Nanhai District (), is a

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Foshan Foshan (, ; Chinese: 佛山) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta m ...

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 ...

, China. Its government is the first to have developed

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at the county level in China.

History

Establishment of Nanhai is traditionally attributed two brothers carrying their father's bowls in 1271. They were fleeing south from the

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s on a

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raft when a violent storm shipwrecked them and broke all the bowls. The brothers settled down there and the position of the wreck is commemorated by a shrine. This area was named Broken Bowls Point. On 15 February 1921, the eastern part of Nanhai County was ceded to the newly established City of

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which became part of what is now western part of

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. On 26 June 1951, Foshan Town (present Chancheng) was ceded to the newly established City of

. Nanhai County was upgraded into a

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on 2 September 1992 until 8 December 2002 Nanhai was consolidated as a district of Foshan.

Administration division

Nanhai was a

until December 8, 2002, when it became a district of

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E-government

Nanhai was designated by the central government as a pilot city for

and

in 2001.

Notable people

* Kang Tongbi *

Kang Youwei Kang Youwei (; Cantonese: ''Hōng Yáuh-wàih''; 19March 185831March 1927) was a political thinker and reformer in China of the late Qing dynasty. His increasing closeness to and influence over the young Guangxu Emperor sparked confli ...

* Lin Liang *

Wong Fei Hung Wong Fei-hung (born Wong Sek-cheung with the courtesy name Tat-wun; 19 August 1847 – 17 April 1925) was a Chinese martial artist, physician, and folk hero. Though he was considered an expert in the Hung Ga style of Chinese martial arts, his r ...

Ip Man Ip Man (born Ip Kai-man; 1 October 1893 – 2 December 1972), also known as Yip Man, was a Chinese martial arts grandmaster. He became a teacher of the martial art of Wing Chun when he was 20. He had several students who later became martia ...

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* Tan Sri Datuk Amar

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Zhan Tianyou Zhan Tianyou, or Tien-Yow Jeme (; 26 April 1861 – 24 April 1919), was a pioneering Chinese railroad engineer. Educated in the United States, he was the chief engineer responsible for construction of the Peking-Kalgan Railway (Beijing to Zhan ...

Zhong Naixiong Zhong Naixiong (; born November 1963) is a Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire. He is the founder and chairman of Nenking Group, a conglomerate based in Foshan, Guangdong. Zhong keeps a low profile in his daily life, but is keen on developin ...

References

External links

Mango Kwan's site contains pictures and history

Transportation

# Following the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, public bicycles became available within the Guicheng area for community convenience. # On November 3, 2010, the first phase of the Guangfo Line commenced operation, passing through five stations: Guicheng Station, Nangui Road Station, Leigang Station, Qiandeng Lake Station, and Financial High-tech Zone Station. Passengers could use transportation cards including Guangfutong, Yangchengtong, and Lingnantong for metro rides. # On September 15, 2021, Guicheng's public bicycle service officially ceased operations. # On December 28, 2021, Foshan Metro Line 2 opened to traffic, featuring two stations in Nanhai District: Linyue West Station and Linyue East Station. # On August 23, 2024, the Southern Section of the Post-Phase Extension of Foshan Metro Line 3 began operation, serving three stations in Nanhai District: Guicheng Station, Xiyue Station, and Diejiao Station. On the same day, the Northern Section of the Post-Phase Extension commenced service with nine stations in Nanhai District: Foshan University Station, Nanhai University Town Station, Bo'ai Central Road Station, Kesheng Road Station, Xingye East Road Station, Foshan West Railway Station, Luocun Station, Xiaode East Station, and Lianhe Station. County-level divisions of Guangdong Foshan {{Foshan-geo-stub