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Shaoguan Overview
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Located at the juncture of three provinces, Shaoguan is a city
of kindness and beauty.
Bordering Hunan Province and Jiangxi Province, Shaoguan
is located in the northern part of Guangdong Province. It has been
a transportation hub and important gateway connecting South
China and Central Plains since ancient times. Covering an area of
the City of KINDNESS and Beauty
the City of KINDNESS and Beauty
about 18,400 square kilometers, the city has 3.35 million registered
population and consists of 7 counties (cities) and 3 districts.
Shaoguan is a city with a long history and ancient civilization.
As early as 130 thousand years ago, the “Maba People” flourished
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in Shaoguan and it was the birthplace of “Shixia Culture”. 005
Since the establishment of Qujiang County in the Western Han
Dynasty (111 B.C.), Shaoguan has always been the political,
economic, transportation and cultural center of the northern part of
Guangdong, and is a cultural melting pot of the Central Plains and
South China.
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Shaoguan is a birthplace of many talents and famous
historical figures. From the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty,
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the city cultivated 194 “Jinshi” (candidates who passed three
imperial examinations). In modern times, many great figures
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and revolutionary martyrs left glorious footprints here. Zen, the
Hakka, migration, revolution, folk customs, mining industry and
many other rich cultural elements have made Shaoguan a famous
historical and cultural city.
Shaoguan enjoys the great ecological environment and
abundant beautiful sceneries. It is known as the most intact oasis
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004 on the Tropic of Cancer. The city is home to the state key national
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forest area, the South China Biological Gene Bank and the Pearl