Jiexi County
County in Guangdong, People's Republic of China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jiexi County (Chinese: 揭西; pinyin: Jiēxī) is a county of eastern Guangdong province, China. It is under the administration of Jieyang City.
Jiexi
揭西县 | |
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Coordinates: 23.431°N 115.842°E / 23.431; 115.842 | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guangdong |
Prefecture-level city | Jieyang |
Area | |
• Total | 1,279 km2 (494 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | 825,313 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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Simplified Chinese | 揭西县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 揭西縣 | ||||||||||
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Immigrants from Jiexi form a large overseas Chinese population who speak the Hepo dialect of Hakka (70%), mainly in Sarawak, Johor and Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia), and Bangka Belitung, Sumatra (Indonesia). Other people from Jiexi speak the Chaoshan Min (30%).[1] 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 in Jieyang (Chinese: 揭阳霖田祖庙).[2]
Jiexi is home to the Huangmanzhai waterfalls. There are ambitions to make Jiexi County a more attractive tourist destination following investment in 2010.[3]
The Lords of the Three Mountains, also Kings of the Three Mountains) are a triad Taoist deities worshiped in Southern China (mainly Teochew people) and the part of Hakka people in Taiwan.[4] The Three Mountains refer to 3 mountains in Jiexi County:[5]
- Jin Mountain (巾山) - protected by the Great Lord
- Ming Mountain (明山) - protected by the Second Lord
- Du Mountain (獨山) - protected by the Third Lord