Dongshankou, Guangzhou

Dongshankou (Chinese: 东山口; pinyin: Dōngshānkǒu; lit. 'the entrance of East Hill') is an area in the Yuexiu District of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. The name "Dongshan" can trace back to Ming dynasty (14th–17th century). A eunuch named Wei Juan,^[1] who was an officer in Guangzhou in years of Chenghua of Ming dynasty, built a temple on a small hill in the east side of Guangzhou city to boast himself. Guangzhou people at that time often called the main small hill as "Shan" and called the hummocks around it as "Gang", so they named the temple "Dongshan Temple" (Chinese: 东山寺; lit. 'East Hill temple').^[2] After that, the surrounding area is called Dongshan.^[3]