Xiapu (;

Foochow Romanized Foochow Romanized, also known as Bàng-uâ-cê (BUC for short; ) or Hók-ciŭ-uâ Lò̤-mā-cê (), is a Latin alphabet for the Fuzhou dialect of Eastern Min adopted in the middle of the 19th century by Western missionaries. It had varied at d ...

: Hà-puō) is a county in the municipal region of

Ningde Ningde (; Foochow Romanized: Nìng-dáik), also known as Mindong (; Foochow Romanized: Mìng-dĕ̤ng; lit. East of Fujian), is a prefecture-level city located along the northeastern coast of Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders ...

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 ...

, People's Republic of China, located along a stretch of

East China Sea The East China Sea is an arm of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. It covers an area of roughly . The sea’s northern extension between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula is the Yellow Sea, separated ...

coast, with many harbours and islands. It is bordered by

Fuding () is a county-level city in northeastern Ningde prefecture-level city, on Fujian's border with Zhejiang province. History Fuding county was established during the Qing Dynasty in 1739 AD. On December 15, 1950, the Matsu Administrative Office ( ...

City and

Zherong County Zherong County (; Foochow Romanized: Ciá-ìng-gâing) is a county in the northeast of Fujian province, People's Republic of China, bordering Zhejiang province to the north. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Ningde N ...

to the north,

Fu'an (; Foochow Romanized: Hók-ăng-chê; sometimes ''Fu An'') is a county-level city of Ningde prefecture level city, in northeast Fujian province, PRC, some away from the provincial capital Fuzhou. History Found Fu'an county was found in 1245 ...

City and Ningde's urban area to the west, and Luoyuan County,

Fuzhou Fuzhou (; , Fuzhounese: Hokchew, ''Hók-ciŭ''), alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute ...

and the

Matsu Islands The Matsu Islands ( or , ; Foochow Romanized: Mā-cū liĕk-dō̤), officially Lienchiang County (, ; Foochow Romanized: Lièng-gŏng-gâing), are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea governed by the Republic of China ( ...

of Lienchiang County, Republic of China (Taiwan) to the south. Xiapu is famous among landscapes lover photographers. *Area: *Population: 510,000 *Postal code: 355100

Administration

The county executive, legislature and

judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

are in Songcheng Town (), together with the CPC and PSB branches. Xiapu has jurisdiction over 6 other towns () and over 7 townships (), of which three are ethnic townships designated for the native

She people The She people (; Shehua: ; Cantonese: , Fuzhou: ) are an ethnic group in China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The She are the largest ethnic minority in Fujian, Zhejiang, and J ...

Towns

* Sansha (三沙镇) * Yacheng (牙城镇) * XiNan(溪南镇 and 下埔) * Shajiang (沙江镇) * Xiahu (下浒镇) * Changchun (长春镇)

Townships

* Baiyang (柏洋乡) * Beibi (北壁乡) * Haidao () * Zhouyang (州洋乡) * Yantian She-nation Ethnic Township (盐田畲族乡) * Shuimen She-nation Ethnic Township (水门畲族乡) * Chongru She-nation Ethnic Township (崇儒畲族乡)

Scenic Areas

Yushan Island Yushan Island () is in Xiangshan County in northeast Zhejiang province, Eastern China. It is the most southeastern island in Xiangshan, located 27 miles from Shipu Town (), near Ningbo City. It is situated in the north and south ocean current in ...

() * Xiahu Beach ()

Transportation

* Xiapu Railway Station on the Wenzhou-Fuzhou Railway

Xiapu Manichaean manuscripts

In 2008 the Xiapu Manichaean manuscripts became known to the scientific world in Shangwan Village, in Baiyang Township, Xiapu County. They are manuscripts from the ancient little-practiced religion known as

Manichaeism Manichaeism (; in New Persian ; ) is a former major religionR. van den Broek, Wouter J. Hanegraaff ''Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times''SUNY Press, 1998 p. 37 founded in the 3rd century AD by the Parthian prophet Mani (A ...

, which now only exists as Chinese Manichaeism. They continue to be used by a local priest in his Manichaean sermons. In comparison with the older Manichaeism and other sinicised Manichaeism, the Xiapu Manichaean texts strongly emphasize the worship of

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and relig ...

Xiapu in the News

In 2009 August 9, Xiapu was where Typhoon Morakot made continental landfall. A million people had just been evacuated from vulnerable areas of this and surrounding counties.

Climate

Notes and references

External links

Xiapu,Fujian
{{Authority control County-level divisions of Fujian Ningde