Meixian District (梅县区) is a district of Meizhou City, in northeastern Guangdong Province, China.[1] The district is an important Hakka settlement and is the ancestral home of many Hakka descendants living in Taiwan.
History
Its original name was Chengxiang county (程鄕) during the southern Han Dynasty where it was first created, all the way to the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, and then renamed Jiaying county during the Qing dynasty. It only obtained the name Meixian in 1911 during the Xinhai Revolution.
Geography
Map including Meixian (MEI-HSIEN 梅縣 (KAYING)) area (1954)
Meixian almost completely surrounds Meizhou's central urban Meijiang District. This is due to the old urban core of Meixian becoming separated from the bulk of the county in the territorial reorganization following the 1949 establishment of the People's Republic of China, when it was given equal status.
