Xiapu (;

Foochow Romanized Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Mindong linguistic and cultural region. Fuzhou's population was 8 ...

: Hà-puō) is a county in the municipal region of

Ningde Ningde,; Foochow Romanized: Nìng-dáik; also known as ''Mindong''; zh, s=闽东, p=Mǐndōng, links=no; Foochow Romanized: Mìng-dĕ̤ng; lit. East of Fujian previously Chinese postal romanization, romanized as Ningteh and Ning-Taik, is a prefe ...

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 ...

, People's Republic of China, located along a stretch of

East China Sea The East China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. China names the body of water along its eastern coast as "East Sea" (, ) due to direction, the name of "East China Sea" is otherwise ...

coast, with many harbours and islands. It is bordered by Fuding City and Zherong County to the north,

Fu'an (; Foochow Romanized: Hók-ăng-chê; sometimes ''Fu An'') is a county-level city of Ningde prefecture level city, in northeast Fujian province, PRC, some North of the provincial capital Fuzhou. Fuzhou and Fu'an of Ningde prefecture along with Ca ...

City and Ningde's urban area to the west, and Luoyuan County,

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 the

Matsu Islands The Matsu Islands; Foochow Romanized: Mā-cū liĕk-dō̤ ( or ), officially Lienchiang County; Foochow Romanized: Lièng-gŏng-gâing (), are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea governed by the Republic of China ...

of Lienchiang County, Republic of China (Taiwan) to the south. Xiapu is famous among landscapes lover photographers. *Area: *Population: 475,900 (2020) *Postal code: 355100

Administration

The county executive, legislature and

judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

are in (), together with the CPC branch. The county court and PSB branch are in (), the county hospital and industrial district are in (). Xiapu has jurisdiction over 6 towns () and over 6 townships (), of which three are ethnic townships designated for the native

She people The She people (; She Chinese: ; Cantonese: , Fuzhou: ) are an ethnic group in China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. According to th2021 China Statistical Yearbook the total popul ...

. Zhouyang Township (州洋乡) was once a township under the jurisdiction of Xiapu and was abolished in 2003.

Towns

* Sansha (三沙镇) * Yacheng (牙城镇) * Xi'nan (溪南镇) * Shajiang (沙江镇) * Xiahu (下浒镇) * Changchun (长春镇)

Townships

* Baiyang (柏洋乡) * Beibi (北壁乡) * Haidao () * Yantian She Ethnic Township (盐田畲族乡) * Shuimen She Ethnic Township (水门畲族乡) * Chongru She Ethnic Township (崇儒畲族乡)

Scenic Areas

* (, includes Changchun Town, Xiahu Town and Beibi Township) * (, means the castle of Guanyin pavilion, located in Shuimen She Ethnic Township) * (杨家溪风景区, located in Yacheng Town)

Transportation

* Xiapu Railway Station on the Wenzhou-Fuzhou Railway

Xiapu Manichaean manuscripts

In 2008, the Xiapu Manichaean manuscripts of Shangwan Village 上万村, in Baiyang Township, Xiapu County became publicly known to the scientific world. They are manuscripts from a religion known as

Manichaeism Manichaeism (; in ; ) is an endangered former major world religion currently only practiced in China around Cao'an,R. van den Broek, Wouter J. Hanegraaff ''Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times''. SUNY Press, 1998 p. 37 found ...

, which now only exists as

Chinese Manichaeism Chinese Manichaeism, also known as Monijiao ( zh, t=摩尼教, w=Mo2-ni2 Chiao4, p=Móníjiào, l=religion of Mani (prophet), Moni) or Mingjiao ( zh, t=明教, w=Ming2-Chiao4, p=Míngjiào, links=no, l=religion of light or 'bright religion), is t ...

. They continue to be used by a local priest, Chen Peisheng 陈培生, in his Manichaean rituals.

Xiapu in the News

In 2009 August 9, Xiapu was where Typhoon Morakot made continental landfall. A million people had just been evacuated from vulnerable areas of this and surrounding counties.

Climate

Notes and references

External links

Xiapu, Fujian
{{Authority control County-level divisions of Fujian Ningde