Gutianbei Railway Station (20150807171402)

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: ''Kŭ-chèng Gâing'') is a county lying in the northeastern

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province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of

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City and is located in the southwest part of the municipality. It is also known as "the town of the former worthy", as Zhu Xi, a famous Chinese scholar once lived there. It is also known as Kutien or Kucheng. *Area: *Population: 429,463

History

The county was set up in the

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by Liujiang in 741 AD. Since Zhuxi, one of the famous scholars in China, lived there, it is also called "the town of the former worthy." In 1895 the county was the site of a massacre of Christian missionaries.

Geography

The Min River (Fujian) runs through Gutian, covering a distance of .

Climate

Scenic Areas

There are a number of scenic areas in Gutian. * The thousand-year-old Auspicious Tower (). * The

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(), where Zhuxi once taught. * The

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(). * The Temple of Paradise (). * The Green Screen Lake ().

Subdivision

Gutian has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 7 villages. It has a total population of 430,000. *

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() * Hetang town () * Daqiao Town () * Pinghu Town () * Xincheng Town () * Huangtian Town () *

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() * Zhuoyang Village () * Jixiang Village () * Songji Village () *

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() * Panyang Village () * Fengpu Village ()

Agriculture

Gutian county is known as "The Land of Fungi" (). Fungal exports include snow fungus ('' Tremella fuciformis'') () and

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(''Lentinula edodes'') (). Other exports include

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honey peaches Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primari ...

(), reddish slab stones () and Younai plums ().

Communications and public works

Gutian's transportation systems include railways, highways and seaways. Waifu () Railway is long. Abundant water resources have led to the building of the first national underground hydropower station,

Gutian Xishui Hydroelectric Power Station Gutian or ''variation'', may refer to: China * Gutian County (古田县), Fujian ** Gutian railway station ** Gutian dialect, a dialect of Chinese spoken in Gutian ** Gutian Massacre (1895), massacre of Christians in Gutian County * Gutian, ...

, which has the largest volume in

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Miscellaneous

Gutian is the original home of many countrymen residing abroad. The number of overseas Chinese from this area amounts to more than 200,000, many now resident in Sitiawan,

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in Malaysia. It is also a "national model county", which is famous for its culture, physical education and broadcasting TV programs.

References

{{Authority control County-level divisions of Fujian Ningde