Quanzhou Travel Guide
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Quanzhou, a prefecture-level city in southeastern Fujian Province, lies on the coast in a south-southwesterly direction from Fuzhou, the province's capital and the place where the province's largest - and longest (577 kilometers) - river, the Min Jiang, empties into the East Sea. In terms of measureable distance, Quanzhou lies about 120 kilometers in a straight line from Fuzhou. Quanzhou the ancient prefecture is also known as Min Nan ("Southern" Min of the Minyue, one of the many tribes of the "Hundred Yue" peoples who resided on the southern fringes of pre-Han (BCE 206 – CE 220) Dynasty China). Min Nan is another name for the former Kingdom of Min (CE 909-945), established in the region of present-day Fujian Province after the fall of the Tang (CE 618-907) Dynasty. Not unlike nearby Fuzhou,... [ View Details ]
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Ancient Chengtian Temple of South Fujian (Minnan) 
From the end of Damo in the South Tang Dynasty to the beginning of Zhongxing（957一958 BC), the temple was built and preliminarily named “South Chan Temple”. In the fourth year of Jingde’s reign in th... [ View Details ]
Qingjing Temple
The Qingjing Temple is the earliest and oldest Islamic temple of the Arabic architectural style existent in our country. Located in the middle section of the Tumen Street in the Licheng District, it... [ View Details ]
Qingyuan Mountain
Qingyuan Mountain, which formerly has a popular name of North Mountain, is also called Qiyun Mountain because there are always clouds rising above between ridges and peaks. There is a myth and legen... [ View Details ]
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"a small city with beautiful natural scenery"
miffy said at 2011-6-1 21:12:00
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