Meizhou is located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, bordering Fujian and Jiangxi Provinces. The municipality is named after its rich resources of plum blossoms (in Chinese, Mei means plum blossoms). It has under its jurisdiction Meijiang District, Xingning City (county-level), and 6 counties, namely, Meixian, Dapu, Fengshun, Wuhua, Pingyuan and Jiaoling Counties. The whole Municipality covers a total area of 15, 800 square kilometers. All residents in Meizhou are Hakkaese of the Hans except some 2000 ethnic She people in Fengshun County. Meizhou is one of the regions mostly inhabited by Hakka people.
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We recommend in Meizhou(Meixian) and Surrounds
◎ Meizhou Municipality boasts of rich tourist attractions, like the thousand-year-old Temple of Buddhist Glory, originally built in the Tang Dynasty (618--907), Dajue Temple with thousand-year history, Yuankui Pagoda of Songkou in Meixian County, and Shixiong Pagoda in Wuhua county. Some other places of tourists interests are Peak Wushi of Mount Yinna, a Break of Rock Changtan in Jiaoling County, Fengxi Nature Reserve in Dapu County, Mount Nanta in Pingyuan County, Five-fingure Rock, Yitang Reservoir in Wuhua County, Jieling Waterfall in Fengshun County, Mount Heshuihu in Xingling City and Mt. Shenguang.
◎Its featured scenic spots are Yearning Tea Plantation Holiday Resort, Lake Yanming Tourist Center, Rafting on Lake Longjing in Fengshun County, Tangkeng Hot Springs, Hot Sludge Villa in Wuhua County, and Weilong House of Hakkaese, one of the Grand Five Chinese Residences; former residences of celebrities like Marshal Ye Jianying (1897--1986), Huang Zunxian (1848--1905), and Qiu Fengjia (1864--1912); and unique Hakka customs, culture, and art and local delicacy
Transfer
It is take 2 hours and 30-minutes trip from (Meizhou) Meixian to Chaozhou
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