Why is Chaoshan divided into three cities?

Introduction: As we all know, Chaoshan is a famous tourist destination, a hometown of gourmet food, and a hometown of famous tea. Many tourists come to Chaoshan every year, and some friends want to learn about the history of Chaoshan. So, today the editor will talk about why Chaoshan is divided into three cities? What is the scope of Chaoshan area in Guangdong? Next, the editor will take you to learn.

Why is Chaoshan divided into three cities?

Since the economic size gap is not large and it is impossible to attract each other's population, Chaoshan's split into three cities can be said to be the general trend.

Chaoshan, the original Shantou City with good economic development, was divided into three and split into three new prefecture-level cities: Shantou City, Chaozhou City, and Jieyang City. Although it seemed sudden at the time, it seems completely normal today. First of all, the original Shantou was very big. Shantou Prefecture was split into Xingmei Prefecture (today’s prefecture-level Meizhou City) in July 1965. After the Xingmei Prefecture was split, Shantou Prefecture was still very large. After Hainan Island was separated from Guangdong Province and established as a separate province, the remaining jurisdiction of Guangdong was not very large. Therefore, it became inevitable for Shantou to be split up. At the same time, several other regions in Guangdong were also split up. For example, the Zhanjiang District split into Zhanjiang and Maoming.

Shantou City was divided into three new prefecture-level cities: Shantou City, Chaozhou City, and Jieyang City. Another reason for this is that the Shantou Special Economic Zone needed to expand in the 1990s. . The predecessors of the four special economic zones of Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and Xiamen were export zones and experimental zones, and their area should not be too large. Therefore, the driving capacity of the special economic zone at that time was not very great. Later, the Shantou Special Economic Zone was expanded to cover the entire urban area of ??Shantou, but it still could not meet the development needs. Therefore, the Shantou Special Economic Zone was developed into a prefecture-level city, and the original Shantou City was divided into three and developed into three new prefecture-level cities.

The Development of Chaoshan

After the founding of New China in October 1949, the original Shantou City Hall was reorganized and the Chaoshan District was established. This is the first time in the history of Chaoshan that "Chaoshan" has become the name of an administrative division.

In February 1956, the Shantou Zone was established. After several changes, it was renamed Shantou City. The urban area of ??Shantou is the seat of local or regional party and government agencies.

The jurisdiction of Shantou District was once very broad, including not only the three cities of Chaoshan today, but also Fengshun, Meixian, Dabu, Wuhua, Xingning, Pingyuan, Jiaoling, Haifeng, and Lufeng Other districts and counties. Later, as Meizhou and Shanwei separated from Shantou and became independent prefecture-level cities, the scope of Shantou's jurisdiction gradually narrowed.

After the founding of New China, Shantou has become an important port city. Due to its important geographical location, it has always been the central city of Chaoshan and the seat of the municipal government.

On December 7, 1991, the original Shantou City was divided into three prefecture-level cities: Shantou, Chaozhou, and Jieyang. Since then, the "three pillars" pattern of Chaoshan and Shantou has been formally formed. Since then, Chaoshan has officially ended the history of "managing over and over again". No one cares about anyone anymore, and the three cities of Chaoshan and Shantou are on an equal footing.

As the saying goes, "If we unite for a long time, we will divide, and if we divide for a long time, we will unite." In the history of more than 2,000 years, Chaoshan has always been an indivisible whole, and we are all "Jiaojiren". If the three cities can be merged again in the future, Chaoshan will be really blessed.

The scope of the Chaoshan area

The Chaoshan area is located on the southeast coast of Guangdong Province. It belongs to the Chaoshan cultural area and the Chaoshan dialect area. It is the ancestral home and concentration of the Chaoshan ethnic group. Chaoshan culture The birthplace and prosperity of Chaoshan is the area where Chaozhou dialect and Chaoshan culture are popular, including Shantou (Special Economic Zone), Chaozhou, Jieyang, and Shanwei.

The Chaoshan area belonged to Chaozhou in the past dynasties, and originally belonged to Shantou City in the present era. Chaoshan administrative area belonged to Jieyang County, Nanhai County in the Qin and Han Dynasties. In the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and Sui Dynasties, it was named Anjun. The state and Song Dynasty were called Chaozhou. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the three Chaoshan counties of Haiyang, Chaoyang, and Jieyang under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou were collectively called Chaozhou Sanyang. They were called Chaozhou Road in the Yuan Dynasty. They were called Chaozhou Prefecture in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Haiyang, Chaoyang, Jieyang, and The eight Chaozhou-Shantou counties of Chenghai, Puning, Huilai, Raoping and Fengshun are collectively known as the Chaozhou Bayi. The three Chaoshan cities from ancient Chaozhou to contemporary Shantou City all belong to the same urban administrative district. In 1991, the original Shantou City was divided into today's Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shantou are three prefecture-level cities. Since ancient times, we share the same roots, have close human connections, cultural connections, and business connections. It is an area with shared history, connected mountains and rivers, the same ethnic group, similar trends, and shared interests. The Chaoshan area has long been the political, economic and cultural center of eastern Guangdong. It has a long history of foreign trade. It is a shining pearl of the Maritime Silk Road and the second growth pole of Guangdong's economy. Until the reform and opening up, it was the second growth pole of Guangdong's economy. The second largest city after Guangzhou.