"County China Online Tour"
Sixty-four
( Fujian • Nanping )
From the 1980s to the present, I have only been to Fujian more than a dozen times, and it is limited to several prefecture-level cities and a few counties such as Xiamen, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Ningde, as well as some major scenic spots in the province. When I was young, Fujian gave me the impression that the Front Line of the Golden Gate Artillery Battle in the Taiwan Strait, the distant and unfamiliar coast of the East China Sea, and the chain of reality connecting war and peace. The first time I went to Xiamen for a business trip and a meeting, only ten years after the mainland ended shelling Kinmen, in xiamen coastal with a high-power telescope to view Kinmen Island, you can clearly see the people and things on the island, let people not only sigh the cruelty of war and the preciousness of peace. At the beginning of this year, after watching the electric blessing series "Mountains and Seas" depicting Fujian's counterparts supporting my hometown of Ningxia, I added a little gratitude to Fujian, and strengthened my urgent desire to travel to Fujian as soon as possible and understand the land of Bamin.
Fujian, abbreviated as "Min", is a provincial-level administrative region of the People's Republic of China, the capital of Fuzhou City. It is located on the southeast coast of China, bordering Zhejiang Province to the northeast, Jiangxi Province to the northwest, Guangdong Province to the southwest, and Taiwan Province to the southeast across the Taiwan Strait. The total land area of the province is 121,400 square kilometers, the sea area is 136,000 square kilometers, and the land coastline is 3,752 kilometers long. From north to south, there are 6 deep-water harbors such as Shacheng Bay, Sanduao, Luoyuan Bay, Meizhou Bay, Xiamen Bay and Dongshan Bay, with a total of more than 1500 islands, and Pingtan Island is now the largest island in the province. With a permanent population of 39.73 million, it administers 9 prefecture-level cities of Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Putian, Longyan, Sanming, Nanping and Ningde, with a total of 11 county-level cities, 42 counties and 31 municipal districts, with a total of 84 county-level administrative divisions.
Fujian was named because there were two provinces in the territory, Fuzhou and Jianzhou, each taking its first character, and in the twenty-first year of Tang Kaiyuan (733), Fujian began to appear as Fujian. Fujian is located at the crossroads of communication between the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and is the starting point of the historical Maritime Silk Road and Zheng He's voyage to the West, as well as a maritime trade distribution center. Fujian's terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, showing a "mountain and sea" situation, the mountainous and hilly area in the territory accounts for about 90% of the total area of the province, spanning the four major water systems of the Minjiang, Jinjiang, Jiulongjiang and Tingjiang rivers, and belongs to the subtropical oceanic monsoon climate.
Fujian belonged to the Minyue tribe of Baiyue in ancient times; the Zhou Dynasty was the Seven Minyue Regions; after the Spring and Autumn Period, it was the Minyue State; Qin Nanping Baiyue, placed in Minzhong County; Han Gaozu recognized Yi Wuzhu as the King of Minyue in the fifth year (202 BC); in the fifth year of yuanding (112 BC), the Rebellion of the Minyue State, Emperor Wu of Han led an army to quell it, and with its dangerous obstacles, moved the Minyue people to the Jianghuai River Valley, and the present-day Fujian Prefecture was under the jurisdiction of the southern capital of Huiji; Jian'an County was established in the twelfth year of Jian'an (207 BC); the Three Kingdoms belonged to the State of Wu and was established as Jian'an County; and during the Western Jin Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Jian'an was established The three counties of Jin'an and Liang'an (later known as Nan'an) were initially under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou and later under the jurisdiction of Eastern Yangzhou; Chen Chaoyongshi (557-559), Emperor Chen Wu set up "Minzhou", which was the first provincial-level establishment in Fujian history; in the third year of Sui Daye (607), the three counties were combined into one, called Jian'an County, which was under the jurisdiction of The four counties of MinXian, Jian'an, Nan'an, and Longxi; in the early years of Tang Wude (618), the three prefectures of Quan, Jian, and Feng were established, which belonged to Jiangnan Province; in the second year of Tang Jingyun (711), the governor of Minzhou was established, which included Min, Jian, Quan, and Zhang In the thirteenth year of the New Century (725), the Governor's Mansion of Minzhou was renamed the Governor's Mansion of Fuzhou, which belonged to Jiangnan Dongdao, which was the beginning of the appearance of the name of Fuzhou; in the twenty-first year of the New Century (733), a military commander was set up as a military commander Jingluo envoy, taking a word from Fuzhou and Jianzhou, named Fujian Jingluo Military Envoy, which coexisted with the Fuzhou Governor's Mansion, which was the beginning of the appearance of the Fujian name; in the fourth year of The Later Tang Dynasty (933), Wang Yanjun was called emperor, the state name was Damin, and Fuzhou was promoted to Changle Province, called Dongdu; during the Song Dynasty, Fujian Road was set up, and under the jurisdiction of Jianning (Yifu) Fu, Quan, and Quan, Zhang, Ting, Nan (Five Prefectures) and Shaowu and Xinghua (Second Army), a total of 8 administrative organs of the same level, so Fujian is known as "Eight Fujian", under the jurisdiction of 42 counties, becoming the southeast of the prosperous state; Song Jingyan in the first year (1276), the Yuan army broke Lin'an, the Song Emperor Zhao Xian was captured, Yiwang Zhao Yan took the throne in Fuzhou, changed Yuan Jingyan, and promoted Fuzhou to Fu'an Province, which was designated as the capital of xingdu for less than one year; the Yuan Dynasty placed Fujian Xingzhongshu Province; the Ming Dynasty set Fujian to declare the political envoy department, which had jurisdiction over Fuzhou, Jianning, Yanping, Shaowu, Xinghua, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tingzhou (Eight Provinces) Funing (Yizhou); In the second year of Qing Shunzhi (1645), Qing soldiers captured Nanjing, the Southern Ming Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong was captured and killed, the Tang King Zhu Yujian took the throne in Fuzhou, that is, the emperor, Jianyuan Longwu, changed Fujian to Fujing, Fuzhou to Tianxing Prefecture, and collapsed the following year; the Qing Dynasty set up the Fujian Cloth Envoy Department, which was under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang and the Governor of Fujian; in the thirteenth year of Shunzhi (1656), Zheng Chenggong changed Xiamen to "Siming Prefecture"; in the first year of Kangxi (1662), after Zheng successfully expelled the Dutch colonists, changed Taiwan to Dongdu and set up Chengtianfu. In the 23rd year of kangxi (1684), after the unification of Taiwan by the Qing court, Taiwan Prefecture was added under the jurisdiction of Fujian; in the eleventh year of Guangxu (1885), Taiwan Was established as a separate province; after the Xinhai Revolution, all the central governments were placed in Fujian Province; in the 22nd year of the Republic of China (1933), Siming County was changed to Xiamen City; in the 35th year of the Republic of China (1946), Fuzhou City was established; after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Fujian Province directly administered Fuzhou and Xiamen 2 cities, with 8 special districts and 67 counties; after several changes, Up to now, Fujian Province administers 9 prefecture-level cities.
Fujian's tourism resources are rich and unique, including Xiamen Gulangyu Scenic Area, Nanping Wuyishan Scenic Area, Fujian Tulou (Yongding Nanjing) Tourist Scenic Spot, Fujian Sanming City Taining Scenic Area, Quanzhou Qingyuan Mountain Scenic Area, Ningde City Baishui Yang Mandarin Duck Creek Tourism Area, Ningde City Fuding Taimu Mountain Tourism Area, Longyan City Gutian Tourism Area, Fuzhou City Sanfang Qixiang Scenic Area, Meizhou Island Mazu Cultural Tourism Zone and other 10 national 5A-level tourist attractions. It is the second province in the country where each districted city has a national 5A level tourist attraction.
Fujian also has eels, prawns, pike crabs, Dingchang fish, Liancheng sweet potato dried, Liancheng white partridge duck, Liancheng orchid, Longyan peanuts, Changting dried tofu, Shanghang dried radish, Wuping dried pig bile, Yongding vegetables, Hetian chicken, fish skin peanuts, bodhi pills, shiitake mushroom meat sauce, yellow croaker, grouper, prawns, Erdu cockles, Xiapu sword clams, olives, fu oranges, longan, hibiscus plums, lychee, loquat, Wendan grapefruit, green plum, aloe mandarin, Tianbao banana, Pinghe grapefruit, pineapple, Qingjin fruit, four seasons grapefruit, betel nut taro, late ripening lychee, late ripe longan, Oil chestnut, seedless persimmon, chestnut, jasmine tea, Anxi oolong tea, Wuyi rock tea and many other local specialties.
The Fujian section of our "County China Online Tour" will start from Nanping City and end in Ningde City through Sanming City, Longyan City, Zhangzhou City, Xiamen City, Quanzhou City, Putian City, Fuzhou City.
Nanping is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, located in the north of Fujian Province, southeast of the northern section of the Wuyi Mountains, located at the junction of Fujian, Zhejiang and Gansu Provinces, commonly known as "Northern Fujian". It is bordered by Jiangshan, Longquan, Qingyuan and other counties (cities) in Zhejiang Province to the northeast, Zixi, Lianshan and Guangfeng counties in Jiangxi Province to the northwest, Gutian and Pingnan Counties in Ningde City to the southeast, and Taining, Jiangle, Shaxian and Youxi counties in Sanming City to the southwest. It covers an area of 26,300 square kilometers, accounting for one-fifth of Fujian Province; during the revolutionary war years, the Fujian Provincial Party Committee was stationed in northern Fujian several times, and was known as the red land of "the red flag does not fall". Nanping administers 2 municipal districts, 5 counties and 3 county-level cities under its jurisdiction; the city's registered population is 3.1826 million, and the permanent population is 2.69 million. The mountain peaks in Nanping are towering, the low mountains are widespread, and the river valleys and small basins between the mountains are staggered, which has the characteristics of "eight mountains, one water and one field" typical of southern China, forming a landform dominated by hills and mountains.
The territory of Nanping belonged to Baiyue in the pre-Qin period; the territory of Han Jian'anchu (196-205) was first established in the four counties of Hanxing (Pucheng), Nanping, Jian'an (Jian'ou), and Jianping (Jianyang), which belonged to Huijian County; the three years of Wu Yong'an (260) of the Three Kingdoms of Wu Yong'an (260) belonged to Jiangzhou; the first year of Jin Yuankang (291) belonged to Jiangzhou; chen Yongdingchu (about 557) of the Southern Dynasty belonged to Minzhou, and later belonged to Fengzhou; in the ninth year of the Sui Kai Emperor (589), the abolished county was a county and belonged to Quanzhou; and in the first year of Tang Qianyuan (758) it was changed to Jianzhou, which belonged to Jiangnan East Province In the fourth year (946) of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Jianzhou was changed; in the thirty-second year of Song Shaoxing (1162), it was Jianning Province, which belonged to Fujian Road; the jurisdiction of Shaowu Road, Jianning Road, and Yanping Road in the Yuan Dynasty was under the jurisdiction of the Xuanwei Envoy Department of Fujian Province in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces (to 1356, that is, Fujian Province in 1356); the Ming Dynasty set up the three provinces of Jianning, Yanping, and Shaowu, and the Qing Dynasty was the same; the third year of the Republic of China (1914) was Jian'an Province; the twenty-second year of the Republic of China (1933) was Yanjian Province (Minshang Province) From May 1949 to February 1950, the counties were liberated one after another, initially the first and second special districts, then The Jianyang Special District and nanping Special District; in 1956, jianyang special district was merged into Nanping Special District; in 1971 it was changed to Jianyang District; in 1988 it was renamed Nanping District; in 1994, Nanping District was abolished and established as a prefecture-level nanping city.
Nanping is one of the earliest developed areas in Fujian; during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Nanping, Jian'ou, Pucheng, etc. were already counties; the name "Fujian" came from Fuzhou and Jianzhou (present-day Jian'ou City). Nanping is the birthplace of Minyue culture, Zhuzi culture, Wuyi tea ceremony culture, Qitian Dasheng culture and Taiji culture, known as "Minbang Zoulu" and "Daonan Li Grottoes"; more than 2,000 jinshi and 17 prime ministers have emerged; with more than 180 first- to third-level tourism resource entities, Wuyishan is one of the only 4 "world natural and cultural heritage sites" in the country. Nanping was selected as one of the top 200 charming cities with Chinese characteristics in 2017; Nanping was awarded the title of "National Forest City" in 2019; and in 2020, it was rated as a livable and workable city in China in 2020.
Nanping has Wuyi Mountain Scenic Area, Wuyi Mountain Daanyuan Tourist Scenic Spot, Shunchang Huayang Mountain Tourist Scenic Spot, Yanping Xiyuan Gorge Tourist Scenic Spot, Shaowu Tianqi Gorge Tourist Scenic Spot, Shaowu Yunling Mountain Tourist Scenic Spot, Shaowu Waterfall Forest Hot Spring Tourist Scenic Spot, Jian'ou Gen Carved City Tourist Scenic Spot, Shaowu Xi Spring Garden Scenic Area, Shunchang Huayang Mountain She's Nationality Villa, Jian'ou Green Selenium Ecological Leisure Park, Glossy Hongjian Mountain Villa, China Tea Township Wuyi Rock Tea Grand View Garden, Heping Ancient Town, Longguiyuan and many other tourist scenic spots; there are also Nanping Chrysanthemum Fish, Nanping Egg Irrigation, Nanping Jumping Chicken, Shui ji flat meat, Nan fried pork liver, Jian'ou ban duck, Langu smoked goose, Nanping alkali kway, Jian'ou light cake, glossy brook fish, dried powder, fried rice dumplings, chestnut cake, Qingming fruit, bamboo swallow, fried dragon steak, scrambled dragon egg, boiled dragon ball, Jiaolong playing water, dragon tiger bucket, Xiayang osmanthus cake, Wuyishan Wufu tian snail, Wufu white lotus, Shunchang bamboo shoots, Shaowu bamboo shoots, Jian'ou Beiyuan tribute tea, Shunchang seafood mushrooms, Jianyang orange grapefruit, Shunchang reeds, Xiaohu bayberry, Shunchang red meat navel orange and many other food specialties.
The Nanping section of our "County China Online Tour" will start from Pucheng County and end in Yanping District through Songxi County, Zhenghe County, Jian'ou City, Jianyang District, Wuyishan City, Guangguang County, Shaowu City, Shunchang County.
From our home next to the Asian Games Village in Beijing, along the East Fourth Ring Road to Dexian Road, the Jingtai Expressway, after 1594 kilometers, 18 hours and 35 minutes, we will arrive at Pucheng County in Nanping City, Fujian Province.
Pucheng (pucheng county, formerly part of Jianning Province) is a county under the jurisdiction of Nanping City, located in the northernmost part of Fujian Province, at the junction of Fujian, Zhejiang and Gansu provinces, is the "northern gate" of Fujian, since ancient times is the first pass of the Central Plains into Fujian, bordering Jiangshan City, Longquan City, Suichang County and Guangfeng District in Jiangxi, and adjacent to Jianyang City, Wuyishan City and Songxi County in Fujian. The county has a total area of 3,383 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of 2 subdistricts, 9 towns, 8 townships, the total registered population of 429,900 people. Pucheng is the third largest county in Fujian Province, with a mountainous area of 4.374 million mu, cultivated land area of 554,700 mu, and a river water area of 150,000 mu, which is the earliest commodity grain base county in Fujian Province and one of the top ten camphor bases in China. With an area of 4.079 million mu and a forest coverage rate of 73.1%, it is a key forestry county in southern China. Pucheng County is "two veins of mountain extension and water injection into three rivers", the northwest of the county is an extension of the Wuyi Mountains, and the northeast is an extension of the Xianxia Mountains; it is one of the three sources of the three rivers, and the streams in the territory flow into the Minjiang, Yangtze and Qiantang rivers respectively. Pucheng Jiancheng predates Zhixian and is named after The Eastern Yue King Yu shan built Linpu City in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty; in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty (about 196-200), Pucheng County, called Hanxing, was one of the first five counties in Fujian Province; Tang Tianbao was named Pucheng County in the first year (742). Pucheng is the hometown of Dangui in China and the hometown of Fujian folk paper-cutting art; its "Ten Thousand Villages and Thousands of Townships" market project was rated as an excellent pilot unit in China; in 2019, it was selected into the list of "List of Counties for the Protection and Utilization of Revolutionary Cultural Relics (The First Batch)"; in 2020, it was selected as the list of the first batch of model counties (cities, districts) for deepening the reform of the management system of small reservoirs by the Ministry of Water Resources.
In Pucheng, we want to visit Nanping Impression Xiaomi • China Baojiu Culture Expo Park, Nanping Yunfeng Temple, Sanjiangyuan Water Conservancy Scenic Area, Gaofang Reservoir Water Conservancy Scenic Area, Yanding Mountain, Xiyan Mountain, Fugai Mountain, Kuangshan National Forest Park, Jiushidu, Song Dakou Kiln Ruins, Southern Song Dynasty Zhendexiu Former Residence, Mengbi Mountain, Hanyang City Ruins, Xianlou Mountain, Mengbi Mountain, Shipi Town Liandun Village Male Mummy, Gubu Guanqian, Zhen'an Bridge, Mao'er Nongshan Shang Dynasty Kiln Group, Guan jiu village Zhou Dynasty Tudun Tomb Group and other scenic spots; taste eggplant chicken, Pucheng tofu balls, Double-money egg ru, meat swallow balls, loach taro pot, egg lees, egg skin swallow balls, Maple Creek rice flower fish, yang roasted steak, wind blown row, bacon steamed dried fish, ribs fried radish shredded, beef whip braised field snail, red mushroom coral tofu, plum dried vegetable buckle meat, twist flower meat, field snail pot, hibiscus egg, taro balls, farmhouse potato balls, purple potato balls, egg mushroom sour and spicy soup, top soup winter melon swallow, lantern cake, Linjiang flatbread, sour date cake, flavine kun, dangui tea and other special cuisine.
After driving 68 kilometers southeast from Pucheng for 26 minutes, we came to Songxi County.
Songxi County is located at the junction of Fujian and Zhejiang, southeast of the foothills of Wuyi Mountain, in ancient times along the banks of the river Duoqiao Pine, known as "Baili Pine Shade Bichang Creek", Songxi got its name. Songxi County has a subtropical humid monsoon climate, with a total area of 1,043 square kilometers, a registered population of 168,500 people, and 1 subdistrict, 2 towns and 6 townships under its jurisdiction. Dongping County was established in the third year (260) of the Three Kingdoms of Wu Yong'an; Dongping County was renamed Dongping Township in the fourth year (468) of the Southern Dynasty Song Dynasty; Songyuan Town was established in the sixth year of the Fifth Dynasty Jin Tianfu (941); Songyuan Town was established in the first year of the Fifth Dynasty Zhou Guangshun (951); and Songxi County was renamed Songxi County in the eighth year of the Northern Song Dynasty (975). In 2016, Songxi County passed the national ecological county assessment and acceptance of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, becoming the first national ecological county in northern Fujian; in 2019, it was selected into the list of "Hometowns of Chinese Folk Culture and Art" with Songxi prints, and was named as a national demonstration county of "Four Good Rural Roads"; in 2000, it was named "The Hometown of Chinese Folk Printmaking Art" by the Ministry of Culture.
In Songxi we will visit Zhanlu Mountain, Baima Mountain, Songxi Pingping Mountain Scenic Area, Tashan Wenxiu Lake Fitness Theme Park, Longyuan Green Tea Scenic Area, Fudang Mountain Scenic Area, Meikoubu Tourist Scenic Area, Zhaoshajia Scenic Area, Liuyuan Village, Wanlin Lake Water Conservancy Scenic Area, Xigudian, Zhanlu Academy (Yang's Study Room) Ruins and other scenic spots; taste Songxi Fire Cake, Huang Kuang, Mochi Rice Dumplings, Mixed Noodles, Teppanyaki, Rice Frozen Rice, Light Cakes, Pancakes, Small Horns, Noodle Tea, Flat Food, Mengmaru, She Cake, Ai Kway, Seven-Layer Cake, Fried Cup, Pine Creek centennial sugar cane and other special food snacks.
From Songxi 26 kilometers to the south, 42 minutes, you will reach Zhenghe County.
Zhenghe is located in the northern part of Fujian Province, bordering the southern part of Zhejiang Province. The total area of the area is 1,735 square kilometers, with a total registered population of 237,700 people and a permanent population of 169,000 people, under the jurisdiction of 1 subdistrict, 4 towns, and 5 townships. Present-day Zhenghe County was established as Guanli County in the third year of Song Xianping (1000), and in the fifth year of Song Zhenghe (1115), Guanli County was changed to Zhenghe County. Zhenghe County was selected as a pilot county (district) of the National Intellectual Property Strong County Project in 2019, and in 2020, it was selected as one of the top 100 counties and cities in China's health industry, the top 100 counties and cities of Chinese credit, and the top 100 demonstration counties and cities in China.
In Zhenghe we can visit Fozi Mountain Scenic Area, Zhenghe Tiancun Chouling Scenic Area, Nianshan Yunshang Terraces, Shizhen Village, Fengtou Nanmu Forest, Zhenghe Donggong Mountain, Yungen Academy, Baishuiyang, Hongxi, Feifengshan Park, Foziyan, Baoyan, 1936 Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army Fujian Eastern Fujian Independent Division Donggongshan Huishi Division, Tang Dynasty Huangchaotun Soldiers Huang Nianshan, Ming Dynasty Silver Mine Miners' Revolt Site Jinping and other scenic spots; taste Dongping Small Bird, Dongping Flat Meat, Chongyang Cake, Zhenghe Tofu, Nanpan Pork Liver, Bean Madness, Dongping Pancreas, Wengong Cuisine, Chouling tofu feast, Zhenghe cone chestnut, Zhenghe Gongfu, silver needle pekoe, Zhenghe jasmine tea and other gastronomic specialties.
Driving southwest from Zhenghe for 93 kilometers for 1 hour and 22 minutes, we came to Jian'ou City.
Jian'ou, abbreviated as Zhi, was once the seat of The Prefecture of Jianning province and the seat of the Prefecture of Jianzhou. Jian'ou is a large agricultural city, a provincial ecological city and a provincial garden city in the north of Fujian Province. Located between the Wuyi Mountains and the Vulture Peak Mountains, with a total area of 4,233 square kilometers, it administers 10 towns, 4 townships and 4 subdistricts, with a registered population of 549,100 people, making it the county-level city with the largest land area and the largest population in northern Fujian Province. Jian'ou is a provincial-level historical and cultural city with more than 3,000 years of written records and more than 1,800 years of county history, and is one of the earliest four counties in the history of "Fujian" and the earliest prefecture in the history of Fujian. In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty (196), Jian'an County (with the year number as the county name) was set up; Wu Yong'an of the Three Kingdoms was established in the third year (260); Tang Wude rebuilt An County as Jianzhou in the fourth year (621); in 943, Wang Yanzheng declared himself emperor in Jianzhou and established the State of Yin; in 945, Wang Yanzheng changed the state of Yin to the state of Min, and the capital was still located in Jianzhou; in the third year of Zhiping (1066), part of the three counties of Jian'an, Jianyang, and Pucheng was set up; in 1913, Jian'an and Ouning were established as Jian'ou County; and in 1992, the county was withdrawn and established as a city. Jian'ou has always been a county, prefecture, capital, road, road, county seat and the political, economic and cultural center of northern Fujian, with 1154 jinshi, 6 zhuangyuan and 10 zaifu ministers, and is one of the top ten jinshi counties. Zhu Xi, one of the statesmen of the "Three Yang Auxiliaries", Yang Rong, a historian Yuan Shu, a phonologist, Xu Jing, a diplomat, Wu Ji, a writer, and Yang Junde, a pioneer of modern revolution, were born here. Jian'ou was selected into the first batch of counties for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics in 2019; in 2020, it was selected as the 92nd in The Top 100 E-commerce Counties in China and the Top 100 Counties and Cities in China's Cuisine;
In Jian'ou we should visit Guizongyan, Wanmulin, Fujian Buddhist holy land Guangxiaochan Temple, Fujian Imperial Capital landmark "Wufeng Lou" (Drum Tower), national key cultural relics protection unit Beiyuan Royal Baking Site and Dongyue Temple, Jianning Confucius Temple, Weiwu Gate, Linjiang Gate, Tongji Gate, Tongxian Gate, Chenshan, Mazu wood carving idol, Yuantong Temple, Genquan Well, Jian'ou root carving city, Hutou Village, Jiuxian Mountain, Baizhangzhen, Tianhu Mountain and other scenic spots; taste spicy stir-fried squid rings, sac fried meat, Jian'ou taro dumplings, Jian'ou chicken velvet, pot edge paste, cone chestnut dumplings, Bowfish, plate duck, flat meat, pot bottom, nadi, large intestine, kon bun, sandwich tartar, pancake, powder balls, bamboo shoot pot stickers, light cake, soybean milk powder, Jian'ou bamboo shoots, jujube mud yam cake, Jian'ou cone chestnut, Dongfeng short-footed oolong, Jian'ou Beiyuan tribute tea, Tan sweet orange grapefruit and other gastronomic specialties.
After 59 minutes of driving 59 kilometers northwest from Jian'ou, we came to Jianyang District, where Nanping City is located.
Jianyang District is located in the north of Fujian Province, upstream of Jianxi, the southern foothills of Wuyi Mountain, also known as Tancheng, is one of the five oldest counties in Fujian Province. It is bordered by Songxi County and Zhenghe County to the east, Jian'ou City and Shunchang County to the south, Shaowu City and Guangguang County to the west, and Wuyishan City and Pucheng County to the north. In the eighth year (203) of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jianping County was established; in the first year of Jin Taikang (280), Ping County was rebuilt as Jianyang County; in 1994, the county was withdrawn to establish a city (county-level city); in 2015, Jianyang City was abolished and Jianyang District of Nanping City was established, and the seat of Nanping Municipal Government was moved from Yanping District to Jianyang District. Jianyang is known in Fujian Province for its "granary in northern Fujian", "tea and fruit base" and "Linhai Bamboo Township". Since the Song Dynasty, it has been known as the "House of Books" and the "Famous State of Science". The total area of the area is 3383 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of 2 subdistricts, 8 towns, 3 townships, the total registered population of 359,200 people. In 2018, it was selected as one of the top 100 green development zones in China.
In Jianyang we can visit Jianyang (Wolong Bay) Wuyi Flower World Scenic Area, Huangkeng Scenic Area, Jianyang Ecological Xiyuan Scenic Area, Masha Nanmu Forest Scenic Area, Kaoting Zhuzi Cultural Tourism Zone, BaitaShan Scenic Area, Jianyang Kaoting Water Conservancy Scenic Area, Jianyang Shufang Sun Mountain Site, Kaoting Village, Lishan Academy, Liyu Mountain, Baoshan Qinglian Temple, Tang to Yuan Dynasty Kiln Ruins, Song Dynasty Zhu Xi Tomb, Tang Dynasty Jiangkou Kiln Site, Song Dynasty Song Ci Tomb and other scenic spots; taste Cai family meat cake, Songxi Xiaojiao, Huangkeng Stone Carp, Shuiji flat meat, stinky tofu milk, White feather half-fan duck, Zhuzi fish feast, Jianyang machi, Jianyang Zhangdun cone chestnut, five-spice roll, Jianyang pot side paste, Jianyang ma zi kun, Jianyang red mushroom, water water, water south thaliana, Kaoting grape, Jianyang Qingming fruit, grapefruit, Jianyang orange grapefruit, Jukou brown pear, Xiaohu bayberry, Jianyang white tea, Xiaohu daffodil and other food specialties.
Driving 71 kilometers north from Jianyang for 1 hour and 5 minutes, we came to Wuyishan City.
Wuyishan is located at the junction of Jiangxi and Fujian provinces, in Lianshan County, Jiangxi Province, and Wuyishan City, Fujian Province. It is a famous scenic tourism area and summer resort in China, which is a typical Danxia landform and one of the first batch of national key scenic spots. Wuyi Mountain is a famous mountain of the three religions, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Wuyi Mountain has been the habitat of the Yuliu Zen family, leaving behind many palaces, Taoist temples and nunnery sites, Wuyi Mountain was also a place where Confucian scholars advocated Taoism and lectured. Wuyi Mountain is a dual heritage of world culture and nature, a world biosphere reserve, a national key cultural relics protection unit (Wuyi Mountain Cliff Tomb Group), a national key scenic spot, a national 5A level tourist scenic spot, a national nature reserve, a national water conservancy scenic spot, a national eco-tourism demonstration area, and a national civilized scenic tourism area demonstration site. Wuyi Mountain has 18 coffins of ships with high cliffs and walls that have been immortal for thousands of years; there are 35 ruins of hongru and daya such as Zhu Xi, You Shu, Xiong He, Cai Yuanding, etc.; there are more than 450 stone carvings of moya in the past that can be called the treasure house of ancient Chinese calligraphy art, including 13 prohibitions on the protection of Wuyi landscapes, animals and plants by ancient governments and villagers; and more than 60 temples and ruins of monks.
Wuyishan Is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province, which is managed by Nanping City. It is located in the northwest of Fujian Province, east of Pucheng, south of Jianyang, west of Guangguang, and north of Jiangxi Province, adjacent to Leadshan County. The total area of the area is 2,798 square kilometers, with a total population of 246,707 people, and it administers 3 towns, 4 townships and 3 subdistricts. Wuyishan Has a long history, and there were ancestors living in the territory nearly 4,000 years ago, formerly known as Chong'an County, which was built in the fifth year (994) of the Northern Song Dynasty; in 1985, it was listed as the first batch of counties and cities in China to open to the outside world; in 1989, Chong'an County was abolished and Wuyishan City was established. In 2018, it won the title of the second batch of national ecological civilization construction demonstration cities and counties; in 2019, it ranked in the first batch of sub-counties of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization areas; and in 2019, it was selected as the first batch of national full-scale tourism demonstration zones.
In Wuyi Mountain, we should visit Wuyi Mountain Scenic Area, Yunu Peak, Tianyou Peak, Dahongpao Scenic Area, Shui Curtain Cave, Wuyi Palace, Longguiyuan, QiyunFeng, Qinglong Waterfall, Daanyuan Ecotourism Area, Dongtianfudi, Wuyishan Ancient Hancheng Ruins, JiuquXi, Wuyishan Ziyang Academy, Wuyishan Xiamei, China Wuyi Tea Expo Garden, Wuyishan Donghu Water Conservancy Scenic Area, Xingtiancheng Village Hancheng Ruins, Xingcun Taimiao Yulin Pavilion, Northern Song Dynasty "Ujin Rabbit" Porcelain Kiln Site, Northern Fujian Revolution Martyrs Monument, Northern Fujian Revolution History Memorial Hall, Martyrs' Tomb Pavilion, Shangmei Riot Site, Chengguan Yuqing Bridge, Qing Dynasty Chong'an Zhai Sect Uprising Site, Wufu Zhuzi Shecang, Xingxian Academy, Liu Gong Shinto Monument, Ziyang Lou Ruins and other scenic spots; taste Zixi powder, smoked goose, red-eyed fish, field snails, small shoot sauerkraut, lean meat soup, Qingming Kway, Guang Cake, Mille-feuille cake, flax rice, Zhu Zi Filial Mother Cake, Qingming Rice, Xue Li Jelly, Rat Qu Barn, Fire-roasted Pods, Light Cake, Mushroom Soup, Dragon Wind Soup, Wuyi Snake Feast, Shii Mushrooms, Bamboo Shoots, Wuyi Liuxiang, Wuyi Huangjiudi Food Specialties, as well as Da Hong Pao, Cinnamon, Iron Luohan, water golden turtle, white chicken crown, half-day waist, Qilan and other Wuyi rock tea.
Driving 130 kilometers west from Wuyishan City for 1 hour and 42 minutes, we came to Guangguang County.
Guangming County is located in the northwest of Fujian Province, in the northern part of the Wuyi Mountains, at the source of Futun Creek in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, adjacent to seven counties (cities) in Jiangxi, including Lichuan, Zixi, Guixi, And Lianshan, and Shaowu, Jianyang, and Wuyishan in Nanping City. The county has a total area of 2,240 square kilometers, a permanent population of 138,000 people, and 5 townships and 3 towns under its jurisdiction. Gloss ancient belongs to Zhaowu County; in the fourth year of taiping revival (979), it was placed as a county, which was the beginning of the establishment of a county in gloss, and was called gloss county because it had jurisdiction over Luanfeng and Glossy Erxiang. The territory is lined with mountains, high mountains and deep valleys, and there are 570 peaks above 1,000 meters, which is said to be "a beach is high and a zhang, and the luster is in the Tianshan Mountains". Located in the humid climate zone of the central subtropical monsoon, Gloss is rich in grain, tobacco, medicinal herbs, melons, sugarcane, water chestnut and so on. Guangguang is one of the 19 border counties (cities) in Fujian Province, the first county in which the Yingxia Railway enters Fujian, a provincial-level civilized county, a provincial-level garden county, a provincial-level urbanization pilot county, a provincial-level grain-producing county, a key old district county, and a former central Soviet county. In 2019, it was listed as the first batch of counties in the revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization area, and it is a special county for the construction of "waste-free city", an advanced county in the construction of a national safe construction, the first batch of demonstration counties for the creation of forestry cooperation organizations in the country, a bamboo township with Chinese characteristics, a township of Houpu in China, a famous ecological food city in China, a strong county in the national food industry, and a key county in the construction of oil tea in the country.
In The Glossy We can visit Wujun Mountain, DongguangYan, Lion Mountain, Jinxian Cliff, Gaojia Reservoir, Hongjian Villa, Wujunzhou Park, Guanmi Village, Tianchi Water Conservancy Scenic Area, Baiyunfeng Scenic Area, Zhenjiang Mansion, Glossy Continent Negotiation Site, Jiulong Peak, Niutian East Road Army Command Post Site, Woniushan Park, Former Site of the Soviet Government of Guangdong County, Fujian Province, etc.; taste bubble powder, lean meat soup, Hakka beef noodles, Thousand Mile Wonton, Cuibao Sai Crab, Winter Shoots Fried Bottom, Chrysanthemum Fish, Sour Soup and Fried Buns, Glossy Brook Fish, Glossy Wenzi, Glossy flower cake, foot fin, mantle pavilion feast, taro, glutinous fin, fairy grass cake, sour plum soup, raisin soup, glossy mosquito wine and other food specialties.
36 kilometers southeast of The Luster for 44 minutes, you will reach Shaowu City.
Shaowu is known as the "Iron City", located in the southern foothills of Wuyi Mountain, on the banks of Futun Creek, historically known as Nan wuyi. In the third year (260) of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Yong'an set up Jian'an County, Established Zhaowu Town, and later upgraded to Zhaowu County; in the first year of the Western Jin Dynasty (291), it was renamed Shaowu County; it was formerly ShaowuJun, Shaowu Road, and Shaowu Prefecture; after the founding of the People's Republic of China, It was Shaowu County; in 1983, it was withdrawn from the county and established as a city, with 12 towns, 3 townships, and 4 subdistricts, with a total population of 308,900 people and an area of 2,852 square kilometers. Shaowu has a long history, the city has a history of more than 1700 years, was once one of the eight provinces of Fujian, the history of 2 prime ministers, 7 soldiers Shangshu, 271 jinshi. The ancient town of Heping in Shaowu City is also the place where the Huang clan of the world seeks their roots and ancestors. Li Gang, a Song Dynasty minister, and Yan Yu, a literary critic, were both Shao Wu people, and during the revolutionary war, they successively set up the leading organs of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, the Fujian Central Special Committee, and the Fujian Provincial Party Committee. Shaowu is the "Linhai Granary" in northern Fujian, one of the commodity grain base counties (cities) in Fujian Province, one of the key forest areas in Fujian and one of the four major forest products processing centers. At the same time, the total theoretical reserves of water conservancy resources in China are 304,000 kilowatts, and there are more than 20 kinds of underground mineral deposits, and the reserves of fluorite rank first in Fujian Province. Shaowu is a tourist attraction in Wuyi and a necessary transportation hub connecting Wuyi Mountain, Jinhu and Yuhua Cave in the "Green Triangle" of northwest Fujian. In 2015, it was listed as the second batch of national new urbanization comprehensive pilot areas; in 2020, it won the title of advanced county in the national village cleaning action, and was commended by the Central Agricultural Office and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; in 2020, it was awarded the title of the fourth batch of national ecological civilization construction demonstration cities and counties by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment; and was selected as one of the top 100 counties in the national county tourism development potential in 2020.
In Shaowu we will visit Tiancheng Rock, Yunling Mountain Grand Canyon Rafting, Waterfall Forest Hot Spring Tourist Resort, Tiancheng Qixia Scenic Area, Zhuyuan Village, Shaowu Cherry Blossom Rainbow Tourist Scenic Spot, Jinkeng Red Tourist Scenic Spot, Shaowu Central Soviet District Memorial Hall, Heping Ancient Town, Qianling Resort, Millennium Ginkgo Tree, Musical Fountain, Huang's Qiao Ancestral Hall, Folk Customs Hall, Li Gang Ancestral Hall, Yan Yu Park, Xichun Park, Tang Jianbaoyan Temple, Li Zhongding Ancestral Hall, Canglang Pavilion, Song Kiln Ruins, Jiangshi Nature Reserve and other scenic spots; taste the South China Sea Golden Lotus, Peace Carp, Taro silk oil cake, Shaowu bao fin, heel fin, Nezha fin, food grab fin, white bun fin, assorted dumplings, sour soup powder, lantern tip, peace pulp tofu, Shao Wu dried bamboo shoots, Shao Wu orange and other food specialties.
Driving 86 kilometers southeast from Shaowu for 1 hour and 24 minutes, we came to Shunchang County.
Shunchang is located in the northwest of Fujian Province, and the county borders the six counties and cities of Jianyang, Jian'ou, Nanping, Shaxian, Jiangle and Shaowu. The total area of the area is 1985 square kilometers, the registered population is 232,500 people, and there are 3 towns and 11 townships under its jurisdiction. Later Tang Changxing established the county in the fourth year (933), "with its initial obedience, hence the name, taking the meaning of shun and chang." Since then, the name of Shunchang County has been used for generations. In 2019, it was selected into the list of "List of Counties in the Areas for the Protection and Utilization of Revolutionary Cultural Relics (the first batch)"; in 2019, it won the honorary title of National Greening Model Unit; and in 2020, it was awarded the title of the fourth batch of national ecological civilization construction demonstration cities and counties by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
In Shunchang, we should visit Baoshan Scenic Area, Baoshan Temple, Huayang Mountain, Lohas Laibu, Yangkou Red Tourist Town, Yuankeng Ancient Town, Zhangdun Rural Leisure Tourism Scenic Spot, Shuimei Fushi Scenic Area, Colorful Hongdi Scenic Area, Tiantai Mountain Scenic Area, Yunshang Dafu Scenic Area, former site of the Political Department of the Oriental Army and other scenic spots; taste Gaoyang Guoba, Renshou Egg Irrigation, Renshou Flat Meat, Shuangxi Wu Rice, Zhengfang Tofu, Shejia Reed Rice Dumplings, Rice Jelly, Shejia Bamboo Tube Rice, Roasted Buns, Golden Eggs, Rice Soup, Crispy Taro, Fried Buns, Shunchang Bamboo Sun, Baoshan Red Mushrooms, Baoshan ShiiTake Mushrooms , Shunchang red meat navel orange, Shunchang red heart grapefruit, large cloth reed orange and other food specialties.
Driving 65 kilometers southeast from Shunchang for 1 hour and 6 minutes, you will arrive at the last stop of the Nanping section of Fujian Province on our "County China Miles Trip" line - Yanping District, Nanping City.
Yanping District is located in the north-central part of Fujian Province, at the confluence of Jianxi and Xixi. Located at the lowest point of the Great Valley in central Fujian, the northeast is dominated by low mountains, the north is dominated by Zhongshan, the south is dominated by medium and low mountains, and the west is low hills, which belongs to the central subtropical marine monsoon climate, one of the three major fir production areas in the south, and is the water and land transportation hub in the province. In the first year of Jian'an (196), Nanping County was established; in the fourth year of Jin Taiyuan (379), Nanping County was changed to Yanping County; during the first period of the Song Dynasty (465-471) it was renamed Nanping County; in 1956, the administrative district of the former Nanping County was divided into Nanping City, and the city capital and county capital were both located in the urban area; in 1958, Nanping County was abolished, and the county administrative district was transferred to Nanping City; in 1995, Nanping District was set up as a prefecture-level Nanping City, and the former Nanping City was changed to Yanping District; in 2018, the nanping Municipal Government was relocated from Yanping District to Jianyang District. The total area of the area is 2659.7 square kilometers, the registered population is 497,600 people, and there are 6 subdistricts, 13 towns and 2 townships under its jurisdiction. In 2019, it was selected into the "List of Counties in the Protection and Utilization area of revolutionary cultural relics (the first batch)".
Came to Yanping, after visiting the Mangdang Mountain Nature Reserve, Nanjian Prefecture Reconstruction Prefecture Study Monument, Jiufeng Mountain, Mingjian Twin Pagodas, Xiyuan Gorge, Xiayang Water World Parent-Child Paradise, 3,800kan, Changgubao Tourist Scenic Spot, Shanhu Island Scenic Area, Nanping City Museum, Shuanglong Villa, Yanping Xiyuan Farm, Yanping Shangxi Reorganization Site, Changjian Village Tou'an Revolutionary Site, Xiayang Yingshi Ancestral Hall, Shifoshan Forest Park, Yanping Octagonal Tower Site, Nanping Mingcui Pavilion and other scenic spots; tasted Zhanghu Light Cake, Grassroots Stewed Pig's Feet, Powder Dried, After jumping chicken, fried rice dumplings, flat meat, chestnut cake, plate duck, smoked goose, egg filling, Jiuqu bamboo raft, Nanping sweet potato cake, Xiayang osmanthus cake, dragon phoenix soup, Nanping bamboo shoot swallow, Houping dried bamboo shoots, Qingming fruit, Nanping chrysanthemum fish, fried dragon steak, scrambled dragon eggs, boiled dragon balls, Jiaolong splashing water, dragon and tiger bucket and other special foods, we ended our trip to 10 county-level travel destinations in Nanping City, Fujian Province, and the next stop will be sanming city.