There is a saying in Chaoshan, Guangdong Province that "provoke Chaoan to fight Chaozhou and attract Puning to fight Jieyang". Is it a sign of infighting among Chaoshan people?

Let's talk about the relationship between various places and central cities.

1. The relationship between Chaoan and Chaozhou: The older generation of Chaoan people may think that they are Chaoan people rather than chaozhou people, but now the younger generation of Chaoan people still have a strong sense of belonging to Chaozhou.

2. Relationship between Raoping and Chaozhou: Since Raoping was placed under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou, there has been little communication between the two places, and Raoping's economy has not developed greatly, resulting in many Raoping people's weak sense of identity with Chaozhou, and even some resentment. In addition, in major universities, when Raoping's people form a basketball team, the jerseys are printed with "Raoping".

3. The relationship between Puning, Huilai and Jieyang: This is similar to the second point above. 199 1 after Jieyang withdrew from the county to build the city, the central government placed Huilai under the jurisdiction of Jieyang City and entrusted Puning City to Jieyang City for escrow. Later, it was said that Jieyang government received a large sum of money from Puning government and then used it for the construction of Rongcheng District and Jiedong County in the urban area, without developing Puning City, Huilai County and Jieyang City. As mentioned above, people from Puning and Huilai in major universities say that they are Puning and Huilai, not Jieyang.

I think the sentence "provoke Chaoan Raoping to fight Chaozhou and lead Puning Muslims to fight Jieyang" is a bit too much. In 1980s, Shantou, as a special economic zone approved by the state, developed greatly and gradually became a leading city in eastern Guangdong. In this way, it is not ruled out that Shantou's mentality will change after its development, and it will not leave its own jurisdiction and start a new portal like Chaozhou and Jieyang, which have a long history. This is normal. Every city wants to develop strongly and doesn't want to be surpassed by neighboring cities, especially those in the same region. Shantou's economic development is relatively stagnant now, and it certainly doesn't like the development of Chaozhou and Jieyang. But when it comes to "provoking Chaoan to fight Chaozhou and attracting Puning to fight Jieyang", I think it is a bit too serious, not so serious.