Sangpu Mountain
Sangpu Mountain is named after the mulberry trees that were once abundant at the mountain area near the Rong River. It is located at the junction of the 3 prefecture-level cities of Shantou, Chaozhou and Jieyang in eastern Guangdong Province of China. With an altitude of 484 meters and a stretch of 27 kilometers, the mountain is a Guangdong provincial nature reserves area, and is known as "the First Mountain in Chaoshan". The Tropic of Cancer passes through here, and Shantou University is located in it. Jieyang [Chaoshan International Airport] and Chaoshan railway station, the largest airport and the largest high-speed rail station in eastern Guangdong, both lie nearby.
Shantou University
Shantou University, or STU, is located in the Sangpu Mountain area of Shantou City. It is jointly established by the Chinese Ministry of Education, the People's Government of Guangdong Province and the Li Ka Shing Foundation. The campus covers a total area of 1,889.28 mu and a total built area of 566,000 square meters. In September 2013, Shantou University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology signed the memorandum of understanding for the establishment of the Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.Tropic of Cancer Marker Tower
The Tropic of Cancer Marker Tower is located about 5 kilometers north of Shantou University and was completed and opened to the public in 1986. It is about 13.6 meters tall in the form of a 5-meter-diameter globe supported by a "北" shaped rack. Every year at 12 noon on the summer solstice, when the sun shines directly on the globe, there will be an astronomical view of "Standing up a pole with no shadow to be seen".Famous Tombs
The Tomb of Lin Daqin, located in Sangpu Mountain, Jinshi Town, Chaozhou City, was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and is the tomb of Lin Daqin, the only champion of liberal arts in the history of the imperial examination of Chaoshan Region. In 1987, Lin Daqin's tomb was listed as a key cultural relics protection unit in Chaozhou City, and on October 20, 2012, it was promoted to a cultural relics protection unit in Guangdong Province.The Tomb of Sun Mozhai, located in Sangpu Mountain, Shaxi Town, Chaozhou City, is a provincial cultural relics protection unit announced in October 2012. Sun Mozhai, a native of Shangxilin Village, Shaxi Town, is also called Weng Wanda, a secretary of military department in the Ming Dynasty of China.
The Tomb of Weng Meizhai, which is the tomb of Weng Wanda's father Weng Yu, covers an area of about 20,000 square meters. It is the largest tomb in eastern Guangdong and the only ancient tomb for imperial burial in Chaoshan.