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Quanzhou

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Izumi Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan. It is also referred to as . It lay in Kinai, and its area today composes the south-western part of Osaka Prefecture ....
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Quanzhou (; Min Nan

Min Nan

The Southern Min language, or Min Nan, refers to a family of Chinese dialects which are spoken in southern Fujian and neighboring areas, and by descendants of overseas Chinese in diaspora....
(Hokkien

Hokkien

Hokkien is a Hokkien dialect word corresponding to Standard Mandarin "Fujian". It may refer to:* Hokkien dialect, a dialect of Min Nan Chinese spoken in Southern Fujian , Taiwan, South-east Asia, and elsewhere....
): Chôan-chiu) is a prefecture-level city

Prefecture-level city

A prefecture-level city or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province of China and above a county of China in China's administrative structure....
in southeastern Fujian

Fujian

is one of the Province of China on the southeast coast of People's Republic of China. Fujian borders Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south....
province, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
. It borders all other prefecture-level cities in Fujian but two (Ningde

Ningde

Ningde , also known as Mindong , is a prefecture-level city located along the northeastern coast of Fujian province, China. It borders Fuzhou to the south, Wenzhou City and Zhejiang province to the north, and Nanping City to the west....
and Nanping

Nanping

Nanping is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian province of China, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde City to the east, Sanming City to the south, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi to the north and west respectively....
) and faces the Taiwan Strait

Taiwan Strait

The Taiwan Strait or Formosa Strait is a 180-km-wide strait between mainland China and Taiwan. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to East China Sea to the northeast....
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Quanzhou (; Min Nan

Min Nan

Hokkien

Prefecture-level city

Fujian

People's Republic of China

Ningde

Nanping

Taiwan Strait

The Taiwan Strait or Formosa Strait is a 180-km-wide strait between mainland China and Taiwan. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to East China Sea to the northeast....
. In older English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
works, its name may appear as Chinchew or Chinchu. In medieval Western accounts it is known as Zaytun or Zaitun, from the Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
transcription.

The People's Republic of China claims Jinmen County — more widely known as Quemoy

Kinmen

Kinmen , located at , is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China government: Greater Kinmen , Lesser Kinmen , and some islets....
— as part of Quanzhou, but the territory is currently under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China

Republic of China

The Republic of China , also known as Nationalist China is a country in East Asia that has evolved from a single-party state with full global recognition into a multi-party democratic state with Political status of Taiwan....
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History

Quanzhou was established in 718

718

Events...
during the Chinese Tang Dynasty

Tang Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty was an Dynasties in Chinese history preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire....
(618-907). In those days, Guangzhou

Guangzhou

'Guangzhou' is the Capital and a sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province of China in the northern and southern China part of the People's Republic of China....
was China's greatest seaport, but this status would be surpassed later by Quanzhou. During the Song Dynasty

Song Dynasty

The Song Dynasty was a ruling Chinese dynasty in China between 960–1279 AD; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty....
(960-1279) and Yuan Dynasty

Yuan Dynasty

The Yuan Dynasty , or Great Yuan Empire was both the continuation of the Mongol Empire and the Mongol founded historical state in Mongolia and China, lasting officially from 1271 to 1368....
(1279-1368), Quanzhou was one of the world's largest seaports, hosting a large community of foreign-born inhabitants from across the Eurasian world. Due to its reputation, Quanzhou has been called the starting point of the Silk Road

Silk Road

The Silk Road is an extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, including North Africa and Europe....
via the sea. In The Travels of Marco Polo
The Travels of Marco Polo

The Travels of Marco Polo is the usual English language title of Marco Polo's travel book, nicknamed Il Milione or Le Livre des Merveilles ....
, Quanzhou (called Zayton, T'swan-Chau or Chin-Cheu) was listed as the departure point for Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Marco Polo was a trader and exploration from the Venetian Republic who gained fame for his worldwide travels, recorded in the book Il Milione also known as Oriente Poliano and the Description of the World....
's expedition to escort the 17-year-old Mongol princess pride Kököchin

Kököchin

K?k?chin, also K?kechin, Kokachin or Cocacin , was a 13th century Mongol princess from the Yuan dynasty in China, belonging to the Mongol tribe of the Bayaut ....
to her new husband in the Persian Ilkhanate

Ilkhanate

The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate or Il Khanate , was a Mongol khanate established in Persia in the 13th century, considered a part of the Mongol Empire....
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Quanzhou is also a migration source of many Overseas Chinese living in South East Asia and to Taiwan during the last couple of centuries.

Geography

Quanzhou is a coastal prefecture bordered by Xiamen sub-provincial city to the south west. It also forms another border with Zhangzhou and Longyan prefecture level city towards the west. Putian and Fuzhou forms Quanzhou's north east border and Sanming from the north.

Quanzhou is mountainous and has many rivers and tributaries originating from the interior.

Dialect

Local people speak a variant of Hokkien

Hokkien

Taiwanese

Taiwanese may refer to:* things of or pertaining to the Republic of China, the government of Taiwan.* things of or pertaining to the island of Taiwan....
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Governance

The prefecture-level city

Prefecture-level city

County-level city

A county-level city is a Political divisions of China#County level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by Political divisions of China#Prefecture level divisions, but a few are governed directly by Political divisions of China#Province level divisions....
and 5 counties.

Licheng District
Licheng District

Licheng is a District in Quanzhou Prefecture-level city, Fujian....
Fengze District
Luojiang District
Quangang District
Shishi
Shishi

Shishi may refer to:*Shishi , guardian lions in Ancient China*Shishi City, in Quanzhou, Fujian, China*Shishi , Japanese political activists of the late Edo period...
City
Jinjiang City
Nan'an
Nan'an, Fujian

Nan'an is a county-level city within the Quanzhou Prefecture level city, Fujian province, China. The city has a population of 1,480000 residents....
City
Hui'an County
Hui'an County

Hui'an is a county in the Prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian....
Anxi County
Anxi County

Anxi County is a County in the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian. It lies adjacent to and directly north of Xiamen.Anxi is well-known for its sort of Oolong tea, Tieguanyin ....
Yongchun County
Dehua County
Jinmen County - disputed

Economy

Quanzhou is a major exporter of agricultural products such as tea

Tea

Tea refers to the agricultural products of the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the Camellia sinensis plant, prepared and cured by various methods....
, banana

Banana

File:Banana and cross section.jpgBanana is the common name for a fruit and also the herbaceous plants of the genus Musa which produce this commonly eaten fruit....
, lychee

Lychee

The Lychee , also spelled Litchi or Laichi and Lichu, Chinese language: ??, Hanyu Pinyin: L?zhi, is the sole member of the genus Litchi in the soapberry family Sapindaceae....
and rice

Rice

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
. It is also a major producer of quarry granite

Granite

Granite is a common and widely occurring type of Intrusion , felsic, igneous rock rock . Granite has a medium to coarse texture, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass forming a rock known as Porphyry ....
and ceramics. Other industries include textiles, footwear

Footwear

Footwear consists of garments worn on the foot, for protective clothing against the environment, and adornment. Socks and other hosiery are worn between the feet and the footwear, except for Sandal s and flip flops ....
, fashion and apparel, packaging, machinery, paper

Paper

Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....
and petrochemicals.

Quanzhou is the biggest automotive market in Fujian, it has the highest number of private automobile

Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
possession.

Culture

Quanzhou is one of the twenty-four famous historic cultural cities first approved by the Chinese Government.

Liyuan Opera(???)
Puppet Show
Gaojia Opera
Dacheng Opera

Famous products

Dehua Porcelain
Porcelain

Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and ....
Huian Stoneware
Stoneware

Stoneware a vitreous or semi-vitreous ceramic ware of fine texture made primarily from non-refractory fire clay....
Anxi Tieguanyin
Tieguanyin

Tie Guan Yin is a premium variety of China oolong associated with Anxi County in Fujian. Named after the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara , it has also been translated as "Iron Goddess of Mercy" after the old translation for Guan Yin's name....

The city hosted the Sixth National Peasants' Games

National Peasants' Games

The National Peasants' Games are a quadrennial multi-sport event in China in which competitors from among the country's 750 million rural residents take part in sports, both conventional - including basketball, track and field athletics, table tennis, shooting sports, Xiangqi and Tai chi chuan, and traditional rural and Chinese activities, s...
in 2008.

Transport

Quanzhou is an important transport hub within south eastern Fujian province. Many export industries in the Fujian interior cities will transport goods to Quanzhou ports.Quanzhou Port was one of the most prosperous port in Tang Dynasty while now still an important one for exporting. Quanzhou is also connected by major roads from Fuzhou to the north and Xiamen to the south. Jinjiang Domestic Airport is Quanzhou's airport servicing flights within Fujian province and other destinations.

Colleges and universities

Huaqiao University
Huaqiao University

Huaqiao University is a university located in Quanzhou, Fujian province, PRC.Huaqiao University founded in 1960, with support from the late Chinese premier and historical figure Zhou Enlai for students of overseas Chinese backgrounds to pursue tertiary education in their ancestral homelands....
(national)
Quanzhou Normal College
Quanzhou Normal College

Quanzhou Normal College is a public college located in Quanzhou, Fujian, PRC. Now called Quanzhou Normal University....
(public)
Quanzhou Medical College (public)
Yang-en University
Yang-en University

Yang-En University is a private university located in the village of Majia, Quanzhou outside Quanzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.It was founded in 1987 by Mr....
(private)

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