Xinhui (Xinhui, Sunhui or Sanhui), known as Gangzhou in ancient times, is now under the jurisdiction of Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province. It is located on the bank of Yinzhou Lake in the southwest of the Pearl River Delta, on the lower reaches of Tanjiang River, and Zhongshan in the east It is adjacent to Doumen to the south, Jiangmen and Heshan to the north, Kaiping to the west, and Taishan to the southwest. It is the southwest throat of Guangdong Province, located at the center of the Pearl River Delta, on the verge of the South China Sea, and adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao. The land area is 1,355 square kilometers and the registered population is 750,000.
Xinhui is located south of the Tropic of Cancer and has a subtropical oceanic climate, with an average annual temperature of 21.8°C and a rainfall of 2020.3 mm in 2010. It has a mild climate, fertile land, dense river networks, rich products, and is rich in koi. , Xinhui koi art is famous far and wide, and Xinhui tangerine peel is famous throughout the country.
Xinhui is known as the "hometown of sunflowers", "the homeland of fruits" and "the homeland of fish and rice".
Xinhui is a famous historical and cultural city in southern Guangdong. Historically, it was the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of the Siyi region. It currently has television and radio stations.
Ranked 55th among China’s top 100 districts in 2015.
1 Xinhui is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in China2 and the ancestral home of many overseas Chinese. Therefore, there is a saying that "there are Xinhui overseas".
Xinhui has many cultural relics and historic sites, including shell mound sites from the Neolithic Age 4,000 years ago, ancient pagodas from the Sui Dynasty, Guanchong kiln sites from the Tang Dynasty, Confucius Temple from the Song Dynasty, and Yashan from the Song and Yuan Dynasties. There are naval battle sites and Yashan Ancestral Temple, ancient pagodas and ancient forts from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Xinhui Academy and Xinhui Academy, which are comparable to the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall in Guangzhou, and Yutai Temple in Guifengshan, one of the four famous temples in Guangdong. The former residence of Liang Qichao, a national key cultural relic protection unit, there are 4A-level scenic spots Bird Paradise, Guifeng Mountain National Forest Park and Gudu Hot Spring Resort, as well as Chizha Rock, Gongkeng Temple, Ziyun Temple, Yuhu Lake, Silver Lake Bay, etc.
Xinhui is one of the areas with the most prosperous literary style in the history of Guangdong. It is known as the "Xinhui pen of Wanquan". Lingnan scholar Chen Baisha, New Culture leader Liang Qichao, historian Chen Yuan, etc. all came from Xinhui. Hui is the birthplace of Xinhui. They all come from Xinhui, which is the birthplace of the Lingnan School and the Lingnan Qin School. It is known as "Seaside Zou Lu" and is the birthplace of the Lingnan School and the Lingnan Qin School.