Quanzhou has a long history and started its economic development as early as the Zhou and Qin Dynasties. In the third year of Wu Yong 'an in the Three Kingdoms (260), Dongan County was established in Fengzhou Town, Nan 'an City. At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a war in the Central Plains, and a large number of gentry entered the spring.
Quanzhou, also known as Licheng, is a prefecture-level city and a second-class big city under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province. It is one of the central cities in the economic zone on the west side of the Taiwan Strait and a modern industrial and trade port city approved by the Fujian Provincial People's Government. Quanzhou is located in the east of China, east longitude117 25'-19 05', north latitude 24 30'-25 56'. Fuzhou and Putian in the north, Xiamen in the south and Taiwan Province Province in the east. It has subtropical maritime monsoon climate and climatic conditions.
By 2020, the city will have jurisdiction over 4 municipal districts, 3 county-level cities and 5 counties, with a total area of 1 10 15 square kilometers. According to the data of the seventh census, the permanent population of Quanzhou is 8,782,300.
Quanzhou is introduced as follows:
Quanzhou, known as "Zou Lu on the seashore", is rich in humanities and prosperous in culture. The long-term exchange and intersection of Chinese and western cultures here has created brilliant cultural celebrities, preserved brilliant ancient and modern cultural heritages represented by Nanxi, Nanyin and South Shaolin, and a large number of rare Chinese and foreign historical and cultural treasures.
National cultural relics protection units include Kaiyuan Temple, Laojunyan Temple, Jing Qing Temple, Islamic Holy Tomb, Cao An and other temples of several major religions in the Middle Ages. There are traditional architectural masterpieces such as Luoyang Bridge, Anping Bridge and Chongwu Ancient City, as well as Jiuri Mountain's cliff stone carvings and wind-praying maps, which witnessed the friendly exchanges between Quanzhou and foreign businessmen in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. There are also 12 places such as the tomb of national hero Zheng Chenggong, the famous temple of folk beliefs, Tianhou Palace, and the ancient kiln site of Dehua Qudou Palace.
There are 37 provincial cultural relics protection units and more than 200 municipal cultural relics protection units. There is a strong local culture everywhere. Liyuan Opera, Puppet Opera, Gaojia Opera and Dacheng Opera are simple and elegant, and the "living fossil" of medieval court music is regarded as the most intimate local accent by overseas travelers.
Dehua porcelain, Hui 'an stone carving, Licheng puppet head, Anxi oolong tea, Yongchun mature vinegar and other famous local products are well-known, and they are good gifts for relatives and friends and are exported at home and abroad.