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Downtown QuanzhouSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quanzhou_-_bike_traffic_-_DSCF8718.JPG
Author: Vmenkov
Quanzhou (Traditional/Simplified Chinese: 泉州, pinyin: Quánzhōu; Wade-Giles: Ch'üan2-chou1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chôan-chiu) is a city in Fujian Province, China. This prefecture-level city covers 11,245 square kilometers and has a population of 8.13 million people (2013 estimate). Quanzhou comprises four urban district, three county-level cities, four counties and two speical economic districts. The archipelago known as Kinmen or Quemoy, which is administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan), is also claimed by the People's Republic of China as Jinmen County of Quanzhou. The four districts within Quanzhou are Licheng, Fengze, Luojiang and Quangang. The county-level cities are Shishi, Jinjiang and Nan'an, while the four counties are Hui'an, Anxi, Yongchun and Dehua.
Statue of Lao Tzu in Quanzhou
Author: Vmenkov
Quanzhou (Traditional/Simplified Chinese: 泉州, pinyin: Quánzhōu; Wade-Giles: Ch'üan2-chou1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chôan-chiu) is a city in Fujian Province, China. This prefecture-level city covers 11,245 square kilometers and has a population of 8.13 million people (2013 estimate). Quanzhou comprises four urban district, three county-level cities, four counties and two speical economic districts. The archipelago known as Kinmen or Quemoy, which is administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan), is also claimed by the People's Republic of China as Jinmen County of Quanzhou. The four districts within Quanzhou are Licheng, Fengze, Luojiang and Quangang. The county-level cities are Shishi, Jinjiang and Nan'an, while the four counties are Hui'an, Anxi, Yongchun and Dehua.
Statue of Lao Tzu in QuanzhouSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Lao_Tzu_in_Quanzhou.jpg
Author: Tom@HK
Quanzhou shares a coastal border with the sub-provincial city of Xiamen to the southwest, the prefecture-level cities of Zhangzhou and Longyan to the west, the prefecture-level city of Putian and Fuzhou to the northeast and the prefecture-level city of Sanming to the northwest.
Quanzhou traces its history to the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907). The city itself was founded in AD 718, and at one time grew to become one of the great seaports of China, particularly during the Song Dynasty (AD 960-1279) and Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). As a result, the people of Quanzhou has had a long maritime tradition.
One of the major attractions in Quanzhou is the Quanzhou Overseas Relations Museum. The museum retraces the city's maritime past. One of the most important exhibit of the museum is a seagoing Quanzhou junk that sank in 1272, but was recovered and restored for display in 1973-74.
The people of Quanzhou speak a type of Hokkien that is similar to the Hokkien spoken on the southern part of West Malaysia. It bears some similarity with the Hokkien spoken by the people in Xiamen and Zhangzhou. These three cities were the source of many Chinese migrants populating Southeast Asia, and speaking Hokkien as their mother tongue.
Koxinga Monument, a huge equestrian statue of the Ming loyalist, Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga), who fought against the Manchus to defend Quanzhou
Author: Tom@HK
Quanzhou shares a coastal border with the sub-provincial city of Xiamen to the southwest, the prefecture-level cities of Zhangzhou and Longyan to the west, the prefecture-level city of Putian and Fuzhou to the northeast and the prefecture-level city of Sanming to the northwest.
Quanzhou traces its history to the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907). The city itself was founded in AD 718, and at one time grew to become one of the great seaports of China, particularly during the Song Dynasty (AD 960-1279) and Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). As a result, the people of Quanzhou has had a long maritime tradition.
One of the major attractions in Quanzhou is the Quanzhou Overseas Relations Museum. The museum retraces the city's maritime past. One of the most important exhibit of the museum is a seagoing Quanzhou junk that sank in 1272, but was recovered and restored for display in 1973-74.
The people of Quanzhou speak a type of Hokkien that is similar to the Hokkien spoken on the southern part of West Malaysia. It bears some similarity with the Hokkien spoken by the people in Xiamen and Zhangzhou. These three cities were the source of many Chinese migrants populating Southeast Asia, and speaking Hokkien as their mother tongue.
Koxinga Monument, a huge equestrian statue of the Ming loyalist, Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga), who fought against the Manchus to defend QuanzhouSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quanzhou_-_Koxinga_-_DSCF8499.JPG
Author: Vmenkov
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Sights in Quanzhou
- Chaotian Gate
- Deji Gate ruins
- Former Residence of Shi Lang
- Koxinga Monument
- Quanshan Gate
Getting there
Quanzhou is served by the Jinjiang Domestic Airport, which receives many regular flights from Guangzhou (CAN) and other major airports of the region. If you are arriving in Xiamen or Fuzhou, you can take the new high-speed train to Quanzhou, arriving at the new Quanzhou Station, which is about 12 km to the northwest of the city centre.
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