On the right hand side of Tonghu Town, near Qinshui River in the upper reaches of Dongjiang River. Huizhou is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, located on the east bank of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, with Luofu Mountain as its back and Daya Bay as its south. Dongjiang meanders for more than 65,438+000 kilometers and is one of the central cities in the Pearl River Delta [65,438+0]. With a total area of 1 1599 square kilometers, it governs Huicheng District, Huiyang District, Huidong County, Boluo County and Longmen County, and has two national development zones, namely Zhong Kai High-tech Industrial Development Zone and Daya Bay Economic and Technological Development Zone. At the end of 20 19, the permanent population of the city was 4.88 million [2].

Huizhou is the central city in the middle and lower reaches of Dongjiang River, at the intersection of Hakka culture, Guangfu culture and Chaoshan culture. Various cultures blend with each other and are eclectic. Guangdong Han opera, fishing songs, folk songs, dragon dance, lion dance, spring cattle dance, Yao fire dog dance and other cultural activities are prevalent, and folk culture is rich and colorful [3]. The State Council is listed as a national historical and cultural city [4][5].

Huizhou was the "important town in eastern Guangdong" in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and 1400 has been the political, economic, military and cultural center and commodity distribution center of Dongjiang River basin for more than 400 years. It was called "the famous county in Lingnan" and "the gateway to eastern Guangdong" in ancient times, and referred to as Goose City [6] for short.

Huizhou is also one of the important settlements and distribution centers for Hakkas. Overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan rank first among the four Hakka States, and are known as the overseas Chinese capital of Hakka. [7][5][8] Huizhou is the most successful place for the integration of Hakka, Chaoshan and Guangfu ethnic groups in Guangdong, and it is also one of the important channels for Hakka people to move from land civilization to marine civilization. Hakka is the largest group among Huizhou people, and Hakka culture is an indispensable part of Huizhou culture. The ancestral home of many overseas Hakka overseas Chinese is Huizhou [9]. Huizhou is the frontier of China's modern struggle history, and it once formed Dongjiang column, the main force of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in South China. [10] During the period of 1000 from the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, * * * had more than 430 China celebrities living in Huizhou, leaving many historical and cultural heritages that made the world proud.

Chinese name

Huizhou

Foreign name

Huizhou

Another name

Goose City in Huimin Prefecture, Hakka Overseas Chinese Capital

Administrative category

prefecture-level city

Belonging area

The south of China