Turning to the history of Chaozhou, we can learn that in the Sui Dynasty, it was the starting point for the exploration of Taiwan, and in the Tang Dynasty, it became an important channel and gateway to the Maritime Silk Road. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chaozhou once became the seat of the Chaozhou Prefecture, which was a beautiful place to live. Today's Chaozhou is a third-tier city, while the world's richest Chinese Li Ka-shing, Rao Zongyi and other celebrities are from here out, but Chaozhou and many Guangdong cities compared to the city is still a low-profile city.
As an ancient city, Chaozhou has given birth to and sustained a number of civilizations, and is the birthplace of Chaoshan culture, an important component of Lingnan culture, as well as local cultural characteristics such as the Teochew language, Teochew Opera, and English songs and dances, and nowadays, the pace is relatively slow here, and prices are also lower, making it ideal for retirement.
If you are a monument lover, then you can see nine national key cultural relics protection units when you visit Chaozhou, which can be considered as a treasure place for humanities travel lovers.
Hitting the first monument - Guangji Bridge
If we talk about the most famous monument in Chaozhou, then it must be Guangji Bridge, which is one of the four ancient bridges in China, along with Zhaozhou Bridge and Luzhou Bridge. Guangji Bridge was built in the Southern Song Dynasty, once witnessed the essence of the Southern Song Dynasty bridge architecture. 1958 renovation will be the original Ming Dynasty formed "eighteen shuttle boat twenty-four continents," the size of the bridge into a three-hole steel frame and two high piles to bear the platform type bridge.
What we see today is the sightseeing bridge restored in 2003 according to the style of the Ming Dynasty for tourism, and today the bridge is 518 meters long, consisting of 20 piers, 1 abutment, 19 holes, and a pontoon bridge 97.3 meters long.
Even though the bridge we see today is a product of recent construction, there are still many ancient remnants to be seen, for example, in the middle of the bridge we can still see the beams of the Song Dynasty, which can be described as very ancient.