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Chenghai

澄海
Chenghai 澄海
District
	澄海区
	Former residence of Chen Cihong
	Location of Chenghai in Shantou
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Shantou
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

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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.

Notable individuals

The ancestors of the following people were born in the Chenghai District:

Chatichai Choonhavan (Thai: ชาติชาย ชุณหะวัณ): former Prime Minister of Thailand.

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

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

First Museum of Cultural Revolution

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Mountain Hexiang (河象山) situated in Chenghai District

As the writer Ba Jin dreamt of, this maybe the first non-official museum in China mainland dedicated to the Cultural revolution.^[1]^{[clarification needed Meaning unclear]}

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

References

^ China's first Cultural Revolution museum exposes Mao's war on 'bourgeois culture'

External links

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[1] China's first Cultural Revolution museum exposes Mao's war on 'bourgeois culture'

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 Major industries: toys, handicrafts, clothing.
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 *[[Chatichai Choonhavan]] ({{lang-th|ชาติชาย ชุณหะวัณ}}): former [[prime minister|Prime Minister]] of [[Thailand]].
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 ==First Museum of Cultural Revolution==
 [[Image:Chenghai02.JPG|thumb|Mountain Hexiang (河象山) situated in Chenghai District]]
-As the writer [[Ba Jin]] dreamt of, this maybe the first non-official museum in China mainland dedicated to the [[Cultural revolution]].<ref>[http://www.ezilon.com/information/article_16076.shtml China's first Cultural Revolution museum exposes Mao's war on 'bourgeois culture']</ref>
+As the writer [[Ba Jin]] dreamt of, this maybe the first non-official museum in China mainland dedicated to the [[Cultural revolution]].<ref>[http://www.ezilon.com/information/article_16076.shtml China's first Cultural Revolution museum exposes Mao's war on 'bourgeois culture']</ref>{{clarify|post-text=Meaning unclear|date=February 2014}}
 Some of the funding came from the Hong Kong businessman Li Ka-shing, originally from Shantou, who also funded [[Shantou University]].