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Shaoguan (; Hakka: Seukoan) is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong Province (Yuebei), South China, bordering Hunan to the northwest and Jiangxi to the northeast. It is home to the mummified remains of the sixth Zen Buddhist patriarch Huineng. Its built-up (or metro) area made up of Zhenjiang, Wujiang and Qujiang urban conurbated districts was home to 1,028,460 inhabitants as of the 2020 census. Shaozhou was a prefecture under the Tang and Song. In 1589, Matteo Ricci relocated his mission house the first ever Jesuit mission in mainland China to Shaoguan after a fallout with the authorities in Zhaoqing. He remained in Shaoguan for a few years, eventually benefiting from Shaoguan's location on the important north-south travel route to establish connections with traveling dignitaries that allowed him to move north, to Nanchang, Nanjing, and Beijing. During World War II the city, then called Kukong, was the temporary capital of Guangdong Province. In June 2009, Uyghurs and Han workers clashed at a toy factory in Shaoguan (Shaoguan incident), which was followed by the Ürümqi riots in July. Shaoguan is the northernmost prefecture-level city of Guangdong, bordering Chenzhou (Hunan) to the northwest and north, Ganzhou (Jiangxi) to the northeast, Heyuan to the east, Guangzhou and Huizhou to the south, and Qingyuan to the west. It spans latitude 23° 05'−25° 31' N and longitude 112° 50'−114° 45' E. It is situated at the southern end of the Nan Mountains (Nan Ling), which primarily run east-west here, and is marked by numerous erosion-created valleys; within its borders lies the Mount Shikeng (石坑崆), the highest point in the province. The city is located on the Jingguang Railway (Beijing−Guangzhou) about north of the provincial capital of Guangzhou. Shaoguan is also readily accessible by road as it is adjacent to the G4 Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau Expressway as well as numerous other National Highways. At Shaoguan, the Wu River from the northwest and the Zhen River from the northeast join up to create the North River (Bei Jiang) which flows south to Guangzhou.

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Cantonese culture

Cantonese culture, or Lingnan culture, refers to the regional Chinese culture of the region of Lingnan: twin provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi, the names of which mean "eastern expanse" and "western expanse", respectively. With the migration of the Cantonese people to nearby Hong Kong and Macau, as well as in many overseas communities, Lingnan/Cantonese culture has become an influential cultural force in the international community, and forms the basis of the cultures of Hong Kong and Macau.

Nanchang

Nanchang () est une ville-préfecture et la capitale de la province du Jiangxi en Chine. La préfecture comptait plus de 5 millions d'habitants en 2010 et la ville près de deux millions d'habitants en 2006. On y parle le dialecte de Nanchang du gan. En 2005, le PIB total a été de de yuans, et le PIB par habitant de . C'est la ville des porcelaines et de la céramique. On y trouve aussi des usines d'automobile, de santé et de téléphonie. Comme toutes les grandes villes chinoises, Nanchang comprend un grand nombre de gratte-ciel.

Matteo Ricci

Matteo Ricci, en , né le à Macerata et décédé le à Pékin, est un prêtre jésuite italien et missionnaire en Chine impériale. Ricci inaugura le processus d'inculturation du christianisme en Chine. La cause de sa béatification fut ouverte en 2010. Le 17 décembre 2022, le Pape François signe le décret le déclarant Vénérable. Un des premiers jésuites à pénétrer en Chine impériale, Matteo Ricci en étudie la langue et la culture.