settlement and distribution centers for the Hakka people. Overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan rank first among the four Hakka states and is known as the capital of the Hakka overseas Chinese. Huizhou is the place where the three major ethnic groups in Guangdong, the Hakkas, Chaoshan people, and Guangfu people, have been most successfully integrated. It is also one of the important channels for the Hakkas to move from land civilization to maritime civilization.

The Hakka people are the largest group among Huizhou people. Hakka culture is an indispensable and important part of Huizhou culture. Huizhou is the ancestral home of many Hakka overseas Chinese. In more than 1,000 years from the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, more than 430 Chinese celebrities stayed in Huizhou or visited Huizhou, leaving many historical and cultural heritages that the world is proud of. Huizhou City's regional GDP in 2020 was 422.179 billion yuan.

Huizhou City is located in the southeast of Guangdong Province, belonging to the northeast of the Pearl River Delta and the middle and lower reaches of the Dongjiang River. It is located between 22°24′-23°57′ north latitude and 113°51′-115°28′ east longitude. The city is 152 kilometers from east to west and 128 kilometers from north to south.

It borders Shanwei City to the east, the South China Sea to the south, and is connected to Shenzhen City, Dongguan City to the southwest, Guangzhou City to the west, Shaoguan City to the north, and Heyuan City to the northwest. The boundary with the surrounding six municipal districts is 846.49 kilometers. The municipal government is located in Jiangbei, Huicheng District.

The city has a land area of ??11,347 square kilometers, a sea area of ??4,519 square kilometers, and a coastline of 281.4 kilometers. It is one of the major maritime cities in Guangdong Province. Alternating between peninsulas and bays, there are many good harbors. There are 162 islands in the list.