
Jiexi County () is a county of eastern
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
province, China. It is under the administration of
Jieyang
Jieyang ( zh, s=揭阳, p=Jiēyáng, t=揭陽; Chaozhou dialect: gig4 iên5; Jieyang dialect: gêg4 ion5) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong Province (Yuedong), People's Republic of China, part of the Chaoshan region whose peopl ...
city with a jurisdiction area of 1,279 km
2 (494 sq mi) and a total population of 674,829 according to the
2020 census. Amongst them, 209,233 are downtown residents.
Immigrants from Jiexi form a large
overseas Chinese
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population who speak the Hepo dialect of
Hakka
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(70%), mainly in
Sarawak
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,
Johor
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and
Negeri Sembilan
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(
Malaysia
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), and
Bangka Belitung
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,
Sumatra
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(
Indonesia
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). Other people from Jiexi speak the
Chaoshan Min
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(30%). In the late 18th and early 19th century, settlers from Jiexi county formed the
Lintian kongsi republic, an autonomous polity named after a temple in Jiexi dedicated to the
Lords of the Three Mountains
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The Three Mountains refer to three mountains in Jiexi ...
in Jieyang ().
Jiexi is home to the
Huangmanzhai waterfalls. There are ambitions to make Jiexi County a more attractive tourist destination following investment in 2010.
[Guangdong Special :Jiexi looks to leisure and tourism]
Zhan Laoji, China Daily
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Overview
''China Daily'' has the widest print circulation of any ...
, 2011-06-01 10:13, retrieved Feb 2016
The
Lords of the Three Mountains
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The Three Mountains refer to three mountains in Jiexi ...
, also Kings of the Three Mountains) are a
triad
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* a group of three
Humanities
* Trichotomy (philosophy), often called triads
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* Triad (relationship), or ''ménage à trois''
Music
* Triad (music ...
Taoist
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deities worshiped in
Southern China
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Extent
The Qinling–Daba Mountains serve as the transition zone between ...
(mainly
Teochew people
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) and the part of
Hakka people
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in
Taiwan
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. The Three Mountains refer to three mountains in Jiexi County:
* Jin Mountain () - protected by the Great Lord
* Ming Mountain () - protected by the Second Lord
* Du Mountain () - protected by the Third Lord
Geography
From both
Guangzhou
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and
Hong Kong
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the county is about away.
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Climate
References
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County-level divisions of Guangdong
Jieyang