Gaozhou

Gaozhou is a county-level city in southwestern Guangdong Province, China. Formerly the primary city in the area, it is now administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Maoming. The locals speak a variation of the Gaozhou dialect. It is best known in China for being the ancestral home of Leo Ku. Gaozhou is a historically important city in Guangdong. Under the Qing, it was the seat of Gaozhou Commandery, overseeing Dianbai, Huazhou, Maoming, "Sih-ching", Wuchuan, and Xinyi Counties. After the Chinese Civil War, it was placed under the administration of Maoming as Gaozhou County and then promoted to county-level city status in 1993.

Gaozhou has few important landmarks and most places do not even have a mailing address. What might be of interest to the gastronomer or the rural tourist are the lychee and longan farms located in and around Gaozhou that have garnered special attention to become tourist destinations. Though people here like socialising over food, there are no good restaurants save for a "dhaba" style thatched roof restaurant on the outskirts of the town.