Is Chaozhou Chaoshan?

Chaoshan refers to the surrounding areas of Shantou City and Shanwei City in Guangdong Province, and Chaozhou is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province. Chaoshan and Chaozhou are both named after the word "Chao", but they are not the same place.

Chaozhou is located in the south of the motherland, in the middle and lower reaches of the Han River, and is a port city in the eastern coast of Guangdong Province. It is connected to Zhaoan County and Pinghe County in Fujian Province in the east, Jiedong District in Jieyang City in Guangdong Province in the west, Fengshun County and dapu county in Meizhou City in the north, and the South China Sea in the south, connecting Shantou City and Chenghai District under the jurisdiction of Shantou City.

The topography of this city is high in the north and low in the south. Mountains and hills account for 65% of the city's total area, mainly distributed in Raoping County and the north of Chaoan District. The main mountain ranges are Wuyishan at the junction of Guangdong and Fujian, the branch of Zhanghongshan, Lianhua Mountain and Fenghuang Mountain at the junction of Chaomei. Fenghuang Daji, the main peak of Fenghuang Mountain, is1497.8m above sea level, which is the highest peak in Chaozhou.

The formation process of Chaozhou dialect;

Chaozhou dialect, also known as Chaozhou dialect and Chaoshan dialect, commonly known as "Fulao dialect", is a sub-dialect of Minnan dialect, one of the eight major language families of Chinese dialect, which is distributed in Chaoshan area on the eastern coast of Guangdong Province and belongs to all districts and counties of Chaozhou City.

The formation of Chaozhou dialect has a historical process. From Sui and Tang Dynasties to Song Dynasty, Chaozhou began to be civilized on a large scale, which made the local dialect influenced by Chinese in the Central Plains and evolved in the direction of sinicization.

After the Song Dynasty, with the influx of large-scale immigrants and the development of Chaozhou economy, the culture continued to develop, and the eastern Guangdong region centered on Chaozhou accelerated the pace of differentiation from Chaozhou dialect to Fujian dialect. After the Ming Dynasty, Chaozhou dialect was completely separated from Fujian dialect and became an independent sub-dialect.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chaozhou