Baiyue, Nanyue, Nanyue

Guangdong Province, named after Lingnan East Road and Guangnan East Road, referred to as "Guangdong", with the provincial capital Guangzhou, is a province on the southern coast of mainland China , located south of Nanling, on the coast of the South China Sea, borders Hong Kong, Macau, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian, and faces Hainan across the sea.

Guangdong was called Baiyue, Nanyue and Nanyue in ancient times. Guangdong is called "Baiyue" in "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals", "Nanyue" in "Historical Records", and "Southern Guangdong" in "Hanshu". Yue is connected with Guangdong, abbreviated as Guangdong, which generally refers to the Lingnan area. The ancestors of Guangdong have lived, worked and multiplied on this land for a long time. In the long history, Guangzhou, Guangdong and other places appeared one after another, gradually evolving into Guangdong Province and its jurisdiction.

Guangdong is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese

Guangdong Province has been the province with the earliest and largest number of maritime trade and immigrants overseas in China since ancient times. Since modern times, it has gradually developed into a key hometown of overseas Chinese.

There are many overseas Chinese and returned overseas Chinese and their relatives_

There are more than 30 million overseas Chinese in Guangdong, accounting for more than half of the country’s overseas Chinese. They are distributed in more than 160 countries and regions around the world, mainly in Southeast Asia. Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Mexico in North America, Peru, Brazil, and Venezuela in South America, Panama in Central America, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa in Oceania Mauritius, Madagascar, South Africa and other countries and regions. There are approximately 88,000 returned overseas Chinese and more than 30 million overseas Chinese dependents in the province, mainly concentrated in overseas Chinese hometown areas such as the Pearl River Delta, Chaoshan Plain and Meizhou, and 23 overseas Chinese farms.

There are many historical sites of overseas Chinese culture_

Overseas Chinese culture and hometown culture are important parts of Lingnan culture. In 2007, "Kaiping Diaolou and Villages" was included in the World Heritage List, becoming the first overseas Chinese cultural world heritage project and the first world cultural heritage in Guangdong Province. In 2013, the "Overseas Chinese Archives", mainly composed of overseas Chinese from Guangdong, was selected into the Memory of the World Register, becoming Guangdong's first World Memory Heritage. There are 160,000 overseas Chinese batches from Guangdong, mainly distributed in Chaoshan, Jiangmen Wuyi, Meizhou and other areas. Guangdong Province’s study abroad culture, business culture, charity culture, etc. are also closely related to overseas Chinese.

There are many famous overseas Chinese pioneers in modern times_

Many famous figures in modern Chinese history are pioneers of overseas Chinese in Guangdong. In the political circle, there are Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Sun Yat-sen, Ye Jianying, etc.; in the industrial circle, there are Chen Qiyuan, an overseas Chinese from Nanhai who returned to China to establish the first silk reeling factory, Zhang Zhenxun, an overseas Chinese from Dabu who established Changyu Wine Company, and Taishan overseas Chinese who established the Xinning Railway. Chen Yixi, etc.; in the business world, there are overseas Chinese Guo Le and Guo Quan brothers who founded Shanghai Yongan Department Store, and overseas Chinese Ma Yingbiao who founded Xianshi Department Store; in the education world, there are overseas Chinese Rong Hong from Zhuhai who pioneered education abroad in China; in In the aviation industry, there are Feng Ru, the "Father of Chinese Aviation" and an overseas Chinese from Enping. In addition, there are the famous overseas Chinese leader Situ Meitang, who is "a veteran of Hongmen and a lifelong patriot"; Chen Fang, an overseas Chinese from Zhuhai who is an industrialist, philanthropist, consul, and overseas Chinese leader; and the Thai rice industry who has contributed to the municipal construction of Shantou. The great king Chen Cihong, an overseas Chinese from Chenghai, and others. They have made outstanding contributions to the development of modern Chinese civilization, and their thoughts and spirits are an important part of Guangdong's spiritual civilization.