Where is Jiangmen?

Brief introduction of Jiangmen, the first hometown of overseas Chinese in China.

Jiangmen was formed in14th century, with a history of more than 600 years. It is the political, economic and cultural center of Wuyi area and the capital of China, a famous hometown of overseas Chinese.

Jiangmen City is named Jiangmen because it is located at the intersection of Xijiang River and its tributary-Pengjiang River, and Yandun Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River is opposite Penglai Mountain in the north of the Yangtze River.

As early as the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368- 1388), a fair was formed here. /kloc-At the beginning of the 7th century, Jiangmen market flourished due to commerce and trade, and gradually became the trade center of the Pearl River Delta, where most of the goods in the middle and lower reaches of the Xijiang River were distributed. 1904, Jiangmen was opened as a foreign trade port, and Jiangmen North Street Customs was established, which was one of the eight customs in Guangdong. Western modern industry and culture have also been introduced and developed. 1925 Jiangmen is designated as a provincial city. 193 1, cancel the municipal organizational system and return to Xinhui county.

1949 10 Jiangmen was liberated on October 23rd. 195 1 year 1 month Jiangmen was changed to a provincial city. Later, it was successively under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Central Administrative Office, Zhaoqing District and Foshan District. 1983 Jiangmen has been designated as a prefecture-level city under provincial jurisdiction, and a new system of city governing counties has been implemented, which governs seven counties, namely Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, Enping, Heshan, Yangjiang and Yangchun. 1988, Yangjiang and Yangchun were separated and Yangjiang City was established. From 1992 to 1994, five counties have been removed from counties to set up cities, which are managed by Jiangmen City. In September 2002, Xinhui City at the county level was abolished and Xinhui District of Jiangmen City was established. Xinhui District has jurisdiction over Xinhui Town, osawa Town, Si Qian Town, Shadui Town, Gujing Town, sanjiang town Town, Yamen Town, Shuangshui Town, Luokeng Town, Da 'ao Town, Zhou Mu Town, and the District People's Government is stationed in Xinhui Town. Tangxia Town, Hetang Town and duruan Town of Xinhui City at the county level were placed under the jurisdiction of Pengjiang District of Jiangmen City.

Xinhui, Taishan, Enping, Kaiping and Heshan under Jiangmen, commonly known as Wuyi, are one of the famous hometown of overseas Chinese in China. * * * The same history, the same geographical popularity, and the influence of overseas on Wuyi make Jiangmen Wuyi present a strong folk customs.

Jiangmen is the first hometown of overseas Chinese in China. Jiangmen has more than 4 million overseas Chinese compatriots, which are called two Jiangmen at home and abroad. Most of them live in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and Macau. Jiangmen has1500,000 Hong Kong people and 300,000 Macao people.

When you arrive in Jiangmen, the most important thing to see is the watchtowers scattered in the countryside and bamboo forests. In the vast green rice fields, the winding river flows slowly, and there are watchtowers with different styles in the dense and tall bamboo forests. Every watchtower has a touching story ... visiting the watchtower is like opening a picture of the hometown of overseas Chinese and entering the historical past.

In addition to the watchtower, Jiangmen landscape gardens abound. The latest eight scenic spots in Jiangmen's hometown of overseas Chinese are: East Lake in Jiangmen East Lake Park, Birds of Paradise in Tianma Village in Xinhui, Emerald Peak in Guifeng Mountain Scenic Area in Xinhui, Chuan Dao Style in Shangxiachuan Island Coastal Tourist Area in Taishan, Liyuan Dawn in Tangkou Town, Kaiping Diaolou Wonderland, Enping Hot Spring Wonderland and Heshan Dayan Moutain Scenic Area.