Guangdong

Guangdong ({{zh-stpw |t=廣東 |s=广东 |p=Guǎngdōng |w=Kuang-tung}}; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1; Vietnamese: Qu?ng ?ông), is a province on the south coast of the People's Republic of China. Sometimes, "Canton Province" (based on an obsolete French-derived transliteration of "Guangdong") is used to mean Guangdong. This is as opposed to "Canton (City)", which refers to the city of Guangzhou, the provincial capital.

Culture

Culturally speaking, Guangdong is not homogeneous. The central region, which is also the political and economic center, is populated predominantly by Cantonese-speakers. Cantonese, rather than the official Mandarin, also serves as the lingua franca for 60,000,000 or so people of Guangdong speaking various dialects. This region is also associated with Cantonese cuisine (Simplified Chinese: 粤菜; Traditional Chinese: 粵菜), which is very well known in China, not just as one of the richest and most prestigious cuisines, but also as a cuisine specializing in exotic tastes. Cantonese opera (Simplified Chinese: 粤剧; Traditional Chinese: 粵劇) is a form of Chinese opera popular in Cantonese speaking areas.

Related Topics:
Cantonese - Mandarin - Lingua franca - Cantonese cuisine - Cantonese opera - Chinese opera

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The southeast coast of Guangdong, around the cities of Chaozhou and Shantou, forms its own cultural sphere. Here, the people speak Teochew, and their cuisine is Chiuchow cuisine. The northeast hills is populated by the Hakka people, who speak Hakka. Their cuisine is Hakka cuisine.

Related Topics:
Chaozhou - Shantou - Teochew - Chiuchow cuisine - Hakka - Hakka - Hakka cuisine

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See also:

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• Music of Guangdong
• Hakka architecture