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Jieyang 揭阳Jiēyáng
Jade workshops, pingpong kueh and the airport for all of Chaoshan
About Jieyang
Jieyang takes its name from a county founded in 111 BC that once stretched across today's Chaoshan region, Meizhou and part of southern Fujian. Its old centre, Rongcheng, lies between two arms of the Rong River, with the Jieyang Confucian Temple and City God Temple, both founded in 1140, and at Yangmei Jade Village workshops carve and sell jade. The Huangmanzhai Waterfalls drop through the western hills, and the region's airport, Jieyang Chaoshan, also serves Shantou and Chaozhou.
What to eat in Jieyang
- Pingpong kueh (乒乓粿)
- Puning tofu (普宁豆干)
Listed sites in Jieyang
6 sites in Jieyang are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Huangmanzhai Waterfalls 黄满寨瀑布 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested gorge in the hills of northern Jiexi County with a chain of waterfalls, linked by footpaths and steps up the valley. - Yangmei Jade Village 阳美玉都 4A scenic area · on the map
Yangmei village in Pandong, on the eastern edge of Jieyang city, is where the region's jadeite trade began and is still the core of a large carving and trading district, although no jade is mined locally. - Former Residence of Ding Richang 丁氏光禄公祠 National heritage site
The mansion and ancestral hall built in 1878 by Ding Richang, a late-Qing official and early advocate of the Self-Strengthening reforms, who died here in 1882. - Gurong Martial Temple 古榕武庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the war god Guan Yu on Tianfu Road in Rongcheng, founded in 1558 and known for its fine wood carving. - Jieyang City God Temple 揭阳城隍庙 National heritage site
A City God temple in the old centre of Jieyang, founded in 1140 and rebuilt in 1369, with a main hall to the city god and a separate hall to his wife. - Jieyang Confucian Temple 揭阳学宫 National heritage site · on the map
The county school and Confucian temple of Jieyang, founded in 1140 and given its present layout in a rebuilding of 1876–1881.
On the map
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