Does Shanwei belong to Chaoshan?

Shanwei does not belong to the Chaoshan area, which includes Shantou, Chaozhou and Jieyang, and Shanwei is not one of them.

Shanwei is a coastal city with many overseas Chinese. Their hometown is Shanwei, and Shanwei is also a red revolutionary base, because the accent of Shanwei people is similar to that of Chaoshan people.

Origin:

Most people attribute Shanwei to Chaoshan. One of the core reasons is that there is a word "Shantou" in the name of Shanwei, but actually Shanwei City was established by 1988. At that time, Shanwei was only in Haifeng area, and its jurisdiction was only Haifeng and Lufeng (the land river was essentially separated from Haifeng). The establishment of Shanwei was first separated from Haifeng, Hongmao, Magong and Lufeng.