main cities of fujian: fuzhou, xiamen, quanzhou, nanping, sanming, zhangzhou
quanzhou -the largest port in the orient
the city of quanzhou is in sotheastern fujianprovince. it has an area of 11,000 square kilometers and a population of six million. quanzhou is among the first group of cities designated by the state as well-known historical and cultural cities in china. it has a long history, a galaxy of talented people, and places of varied scenic beauty and historic interest.
the city has time-honored, simple but unique folk customs. confucianism, buddhism, and taoism shared a common prosperity there. the city's folk music, opera, dance, martial arts, fold customs, clothing, handicrafts, local and special products as well as snacks have a diversified splendor. quanzhou's stone, porcelain, tea, nanyin music, opera, martial arts, and other traditional cultural corms and handicrafts are popular both in the urban and rural areas and enjoy a high repu tation abroad. the city is a principal ancestral home of overseas chinese, foreign citizens of chinese origin, and compatriots in taiwan, hong kong, and macao.
if one could go back in time to quanzhou during the song and yuan dynasties (960-1368), one would see hundreds of huge ships docked in quanzhoubay. boats loaded with goods would be shuttling back and forth between the ships and the wharves, the latter already piled high with goods. after unloading items such as spices, ivory, pearls, hawksbill turtles and rhinoceros horns, the ships would then take on silk, porcelain, tea and chinese arts and crafts before sailing back home.
both inside and outside the city, people of all nationalities mixed together. most were arabs and persians but there were also people from india and southeast asian countries.
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