Jianyang is a

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in the

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Nanping Nanping; historically known as Yanping ( zh, s=延平, poj=Iân-pêng is a third-tier prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian province of China, Province, China, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde to the east, Sanming to the sou ...

, in the northern part of

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province,

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. Its population was 340,843 in 2020. Jianyang has rich natural resources:

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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Jian ware Jian ware or Chien ware () is a type of Chinese pottery originally made in Jianyang, Fujian province.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'' (). It consists of simple shapes in stoneware, with a strong emphasis on sub ...

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

Administration

2 Subdistricts

* Tancheng () * Tongyou ()

8 Towns

* Jiangkou () * Xushi () * Jukou () * Masha () * Huangkeng () * Shuiji () * Zhangdun () * Xiaohu ()

3 Townships

* Chongluo () * Shuifang () * Huilong ()

Climate

Transportation

Expressway

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

National Highway

* G205

County-level Road ()

* X809 * X817 * X819

Railway Station

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

Education

* Fujian Nanping First Secondary School of Jianyang District

Specialty

* Shuiji Bianrou ()

Famous people

Chu Hsi Zhu Xi ( zh, c=朱熹; ; October 18, 1130April 23, 1200), formerly romanized Chu Hsi, was a Chinese philosopher, historian, politician, poet, and calligrapher of the Southern Song dynasty. As a leading figure in the development of Neo-Confucian ...

was a philosopher of the Song Dynasty who taught in Kaoting College in Jianyang.

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.

References

External links

* {{Authority control County-level divisions of Fujian Nanping Districts of China