梅州,清代称嘉应州,地处粤东北地区,现下辖梅县、蕉岭、丰顺、平远、大埔、五华六县及兴宁市。这里是客家人主要的居住地,也是海外客家人的故乡。与许多岭南地区一样,在相当长的历史时期内,这里是一个炎荒之地,朝廷官宦贬谪之所。自宋代起,这里始设书院,教化得以兴起。到清中叶时,文风达到顶峰,成为整个岭南的“人文秀区”。这种文教昌盛,一枝独秀的态势,一直持续到新中国成立后,故此,梅州被誉为“文化之乡”。 Meizhou, Qing Dynasty said Jiaying state, is located in northeast Guangdong, now under the jurisdiction of Meixian, Jiaoling, Fengshun, Pingyuan, Tai Po, Wuhua County and Xingning City. Here is the Hakka people's main residence, but also the hometown of Hakka people overseas. Like many Lingnan areas, it was a land of desolation for quite a long period of time, where the court officials relegated. Since the Song Dynasty, a college has been set up here to enlighten education. By the middle of the Qing dynasty, the writing style reached its peak and became the “Humanistic District” of Lingnan. This kind of cultural and educational prosperous, thriving, continued until after the founding of New China, therefore, Meizhou hailed as “cultural home ”.