Tantou Town is located on the south bank of the Minjiang River Estuary, the northeast of Changle City, east of Jinfeng, Wenling, west of Monkey Island, south of Hangcheng, Heshang, north of the Minjiang River and Langqi Island, because it is in the river water to beat the bank of the first harbor named. It is 15 kilometers away from Fuzhou Changle International Airport and 58 kilometers away from Fuzhou City, with convenient land and water transportation.
Tantou has a long history of humanities, the old name chongxian township, is the source of the Changle cultural vein, since the ancient talents, there are a total of 108 jinshi in the past, the Tang Dynasty Lin Shensi brothers five people are on the gold list, Tang Yizong gave the "Lan Gui Tongfang" plaque, the "Chongxian Township" was given the name "Fanggui Township". The fifth son, Denko, was once rumored to be a good story.
Tantou Town has a land area of 56 square kilometers, a coastline of 8.5 kilometers, an arable land area of 23,000 mu, a forest area of 21,200 mu, jurisdiction over 23 administrative villages (including 1 pure fishing village), a total population of 58,000, and 23,000 overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese, which is the central town on the south bank of the Minjiang River Estuary and a famous overseas Chinese township in Fuzhou. The economy is more developed.
Tantou has been full of talents since ancient times, and there have been 108 jinshi in the past. In the Tang Dynasty, five Lin Shensi brothers were on the Golden List, and Lin Shensi's works "Shen Mengzi" and "Continuing Mencius" laid the foundation for the development of Confucianism in the Song Dynasty; the Song Dynasty theorist Zhu Xi lived in obscure Wengyan to avoid the forbidden residence of pseudo-learning; the prodigy Liu Li and Liu Li worshiped Zhu Xi as teachers, and both of them were admitted to the jinshi; ma Duo, a champion of Lingnan Village in the Ming Dynasty, was passed down as a good story; the elder Yan Guang opened up the West Lake for the benefit of the villagers; and there were countless giant gentry celebrities in the past.
Decheng Rock, Obscure Rock, Aofeng Rock, Koi Rock and other scenic spots have Decheng Jingshe, Longfeng Academy, Reading Office, Pulpit And other historical and cultural landscapes scattered among them, and the Talents of Minzhong have left ink on this inscription, and there are Longfeng Zen Temple, Aofeng Zen Temple, Longshan Temple, Tianfei Temple, Wenchang Temple and other Buddhist taoist scenic spots in the rock ravines, and the first and fifteenth days of the first and fifteenth days of each calendar are endlessly flowing; the former residence of Ma Duo, the Yanguang Elderly Temple, the Lingnan Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, the Shadilin Clan Ancestral Hall, the Erliu Liu Clan Ancestral Hall, the Houfu Lin Clan Ancestral Hall and other ancient houses have a long history Wenshi Dengwen Dao, which symbolizes the respect of the people of Tantou, has experienced hundreds of years of terrifying waves, leaving people with a timeless history.
The entrance to Minjiang Hekou National Wetland Park is located in The Bairong Garden of Wenshang Village, Tantou Town. In the estuary area of the Minjiang River, the total area of wetlands is about 47,000 mu. It is the largest wetland park in our province and the only national wetland park in our province. The wetland has a vast tidal flat and many sandbars, aquatic plants are luxuriant, benthic animals are abundant, tens of thousands of migratory birds come from the south to the north every year to roost and overwinter here, is the entire East Asia - Australasia migratory bird migration route on the very important station, every autumn and winter here can see tens of thousands of migratory birds, is a bird paradise.
Koi Rock is located in the Chang lotte Dangerous Mountain Range, Tantou Town Bianlan Village, surrounded by pleasant scenery on three sides, the spring water on the mountain is clear and excellent, and there is the largest bluestone reclining Buddha in the country in the Koi Rock Scenic Area. This giant reclining Buddha is carved from a natural monolithic bluestone site and is 33 meters long and 11.5 meters high. Next to the large reclining Buddha, there are also 12 small Buddha statues with a height of 2.8 meters.