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Commercial Port Sotto Portico
The landscapes of Commercial Port Sotto Portico include the Small Park Historical and Cultural Blocks (such as Shantou Customs Bell Tower, Nansheng Department Store, Shantou General Post Office Building, the Museum of the Culture of Opening the Commercial Port, The Stage of the Palace-Temple of Old Mother, the Former Site of the CPC Central Committee's Red Communication Station, Museum of August 1 Nanchang Uprising, Historical Museum of Cai Chusheng, Hu Wenhu Building, etc.) and Zhongshan Park. This is the birthplace of the commercial port of around 100 years of Shantou. The Palace-Temple of Old Mother that has gone through vicissitudes has witnessed the development of Shashantou, a small fishing village, which has gradually become a port with the ships from all over the world and a prosperous commercial port as well. After the opening of the commercial port in Shantou in 1860, a group of Chaoshan overseas Chinese returned to their hometowns to start their business, investing in the construction of railways, telephones, electric lights, telegraphs, trams, ships, waterworks, pharmaceutical factories, hospitals, overseas Chinese communication offices, etc., establishing Nansheng Department Store, Yongping Restaurant, Tuojiang Hostel, etc., developing the "Four-Yong One-Shengping" District. They wrote the golden years from the early 20th Century to the 1930s.The symbol of prosperity is the Southeast Asia-style sotto portico ancient block that has been left. The circular radial road network layout of the ancient block makes the small park Zhongshan Memorial Pavilion at the core of the block. The small park pavilion is not only conspicuous in location, but also the homesickness of countless people from Chaoshan going to other countries to make a living, and it is the spiritual home of such people.
Bay Sunset
The landscapes of "Bay Sunset" includes Inner Bay, Queshi Scenic Area, Xidi Park, Shipaotai Park, Waterfront Promenade, Chaoshan Historical and Cultural Expo Center, Mayu Island, and East Coast Avenue. The beautiful Inner Bay is a bright mirror given to Shantou by the God. It is rippling with towering buildings on both banks and fishing lights along the coast, and reflects the sunrise and sunset of the Queshi Mountain and the rainbow-like shade of the bridge. Haibin Road and Nanbin Road are like arms holding the two pearls, Mayu Island and Luyu Island. The Hushi Bridge and the Bay Bridge are like two rainbows, and the bay is inlaid with a ring of "jewels" such as Hushi Scenic Area, Xidi Park, Shipaotai Park, Chaoshan Historical and Cultural Expo Center, Swimming and Diving Center, and East Coast New Town, etc..
Yingnan Fog Sea
The landscape of "Yingnan Fog Sea" covers the entire territory of Nan'ao County. A cross-sea bridge embraces the island that has been lonely overseas for thousands of years. The "Reform and Opening up" has turned the restricted area at coast defense frontline into a tourist attraction. The blue sky and white clouds, night songs from fishing boats, and ecological cuisines give each visitor a strong visual impression and taste bud experience. Every angle here has own specific scene, and every inch of land has its own history. This is the earliest "Xiangshan Culture" site discovered by archeology in Eastern Guangdong. The Chaoshan people's ancestors lived and reproduced here 8,000 years ago. Ancient Song Well, Prince's Building, Zong Bing (Commander-in-chief) House, Xiongzhen Pass, Solider Recruitment Tree, "Nan'ao No. 1" and other historical relics are nostalgic. When boarding the Treasure Island, we seem to see the red-headed ships loaded with porcelains and silks sailing southward. Qing'ao Bay Swimming Beach, Huanghuashan National Forest Park, Wuyu Island ("Migratory Bird Paradise"), and many temples, as well as groupers, lobsters, crabs, squids, abalones, oysters and other special products make visitors forget to return.
Sangpu Autumn Scenery
The landscape of "Sangpu Autumn Scenery" includes the Tropic of Cancer Tower, Sangpu Mountain Park, Qirihong Park, Shantou University, Weng Wanda Academy, and Meilin Lake Abrasion Geomorphy. This is one of the rare oases on the Earth's Tropic of Cancer. The reason for its name is that the ancestors who planted mulberry trees in the mountain. It is called the first mountain in Chaoshan. The Tropic of CANCER Tower is lofty on the mountainside. There are many humane and cultural sites here, such as Weng Wanda Academy in the ancient times, and the famous Shantou University. Longquan Rock, Qizhihong Park, Meilin Lake Abrasion Geomorphy, etc. are fascinating. Due to subtropical monsoon climate and abundant rainfall, the Sangpu Mountain is rich in vegetation and products, and it is also a place where wild animals and plants thrive. In autumn, it is a good time for hiking, climbing and sight-seeing. From the top of the Sangpu Mountain, we can see yellow and green colors, fragrant and beautiful melons and fruits all over the mountain.
Times Splendid Colors
The landscape of "Times Splendid Colors" includes the Times Square and the Open Planting Square. The Times Square is known as the "living room" of Shantou City. It has witnessed the development and great changes of Shantou Special Economic Zone. The Convention and Exhibition Center, Xinghe Building, Library Square, and commercial complexes have sprung up like mushrooms and become the symbols of the times. The "Big Tide" sculpture symbolizes Shantou's spirit of inclusion and enterprising. The Greenland Space features flourishing green trees and beautiful flowers as well as zigzagging footpaths. An overpass, which is popular online, connects the Open Square newly opened and the Times Square. The two squares, with one in the north and the other in the south, echo each other, and are the good places for citizens to relax. Here is the window to feel Shantou, a city that never sleeps. When the night comes, on the square, sound-and-light technology injects vitality into the night. The bright light show and the musical fountain complement each other. The tourists from every corner of the world will remember the gorgeous and colorful night of Shantou.
Ancient Port Red Boa
The landscape of "Ancient Port Red Boat" includes Zhanglin Ancient Port Exhibition Hall, Xinxing Street Storehouse, antique Red-headed Boat, Qin Mu's Former Residence, and Nansheng Lane. Zhanglin Port, a name printed on the nautical charts of the early 18th Century in Europe, is named as one of the three major ports of departure for China Maritime Silk Road, the other two are Zhangzhou Yue Port and Quanzhou Citong Port in Fujian. During the Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns of the Qing Dynasty, due to the grain shortage in the southeast coast, the court encouraged the "Siamese Trade, bringing the golden age of Zhanglin Port. The Dai Fu Di mansions have left the testimony of the great honors granted by the Qing court to red-headed ship merchants who shipped grains from other countries. For more than 100 years from Yongzheng Reign to Xianfeng Reign, more than 1.4 million Chaoshan ancestors disembarked from Zhanglin Port to Siam, accounting for more than 60% of the population to Southeast Asia in the early time. Zhanglin was the port where red-headed ships set sail; Zhanglin was the place where countless gold rush dreams began. The bustling beauty of Zhanglin Port's Eighth Blocks and Sixth Clubs at that time have varnished at present. The vicissitudes of the past "Center of International Trade" are etched in each brick and tile of the remaining buildings of the ancient port. Nowadays, the waterfront old Chaoshan-featured houses on the old piers and near the new blocks are still quietly telling tourists some ancient stories.
Lotus Peak Noble Spirit
The landscape of "Lotus Peak Noble Spirit" includes the Haimen Lotus Peak Scenic Area. With the bright sun, the vast sea, the white sandy beaches, and the fresh sea breeze, the granite boulder standing on the foot of the mountain opening like petals, like lotus with buds, this place has got its noble name. It used to be the ancient battlefield in the late Southern Song Dynasty. According to legend, Wen Tianxiang, prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, supported King Qin to fight against the Yuan chasing troops. He looked for the Emperor's Boat here, and expressed his feeling and carved the Chinese characters "终南(Zhongnan)" here. After 800 years, loyalty and vigor still persist and will persist forever, and this place has become a place to admire the loyalty. The Zhongnan Rock, the Mass Grave, the Ancient Temple Academy, the cliff carvings of celebrities and scholars, Sea-viewing Promenade, the vast sea water pool, etc., constitute the tourist areas of featuring human landscape, seaside scenery, religious cultural landscape and historical relic units, and patriotic education base, etc.
Qianmei Overseas Chinese Style
The landscape of "Qianmei Overseas Chinese Style" includes Qianmei Ancient Village Overseas Chinese Cultural Tourist Area. In Qianmei Village, Longdu, Chenghai District, there are 58 historical buildings with traditional characteristics of Chaoshan and Southeast Asia style, seemingly telling tourists the success and splendor of Chaoshan overseas Chinese in the past. This is a typical hometown of overseas Chinese, a beautiful ancient village. Here are the former residences of famous overseas Chinese merchants, such as the Former Residence of Chen Cihong, Yongning Village, and Wenyuan Xiaozhu, etc. The Chen Cihong family returned to the village and began to build mansions from the fourth year the Tongzhi Reign of the Qing Dynasty (1865). From the ancestral home "Old House" to Xinxiang, 12 mansions were built in three generations. In the 10th year of the Tongzhi Reign (1871), Chen Cihong who ran import and export trade firm and rice mills in Bangkok, Thailand returned home, bringing the best building materials and architectural styles, and decorative arts in Southeast Asia at that time, and building the "Langzhong (doctor) Di (building)", "Shoukang Li (Lane)", "Shanju Shi (room)" and "Sanlu Shuzhai (study)" with traditional Chaoshan "Horse Trailer" architectural features. There are a total of 506 houses with corridors and pavilions, like a maze to people.
Source:Shantou Daily, Dec 25，2019
“汕头新八景”新鲜“出炉”
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灜南烟海景观范围包括南澳县全境。一座跨海大桥，把千年孤悬海外的海岛拥入怀抱。改革开放，把海防前线禁区变成旅游胜地。蓝天白云、渔舟唱晚、生态美食，给予每一个游客强烈的视觉印象和味蕾体验。这里每一个角度都是风景，每一寸土地都有历史。这里是粤东地区考古发现最早的“象山文化”遗址，8000年前就有潮汕人先辈在这里生息繁衍。古宋井、太子楼、总兵府、雄镇关、招兵树、“南澳1号”等古迹文物，令人怀古遐思，登上金银岛仿佛看到波涛汹涌中红头船满载瓷器丝绸向南航行。青澳湾泳滩、黄花山国家森林公园、“候鸟天堂”乌屿和众多寺庙，石斑鱼、龙虾、膏蟹、鱿鱼、鲍鱼、牡蛎等特产，让游客各取所爱，流连忘返。
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时代溢彩景观范围包括时代广场与开放广场。时代广场，被誉为汕头城市会客厅。它见证了汕头经济特区的发展历程和巨大变化。雨后春笋般涌现出来的会展中心、星河大厦、图书馆广场和一座座商业综合体，烙上时代的印记。“大潮”雕塑象征汕头海纳百川、拼搏进取的精神。绿地空间树木婆娑花红叶绿，步道婉延曲折。一道网红天桥，联结新开辟的开放广场，一北一南两座广场珠联璧合，是市民休憩的好去处。这里是感受汕头这座不夜城的窗口，夜幕降临广场，声光电技术为夜色注入活力，璀璨绚丽的灯光秀与音乐喷泉交相辉映，流光溢彩酷炫震撼。这里打卡的四方游客，都会记住绚美多彩的汕头之夜。
古港红船景观范围包括樟林古港展览馆、新兴街栈房、仿古红头船、秦牧故居、南盛里。樟林港，一个赫然印在欧洲18世纪初航海图上的名字，与福建的漳州月港、泉州刺桐港并称中国海上丝绸之路的三大始发港。清雍正、乾隆年间东南沿海粮荒，朝廷鼓励“暹米贸易”给了樟林港腾飞的黄金时代。一座座“大夫第”，留下了清廷把顶戴荣誉奖赏漂洋过海运粮的红头船商人的印证。自雍正至咸丰年间100多年，从樟林港下船去暹罗的潮汕先人多达140万人，占早期下南洋人数的六成以上。樟林，是红头船启航的港口；樟林，是无数番客淘金梦想开始的地方。当年樟林港八街六社的繁华绮丽，己如云烟逝去。昔日“通洋总汇”的沧桑故事刻蚀在古港遗留建筑的一砖一瓦里。如今，旧码头傍新兴街货栈的一座座临水的老厝，依然在向游人默默诉说。
莲峰浩气景观范围包括海门莲花峰风景区。明媚的阳光、浩瀚的大海、银白的沙滩、清新的海风，山麓屹立的花岗岩巨石开纵裂如瓣，似莲花含苞，故有美好的地名。这里曾是南宋末年的古战场。相传丞相文天祥举义勤王抗击元朝追兵，在这里寻望帝舟，感慨剑刻“终南”。掠过800年历史烟云，忠烈正气凛然长存，这里成为瞻仰忠烈的胜地。终南石、万人冢、古寺书院、历代名士文人的摩崖石刻，和观海长廊、无边际海水游泳池等，构成人文景观、海滨风光、宗教文化景观和历史文物单位、爱国主义教育基地等为一体的旅游景区。
前美侨风景观范围包括前美古村侨文化旅游区。澄海区隆都前美村，座落着58座潮汕传统特色与南洋风格融合的历史建筑，仿佛诉说昔日潮汕华侨漂洋过海拼搏创业的成功和辉煌。这是一个典型的侨乡，美丽的古村落。这里有陈慈黉故居、永宁寨、文园小筑等著名侨商旧宅。陈慈黉家族从清同治四年（1865）就开始回乡建造豪宅，从祖居地“老厝”建到新乡，历经三代人相继建起12座。同治十年（1871），在泰国曼谷开设出入口贸易行和火砻的陈慈黉衣锦还乡，带来了当时南洋最好的建筑材料和建筑风格、装饰艺术，开建了具有潮汕传统“驷马拖车”建筑特色的“郎中第”“寿康里”“善居室”“三庐书斋”，总共有厅房506间，通廊迴榭，楼台亭阁，让人如入迷宫，联想翩翩。
来源：汕头日报2019-12-25