Chenghai, Shantou

Chenghai

澄海区
Chenghai 澄海区
District
	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)

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.