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Nanjing Station (Fujian)
Nanjing railway station () is a railway station on the Longyan–Xiamen Railway (Longxia Railway) in Fujian Province of China. It is located in the eastern part of Nanjing County, near Yanta Village () of Shancheng town. The station is less than 15 km by road from the urban area of Shancheng town, i.e. Nanjing County's county seat. It is much closer to Fengtian Town, which is just across the river from the station. To celebrate the ''tulou A tulou (), or "earthen building", is a traditional communal Hakka people residence found in Fujian, in South China, usually of a circular configuration surrounding a central shrine, and part of Hakka architecture. These vernacular structur ...'' heritage of Nanjing County, the station is constructed in the shape of three round tulou (one large and two small ones), but using modern materials. Travelers should note, however, that actual tulous are to be mostly found in the western part of the county, quite a ways from the statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longyan–Xiamen Railway
The Longyan–Xiamen railway () is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line in Fujian Province, China. The line, also known as the Longxia railway, is named after its two terminal cities Longyan and Xiamen, and has a total length of ."龙厦铁路简介" 2012-06-27 Construction began on December 25, 2006, and the line opened for regular operation on June 29, 2012. (Long anXia enRailway opened for service), 2012.06.30 The line can accommodate trains traveling at speeds of up to . Routing From Longyan, in southwestern F ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou, while its largest city by population is Quanzhou, both located near the coast of the Taiwan Strait in the east of the province. While its population is predominantly of Chinese ethnicity, it is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse provinces in China. The dialects of the language group Min Chinese were most commonly spoken within the province, including the Fuzhou dialect of northeastern Fujian and various Hokkien dialects of southeastern Fujian. Hakka Chinese is also spoken, by the Hakka people in Fujian. Min dialects, Hakka and Mandarin Chinese are mutually unintelligible. Due to emigration, a sizable amount of the ethnic Chinese populations of Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanjing County
Nanjing County () is a county under the administration of Zhangzhou City, in the south of Fujian province, People's Republic of China. Administrative division Nanjing County is administratively divided into several towns: * Shancheng () - the county seat * Jingcheng (), * Longshan (), * Chuanchang (), * Jinshan (), * Hexi (), * Kuiyang (), * Nankeng (), * Fengtian (), * Meilin (), *Shuyang () Sights Nanjing County, and in particular its western part (Shuyang and Meilin Towns), is the location of many famous Fujian Tulou. Out of the 10 tulou sites listed on UNESCO's World Heritage list, four are in Nanjing County: * Tianluokeng Tulou cluster * Hekeng Tulou cluster (Hekeng Village), near Qujiang administrative village, Shuyang Town * Hegui Lou * Huaiyuan Lou Transportation Until 2012, Nanjing County had no railways. The Longyan–Xiamen Railway The Longyan–Xiamen railway () is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line in Fujian Province, China. The line, als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shancheng, Nanjing County
Shancheng Town () is the county seat of Nanjing County, which is a constituent county of Zhangzhou Prefecture-level city, Fujian Province, China. As it is the case with most Chinese county seats, this is the place which most maps simply label as Nanjing ounty(). Transportation Shancheng Town is the junction of several county roads, one of which, recently improved county route 562 (X562) connects Shancheng with the World Heritage Fujian Tulou sites around Shuyang Town in the western part of the county. Shancheng Town is connected to Zhangzhou and Xiamen by frequent bus service; since this is Nanjing County's county seat, the buses' destination is usually indicated in schedules and on the signs as "Nanjing" (). On June 30, 2012, the high-speed Longyan–Xiamen Railway, crossing the eastern part of the county, was opened for service. It became the first ever railway line to cross the county. Nanjing Station is located about 15 km (by road) to the northeast of Shancheng's tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town (China)
When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese (traditional: ; ). The Constitution of the People's Republic of China classifies towns as third-level administrative units, along with for example townships (). A township is typically smaller in population and more remote than a town. Similarly to a higher-level administrative units, the borders of a town would typically include an urban core (a small town with the population on the order of 10,000 people), as well as rural area with some villages (, or ). Map representation A typical provincial map would merely show a town as a circle centered at its urban area and labeled with its name, while a more detailed one (e.g., a map of a single county-level division) would also show the borders dividing the county or county-level city into towns () and/or township () and subdistrict (街道) units. The town in which the county level government, and usually the division's mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
