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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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Nantou Ancient City

Nantou’s administrative history reaches back to 331 CE, and it became the seat of Xin’an County in 1573. The county seat moved away in 1953. Today, historical buildings and newer interventions share streets used for living, creative work, food and cultural activity.

The south gate of Nantou Ancient City stands among present-day urban buildings.
Nantou Ancient City’s south gate, photographed in 2022.

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  1. Nantou Ancient City’s south gate, photographed in 2022.Iswzo / 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.