Zhongshan is the hometown of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a great man. Xiangshan County was founded on 1 152, and was renamed Zhongshan County on 1925 to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen. It is the only prefecture-level city in China named after a great man.
Zhongshan is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. More than 800,000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan live in 87 countries and regions on five continents. At the same time, Zhongshan is a famous historical and cultural city in China. Xiangshan culture, which originated in Zhongshan, is an important source of China's modern culture and enjoys the reputation of Guangdong Quyi Town (Cantonese Opera). [ 1]
Zhongshan has maintained the fifth economic aggregate in Guangdong Province for many years in a row, and is also known as the four tigers in Guangdong with Shunde, Nanhai and Dongguan.