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Filming locations

Practical and cultural context for Shantou, Chaoshan streets, heritage buildings, and filming routes.

2026-09-02

Why Shantou’s Qiaopi Museum Matters

After Dear You, Shantou’s Qiaopi Museum can feel like the film’s emotions made physical. Its collection of more than 90,000 qiaopi letters gives viewers a direct way to connect the movie’s family separations, waiting, and messages with real objects from Chaoshan life. The city also linked the film to a route that ties the museum with spots such as the Small Park area and Zhugang Ancient Port, so the screen story now has a walkable map in the city.

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2026-07-02

Dear You Shantou Qiaopi Route

After Dear You, the film’s locations are not only places to recognize from the screen. They can become a route through Qiaopi memory: Shantou Small Park, the Qiaopi Museum, Zhanglin Ancient Port, and the wider Chaoshan landscape all help explain why the story feels rooted.

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2026-05-29

Dear You Chaoshan Filming Route

The most useful Dear You route is not a pile of photo stops. It works best as a slow three-city line through Chaoshan, where arcades, old villages, temple spaces, bridges, and street scenes turn the film’s homesickness into something you can actually walk through.

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