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Follow the Pearl River Delta westward to Jiangmen and eastward to Chaozhou and Shantou. The points orient you to the journal’s six cities and selected named places.

Guangdong, China
Guangzhou Foshan Shenzhen Chaozhou Shantou Jiangmen Nanyue King Museum: Royal Tomb Nanyue King Museum: Palace Site Chen Clan Academy Foshan Ancestral Temple Nanfeng Kiln and Shiwan Qinghui Garden Dapeng Fortress Dafen Oil Painting Village Guangji Bridge Han Yu Memorial Shantou Qiaopi Museum Kaiping Zili Village Liyuan Bird Paradise Hongxian Nü Art Center Bao’an Labor Museum

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Chaozhou.

Chaozhou unfolds along the Han River. Guangji Bridge, the old city’s memorial arches and its lanes each reveal a different part of urban life. Gongfu tea, woodcarving, opera and Fengxi porcelain bring everyday exchange, performance and making into those settings.

Red festival banners frame the entrance to Guangji Bridge in Chaozhou.
Red festival banners frame the entrance to Guangji Bridge in Chaozhou.

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Red festival banners frame the entrance to Guangji Bridge in Chaozhou.

Chaozhou

Guangji Bridge

A historic Han River crossing combining stone approaches and a central boat span.

 A layered wood carving from Nigou, Puning, in the wider Chaoshan region.

Chaozhou

Chaozhou Old City

A historic urban core of memorial arches, arcade streets and connected lanes.

City corners

Several colorful ceramic theatrical face sculptures arranged on a gray display surface.
A short introduction

Fengxi

A ceramic-making town in Chao'an District with a long porcelain tradition.

 A mound of dark, twisted Mi Lan Xiang Dancong tea leaves on a pale surface.
A short introduction

Phoenix Mountain

A Chao'an mountain landscape linked to Phoenix Dancong tea cultivation and processing.

 Entrance steps of Han Yu Memorial Temple in Chaozhou.
A short introduction

Han Yu Memorial

A memorial site in Chaozhou connected with the memory of the Tang official and writer Han Yu.
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  1. Red festival banners frame the entrance to Guangji Bridge in Chaozhou.Akira CA · CC BY-SA 3.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or watermark removal.
  2. A line of roofed pavilions stands on stone piers across the Han River at Guangji Bridge.Luis Evers · CC BY-SA 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or watermark removal.
  3. A small teapot and cups rest on a slatted bamboo tea tray in a gongfu tea setting.Kandukuru Nagarjun · CC BY 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or watermark removal.
  4. A layered wood carving from Nigou, Puning, in the wider Chaoshan region.Polar1 · CC BY 3.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or watermark removal.
  5. The museum labels this 1959 work “Fengxi porcelain sculpture: Theatrical Masks.” The image shows several painted face forms.Guangdong Folk Arts Museum; photographer not identified on the page · Rights information Photo source ↗ Proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or watermark removal.
  6. Mi Lan Xiang Dancong harvested in Wudong, Chaozhou, in April 2018; photographed by Difference engine in 2019.Difference engine / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or watermark removal.
  7. Entrance steps of Han Yu Memorial Temple in Chaozhou.Windmemories · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or watermark removal.