Chaoyang District, which belongs to Shantou City, is located in the southeast of Guangdong Province, near the South China Sea, and is named Chaoyang because it is located in the north of the sea. Chaoyang District now governs four streets of Wenguang, Chengnan, Mianbei and Jinpu, and nine towns of Haimen, Heping, Gurao, Guiyu, Tongyu, Hexi, Xiqiao, Guanbu and Jinzao, with an area of 665.74 square kilometers and a total population of1808,600.

Tourism culture

There are more than 30 tourist attractions, cultural relics and historic sites 1 in the whole region, including the national key cultural relics protection unit (Wenguang Pagoda)1,and 5 provincial cultural relics protection units (Lingshan Temple Dadian Ancestor's Tomb, Haimen "Mass Pit", Haimen Lotus Peak Cliff Stone Carving, Sixutang Stone Carving, Dongyan Cliff Stone Carving), Dongshan Scenic Area and Lotus Peak Scenic Area.

Song and dance, paper-cutting and flute music are the "three treasures" of Chaoyang culture and art, and have been included in the first batch of national and provincial intangible cultural heritage protection projects. There are traditional crafts such as wood carving, stone carving, tin carving, and incense final molding, as well as folk cultural activities such as Chaozhou Opera, Shuangzhong Culture, Mazu Culture, Dafeng Charity Culture, Guiyu Street Shed, etc., which won the title of "China Folk Culture and Art Town".

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chaoyang District