Asia >> East Asia >> China >> South East

South East China.

Regions

Cities

  • Fuzhou, capital of Fujian
  • Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, historically Southern China's greatest city
  • Haikou, capital of Hainan
  • Sanya, Hainan's tourist center
  • Shantou, Special Economic Zone, Guangdong
  • Shenzhen Guangdong boomtown, Special Economic Zone, next to Hong Kong
  • Xiamen, Special Economic Zone, Fujian
  • Zhanjiang, Guangdong, center for furniture
  • Zhuhai, Special Economic Zone, Guangdong, next to Macau

Other destinations

Wu Yi Mountain is a scenic area in Fujian

Itineraries

Culture and History

Talk

This area of China is rich with ethnic minority groups. Each have their own languages and some have their own writing systems too. The largest non Mandarin dialect of Chinese in South East China is Cantonese. While many people will be bilingual in both Mandarin and Cantonese, most will not be highly proficient. Written Chinese Hanzi script can be understood irrespective of the spoken language.

Travel to South East (China) - Visa Requirements

Tours and Getting around South East (China)

South East (China) tourist attractions and sightseeing

South East (China) city tours

South East (China) Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive

Guangdong and Fujian cuisine are two of the 'eight famous cuisines' in China. Guangdong food, under the name Cantonese cuisine, has been adopted global. Though true Guangdong cuisine, or Yue (粵) as it is known in China, may contain a few surprises, the essence of the style of cooking will be familiar to most visitors. Fujian cuisine (Min 闽) is known for is seafood. One famous dish is "Buddha jumps over a wall", a complex chowder that supposedly smells good enough to make a vegetarian monk forget his vows and hop a fence. Hainan is also known for it's seafood. Hainan food tends to be lightly seasoned and not as heavy as other regions.

South East (China) nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs

Stay safe

Get out

Destinations in South East (China):

This page was last edited by Derek Harkness. Based on work by Daniel Cowan, Evan Prodromou and Tom Holland, Wikitravel user(s) Pashley and Episteme and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. - Content on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 license

Didn't find what you were looking for?
Submit your question to the South East (China) travel forum
Subject
Question / Comment
Note: HTML tags will be removed.
Your Name (required)
Your Email (will not be published) (required)
Website (Optional)

Note: Hitting submit you grant Traveltips24 the right to edit, display and store the content you provide.