Huilai County, a county under the jurisdiction of Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, was called Kuiyang in ancient times. Located in the southeast coast of Guangdong Province and the south of Chaoshan area; It is adjacent to Chaonan District of Shantou City in the east, Lufeng of Shanwei City in the west, Puning in the north and Nanhai in the south. The land area of the county is 1253 square kilometers. As of June, 2020, Huilai County has * * * jurisdiction over 14 towns; 201population registered at the end of 91483,800. ?

Huilai County is an ancient town in eastern Guangdong, which belongs to Baiyue in ancient times and Haiyang State (Nan 'ou State) in Xia and Shang Dynasties. The main area of Huilai in Qin and Han Dynasties belongs to Jieyang County, Nanhai County, Guangzhou.

In the sixth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (33 1 year), Jieyang County was located in Haining County, belonging to Dongguan County, where Huilai was ruled in the west. In the fourth year of Tang Wude (62 1 year), it was merged into Haiyang, belonging to Chaozhou Prefecture. In the third year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1524), Huilai County was divided into Chaoyang County and Haifeng County, hence the name. After the establishment of the county, it was under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou Prefecture until the end of Qing Dynasty. After the establishment of New China, it belonged to Shantou City.

Overview of Jieyang City:

Jieyang, also known as "Lingnan Water City", is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province and one of the four cities in Chaoshan. Shantou Chaojie is one of the cities in the metropolitan area. Located in the center of the geographical axis of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Haixi Economic Zone. Jurisdiction over 2 districts, 2 counties, escrow 1 county-level cities. The total land area is 5240 square kilometers, and the sea area is 9300 square kilometers.

Jieyang is not only one of the important ancestral homes and settlements of Chaoshan people, but also one of the important birthplaces and prosperous places of Chaoshan culture. It is a well-known hometown of overseas Chinese in China, with nearly 6 million overseas Chinese, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and overseas sages living all over the world.

Jieyang's Chaoshan culture is profound, with Chaozhou dialect, Chaoshan drama, Chaoshan singing and dancing, Chaoshan congou, Chaoshan cuisine, Chaoshan embroidery, Chaoshan Shantang, Chaoshang culture, welcoming the master, king of Sanshan, Chaoshan woodcarving, Chaoshan folk houses, Chaoshan ancestral temple, Chaoshan craft, Chaoshan embroidery, moon worship and other characteristic cultures as representatives.

Reference to the above contents: Baidu Encyclopedia-Huilai County, Baidu Encyclopedia-Jieyang