Chaoshan is a region that covers the three cities of Shantou, Chaozhou and Jieyang, and Shantou is one of the cities of Chaoshan. As the core city of Chaoshan culture, Shantou travel has three main points: first, Chaoshan culture, where you can find the source of Chaoshan culture; second, Chaoshan cuisine, including casserole porridge, beef hot pot, etc.; third, Nan'ao Island, an important town on the Maritime Silk Road.
Shantou Tianhou Ancient Palace, which is very characteristic of Chaoshan culture
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Although Shantou and Chaoshan are not a completely overlapping geographical concept, Shantou is undoubtedly one of the core cities in the Chaoshan region, and it is also a classic representative of Chaoshan culture, where you can find the source of Chaoshan culture, such as Chaoshan dialect, Chaoshan cuisine, Chaoshan Opera, Chaozhou embroidery, Chaoshan wood carving, Chaoshan Gongfu tea... Wait, all the core contents of Chaoshan culture can be experienced in Shantou.
Qilou Old Street in Shantou Xiaogong Block
For travelers, in Shantou to experience many aspects of Chaoshan culture, the most important destination is the historical and cultural area where Shantou Small Park is located, including Anping Road, Shengping Road, Guoping Road and many other roads with the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Pavilion as the core, showing a radial road network, where you can see the old neighborhood "Four Yong Yi Shengping" characterized by the arcade building, the old "Yanchengtou" in the east, and the ancient Shantou Port, which is the core landmark of Shantou's history as the opening area. It can be said that the architecture, food, temples, docks, etc. here in the small park have highly restored the source of Chaoshan culture.
Small park block with ancient temples
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When it comes to Chaoshan cuisine, many people will drool, including casserole porridge, Chaoshan beef hot pot, all kinds of kueh products, etc., which are all Well-known Chaoshan cuisines that foodies are familiar with. However, the real sense of Chaoshan cuisine, in fact, is far more extensive and profound than beef hot pot and the like, Shantou as one of the core cities in the Chaoshan region, its Chaoshan cuisine varieties, has its own uniqueness.
Not to be missed Shantou beef hot pot
Taking the Shantou small park area with the most tourists as an example, the Lao Ma Gong Dumpling Ball, Lao ChaoXing's signature red peach kway teow, rat shell kway teow, bamboo shoot kway teow, Zhen Ping Kwai juice and roasted belly kway sauce of Zhen Ping Kwai Juice Shop, Li Mingsheng Dumpling Shop's meat cake, Lao Sanyu Shop's ginger onion paste crab, fried seafood kway teow, Che Bai bitter melon pickle soup, Sand Village's old cooked orange water, etc., are all classics of Shantou cuisine, of course, the most classic is the Shantou beef hot pot of Bahe Li Hai Ji.
Shantou Small Park must punch in the fragrant snack shop
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Many people come to Shantou, are immersed in Chaoshan cuisine and Qilou Old Street these very Chaoshan cultural style of the project, in fact, the diversity of Chaoshan culture, not in a closed environment to develop, but because after the opening of the Maritime Silk Road, Hai included the development of various cultures at home and abroad, and Shantou's subordinate Nan'ao Island, is the important town of the Maritime Silk Road.
Witness Nan'ao Island, the heart of the Shantou Maritime Silk Road
Since the Tang Dynasty, the Chaoshan region has been an important town of the Maritime Silk Road and the main passage of the mainland to Taiwan, of which Nan'ao Island, which belongs to Shantou, is the most important witness. On Nan'ao Island, the General Military Palace, which was built in the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty Wanli Calendar, witnessed the prosperity of the Maritime Silk Road in the Ming and Qing dynasties for more than 300 years, and the successful excavation of the Nan'ao No. 1 ancient ship proved the development of the Ming Dynasty Maritime Silk Road trade. Of course, for tourists, the current Nan'ao Island is a resort island with a strong island style.
The old pier on Nan'ao Island is still bustling today
Chaoshan cuisine represented by Shantou beef hot pot, Chaoshan cultural relics in the small park historical district, and maritime Silk Road witness on Nan'ao Island, these three classic Shantou travel attractions bear witness to Shantou's status as one of the central cities in the Chaoshan region. Of course, these three scenic spots also make it clear to us that Shantou is not equivalent to Chaoshan, but a core city of the Chaoshan urban agglomeration, and in many aspects such as culture and cuisine, there is both the commonality of Chaoshan culture and the uniqueness of its own urban culture.