Location: As a prefecture-level city of Jiangxi Province, Fuzhou(抚州) is located in the southeast region, bordering Nanchang and Yichun in the west, and Fujian Province to the east.
Population: 4 million
Area: 18817 Square Kilometers
Nationalities: Han, She, Kakka
History: Fuzhou is located in the eastern region of Jiangxi Province, which is originally referred to as the town of scholars and culture. Fuzhou is a historic city with profound cultural implications as well as pleasant natural scenery, which is abundant of historic reliefs and revolutionary sites. In addition, the place is also gifted with exceptional artistic sites as well as an assortment of local specialties, which contributed to the accumulation of unique resources for tourism. The city was entitled “Fuzhou” in 589 of Sui Dynasty, when the emperor enlarged the county into “Zhou”.
Fuzhou is famous for its comfort, specifically proper for business, suitable for living as well as comfortable for tourism. Among the list of national gardening city, the beauty of Fuzhou should be attributed to its surrounding, convenient traffic as well as superior geography location.
Climate: Fuzhou belongs to the southern end of subtropical climate, which is feathered by humid and mountainous weather with monsoon influence. The weather is characterized by a distinctive 4 seasons, with ample precipitation and sunshine as well as a moderate temperature. The annual mean temperature is about 16.9-18.2℃(62.42-64.76℉), with the hottest temperature, up to 28.8-29.6(83.84-85.28℉), visiting here in July. Annual precipitation is about 1600-1900 mm, which mainly focuses on three months, April, May and June. Wind here is rare, whereas owing to the complexity of landscape as well as flighty climate, the place will suffer from a short period of flooding and lightning weather in summer.
Transportation: Railways- Line Xiangtang-Putian is an A-level national high-speed rail line, with a designated speed of 200 kilometers per hours. The overall length is about 632 kilometers, from Jiangxi to Putian via Nanchang, Fuzhou, Sanming, Fuzhou and Putian.
Highways-Line Fuzhou-Badu, departed from the intersection of Wenchang Street and Fucheng Highway, is directed to the border line of Le’an County and Yongfeng County via Linchuan, Chongren and Le’an, with a total length of 120.1 kilometers.
Highway Fujian-Yinchuan is the first line opened within Linchuan, which connects southern, central and northwestern region of China, via Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Shanxi, Gansu, Ningxia Province, with a total length of 2485 kilometers.
Line Fuzhou-Jian is one of the 18 enciphering high lines within Jiangxi Province, which intersected with Line Fuzhou-Yinchuan in the east and Zhangshu-Ji’an in the west, with a total length of 179.188 kilometers.
Local Specialties: Nanfeng Gong orange, Nancheng “black” chicken, Nancheng Magu wine, Lichuan porcelain and Agrocybe aegerita, Nutrition fortified egg, Fuzhou watermelon.
Local Foods: Stewed black and white wading bird, pork burger with cold rice package, starch sheet with squid, stewed chicken with 5 flavor are among the special meals which yet brings lasting relish on your teeth.
Attraction: Mount Huagai(华盖山)- Mount Huagai, literally “covered mountain”, is one of the most famous Daoism mountain in southern region. It was started from Hengyue Range, covering the 24 Hanling Mountains in the east and stretching southward to Le’an. The level above the sea is 880 meters when it reaches Peak Lujiao and Taiping County, and the name of the mountain was derived from the shape which resembles “lotus cover”. The picturesque landscape embraces distinctive beauty throughout the whole year. In spring, the flower is blossoming and waving; the majestic fall will give off loud sound in summer; abundant fruits appeal to all appitite whereas in winter the dancing snow will decorate the mountain with a sense of innocence and pure.
Event: Nanfeng Jumping Bamboo Horse(南丰跳竹马)- It is a sort of exorcising dance which displays the conflict between three and one, namely Guansuo, Bao Sanniang, Guanyu and Zhoucang. The dance derives its name as a wooden horse head is added on the stomach (wooden lion head for Zhoucan), with bamboo slice hunched, added by campaign gown. During the period of the Spring Festival, the bamboo horse dance will be invited in each home for exorcism, which reflects the wish of a peaceful life.
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