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Mountain Hexiang (河象山) situated in Chenghai District

Chenghai (Chinese Postal Map Romanisation: Tenghai; Chinese: 澄海; Hanyu Pinyin: Chénghǎi; Teochew: Thěng Hài) is a district of the city of Shantou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.

It is the birthplace of Qin Mu, and Zheng Yong, the father of Taksin who was a Thai king.

It is located in the southeast part of Guangdong Province. Chenghai was a town founded since 1563 AD, under Teochew jurisdiction, controlled by Shantou City from 1983 to 1994. From 1994 onward, Chenghai was upgraded to a county-level city and was administrated by the Provincial Government directly. When in 2005, Chenghai was absorbed as a district by Shantou City, it had established its reputation as a world-class toy manufacturing hub.^{[citation needed]}

Major industries: toys, handicrafts, clothing.

Famous people

Taksin (Thai: สมเด็จพระเจ้ากรุงธนบุรี; Chinese: 鄭昭; pinyin: Zhèng Zhāo; Teochew: Dênchao):the first and only monarch of Thonburi kingdom.

Pridi Banomyong (Thai: ปรีดี พนมยงค์; Chinese: 陈嘉祥/陈璋茂):former Prime Minister and Senior Statesman of Thailand

First Museum of Cultural Revolution

As the writer Ba Jin dreamt of, this maybe the first non-official museum in China mainland dedicated to the Cultural revolution.

Some of the funding came from the Hong Kong businessman Li Ka-shing, originally from Shantou, who also funded Shantou University.

(ref.: http://www.ezilon.com/information/article_16076.shtml )

External links

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-'''Chenghai''' or '''Tenghai''' (澄海, [[Hanyu Pinyin]]: Chénghǎi, [[Teochew dialect|Teochew]]: Thěng Hài) is a [[District of China|district]] of the [[prefecture-level city|city]] of [[Shantou]], [[Guangdong]] [[Province of China|Province]], [[People's Republic of China]].
+'''Chenghai''' ([[Chinese Postal Map Romanisation]]: '''Tenghai'''; {{zh|c=澄海}}; [[Hanyu Pinyin]]: Chénghǎi; [[Teochew dialect|Teochew]]: Thěng Hài) is a [[District of China|district]] of the [[prefecture-level city|city]] of [[Shantou]], [[Guangdong]] [[Province of China|Province]], [[People's Republic of China]].
 It is the birthplace of [[Qin Mu]], and Zheng Yong, the father of [[Taksin]] who was a [[Thai people|Thai]] king.