Eastern Guangdong

• , at the edge of the Pearl River Delta to the west, with beautiful beaches especially around the Zhelang Peninsula

This region has its own language, called Teochew or Chiuchow, while Shanwei has a dialect called the Haifeng dialect that, while closely related to Teochew, is still fairly distinct from it. There is also a Hakka-speaking minority. However, it is part of Guangdong (Canton) province and many people speak Cantonese, though more often as a second or third language than natively. As anywhere in China standard Mandarin has been the language of education, government and most media for decades, so nearly all educated people are fluent in Mandarin.
English is not widely spoken, though staff at the higher end hotels will be able to speak English.

Chaoshan is known for seafood.