Jieyang, located in Chaoshan Plain in the east of Guangdong Province, is an ancient town in eastern Guangdong. Jieyang was named after Jieyang Mountain, one of the five mountains in Qin Dynasty. Jieyang is a new city with a long history, the largest area and the largest population in Chaoshan area, and it is the jade capital of China.
199 1 years ago, Jieyang was under the jurisdiction of Shantou and was then called Jieyang county. 199 1 After the administrative divisions of Chaoshan area were re-divided, Jieyang became an independent prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province.