Jianyang is a

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in the

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Nanping Nanping (), historically known as Yanping (), is a third-tier prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde to the east, Sanming to the south, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi to ...

, in the northern part of

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province,

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. Its population was 2,910,000 in 2013. Jianyang has rich natural resources:

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, tea and water power.

History

From the 11th to the 17th century, commercial publishers established in the area used local bamboo for paper manufacturing and made the area one of the three largest book-producing areas in China in the

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(960–1279) and Yuan (1271–1368) dynasties. The area continued to be an important printing center into the Ming epoch (1368–1644).Brook, Timothy. '' The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China''. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1998. . Pp. 129-131 Starting in the

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(1127–1279), the county was served by the Chong'an trade route, which connected

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on the Fujian coast (the nation's major port for trade with Southeast Asia in those days) with northeastern

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province. This route allowed shipping of local products, notably books, to the major markets of the lower Yangtze region using mostly water transport, with just a few

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Jian ware Jian ware or Chien ware () is a type of Chinese pottery originally made in Jianyang, Fujian province. It, and local imitations of it, are known in Japan as ''Tenmoku'' (). The ware are simple shapes in stoneware, with a strong emphasis on subtl ...

was produced here during the Song dynasty. Master Xiong Zhonggui's Jiyufang Laolong

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(), located in a village near the town of

Shuiji Shuiji () is a town of Jianyang District, Nanping, in northern Fujian province, China. See also *List of township-level divisions of Fujian *Wuyi New Area Wuyi New Area was established on June 26, 2012 in Nanping, Fujian. Administration ...

, has been able to restart production of ''Jian Zhan'' using original clay.

Administration

2 Subdistricts

Tancheng () Tongyou ()

8 Towns

Jiangkou () Xushi () Jukou () Masha () Huangkeng ()

() Zhangdun () Xiaohu ()

3 Townships

Chongluo () Shuifang () Huilong ()

Transportation

Expressway

* G15₁₄ Ningde-Shangrao Expressway * G3 Beijing-Taipei Expressway

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* G205

County-level Road ()

* X809 * X817 * X819

Railway Station

* Nanpingshi railway station (Literally: Nanping City railway station)

Specialty

Bianrou ()

Famous people

Jianyang bore a famous teacher Fu Ping Hua, who is one of the most respected teachers of the city. Chu Hsi was a philosopher of the Song Dynasty who taught in Kaoting College in Jianyang. You Zuo () is a scholar in the Chinese idiom "". Song Ci () is author of Collection of Grievance Relief Stories ().

Image views

File:GuanBingG.JPG, Kompia () File:OldJianYang.JPG, Old Jianyang File:Bamboo in Tan Mountain Park.JPG, Bamboo in Tan Mountain Park () File:ShuiXi Bridge.JPG, Shuixi Bridge () File:Tan Mountain Park.JPG, Tan Mountain Park () File:Chongyang River.JPG, Chongyang Brook (), Jingshan Monastery () far back.