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Pinghe County () is a county of the prefecture-level city of
Pinghe County is famous for its
Numerous Fujian Tulou, earth buildings of round, rectangular and other shapes, can be found within Pinghe County, primarily in its western part (viz., various villages of Luxi, Xiazhai, Jiufeng and Daxi Towns). One of them, the Xishuang Lou (), located in Xi'an Village a few kilometers north of Xiazhai town center, has been described by some researchers as the "largest of the rectangular ulouin existence". Unfortunately, only parts of the compound have survived to this day.
Zhangzhou
Zhangzhou (, ) is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China. The prefecture around the city proper comprises the southeast corner of the province, facing the Taiwan Strait and (with Quanzhou) surrounding the prefecture of Xiamen.
Nam ...
, in southern Fujian
Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern 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 capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...
province, PRC, bordering 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 ...
province to the west.
Administrative Division
The administrative centre or seat of Pinghe County is Xiaoxi ().Towns (镇, ''zhen'')
Most of Pinghe's oldPeople's communes
The people's commune ( zh, c=, p=rénmín gōngshè) was the highest of three administrative levels in rural areas of the People's Republic of China during the period from 1958 to 1983, until they were replaced by Townships of the People's Rep ...
, after spending the 80s and even 90s as Townships, have been upgraded to Towns. There are ten towns:
*Xiaoxi ( ''Sió-khe'')
*Wenfeng ( ''Bûn-hong'')
*Shange ( ''Soaⁿ-keeh'')
*Nansheng ( ''Lâm-sèng'')
* Banzai ( ''Póaⁿ-á'')
*Anhou (Mandarin ''Ānhòu'', Hokkien ''Am-āu'')
*Daxi ( ''Tōa-khe'')
*Jiufeng ( ''Kiú-hong'')
* Xiazhai (Mandarin ''Xiázhài'', Hokkien ''Ēe-chēe'')
* Luxi ( ''Lô͘-khe'')
Townships (乡, ''xiang'')
There are five townships: *Wuzhai ( ''Gō͘-chēe'') *Guoqiang ( ''Kok-kiâng'', originally ''Ko-kheng'') *Qiling ( ''Kiā-niá'') *Changle ( ''Tióⁿ-lo̍h'') *Xiufeng ( ''Siù-hong'')Climate
Economy
Pinghe County is famous for its pomelo
The pomelo ( ; or pummelo, ''Citrus maxima''), also known as a shaddock, is the largest citrus fruit. It is an ancestor of several cultivated citrus species, including the bitter orange and the grapefruit. It is a natural, non-hybrid citrus fr ...
s.
Tulou
Numerous Fujian Tulou, earth buildings of round, rectangular and other shapes, can be found within Pinghe County, primarily in its western part (viz., various villages of Luxi, Xiazhai, Jiufeng and Daxi Towns). One of them, the Xishuang Lou (), located in Xi'an Village a few kilometers north of Xiazhai town center, has been described by some researchers as the "largest of the rectangular ulouin existence". Unfortunately, only parts of the compound have survived to this day.
Notable people
* Chen, yi fei (陳義飛), scholar and senior official of Ming dynasty (AD 1368-AD 1644) *Lai Ching-te
Lai Ching-te (; pinyin: ''Lài Qīngdé''; born 6 October 1959), also known as William Lai, is a Taiwanese politician and former physician who is currently serving as the eighth president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since May 2024. He is ...
(賴清德), president of the Republic of China, born in Taiwan, his great-great grandfather migrated to Taiwan from Pinghe County.
References
External links
* {{Authority control County-level divisions of Fujian Zhangzhou