WHERE IS HUIZHOU? AND IS IT FABULOUS?

There are at least three major languages spoken in Huizhou by the locals, but you don't really need to know a word of any of them. Many residents will be able to hack some English, and they're so used to visitors being completely unintelligible that it doesn't faze them in any case. The climate is subtropical, and there are a number of interesting sights, including ancient pagodas and fabulous scenery. Daya Bay (大亞灣) has dozens of islands and reefs, and is a must for people of an aquatic bent.

[Languages: Cantonese (廣州話 gwongjau waa, 粵語 yuet yü), Hakka (客家話 hakka waa, 梅縣 moi yuen), and Mandarin (普通話 poutong waa, 官話 gun waa,
北方話 pak fong waa, 國語 gwok yü).]


In addition, Huizhou is a thriving city of industry and commerce, as well as a garrison town, home to the 42nd. army of the Peoples Republic of China (中國人民解放軍第42集團軍 "jung gwok yan man gaai fong kwan dai sei sap yi jaap tuen kwan").

The last item indicates how important the place is.

[中國 jung gwok: central country; China. 人民 yan man: people. 人 yan: person, human. 民 man: citizenry, populace. 解放軍 gaai fong kwan: liberation army.
解放 gaai fong: liberation. 解 gaai: loosen, untie; explain, elucidate. 放 fong: put something somewhere, release, set free; liberate. 第 dai: number, degree, sequence.
42: forty two; 四十二("sei sap yi"). 集團軍 jaap tuen kwan: army group, corps or division. 集 jaap: assemblage, collection. 團 tuen: ball, mass, lump.
軍 kwan: army; the military.]


The local cuisine is of Cantonese type, but diverse other attempts at cooking can also be found there, such as Szechuan, Shanghai, and Pizza.
Stick with Cantonese food and you won't go wrong.
Freshness, grande saveur, and zest.
It's fabulous.


惠州 WAI JAU

The city is northeast of Shenzhen (深圳) and Hongkong (香港), in the Pearl River Delta region (珠江三角洲) in Canton Province (廣東). Yes, there are people in San Francisco who speak the local dialect, but that isn't why I'm mentioning the place.

I'm mentioning it because of their traffic police.

Of whom I greatly approve.


惠州交警 —— 交通安全舞
[Wai jau gaau ging -- gaau tong on chuen mou]



[Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CymAEjZmUY#t=116.]


Well now. Jumping, dude. Rock out.

The nominal reason for the video is that 1-2-2 ("yat yi yi") is the Chinese traffic emergency phone-number, and therefore, more or less, December 2nd. is now 'Traffic Police Day'.

The real reason is probably "because we can". Yessiree, Huizhou Traffic Police totally rule.

I for one am mighty impressed; I cannot imagine our traffic cops doing something so utterly cool, ever. Heck, most of the C.H.P. can't get their creaky big buts off the saddle without ripping something.

"TRAFFIC SAFETY DANCE"

The background in the video makes me want to visit Huizhou. It's sunny there. And subtropical. There are trees, and broad boulevards.
It looks like a beautiful spacious modern city.
Clean, bright, and well-maintained.
No garbage on the streets.
Californian.

Altogether quite unlike San Francisco. Where I presently live.


The only thing we have in common with Huizhou is that our local cuisine is also of Cantonese type. Which is fabulous.


NOTE

I was made aware of this video, which shows that the Huizhou Traffic Police are a wonderful force to be reckoned with, by Beijing Cream, which regularly features some boffo stuff.
Fabulous.



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