Nanhai District

Nanhai District is a of Foshan prefecture-level city, in Guangdong province, southern China.

Administration

Nanhai was a county-level city until December 8, 2002, when it became a of Foshan prefecture-level city.

History

The town was established in 1271 by two brothers carrying their fathers bones. They were fleeing south from the Mongols on a bamboo raft when a violent storm shipwrecked them. The brothers settled down there and the position of the wreck is commemorated by a shrine. This area was named Broken Raft Point.

Famous people from Nanhai

* Wong Fei Hung
* Kang Tongbi
* Kang Youwei

Mianchang, Guangdong

Mianchang is in the province of Guangdong in China. It has a population of 338,482.

Maoming

Maoming is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Guangdong , People's Republic of China. It borders Yunfu to the northeast, Yangjiang to the east, Zhanjiang to the southwest, the of Guangxi to the northwest, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Maoming administers 6 , including 2 , 3 and 1 .

*Maonan District
*Maogang District
*Gaozhou City
* City
*Huazhou City
*Dianbai County

Language and culture

Maoming dialect of , which belongs to Gaoyang group of dialects, is spoken here.

Longjiang (Shunde)

Longjiang is a , part of Shunde , in Foshan prefecture-level city, Guangdong Province, southern China.

Longjiang covers an area of 78.3 km?. It has direct jurisdiction over 9 resident committees, 13 rural committees. Total population is 180,000

Lecong

Lecong is a , part of Shunde , in Foshan prefecture-level city, Guangdong Province, southern China.

Geography

Lecong is situated in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta, the northwestward of Shunde and the south of the central urban area of Foshan. There are less than 30 km from Lecong to Guangzhou and only over 100 km to Hong Kong and Macau.

Transportation

The National Highway 325 runs through from the south to the north.

Jun'an

Jun'an is a , part of Shunde , in Foshan prefecture-level city, Guangdong Province, southern China.

Martial artist Bruce Lee's ancestral roots can be found in Jun'an. There is a street in the village named after Bruce Lee where his ancestral home is situated. The home is open for public access. There is also a theme park built after Bruce Lee.

Jieyang

Jieyang is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong , People's Republic of China. 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.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Jieyang administers 5 , including 1 , 1 county-level city and 3 .

*Rongcheng District
*Puning City
*
*Jiedong County
*Jiexi County

These are further divided into 100 , including 69 , 10 and 21 subdistricts.

Economy

Rice cultivation and the textile industry are important to its economy.

Language and culture

The is predominantly spoken in this region. The Hakka dialect is also spoken in Jiexi County.

History

During 1930s many Jieyang people emigrated to Pontianak, Indonesia and Thailand to seek better fortune.