Fujian is a
province
A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
in
southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by
Zhejiang
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to the north,
Jiangxi
; Gan: )
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to the west,
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
to the south, and the
Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is
Fuzhou
Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...
and its largest prefecture city by population is
Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China, People's Republic of China. It is Fujian's largest most populous metropolitan region, wi ...
, with other notable cities including the port city of
Xiamen
Xiamen,), also known as Amoy ( ; from the Zhangzhou Hokkien pronunciation, zh, c=, s=, t=, p=, poj=Ē͘-mûi, historically romanized as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Stra ...
and
Zhangzhou. Fujian is located on the west coast of the
Taiwan Strait as the closest province geographically and culturally to
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
; as a result of the
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government, government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermitt ...
, a small portion of historical Fujian is administered by Taiwan, romanized as
Fuchien.
While the population predominantly identifies as
Han, it is one of China's most culturally and linguistically diverse provinces. The dialects of the language group
Min Chinese
Min ( zh, t=, s=闽语, p=Mǐnyǔ, poj=Bân-gú / Bân-gír / Bân-gí; Bàng-uâ-cê, BUC: ''Mìng-ngṳ̄'') is a broad group of Sinitic languages with about 75 million native speakers. These languages are spoken in Fujian province and Chaoshan ...
are most commonly spoken within the province, including the
Fuzhou dialect and
Eastern Min of Northeastern Fujian province and various
Southern Min
Southern Min (), Minnan ( Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Chinese languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwa ...
and
Hokkien
Hokkien ( , ) is a Varieties of Chinese, variety of the Southern Min group of Chinese language, Chinese languages. Native to and originating from the Minnan region in the southeastern part of Fujian in southeastern China, it is also referred ...
dialects of southeastern Fujian. The capital city of
Fuzhou
Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...
and Fu'an of
Ningde prefecture along with
Cangnan county-level city of
Wenzhou
Wenzhou; Chinese postal romanization, historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in China's Zhejiang province. Wenzhou is located at the extreme southeast of Zhejiang, bordering Lishui, Zhejiang, Lishui to the west, Taizhou, Zheji ...
prefecture in
Zhejiang
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province make up the Min Dong linguistic and cultural region of Northeastern Fujian.
Hakka Chinese is also spoken in Fujian, by the
Hakka people
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...
. Min dialects, Hakka, and
Standard Chinese
Standard Chinese ( zh, s=现代标准汉语, t=現代標準漢語, p=Xiàndài biāozhǔn hànyǔ, l=modern standard Han speech) is a modern standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the republican era (1912–1949). ...
are mutually unintelligible. Due to emigration, much of the ethnic Chinese populations of Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines speak
Southern Min
Southern Min (), Minnan ( Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Chinese languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwa ...
(or Hokkien).
With a population of 41.5 million, Fujian ranks
15th in population among Chinese provinces. In 2022, its GDP reached CN¥5.31 trillion (US$790 billion by nominal GDP), ranking 4th in
East China
East China () is a geographical region in the People’s Republic of China, mainly consisting of seven province-level administrative divisions, namely the provinces (from north to south) Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, ...
region and
8th
Eighth is ordinal form of the number eight.
Eighth may refer to:
* One eighth, , a fraction, one of eight equal parts of a whole
* Eighth note (quaver), a musical note played for half the value of a quarter note (crotchet)
* Octave, an interval b ...
nationwide in GDP.
Fujian's GDP per capita is above the national average, at ( in nominal), the second highest
GDP per capita of all Chinese provinces after
Jiangsu
Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...
.
Fujian is considered one of China's leading provinces in education and research. As of 2023, two major cities in the province ranked in the top 45 cities in the world (Xiamen 38th and Fuzhou 45th) by scientific research output, as tracked by the
Nature Index.
Name
The name ''Fujian'' () originated from the combination of the city names of
Fuzhou
Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...
() and nearby
Jianzhou (, or present-day
Nanping ()).
History
Prehistoric Fujian
Recent archaeological discoveries in 2011 demonstrate that Fujian had entered the
Neolithic Age by the middle of the 6th millennium BC. From the Keqiutou site (7450–5590 BP), an early Neolithic site in
Pingtan Island located about southeast of Fuzhou, numerous tools made of stones,
shell
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Architecture and design
* Shell (structure), a thin structure
** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses
Science Biology
* Seashell, a hard outer layer of a marine ani ...
s,
bone
A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various other organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, ...
s,
jade
Jade is an umbrella term for two different types of decorative rocks used for jewelry or Ornament (art), ornaments. Jade is often referred to by either of two different silicate mineral names: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in t ...
s, and
ceramic
A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcela ...
s (including wheel-made ceramics) have been unearthed, together with
spinning wheels, which is definitive evidence of
weaving
Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Other methods are knitting, crocheting, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal ...
.
The Tanshishan () site (5500–4000 BP) in suburban Fuzhou spans the Neolithic and
Chalcolithic
The Chalcolithic ( ) (also called the Copper Age and Eneolithic) was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper. It followed the Neolithic and preceded the Bronze Age. It occurred at different periods in di ...
Age where semi-underground circular buildings were found in the lower level. The Huangtulun () site (), also in suburban Fuzhou, was of the
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
in character.
Tianlong Jiao (2013)
[Jiao, Tianlong. 2013. "The Neolithic Archaeology of Southeast China." In Underhill, Anne P., et al. ''A Companion to Chinese Archaeology'', 599-611. Wiley-Blackwell.] notes that the
Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...
appeared on the coast of Fujian around 6,000 B.P. During the Neolithic, the coast of Fujian had a low population density, with the population depending on mostly on fishing and hunting, along with limited agriculture.
There were four major Neolithic cultures in coastal Fujian, with the earliest Neolithic cultures originating from the north in coastal
Zhejiang
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* Keqiutou culture (; , or )
* Tanshishan culture (; , or )
* Damaoshan culture (; )
* Huangguashan culture (; , or )
There were two major Neolithic cultures in inland Fujian, which were highly distinct from the coastal Fujian Neolithic cultures.
These are the Niubishan culture () from 5000 to 4000 years ago, and the Hulushan culture () from 2050 to 1550 BC.
Minyue kingdom

Fujian was also where the kingdom of
Minyue was located. The word "Mǐnyuè" was derived by combining "Mǐn" (), which is perhaps an ethnic name (), and "
Yuè", after the
State of Yue, a
Spring and Autumn period
The Spring and Autumn period () was a period in History of China, Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou (256 BCE), characterized by the gradual erosion of royal power as local lords nominally subject t ...
kingdom in
Zhejiang
)
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to the north. This is because the royal family of Yuè fled to Fujian after its kingdom was annexed by the
State of Chu
Chu (, Old Chinese: ''*s-r̥aʔ'') was an Ancient Chinese states, ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BC. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou heartland and lasted ...
in 306 BC. Mǐn is also the name of the
main river in this area, but the ethnonym is probably older.
Qin dynasty
The Qin deposed the King of Minyue, establishing instead a paramilitary province there called Minzhong Commandery. Minyue was a ''de facto'' kingdom until one of the emperors of the
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty ( ) was the first Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China. It is named for its progenitor state of Qin, a fief of the confederal Zhou dynasty (256 BC). Beginning in 230 BC, the Qin under King Ying Zheng enga ...
, the first unified imperial Chinese state, abolished its status.
[Britannica]
Han dynasty
In the aftermath of the Qin dynasty's fall,
civil war
A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.J ...
broke out between two warlords,
Xiang Yu and
Liu Bang
Emperor Gaozu of Han (2561 June 195 BC), also known by his given name Liu Bang, was the founder and first emperor of the Han dynasty, reigning from 202 to 195 BC. He is considered by traditional Chinese historiography to be one o ...
. The Minyue king Wuzhu sent his troops to fight with Liu and his gamble paid off. Liu was victorious and founded the
Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ...
. In 202 BC, he restored Minyue's status as a
tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
independent kingdom. Thus Wuzhu was allowed to construct his fortified city in Fuzhou as well as a few locations in the
Wuyi Mountains, which have been excavated in recent years. His kingdom extended beyond the borders of contemporary Fujian into eastern Guangdong, eastern
Jiangxi
; Gan: )
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, and southern
Zhejiang
)
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After Wuzhu's death, Minyue maintained its militant tradition and launched several expeditions against its neighboring kingdoms in
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
,
Jiangxi
; Gan: )
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, and
Zhejiang
)
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, primarily in the 2nd century BC. This was stopped by the
Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ...
as it
expanded southward. The Han emperor eventually decided to get rid of the potential threat by launching a
military campaign
A military campaign is large-scale long-duration significant military strategy plan incorporating a series of interrelated military operations or battles forming a distinct part of a larger conflict often called a war. The term derives from th ...
against Minyue. Large forces approached Minyue simultaneously from four directions via land and sea in 111 BC. The rulers in Fuzhou surrendered to avoid a futile fight and destruction and the first kingdom in Fujian history came to an abrupt end.
Fujian was part of the much larger
Yang Province (Yangzhou), whose provincial capital was designated in Liyang (歷陽; present-day
He County, Anhui).
The
Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ...
collapsed at the end of the 2nd century AD, paving the way for the
Three Kingdoms
The Three Kingdoms of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu dominated China from AD 220 to 280 following the end of the Han dynasty. This period was preceded by the Eastern Han dynasty and followed by the Jin dynasty (266–420), Western Jin dyna ...
era.
Sun Quan
Sun Quan (; 182 – 21 May 252), courtesy name Zhongmou (), posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Da of Wu, was the founder of Eastern Wu, one of the Three Kingdoms of China. He inherited control of the warlord regime established by hi ...
, the founder of the
Kingdom of Wu, spent nearly 20 years subduing the Shan Yue people, the branch of the Yue living in mountains.
Jin era
The first wave of
immigration
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as Permanent residency, permanent residents. Commuting, Commuter ...
of the noble class arrived in the province in the early 4th century when the
Western Jin dynasty collapsed and the north was torn apart by
civil wars and
rebellions by tribal peoples from the north and west. These immigrants were primarily from eight families in
central China:
Nevertheless, isolation from nearby areas owing to rugged terrain contributed to Fujian's relatively undeveloped economy and level of development, despite major population boosts from northern China during the "barbarian" rebellions. The population density in Fujian remained low compared to the rest of China. Only two
commanderies and sixteen counties were established by the Western Jin dynasty. Like other southern provinces such as
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
,
Guangxi
Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...
,
Guizhou
)
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Yunnan
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
, Fujian often served as a destination for exiled prisoners and dissidents at that time.
During the
Southern and Northern Dynasties era, the
Southern Dynasties (
Liu Song
Song, known as Liu Song (), Former Song (前宋) or Song of (the) Southern dynasties (南朝宋) in historiography, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and the first of the four Northern and Southern dynasties#Southern dynasti ...
,
Southern Qi
Qi, known in historiography as the Southern Qi ( or ) or Xiao Qi (), was a Chinese imperial dynasty and the second of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties era. It followed the Liu Song dynasty and was succee ...
,
Liang (
Western Liang), and
Chen) reigned south of the
Yangtze River, including Fujian.
Sui and Tang dynasties
During the
Sui and
Tang eras a large influx of migrants settled in Fujian.
During the Sui dynasty, Fujian was again part of
Yang Province.
During the Tang, Fujian was part of the larger
Jiangnan East Circuit, whose capital was at
Suzhou
Suzhou is a major prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. As part of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis, it is a major economic center and focal point of trade and commerce.
Founded in 514 BC, Suzhou rapidly grew in size by the ...
. Modern-day Fujian was composed of around 5 prefectures and 25 counties.
The Tang dynasty (618–907) oversaw the next golden age of China, which contributed to a boom in Fujian's culture and economy. Fuzhou's economic and cultural institutions grew and developed. The later years of the Tang dynasty saw several political upheavals in the Chinese heartland, prompting even larger waves of northerners to immigrate to the northern part of Fujian.
Five Dynasties Ten Kingdoms
As the Tang dynasty ended, China was torn apart in the period of the
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. During this time, a second major wave of immigration arrived in the safe haven of Fujian, led by Wang Brothers (
Wang Chao, and
Wang Shenzhi
Wang Shenzhi (; 862 – December 30, 925), courtesy name Xintong () or Xiangqing (), posthumous name Prince Zhongyi of Min () and also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Min (), was the founding Chinese sovereign, monarch of Min (T ...
), who set up an independent
Kingdom of Min with its capital in Fuzhou. After the death of the founding king, however, the kingdom suffered from internal strife, and was soon absorbed by
Southern Tang, another southern kingdom.
Parts of northern Fujian were conquered by the
Wuyue Kingdom to the north as well, including the Min capital Fuzhou.
Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China, People's Republic of China. It is Fujian's largest most populous metropolitan region, wi ...
city was blooming into a seaport under the reign of the
Min Kingdom.
''
Qingyuan Jiedushi'' was a military/governance office created in 949 by
Southern Tang's second emperor
Li Jing for the warlord
Liu Congxiao, who nominally submitted to him but controlled Quan (, in modern
Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China, People's Republic of China. It is Fujian's largest most populous metropolitan region, wi ...
, Fujian) and Zhang (, in modern
Zhangzhou, Fujian) Prefectures in ''de facto'' independence from the Southern Tang state.
['']Zizhi Tongjian
The ''Zizhi Tongjian'' (1084) is a chronicle published during the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) that provides a record of Chinese history from 403 BC to 959 AD, covering 16 dynasties and spanning almost 1400 years. The main text is ...
'', vol. 288. (Zhang Prefecture was, at times during the circuit's existence, also known as Nan Prefecture ().)
['' History of Song'', vol. 483.] Starting in 960, in addition to being nominally submissive to Southern Tang, Qingyuan Circuit was also nominally submissive to
Song
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usu ...
, which had itself become Southern Tang's nominal overlord.
['' Xu Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 1.]

After Liu's death, the circuit was briefly ruled by his biological nephew/adoptive son
Liu Shaozi, who was then overthrown by the officers
Zhang Hansi and
Chen Hongjin. Zhang then ruled the circuit briefly, before Chen deposed him and took over.
[ In 978, with Song's determination to unify Chinese lands in full order, Chen decided that he could not stay ''de facto'' independent, and offered the control of the circuit to Song's Emperor Taizong, ending Qingyuan Circuit as a ''de facto'' independent entity.][''Xu Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 9.]
Song dynasty
The area was reorganized into the Fujian Circuit in 985, which was the first time the name "Fujian" was used for an administrative region.
Vietnam
Many Chinese migrated from Fujian's major ports to Vietnam's Red River Delta. The settlers then created Trần port and Vân Đồn. Fujian and Guangdong Chinese moved to the Vân Đồn coastal port to engage in commerce.
During the Lý and Trần dynasties, many Chinese ethnic groups with the surname Trần (陳) migrated to Vietnam from what is now Fujian or Guangxi. They settled along the coast of Vietnam and the capital's southeastern area. The Vietnamese Trần clan traces their ancestry to Trần Tự Minh (227 BC). He was a Qin General during the Warring state period who belonged to the indigenous Mân, a Baiyue ethnic group of Southern China and Northern Vietnam. Tự Minh also served under King An Dương Vương of Âu Lạc kingdom in resisting Qin's conquest of Âu Lạc. Their genealogy also included Trần Tự Viễn (582 – 637) of Giao Châu and Trần Tự An (1010 - 1077) of Đại Việt. Near the end of the 11th century the descendants of a fisherman named Trần Kinh, whose hometown was in Tức Mạc village in Đại Việt (Modern day Vietnam), would marry the royal Lý clan, which was then founded the Vietnam Tran dynasty in 1225.
In Vietnam, the Trần served as officials. The surnames are found in the Trần and Lý dynasty Imperial exam records. Chinese ethnic groups are recorded in Trần and Lý dynasty records of officials. Clothing, food, and languages were fused with the local Vietnamese in Vân Đồn district where the Chinese ethnic groups had moved after leaving their home province of what is now Fujian, Guangxi, and Guangdong.
In 1172, Fujian was attacked by Pi-she-ye pirates from Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
or the Visayas
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, Philippines.
Yuan dynasty
After the establishment of the Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...
, Fujian became part of Jiangzhe province, whose capital was at Hangzhou
Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...
. From 1357 to 1366 Muslims in Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China, People's Republic of China. It is Fujian's largest most populous metropolitan region, wi ...
participated in the Ispah Rebellion, advancing northward and even capturing Putian and Fuzhou before the rebellion was crushed by the Yuan. Afterward, Quanzhou city lost foreign interest in trading and its formerly welcoming international image as the foreigners were all massacred or deported.
Yuan dynasty General Chen Youding, who had put down the Ispah Rebellion, continued to rule over the Fujian area even after the outbreak of the Red Turban Rebellion. Forces loyal to the eventual Ming dynasty founder Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu Emperor) defeated Chen in 1367.
Ming dynasty
After the establishment of the Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ...
, Fujian became a province, with its capital at Fuzhou. In the early Ming era, Fuzhou Changle was the staging area and supply depot of Zheng He's naval expeditions. Further development was severely hampered by the sea trade ban, and the area was superseded by nearby ports of Guangzhou
Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
, Hangzhou
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, Ningbo and Shanghai
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despite the lifting of the ban in 1550. Large-scale piracy by Wokou
''Wokou'' ( zh, c=, p=Wōkòu; ; Hepburn romanization, Hepburn: ; ; literal Chinese translation: "dwarf bandits"), which translates to "Japanese pirates", were pirates who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century to the 17 ...
was eventually wiped out by the Chinese military.
An account of the Ming dynasty Fujian was written by No In (Lu Ren ).
The Pisheya appear in Quanzhou Ming era records.
Qing dynasty
The late Ming and early Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...
symbolized an era of a large influx of refugees and another 20 years of sea trade ban under the Kangxi Emperor, a measure intended to counter the refuge Ming government of Koxinga in the island of Taiwan.
The sea ban implemented by the Qing forced many people to evacuate the coast to deprive Koxinga's Ming loyalists of resources. This has led to the myth that it was because Manchus were "afraid of water".
Incoming refugees did not translate into a major labor force, owing to their re-migration into prosperous regions of Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
. In 1683, the Qing dynasty conquered Taiwan in the Battle of Penghu and annexed it into Fujian province, as Taiwan Prefecture. Many more Han Chinese
The Han Chinese, alternatively the Han people, are an East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. With a global population of over 1.4 billion, the Han Chinese are the list of contemporary ethnic groups, world's la ...
then settled in Taiwan. Today, most Taiwanese are descendants of Hokkien people from Southern Fujian. Fujian and Taiwan were originally treated as one province ( Fujian-Taiwan-Province), but starting in 1885, they split into two separate provinces.
In the 1890s, the Qing ceded Taiwan to Japan via the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 189417 April 1895), or the First China–Japan War, was a conflict between the Qing dynasty of China and the Empire of Japan primarily over influence in Joseon, Korea. In Chinese it is commonly known as th ...
. In 1905–1907 Japan made overtures to enlarge its sphere of influence to include Fujian. Japan was trying to obtain French loans and also avoid the Open Door Policy. Paris provided loans on condition that Japan respects the Open Door principles and does not violate China's territorial integrity.
Republic of China
The Xinhai revolution
The 1911 Revolution, also known as the Xinhai Revolution or Hsinhai Revolution, ended China's last imperial dynasty, the Qing dynasty, and led to the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC). The revolution was the culmination of a decade ...
overthrew the Qing dynasty and brought the province into the rule of the Republic of China
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.
The anarchist
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Constitution Protection Region of Southern Fujian was established by Chen Jiongming from 1918 to 1920.
Fujian briefly established the independent Fujian People's Government in 1933. It was re-controlled by the Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
in 1934.
Fujian came under a Japanese sea blockade during World War II
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.
People's Republic of China
After the Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government, government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermitt ...
, the People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
unified the country and took over most of Fujian, excluding the Quemoy and Matsu Islands.
In its early days, Fujian's development was relatively slow in comparison to other coastal provinces due to potential conflicts with Kuomintang-controlled Taiwan. Today, the province has the highest forest coverage rate while enjoying a high growth rate in the economy. The GDP per capita in Fujian is ranked 4-6th place among provinces of China in recent years.
Development has been accompanied by a large influx of population from the overpopulated areas to Fujian's north and west, and much of the farmland and forest, as well as cultural heritage sites such as the temples of king Wuzhu, have given way to ubiquitous high-rise buildings. Fujian faces challenges to sustain development while at the same time preserving Fujian's natural and cultural heritage.
In 2023, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is the Central committee, highest organ when the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, national congress is not ...
and the State Council of China
The State Council of the People's Republic of China, also known as the Central People's Government, is the chief administrative authority and national cabinet. It is constitutionally the highest administrative organ of the country and the e ...
jointly proposed making Fujian a demonstration zone in cross-strait integration between Taiwan and mainland China. Under the plan, the Chinese government would boost economic and transportation cooperation with Taiwan and make it easier for Taiwanese people to live, buy property, access social services and study in Fujian.
Geography
The province is mostly mountainous and is traditionally said to be "eight parts mountain, one part water, and one part farmland" (). The northwest is higher in altitude, with the Wuyi Mountains forming the border between Fujian and Jiangxi
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. It is the most forested provincial-level administrative region in China, with a 62.96% forest coverage rate in 2009. Fujian's highest point is Mount Huanggang in the Wuyi Mountains, with an altitude of .
Fujian faces East China Sea to the east, South China Sea
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to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the southeast. The coastline is rugged and has many bays and islands. Major islands include Quemoy (also known as Kinmen, controlled by the Republic of China), Haitan Island, and Nanri Island. Meizhou Island occupies a central place in the cult of the goddess Matsu, the patron deity of Chinese sailors.
The Min River and its tributaries cut through much of northern and central Fujian. Other rivers include the Jin and the Jiulong. Due to its uneven topography, Fujian has many cliffs and rapids.
Fujian is separated from Taiwan by the -wide Taiwan Strait. Some of the small islands in the Taiwan Strait are also part of the province. The islands of Kinmen
Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), only east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from wh ...
and Matsu are under the administration of the Republic of China.
Fujian contains several faults, the result of a collision between the Asiatic Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate. The Changle-Naoao and Longan-Jinjiang fault zones in this area have annual displacement rates of 3–5 mm. They could cause major earthquakes in the future.
Fujian has a subtropical climate, with mild winters. In January, the coastal regions average around while the hills average . In the summer, temperatures are high, and the province is threatened by typhoon
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s coming in from the Pacific
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. Average annual precipitation
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is .
Transportation
Roads
, there are of highways in Fujian, including of expressways. The top infrastructure projects in recent years have been the Zhangzhou-Zhaoan Expressway (US$624 million) and the Sanmingshi-Fuzhou expressway (US$1.40 billion). The 12th Five-Year Plan, covering the period from 2011 to 2015, aims to double the length of the province's expressways to .
Railways
Due to Fujian's mountainous terrain and traditional reliance on maritime transportation, railways came to the province comparatively late. The first rail links to neighboring Jiangxi
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Province, opened respectively, in 1959, 2000, and 2009. As of October 2013, Fujian has four rail links with Jiangxi to the northwest: the Yingtan–Xiamen Railway (opened 1957), the Hengfeng–Nanping Railway (1998), Ganzhou–Longyan Railway (2005) and the high-speed Xiangtang–Putian Railway (2013). Fujian's lone rail link to Guangdong to the west, the Zhangping–Longchuan Railway (2000), will be joined with the high-speed Xiamen–Shenzhen Railway (Xiashen Line) in late 2013. The Xiashen Line forms the southernmost section of China's Southeast Coast High-Speed Rail Corridor. The Wenzhou–Fuzhou and Fuzhou–Xiamen sections of this corridor entered operation in 2009 and link Fujian with Zhejiang with trains running at speeds of up to .
Within Fujian, coastal and interior cities are linked by the Nanping–Fuzhou (1959), Zhangping–Quanzhou–Xiaocuo (2007) and Longyan–Xiamen Railways, (2012). To attract Taiwanese investment, the province intends to increase its rail length by 50 percent to .
Air
The major airports are Fuzhou Changle International Airport, Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport
Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport is a dual-use military and commercial airport serving the city of Quanzhou in East China’s Fujian province. It is located south of the city center (aka Licheng, Quanzhou, Licheng and Fengze, Quanzhou, ...
, Nanping Wuyishan Airport, Longyan Guanzhishan Airport and Sanming Shaxian Airport. Xiamen is capable of handling 15.75 million passengers as of 2011. Fuzhou is capable of handling 6.5 million passengers annually with a cargo capacity of more than 200,000 tons. The airport offers direct links to 45 destinations including international routes to Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
Administrative divisions
The People's Republic of China
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controls most of the province and divides it into nine prefecture-level divisions: all prefecture-level cities (including a sub-provincial city
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All of the prefecture-level cities except Nanping, Sanming, and Longyan are found along the coast.
These nine prefecture-level cities are subdivided into 84 county-level division
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s (31 district
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s, 11 county-level cities
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, and 42 counties
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). Those are in turn divided into 1,102 township-level divisions (653 town
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s, 233 township
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s, 19 ethnic townships, and 195 subdistricts).
The People's Republic of China
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claims five of the six townships of Kinmen County, Republic of China (Taiwan) as a county of the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China, People's Republic of China. It is Fujian's largest most populous metropolitan region, wi ...
.
The PRC claims Wuqiu Township, Kinmen County, Republic of China (Taiwan) as part of Xiuyu District of the prefecture-level city of Putian.
Finally, the PRC claims Lienchiang County (Matsu Islands), Republic of China (Taiwan) as a township of its Lianjiang County, which is part of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou
Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...
.
Together, these three groups of islands make up the Republic of China's Fujian province.
Urban areas
Politics
List of provincial-level leaders
CCP Party Secretaries
# Zhang Dingcheng (): 1949–1954
# Ye Fei (): 1954–1958
# Jiang Yizhen (): 1958–1970
# Han Xianchu (): 1971–1973
# Liao Zhigao (): 1974–1982
# Xiang Nan (): 1982–1986
# Chen Guangyi (): 1986–1993
# Jia Qinglin (): 1993–1996
# Chen Mingyi (): 1996–2000
# Song Defu (): 2000–2004
# Lu Zhangong
Lu Zhangong ( zh, s=卢展工, t=盧展工, p=Lú Zhǎngōng, poj=Lo Tian-kang; born May 1952) is a Chinese politician. He is, since 2013, a Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and previously served as the Pa ...
(): 2004–2009
# Sun Chunlan (): 2009–2012
# You Quan (): 2012–2017
# Yu Weiguo (): 2017–2020
# Yin Li (): 2020–2022
# Zhou Zuyi (): 2022–present
Chairpersons of Fujian People's Congress
# Liao Zhigao (): 1979–1982
# Hu Hong (): 1982–1985
# Cheng Xu (): 1985–1993
# Chen Guangyi (): 1993–1994
# Jia Qinglin (): 1994–1998
# Yuan Qitong (): 1998–2002
# Song Defu (): 2002–2005
# Lu Zhangong
Lu Zhangong ( zh, s=卢展工, t=盧展工, p=Lú Zhǎngōng, poj=Lo Tian-kang; born May 1952) is a Chinese politician. He is, since 2013, a Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and previously served as the Pa ...
(): 2005–2010
# Sun Chunlan (): 2010–2013
# You Quan (): 2013–2018
# Yu Weiguo (): 2018–2021
# Yin Li (): 2021–2023
# Zhou Zuyi (): 2023–present
Governors
# Zhang Dingcheng (): 1949–1954
# Ye Fei (): 1954–1959
# Jiang Yizhen (): 1959
# Wu Hongxiang (): acting: 1960–1962
# Jiang Yizhen (): 1962
# Wei Jinshui (): 1962–1967
# Han Xianchu (): 1967–1973
# Liao Zhigao (): 1974–1979
# Ma Xingyuan (): 1979–1983
# Hu Ping (): 1983–1987
# Wang Zhaoguo (): 1987–1990
# Jia Qinglin (): 1990–1994
# Chen Mingyi (): 1994–1996
# He Guoqiang (): 1996–1999
# Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping, pronounced (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman of the Central Military Commission ...
(): 1999–2002
# Lu Zhangong
Lu Zhangong ( zh, s=卢展工, t=盧展工, p=Lú Zhǎngōng, poj=Lo Tian-kang; born May 1952) is a Chinese politician. He is, since 2013, a Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and previously served as the Pa ...
(): 2002–2004
# Huang Xiaojing (): 2004–2011
# Su Shulin (): 2011–2015
# Yu Weiguo (): 2015–2018
# Tang Dengjie (): 2018–2020
# Wang Ning (): 2020–2021
# Zhao Long (): 2021–present
Economy
Fujian is one of the more affluent provinces in China, with many industries spanning tea production, clothing, and sports manufacturers such as Anta, 361 Degrees, Xtep, Peak Sport Products and Septwolves. Fujian was one of the first provinces in China authorized by the central government to receive foreign investments. Many foreign firms have operations in Fujian. They include Boeing, Dell, GE, Kodak, Nokia, Siemens, Swire, TDK, and Panasonic. Within Fujian, the city of Xiamen was one of China's first special economic zones ("SEZs").
In 2022, Fujian's GDP was CN¥5.31 trillion (US$790 billion in nominal), ranking 8th in GDP nationwide and appearing in the world's top 20 largest sub-national economies. Along with its coastal neighbours Zhejiang
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and Guangdong, Fujian's GDP per capita is above the national average, at ( in nominal), the second highest GDP per capita of all Chinese provinces after Jiangsu
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. The primary, secondary and tertiary economy respectively contributed to ¥307 billion ($45.7 billion), ¥2.51 trillion ($372.8 billion), and ¥2.50 trillion ($371 billion) to Fujian's economy.
In terms of agricultural land, Fujian is hilly and farmland is sparse. Rice
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is the main crop, supplemented by sweet potatoes and wheat
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and barley
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. Cash crops include sugar cane
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and rapeseed. Fujian leads the provinces of China in longan production, and is also a major producer of lychees and tea. Seafood is another important product, with shellfish production especially prominent.
Because of its geographic location with Taiwan, Fujian has been considered the battlefield frontline in a potential war between mainland China and Taiwan. Hence, it received much less investment from the Chinese central government and developed much slower than the rest of China before 1978. Since 1978, when China opened to the world, Fujian has received significant investment from overseas Fujianese around the world, Taiwanese and foreign investment.
Minnan Golden Triangle, which includes Xiamen
Xiamen,), also known as Amoy ( ; from the Zhangzhou Hokkien pronunciation, zh, c=, s=, t=, p=, poj=Ē͘-mûi, historically romanized as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Stra ...
, Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China, People's Republic of China. It is Fujian's largest most populous metropolitan region, wi ...
, and Zhangzhou, accounts for 40 percent of the GDP of Fujian province.
Fujian province will be the major economic beneficiary of the opening up of direct transport with Taiwan, which commenced on December 15, 2008. This includes direct flights from Taiwan to major Fujian cities such as Xiamen and Fuzhou. In addition, ports in Xiamen, Quanzhou, and Fuzhou will upgrade their port infrastructure for increased economic trade with Taiwan.
Fujian is the host of China International Fair for Investment and Trade annually. It is held in Xiamen to promote foreign investment for all of China.
Economic and Technological Development Zones
* Dongshan Economic and Technology Development Zone
* Fuzhou
Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...
Economic & Technical Development Zone
* Fuzhou Free Trade Zone
* Fuzhou Hi-Tech Park
* Fuzhou Taiwan Merchant Investment Area
* Jimei Taiwan Merchant Investment Area
* Meizhou Island National Tourist Holiday Resort
* Wuyi Mountain National Tourist Holiday Resort
* Xiamen
Xiamen,), also known as Amoy ( ; from the Zhangzhou Hokkien pronunciation, zh, c=, s=, t=, p=, poj=Ē͘-mûi, historically romanized as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Stra ...
Export Processing Zone
* Xiamen Free Trade Zone
* Xiamen Haicang Economic and Technological Development Zone
* Xiamen Torch New & Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone (Chinese version)
* Xinglin Taiwan Merchant Investment Area
Demographics
As of 1832, the province was described as having an estimated "population of fourteen millions." In 2021, Fujian's population was estimated to be 41.87 million, with an urbanization rate of 69.7%.
Fujianese who are legally classified as Han Chinese make up 98% of the population. Various Min Chinese speakers make up the largest subgroups classified as Han Chinese in Fujian, such as Hoklo people, Fuzhounese people, Putian people and Fuzhou Tanka.
The Hakka, a Han Chinese
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people with their own distinct identity, live in the central and southwestern parts of Fujian. The She, an ethnic group scattered over mountainous regions in the north, is the largest minority ethnic group of the province.
Many ethnic Chinese around the world (especially in Southeast Asia
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) trace their ancestries to the Fujianese branches of the Hoklo and Teochew peoples. Descendants of Southern Min
Southern Min (), Minnan ( Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Chinese languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwa ...
-speaking emigrants make up the majorities of ethnic-Chinese populations in Taiwan
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, Singapore
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, Australia
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, Brunei
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, Thailand
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, Indonesia
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, and Philippines
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. Eastern Min-speaking people (especially Fuzhounese people) are one of the major sources of Chinese immigrants to the United States since the 1990s.
Religion
The predominant religions in Fujian are Chinese folk religion
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s, Taoist traditions, and Chinese Buddhism
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. According to surveys conducted in 2007 and 2009, just over 30% of the population believes and is involved in Chinese ancestral religion; 3.5% of the population identifies as Christian
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. The reports did not give figures for other religions; 65.19% of the population may be irreligious or involved in Chinese folk religion
Chinese folk religion comprises a range of traditional religious practices of Han Chinese, including the Chinese diaspora. This includes the veneration of ''Shen (Chinese folk religion), shen'' ('spirits') and Chinese ancestor worship, ances ...
, Buddhism, Confucianism
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, Taoism, Chinese salvationist religions, or Islam
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. Notably, Fujian is one of the only places in the world where Manichaeism may still be practiced.
In 2010, there were reportedly just under 116,000 Muslims
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in Fujian.
Culture
Because of its mountainous nature and waves of migration from central China and assimilation of numerous foreign ethnic groups such as maritime traders in the course of history, Fujian is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse places in China. Local dialects can become unintelligible within , and the regional cultures and ethnic composition can be completely different from each other as well. This is reflected in the expression that "if you drive five miles in Fujian the culture changes, and if you drive ten miles, the language does".[French, Howard W.]
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''. July 10, 2005. Retrieved June 13, 2008. Most varieties spoken in Fujian are assigned to a broad Min category. Recent classifications subdivide Min into
* Eastern Min (the former Northern group), including the Fuzhou dialect
* Northern Min, spoken in inland northern areas
* Pu-Xian, spoken in central coastal areas
* Central Min, spoken in the west of the province
* Shao-Jiang, spoken in the northwest
* Southern Min
Southern Min (), Minnan ( Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Chinese languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwa ...
, including the Amoy dialect and Taiwanese
The seventh subdivision of Min, Qiong Wen, is not spoken in Fujian. Hakka, another subdivision of spoken Chinese, is spoken around Longyan by the Hakka people
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...
who live there.
As is true of other provinces, the official language in Fujian is Mandarin, which is used for communication between people of different localities, although native Fujian peoples still converse in their native languages and dialects respectively.
Several regions of Fujian have their own form of Chinese opera
Traditional Chinese opera (), or ''Xiqu'', is a form of musical theatre in China with roots going back to the early periods in China. It is an amalgamation of various art forms that existed in ancient China, and evolved gradually over more tha ...
. Min opera is popular around Fuzhou
Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...
; Gaojiaxi around Jinjiang and Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China, People's Republic of China. It is Fujian's largest most populous metropolitan region, wi ...
; Xiangju around Zhangzhou; Fujian Nanqu throughout the south, and Puxianxi around Putian and Xianyou County.
Fujian cuisine, with an emphasis on seafood, is one of the eight great traditions of Chinese cuisine
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. It is composed of traditions from various regions, including Fuzhou cuisine and Min Nan cuisine. The most prestigious dish is Fotiaoqiang (literally " Buddha jumps over the wall"), a complex dish making use of many ingredients, including shark
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fin, sea cucumber
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, abalone and Shaoxing wine (a type of Chinese alcoholic beverage).
Many well-known teas originate from Fujian, including oolong
Oolong or Wulong (, ; ; , "black dragon" tea) is a traditional semi-oxidized Chinese tea (''Camellia sinensis)'' produced through a process that includes withering the leaves under strong sun and allowing some Enzymatic oxidation, oxidation to ...
, Wuyi Yancha, Lapsang souchong and Fuzhou jasmine tea. Indeed, the tea processing techniques for three major classes of tea, namely, oolong, white tea, and black tea
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were all developed in the province. Fujian tea ceremony is an elaborate way of preparing and serving tea. The English word "tea" is borrowed from Hokkien. Mandarin and Cantonese
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pronounce the word ''chá''.
Nanyin is a popular form of music of Fujian.
Fuzhou bodiless lacquer ware, a noted type of lacquer ware, is noted for using a body of clay
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, ). Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impuriti ...
and/or plaster to form its shape; the body later removed. Fuzhou
Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...
is also known for Shoushan stone carvings.
Tourism
Fujian is home to several tourist attractions, including four UNESCO World Heritage Sites, one of the highest in China.
Cultural features
The Fujian Tulou are Chinese rural dwellings unique to the Hakka in southwest Fujian. These 46 buildings were listed by the UNESCO
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as one of the World Heritage Site
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s in 2008.
Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, is notable for its beaches, winding lanes, and rich architecture. The island is on China's list of National Scenic Spots and is classified as a 5A tourist attraction by the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA). It was listed by the UNESCO
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as one of the World Heritage Site
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in 2017. Also in Xiamen is the South Putuo Temple.
The Guanghua Temple is a Buddhist temple in Putian. It was built in the penultimate year of the Southern Chen dynasty. Located in the northern half of the mouth of Meizhou Bay, it is about 1.8 nautical miles from the mainland and faces the Strait of Taiwan to the southeast. Covering an area of six square miles, the island is swathed in luxuriant green foliage. The coastline is indented with over 12 miles of the beach area. Another Buddhist temple, Nanshan Temple is located in Zhangzhou.
The Kaiyuan Temple is a Buddhist temple
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in West Street, Quanzhou
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, the largest in Fujian province, with an area of . Although it is known as both a Hindu and Buddhist temple, on account of added Tamil-Hindu influences, the main statue in the most important hall is that of Vairocana Buddha, the main Buddha according to Huayan Buddhism.
In the capital of Fuzhou is the Yongquan Temple, a Buddhist temple
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built during the Tang dynasty
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.
The Chongwu Army Temple honors twenty-seven fallen soldiers of the People's Liberation Army
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who died during an attack by Nationalist forces in 1949, including five who died shielding a teenage girl during the attack. The site is frequented by locals and tourists.
Around Meizhou Islands is the Matsu pilgrimage
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.
Natural features
Mount Taimu is a mountain and a scenic resort in Fuding. It offers a grand view of mountains and sea and is famous for its natural scenery including granite caves, odd-shaped stones, cliffs, clear streams, cascading waterfalls, and cultural attractions such as ancient temples and cliff Inscriptions.
The Danxia landform in Taining was listed by the UNESCO
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as one of the World Heritage Site
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s in 2010. It is a unique type of petrographic geomorphology
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found in China
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. Danxia landform
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is formed from red-coloured sandstone
Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
s and conglomerates of largely Cretaceous
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age. The landforms look very much like karst
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topography that forms in areas underlain by limestone
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s, but since the rocks that form danxia are sandstones and conglomerates, they have been called "pseudo-karst" landforms. They were formed by endogenous forces (including uplift) and exogenous forces (including weathering and erosion
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).
The Wuyi Mountains was the first location in Fujian to be listed by UNESCO
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as one of the World Heritage Site
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s in 1999. They are a mountain range in the prefecture of Nanping and contain the highest peak in Fujian, Mount Huanggang. It is famous as a natural landscape garden and a summer resort in China.
Notable individuals
The province and its diaspora abroad also have a tradition of educational achievement and have produced many important scholars, statesmen, and other notable people. These include people whose ancestral home (祖籍) is Fujian (their ancestors originated from Fujian). In addition to the below list, many notable individuals of Han Chinese descent in Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere have ancestry that can be traced to Fujian.
Some notable individuals include (in rough chronological order):
; Han, Tang, and Song dynasties
* Baizhang Huaihai (720–814), an influential master of Chan Buddhism during the Tang dynasty
* Huangbo Xiyun (died 850), an influential master of Chan Buddhism during the Tang dynasty
* Chen Yan (849–892), Tang dynasty governor of Fujian
* Zhu Wenjin (died 945), King of Min
* Zhuo Yanming (died 945), a Buddhist monk and emperor
* Liu Congxiao (906–962), Prince of Jinjiang and Jiedushi of Qingyuan Circuit
* Chen Hongjin (914–985), Jiedushi of Pinghai Circuit
* Liu Yong (987–1053), a famous poet
* Cai Jing
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(1047–1126), government official and calligrapher who lived during the Northern Song dynasty
* Li Gang (1083–1140), Song dynasty politician and military leader (ancestral home is Shaowu)
* Zhu Xi (1130–1200), Confucian philosopher
* Zhen Dexiu (1178–1235), Song dynasty politician and philosopher
* Yan Yu (1191–1241), a poetry theorist and poet of the Southern Song dynasty
* Chen Wenlong (1232–1277), a scholar-general in the last years of the Southern Song dynasty
* Pu Shougeng (1250–1281), a Muslim
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merchant and administrator in the last years of the Southern Song dynasty
; Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties
* Chen Youding (1330–1368), Yuan dynasty military leader
* Gao Bing (1350–1423), an author and poetry theorist during Ming dynasty
* Huang Senping (14th–15th century), royal son-in-law of Sultan Muhammad Shah of Brunei
* Zhang Jing (1492–1555), Ming dynasty politician and general
* Yu Dayou (1503–1579), Ming dynasty general and martial artist
* Li Zhi (1527–1602), a philosopher, historian and writer
* Chen Di (1541–1617), Ming dynasty philologist, strategist, and traveler
* Huang Daozhou (1585–1646), Ming dynasty politician, calligrapher, and scholar
* Ingen (1592–1673), well-known Buddhist monk, poet, and calligrapher who lived during Ming dynasty
* Hong Chengchou (1593–1665), a Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty official
* Zheng Zhilong (1604–1661), an admiral, pirate leader and politician of the late Ming dynasty
* Shi Lang (1621–1696), Qing dynasty admiral
* Li Guangdi (1642–1718), Grand Secretaries of the Qing dynasty
* Koxinga (1624–1662), Ming dynasty general who expelled the Dutch from Taiwan
* Zheng Jing(1642–1681), Prince of Yanping
* Huang Shen (1687–1772), a painter during the Qing dynasty
* Lin Zexu (1785–1850), Qing dynasty scholar and official
* Chen Baochen (1848–1935), imperial preceptor of Qing dynasty
* Zhan Shi Chai (1840s–1893), entertainer as "Chang the Chinese giant"
* Huang Naishang (1849–1924), scholar, and revolutionary, discovered the town of Sibu in Sarawak
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, east Malaysia
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in 1901
* Lin Shu (1852–1924), translator, who introduced the western classics into Chinese.
* Yan Fu (1854–1921), scholar and translator
* Sa Zhenbing (1859–1952), high-ranking naval officer of Mongolian origin
* Zheng Xiaoxu (1860–1938), Prime Minister of Manchukuo
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* Qiu Jin (1875–1907), revolutionary and writer
* Lin Changmin () (1876–1925), a high-rank governor in the Beiyang Government
* Liang Hongzhi (1882–1946), President of the Executive Yuan of the Reformed Government of the Republic of China
* Yin Ju-keng (1885–1947), Chairman of the East Hebei Autonomous Government
* Lin Juemin (1887–1911), one of 72 Revolutionary Martyrs at Huanghuagang, Guangzhou
* Chen Shaokuan (1889–1969), Fleet Admiral
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who served as the senior commander of naval forces of the National Revolutionary Army
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From 1928, it functioned as the regular army, de facto ...
* Huang Jun (1890–1937), writer
* Hsien Wu (1893–1959), protein scientist
* Lin Yutang (1894–1976), writer
* Zou Taofen (1895–1944), journalist, media entrepreneur, and political activist
* Zheng Zhenduo (1898–1958), literary historian
* Lu Yin (1899–1934), writer
; 20th-21st century
* Bing Xin (1900–1999), writer
* Shu Chun Teng (1902–1970), scientist, researcher, and lecturer
* Zhang Yuzhe (1902–1986), astronomer
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and director of the Purple Mountain Observatory
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* Hu Yepin (1903–1931), writer
* Chen Boda (1904–1989), a communist journalist, professor and political theorist
* Lin Huiyin (1904–1955), architect and writer
* Go Seigen (1914–2014), pseudonym
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of Go champion Wú Qīngyuán
* Lin Jiaqiao (1916-2013), a well-known mathematician
* Wang Shizhen (1916-2016), nuclear medicine physician
* Liem Sioe Liong (1916–2012), a Chinese-born Indonesian businessman of Fuqing origin, founder of Salim Group
* Zheng Min (1920–2022), a scholar and poet
* Ray Wu (1928–2008), geneticist
* Chih-Tang Sah (born 1932), well-known electronics engineer of Mongolian origin
* Chen Jingrun (1933–1996), a widely known mathematician who invented the Chen's theorem
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It is a weakened form o ...
and Chen prime
* Wang Wen-hsing (born 1939), writer
* Liu Yingming (1940–2016), a mathematician and academician
* Sun Shensu (born 1943), a geochemist and Ph.D. holder from the Columbian University (ancestral home is Fuzhou)
* Chen Kaige (born 1952), film director (ancestral home is Fuzhou)
* Chen Zhangliang (born 1961), a Chinese biologist, elected as vice-governor of Guangxi
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in 2007
* Liu Yudong (born 1970), a professional basketball player
* Shi Zhiyong (born 1980), professional weightlifter
* Zhang Jingchu (born 1980), actress
* Lin Dan (born 1983), professional badminton player
* Jony J (born 1989), rapper and songwriter
* Xu Bin (born 1989), actor and singer
* Tian Houwei (born 1992), professional badminton player
* Oho Ou (born 1992), actor and singer
* Wang Zhelin (born 1994), professional basketball player
* Qian Kun (born 1996), singer and songwriter
* Zhang Yiming (born 1983), Internet entrepreneur, founder of ByteDance, TikTok
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's parent company, richest person in China as of October 2024.
* Wang Xing (born 1979), Internet entrepreneur, founder of Meituan-Dianping.
* Robin Zeng (born 1968), Tech entrepreneur, founder of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL).
* Zhang Hao (born 2000), member of Korean boyband Zerobaseone.
* Yang Jianxin (born 1970), Chinese businessman based in Cagayan de Oro
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Sports
Fujian includes professional sports teams in both the Chinese Basketball Association
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The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basis ...
and the Chinese League One.
The representative of the province in the Chinese Basketball Association
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The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basis ...
is the Fujian Sturgeons, who are based in Jinjiang, Quanzhou. The Fujian Sturgeons made their debut in the 2004–2005 season, and finished in seventh and last place in the South Division, out of the playoffs. In the 2005–2006 season, they tied for fifth, just one win away from making the playoffs
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.
The Xiamen Blue Lions formerly represented Fujian in the Chinese Super League, before the team's closure in 2007. Today the province is represented by Fujian Tianxin F.C., who play in the China League Two, and the Fujian Broncos.
Education and research
Fujian is considered one of China's leading provinces in education and research. As of 2023, two major cities in the province ranked in the top 45 cities in the world (Xiamen 38th and Fuzhou 45th) by scientific research output, as tracked by the Nature Index.
Colleges and universities
National
* Xiamen University (founded 1921, also known as University of Amoy, " 985 project", " 211 project") (Xiamen)
* Huaqiao University (Quanzhou and Xiamen)
Provincial
* Fuzhou University (Fuzhou)
* Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (Fuzhou)
* Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Fuzhou)
* Fujian Medical University (Fuzhou)
* Fujian Normal University (Fuzhou)
* Fujian University of Technology (Fuzhou)
* Xiamen University (Xiamen)
* Jimei University (Xiamen)
* Xiamen University of Technology (Xiamen)
* Longyan University (Longyan)
* Minnan Normal University (Zhangzhou)
* Minjiang University (Fuzhou)
* Putian University (Putian)
* Quanzhou Normal University (Quanzhou)
* Sanming University (Sanming)
* Wuyi University (Wuyishan)
Private
* Yang-En University (Quanzhou)
See also
* List of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Fujian
* '' Stilocapsa fujianica''
Notes
References
Citations
Sources
; Economic data
Economic profile for Fujian
External links
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