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Jieyang
Prefecture-level city in Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Jieyang

Jieyang is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong Province (Yuedong), People's Republic of China, part of the Chaoshan region.

People in Jieyang speak Chaoshan Min distinct from neighbouring Yue speakers. It is historically important as the hometown of many overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. It borders Shantou to the east, Chaozhou to the northeast, Meizhou to the north, Shanwei to the west, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south.

Get in

Getting to Jieyang

  1. 01
    Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport
  2. 02
    Jieyang Station
  3. 03
    Puning
  4. 04
    Kuitan
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Jinxian Gate

    A Chinese-style entrance gate to the city, built during the Ming Dynasty.

  2. 02
    Jieyang Museum
  3. 03
    Shuangfeng Temple
  4. 04
    Huangqi Mountain
  5. 05
    Huangmanzhai Waterfalls
  6. 06
    Former Residence of Ding Richang

    The Former Residence of Ding Richang is a traditional Chaoshan residence built in 1878 for Ding Richang, a prominent official and reformer of the late Qing dynasty.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Chaozhou
  2. 02
    Iron

    2 pass by the station near Gangkou Village).

  3. 03
    Yingge
  4. 04
    Dragon Boat Race
Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Deyuanqiao Fried Dried Tofu

    4, Deyuanqiao Area, Yongchun Village, Minggang Village,.

  2. 02
    Huilai

    Is made from high-quality flour, nutritious mung bean filling, and special ingredients.

  3. 03
    Lianhua Vegetarian Restaurant

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.