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{{Short description|Prefecture-level city in Fujian, China}}
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| demographics2_info1 = [[Renminbi|CN¥]] 1.016&nbsp;trillion<br />[[US$]] 147.3&nbsp;billion
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'''Quanzhou'''<!--Chinese in infobox--> 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]].{{efn|The PRC also claims [[Kinmen County]] as part of Quanzhou, but it is administered by the [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] (ROC) as part of its [[Fuchien Province, Republic of China|Fuchien Province]].}} It is Fujian's most populous metropolitan region, with an area of {{convert|11,245|km2|sp=us}} and a population of 8,782,285 as of the [[2020 Chinese census|2020 census]]. Its [[City proper|built-up area]] is home to 6,669,711 inhabitants, encompassing the [[Licheng District, Quanzhou|Licheng]], [[Fengze District|Fengze]], and [[Luojiang District, Quanzhou|Luojiang]] [[district (PRC)|urban districts]]; [[Jinjiang, Fujian|Jinjiang]], [[Nan'an, Fujian|Nan'an]], and [[Shishi, Fujian|Shishi]] [[County-level city|cities]]; [[Hui'an]] [[county (PRC)|County]]; and the [[Quanzhou District for Taiwanese Investment]]. Quanzhou was China's 12th-largest extended metropolitan area in 2010.

Quanzhou was China's major port for foreign traders, who knew it as '''Zaiton''',{{efn|Zaiton's identification with Quanzhou was controversial in the 19th century, with some scholars preferring to associate Polo and Ibn Battuta's great port with the much more attractive harbor at [[Xiamen]] on a variety of pretexts. The Chinese records are, however, clear as to Quanzhou's former status and the earlier excellence of its harbor, which slowly silted up over the centuries. Alternative spellings include ''Zeiton'' and ''Zaytun''.}} during the 11th through 14th centuries. It was visited by both [[Marco Polo]] and [[Ibn Battuta]]; both travelers praised it as one of the most prosperous and glorious cities in the world. It was the naval base from which the [[Mongolian Empire|Mongol]] [[Mongolian invasions of Japan|attacks on Japan]] and [[Mongolian invasion of Java|Java]] were primarily launched and a cosmopolitan center with [[Buddhism in China|Buddhist]] and [[Hinduism in China|Hindu temples]], [[Islam in China|Islamic mosques]], and [[Christianity in China|Christian churches]], including a [[Roman Catholicism in China|Catholic cathedral]] and [[Franciscans|Franciscan]] friaries. [[Ispah Rebellion|A failed revolt]] prompted a massacre of the city's foreign communities in 1357. Economic dislocations—including [[wokou|piracy]] and an [[haijin|imperial overreaction]] to it during the [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] and [[Qing dynasty|Qing]]—reduced its prosperity, with [[Sino-Japanese relations|Japanese trade]] shifting to [[Ningbo]] and [[Zhapu]] and other foreign trade restricted to [[Guangzhou]]. Quanzhou became an [[History of opium in China|opium-smuggling]] center in the 19th century but the [[siltation]] of its harbor hindered trade by larger ships.

Because of its importance for medieval maritime commerce, unique mix of religious buildings, and extensive archeological remains, "{{ill|Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China|lt=|zh|泉州：宋元中国的世界海洋商贸中心}}" was inscribed on the [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage List]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1561|title=Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|publisher=United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization|access-date=22 August 2021}}</ref>

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==Names==
Quanzhou (also known as [[Zayton]] or [[Zaiton]] in British and American historical sources) is the [[Chinese tones|atonal]] [[pinyin]] [[romanization of Chinese|romanization]] of the city's [[Chinese language|Chinese]] name {{lang|zh|{{linktext|泉州}}}}, using its pronunciation in the [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]] [[dialects of Chinese|dialect]]. The name derives from the city's former status as the seat of the [[imperial China|imperial Chinese]] [[Quan Prefecture|Quan]] ("[[Spring (hydrology)|Spring]]") [[zhou (administrative subdivision)|Prefecture]]. '''Ch'üan-chou''' was the [[Wade-Giles]] romanization of the same name;{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}}<ref>{{cite book|title=The Cambridge History of China|volume=VI|editor=Herbert Franke|editor2=Denis Twitchett|display-editors=0|location=[[Cambridge, England|Cambridge]]|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Long|first=So Kee|author-link=Long So Kee|chapter=Financial Crisis and Local Economy: Ch'üan-chou in the Thirteenth Century|title=T'oung Pao, ''No. 77''|date=1991|pages=119–37}}</ref> other forms include '''Chwanchow-foo''',{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} '''Chwan-chau fu''',<ref name="tts" /> '''Chwanchew''',<ref name="tswansong" /> '''Ts'üan-chou''',<ref name="ali" /> '''Tswanchow-foo''',{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} '''Tswanchau''',<ref name="tswansong">{{harvp|Yule & Cordier|1920|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3TexF3FC87YC&pg=PA617 617]}}</ref> '''T'swan-chau fu''',<ref name="tts" /> '''Ts'wan-chiu''',<ref name="kanga">{{harvp|Yule & Cordier|1920|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3TexF3FC87YC&pg=PA233 233]}}</ref> '''Ts'wan-chow-fu''',<ref name="gibb" /> '''Thsiouan-tchéou-fou''',<ref name="tts" /> and '''Thsíouan-chéou-fou'''.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} The romanizations '''Chuan-chiu''',<ref name="kanga" /> '''Choan-Chiu''',<ref>{{cite book|last=Pitcher|first=Philip Wilson|title=Fifty Years in Amoy or A History of the Amoy Mission, China|location=New York|date=1893|publisher=Reformed Church in America|isbn=9785871498194|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K8QIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA33|page=33}}</ref> and '''Shanju'''{{refn|[[Abulfeda]], ''Geography'', recorded by Cordier.<ref name="tts" />}} reflect the [[Quanzhou dialect|local]] [[Hokkien language|Hokkien]] pronunciation.

The [[Chinese Postal Map|Postal Map]] [[Chinese postal romanization|name]] of the city was "Chinchew",<ref>''[[Postal Map romanization|Postal Atlas of China]]''.</ref> an English variant of '''Chincheo''', which is also the historical [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] (and later also [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and [[French language|French]]) name for the city. The exact etymon of the term is uncertain with multiple explanations on the matter. Historically, "Chincheo" or also "Chengchio" or "Chenchiu" was likely a name that originally referred to neighboring [[Zhangzhou]], due to the name generally being used by European sailors to denote the [[Xiamen Bay|Bay of Amoy]] and its hinterland, or even the whole [[Fujian]] province.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Van der Loon|first=Piet|date=1967|title=The Manila Incunabula and Early Hokkien Studies, Part 2|url=http://www2.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/file/1745sWSSKnQ.pdf|journal=Asia Major|series=New Series|language=en|volume=13|pages=95–186|archive-date=25 February 2021|access-date=16 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225121102/http://www2.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/file/1745sWSSKnQ.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The confusion is also discussed by [[C. R. Boxer|Charles R. Boxer]] (1953)<ref>{{Cite book |editor-last=Boxer|editor-first=Charles Ralph|editor1-link=Charles Ralph Boxer|date=1953|title=South China in the Sixteenth Century / Being the narratives of Galeote Pereira / Fr. Gaspar da Cruz, O.P. / Fr. Martin de Rada, O.E.S.A. / (1550-1575) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ImoTAAAAIAAJ&q=chincheo|series=Hakluyt Society Publications, Second Series |volume=106 |location=London|publisher=Hakluyt Society|pages=313–326}}</ref> and the 1902 Encyclopedia<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chinchew (Chinchu) (currently known as: Quanzhou)|url=https://www.1902encyclopedia.com/C/CHI/chinchew.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515095543/https://www.1902encyclopedia.com/C/CHI/chinchew.html|archive-date=15 May 2023|access-date=13 February 2024|website=1902 Encyclopedia}}</ref> in that it is apparently the transcription of the [[Quanzhou dialects|local Quanzhou]] [[Hokkien language|Hokkien]] pronunciation of the name of [[Zhangzhou]],<ref name=":0" />{{efn|[[Zhangzhou]] itself is named for its former status as the seat of the imperial Chinese [[Zhang Prefecture|Zhang River Prefecture]].}} [[Quanzhou dialects|Quanzhou]] Hokkien {{lang-zh|poj=Cheng-chiu|l=[[Zhangzhou]]|c=漳州}} ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ t͡ɕiu³³/),{{efn|as opposed to [[Zhangzhou dialects|Zhangzhou]] Hokkien {{lang-zh|poj=Chiang-chiu|l=[[Zhangzhou]]|c=漳州}}}} the major Fujianese port in the 16th and 17th centuries, specifically the old port of [[Yuegang]] in [[Haicheng, Fujian|Haicheng, Zhangzhou]], trading with [[Colonial Manila|Spanish Manila]] and [[Portuguese Macao]].{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}}  It is uncertain when exactly and why Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and later also British and French sailors first applied the name to Quanzhou, but perhaps there were initially some confusion due to [[miscommunication]] on first [[language contact]] by European sailors with [[Hokkien]] speakers around the [[Xiamen Bay|Bay of Amoy]], which the term later stuck and continued due to the [[language barrier]] among Hokkien speakers and those who do not speak the language. Another by Duncan (1902) claims that it comes from a supposed previous ''"Tsuien-chow"'' [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] romanization<ref>{{Cite book|last=Duncan|first=Annie N.|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/princeton_theological_seminary_3720_0539/page/n23/mode/2up|title=The City of Springs or Mission Work in Chinchew|publisher=Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier|year=1902|location=Edinburgh & London|pages=17|chapter=Chapter II: Chinchew Six Hundred Years Ago}}</ref> (Mandarin {{lang-zh|l=|c=泉州|p=Quánzhōu}}; [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/). In the ''Chineesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek van het Emoi dialekt'' (1882), a Hokkien-Dutch Dictionary from [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Dutch Batavia]] (modern-day [[Jakarta]]) of the [[Dutch East Indies]], the name of the [[Quanzhou dialects|Quanzhou dialect]] of Hokkien is transcribed as the ''"Tsin-tsiu dialekt"''.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Francken|first1=J. J. C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JjDCFNAYxdsC&dq=tsin-tsiu&pg=PA|title=Chineesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek van het Emoi dialekt|last2=Grijs|first2=C. F. M. de|publisher=Landsdrukkerij (Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen)|year=1882|location=[[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]]|pages=V}}</ref> It is uncertain which term they transcribed ''"Tsin-tsiu"'' from, specifically the first syllable, unless it was simply their attempt at giving a Hokkien term to explain the origins of ''"Chincheo"''. On that regard though, as part of Quanzhou [[Prefecture-level city|prefecture]] and directly adjacent from the historic city of Quanzhou over the [[Jin River (Fujian)|Jin River]] lies [[Jinjiang, Quanzhou|Jinjiang]], called in Hokkien {{lang-zh|poj=Chìn-kang|c=晉江}}; [[Tâi-uân Lô-má-jī Phing-im Hong-àn|Tâi-lô]]: ''Tsìn-kang'', which is now also a [[county-level city]]. The now county-level city of [[Jinjiang, Quanzhou|Jinjiang]] (Hokkien: {{lang-zh|poj=Chìn-kang|c=晉江|labels=no}}) has the exact same name in Hokkien as the [[Jin River (Fujian)|Jin River]] (Hokkien: {{lang-zh|poj=Chìn-kang|c=晉江|labels=no}}; [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: /t͡sin⁵⁵⁴ kaŋ³³/), directly in between the historic city of Quanzhou to its west and to the north of [[Jinjiang, Quanzhou|Jinjiang]], which both the river and the [[county-level city]] got their name from the [[Jin dynasty (266–420)|Jin dynasty]] (晉朝)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Moser|first=Leo J.|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCCeDwAAQBAJ&dq=jinjiang+got+its+name+from+jin+dynasty&pg=PT188|title=The Chinese Mosaic: The Peoples and Provinces of China|publisher=Westview Press, Inc.|year=1985|isbn=978-0-367-29083-2|chapter=13 The Seagoing Minnan Peoples: Historic Quanzhou, Marco Polo's "Zaitun"}}</ref> from when the earliest [[Min Chinese|Min]]-speaking Chinese settlers coming from the [[Min River (Fujian)|Min River]] area settled the banks of the [[Jin River (Fujian)|Jin River]] around 284 AD.<ref name="Clark">{{Cite book|last=Clark|first=Hugh R.|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=126EsR8rpC8C&dq=jin+dynasty+settlers+jin+river&pg=PA19|title=Portrait of a Community: Society, Culture, and the Structures of Kinship in the Mulan River Valley (Fujian) from the Late Tang through the Song|publisher=The Chinese University Press|year=2007|isbn=978-962-996-227-2|location=Hong Kong|pages=16–33|chapter=1. Introduction: 3. The Foundations of Chinese Society in Minnan to 800}}</ref> [[Zhou (administrative division)|Zhou]] ({{lang|zh|{{linktext|州}}}}) or at least [[Hokkien]] {{lang-zh|poj=chiu|c=州 / 洲}} originally referred to alluvial islands in the middle of rivers or at the mouth of rivers,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Campbell|first=William (甘為霖)|author-link=William Campbell (missionary)|url=https://thak.taigi.info/1913KamJitian/chheh/?page=109|title=廈門音新字典 (A Dictionary of the Amoy Vernacular Spoken Throughout the Prefectures of Chin-chiu, Chiang-chiu and Formosa (Taiwan))|publisher=The Taiwan Church Press|year=1913|location=Tainan|pages=75}}</ref> which can somewhat geographically describe the historic city of Quanzhou's geographic position in between the [[Jin River (Fujian)|Jin River]] and the [[Luoyang River]]. Similarly, Zhangzhou ({{lang-zh|poj=Chiang-chiu|c=漳州|labels=no}}) is also named with [[Hokkien]] {{lang-zh|poj=chiu|c=州}} with [[Hokkien]] {{lang-zh|poj=Chiang|c=漳}} referring to [[Hokkien]] {{lang-zh|poj=Chiang-kang|c=漳江}}, which is the old name of the [[Jiulong River]] (Hokkien: {{lang-zh|poj=Kiú-liông-kang|c=九龍江|labels=no}}) that surrounds the historic city of [[Zhangzhou]].

Its [[Arabic language|Arabic]] name '''Zaiton'''<ref name="midenc">{{cite encyclopedia|title=Zaiton|last=Allaire|first=Gloria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-OmCfNI_SxAC&pg=PA663|encyclopedia=Trade, Travel, and Exploration in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia|editor=John Block Friedman|editor2=Kristen Mossler Figg|display-editors=0|editor3=Scott D. Westrem|editor4=Gregory G. Guzman|publisher=Routledge|location=Abingdon|date=2000|isbn=9781135590949}}</ref> or "Zayton"<ref>{{cite journal|last=Goodrich|first=L. Carrington|title=Recent Discoveries at Zayton|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society|number=77|date=1957|volume=77|pages=161–5|doi=10.2307/596349|jstor=596349}}</ref> ({{langx|ar|زيتون|lit=olive (fruit or tree)}}), once popular in English, means "[City] of [[Olive]]s" and is a [[calque]] of Quanzhou's former Chinese [[epithet]], [[Hokkien]] {{lang-zh|poj=Chhì-tông Siâⁿ|c=刺桐城}} or [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] {{lang-zh|poj=|l=thorny [[Vernicia fordii|tung tree]] city|c=刺桐城|p=Cìtóng Chéng}}, which is derived from the avenues of [[tung oil]]-bearing [[tung tree]]s ordered to be planted around the city by the city's 10th-century ruler [[Liu Congxiao]].<ref name="oiltree">{{harvp|Schottenhammer|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=YJibpHfnw94C&pg=PA145 145]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Stephen G.|last=Haw|publisher=Psychology Press|year=2006|isbn=0-415-34850-1|title=Marco Polo's China: a Venetian in the realm of Khubilai Khan|volume=3|series=Routledge studies in the early history of Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DSfvfr8VQSEC&pg=PA121|page=121}}</ref>  Variant transcriptions from the Arabic name include '''Caiton''',<ref name=sayton>{{harvp|Yule & Cordier|1920|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3TexF3FC87YC&pg=PA234 234]}}</ref> '''Çaiton''',<ref name=sayton/> '''Çayton''',<ref name=sayton/> '''Zaytún''',<ref name="gibb">{{harvp|Gibb|1929|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=zKqn_CWTxYEC&pg=PA8 8]}}</ref> '''Zaitûn''',{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} '''Zaitún''',<ref name="tts" /> and '''Zaitūn'''.<ref name="oiltree" /> The etymology of [[satin]] derives from "Zaitun".{{refn|As in the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} and in Tellier.<ref>{{cite book|title=Urban World History: An Economic and Geographical Perspective|last=Tellier|first=Luc-Normand (2009)|year=2009|publisher=University of Quebec Press|location=Quebec|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cXuCjDbxC1YC&pg=PA221|page=221|isbn=978-2-7605-1588-8|access-date=16 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924171325/https://books.google.com/books?id=cXuCjDbxC1YC|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/satin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029153703/https://www.lexico.com/definition/satin|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2020|title=Satin {{!}} Meaning of Satin by Lexico|website=Lexico Dictionaries {{!}} English|language=en|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9S0525|title=Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française {{!}} 9e édition {{!}} satin|website=Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française}}</ref><!-- The current version of the Oxford dictionary, as well as the Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française (the single official authority on the French language, from which the English word draws its etymology), clearly confirms 'Zaitun' as the etymology for the word 'satin'. Earlier copies of the Oxford dictionary may contain erroneous etymology.  -->

==Geography==

Quanzhou proper lies on a split of land between the estuaries of the [[Jin River (Fujian)|Jin River]] and [[Luoyang River]] as they flow into {{ill|Quanzhou Bay|zh|泉州湾}} on the [[Taiwan Strait]]. Its surrounding prefecture extends west halfway across the province and is hilly and mountainous. Along with [[Xiamen]] and [[Zhangzhou]] to its south and [[Putian]] to its north, it makes up [[Fujian]] [[provinces of China|Province]]'s Southern Coast region. In its mountainous interior, it borders [[Longyan]] to the southwest and [[Sanming]] to the northwest.

===Climate===
The city features a [[humid subtropical climate]]. Quanzhou has four distinct seasons. Its moderate temperature ranges from 0 to 38 degrees Celsius. In summer, there are [[typhoon]]s that bring rain and some damage to the city.

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=== Earthquakes ===
Major earthquakes have been experienced in 1394<ref>{{lang|zh-Hant|《大明太祖高皇帝實錄卷之二百三十四》：洪武二十七年八月戊辰朔福建泉州府地震}}{{full citation needed|date=April 2020}}</ref> and on 29 December 1604.<ref>{{lang|zh-Hant|（明万历三十二年十月九日），泉州以东海域发生8级地震（一说7.5级）。泉州城及鄰近地區遭受严重破坏。}}{{full citation needed|date=April 2020}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Quanzhou Qingyuan Shan 20120301-07.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Mount Qingyuan [[Laozi]]]]

=== Early history ===
{{ill|Wang Guoqing|lt=|zh|王国庆 (隋朝)}} ({{lang|zh-hant|王國慶}}) used the area as a base of operations for the [[Chen dynasty|Chen]] State before he was subdued by the [[Sui dynasty|Sui]] general [[Yang Su]] in the AD{{nbsp}}590s.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Yang Su 楊素 (544–606), ''zi'' Chudao 處道|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OWLPBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1831|page=1831|title=Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature|volume=III|editor=David R. Knechtges|editor2=Chang Taiping|display-editors=0|date=2014|location=Leiden|publisher=Brill|isbn=9789004271852}}</ref> Quanzhou proper was established under the [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] in 718<ref name="midenc" /> on a spit of land between two branches of the [[Jin River (Fujian)|Jin River]].{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} Muslim traders reached the city early on in its existence, along with their existing trade at [[Guangzhou]] and [[Yangzhou]].<ref>{{harvp|Schottenhammer|2010|p=117}}</ref>

=== Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period ===
{{main|Qingyuan Circuit}}
[[File:Map of Fujian, 957 Eng.png|thumb|Map of Qingyuan Circuit|left]]
[[File:Later Zhou.png|thumb|300px|left|Map showing the location of Qingyuan Circuit]]
In the early period of the [[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period]], Quanzhou was a part of [[Min (Ten Kingdoms)|Min]] state. After Min was destroyed by the [[Southern Tang]], the [[Qingyuan Circuit]] rose up in the original southern territory of Min. The Qingyuan Circuit was a ''[[de facto]]'' independent entity that lasted 29 years (949–978) with 4 rulers with its territory including present-day [[Minnan region|southern Fujian]] and [[Putian]], with Quanzhou as its capital. Its founder, [[Liu Congxiao]], the Prince of Jinjiang and ''[[Jiedushi]]'' (military governor) of Qingyuan Circuit, vigorously expanded overseas trade and city development. [[Erythrina variegata|Erythrina trees]] were planted throughout Quanzhou city, so Quanzhou was called Erythrina City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mnw.cn/wenhua/xd/1820086.html|title=留晓宏："晋江王"留从效后人，面朝开元寺春暖花开|access-date=8 June 2019|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303114717/http://www.mnw.cn/wenhua/xd/1820086.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fjsq.gov.cn/frmBokkList.aspx?key=11560BE1120642B69AAE8980A4A65EC6|title=乾德年间（963〜968年）|access-date=26 September 2020|archive-date=23 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223173621/http://www.fjsq.gov.cn/frmBokkList.aspx?key=11560BE1120642B69AAE8980A4A65EC6|url-status=live}}</ref> In 964, the circuit was renamed the Pinghai Circuit. In 978, [[Chen Hongjin]], the ''Jiedushi'' of Pinghai Circuit, was forced to surrender to the [[Song dynasty|Northern Song]] to avoid war and ravage.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mJsNAQAAMAAJ&q=%E6%B3%89%E6%BC%B3%E7%BA%B3%E5%9C%9F 风雨江山三百年：两宋白话史]</ref>

===Song dynasty===
Already connected to inland [[Fujian]] by [[roads in China|roads]] and [[canals in China|canal]]s, Quanzhou grew to international importance in the first century of the [[Northern Song]].<ref name="ehc">{{cite book|last=Von Glahn|first=Richard|title=The Economic History of China: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century|date=7 March 2016|isbn=9781316538852|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5C9CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT394|page=394|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref> It received an office of the maritime trade bureau (shibosi, 市舶司) in 1079<ref>{{cite book|last=Qi|first=Xia|author-link=Qi Xia|date=1999|trans-title=Economy of the Song Dynasty|script-title=zh:漆侠中国经济通史：宋代经济卷|isbn=7-80127-462-8|pages=1175–78 |publisher=经濟日报出版社 }} {{in lang|zh}}</ref> or 1087<ref name="midenc" />{{sfnp|Wade|2015|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=gkDeCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT81 81]}} and functioned as the starting point of the [[Maritime Silk Road]] into the [[Yuan dynasty|Yuan]], eclipsing both the [[Silk Road|overland trade routes]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Ye|first=Yiliang|author-link=Ye Yiliang|editor-last=Kauz|editor-first=Ralph|display-editors=0|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YJibpHfnw94C&pg=PA5|page=5|publisher=Harrassowitz Verlag|location=Wiesbaden|date=2010|title=Aspects of the Maritime Silk Road: From the Persian Gulf to the East China Sea|series=East Asian Maritime History|volume=10|isbn=9783447061032|chapter=Introductory Essay: Outline of the Political Relations between Oman (Thailand) and China}}</ref> and [[Guangzhou]]. A 1095 inscription records [[Chinese tribute system|two convoys]], each of twenty ships, arriving from the Southern Seas each year.<ref name="ehc" /> Quanzhou's maritime trade developed the area's [[Chinese porcelain|ceramics]], [[sugar]], [[Chinese alcoholic beverages|alcohol]], and [[salt]] industries.<ref name="ehc" /> Ninety per cent of Fujian's ceramic production at the time was [[Chinese jade|jade]]-colored [[celadon]], produced for export.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pearson|first=Richard|author2=Li Min|author3=Li Guo|chapter=Port, City, and Hinterlands: Archaeological Perspectives on Quanzhou and its Overseas Trade|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GEhGM6fZeaAC&pg=PA192|page=192|editor-first=Angela|editor-last=Schottenhammer|display-editors=0|publisher=Brill|year=2001|isbn=90-04-11773-3|title=The Emporium of the World: Maritime Quanzhou, 1000–1400|series=Sinica Leidensia|volume=49|access-date=16 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508153434/https://books.google.com/books?id=GEhGM6fZeaAC|archive-date=8 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Frankincense]] was such a coveted import that promotions for the trade superintendents at Guangzhou and Quanzhou were tied to the amount they were able to bring in during their terms in office.<ref>{{harvp|Schottenhammer|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=YJibpHfnw94C&pg=PA130 130]}}</ref> During this period it was one of the world's largest and most cosmopolitan seaports.{{efn|Among other testaments to this age are tombstones which have been found written in Chinese, [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Syriac language|Syriac]], and [[Latin]].<ref name="midenc" />}} By 1120, its [[Prefectures of China|prefecture]] claimed a population of around 500,000.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bowman|first=John|title=Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture|chapter=China|date=5 September 2000|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cYoHOqC7Yx4C&pg=PA32|page=32|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231500043}}</ref> Its [[Luoyang Bridge]] was formerly the most celebrated bridge in China{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} and the 12th century [[Anping Bridge]] is also well known.[[File:Southeast Asia trade route map XIIcentury.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Trade routes in [[Southeast Asia]] during Quanzhou's heyday.]]Quanzhou initially continued to thrive under the [[Southern Song]]. A 1206 report listed merchants from [[Abbasid Caliphate|Arabia]], [[Iran]], the [[Indian subcontinent]], [[Srivijaya|Sumatra]], [[Khmer Empire|Cambodia]], [[Bruneian Empire|Brunei]], [[Kediri Kingdom|Java]], [[Champa]], [[Pagan Kingdom|Burma]], [[Anatolia]], [[Goryeo|Korea]], [[Japan]] and the [[Precolonial barangay|city-states]] of [[History of the Philippines#Pre-colonial period .28900 AD to 1535.29|the Philippines]].<ref name="ehc" /> One of its [[Chinese culture|customs]] inspectors, [[Zhao Rugua]], completed his compendious ''[[Zhu Fan Zhi|Description of Barbarian Nations]]'' {{circa|lk=no|1225}}, recording the people, places, and items involved in China's foreign trade in his age. Other imperial records from the time use it as the [[zero mile]] for distances between China and foreign countries.<ref name="kamikaze" /> [[Tamil people|Tamil]] merchants carved [[Cult image|idols]] of [[Vishnu]] and [[Shiva]]<ref name="vader">{{cite book|last=Chow|first=Chung-wah|author-link=Chow Chung-wah|date=7 September 2012|title=Quanzhou: China's Forgotten Historic Port|url=http://travel.cnn.com/quanzhou-chinas-forgotten-historic-port-258149/|publisher=CNN Travel|location=Atlanta}}</ref> and constructed [[Hinduism in China#Quanzhou|Hindu temples in Quanzhou]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Krishnan|first=Ananth|date=19 July 2013|title=Behind China's Hindu temples, a Forgotten History|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/behind-chinas-hindu-temples-a-forgotten-history/article4932458.ece|work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|date=18 July 2013|title=China's Hindu Temples: A Forgotten History|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcb643uVtSc|publisher=The Hindu|via=YouTube|access-date=11 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310054322/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcb643uVtSc|archive-date=10 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Nevertheless, by 1225, Quanzhou endured intermittent raids by [[Visayans#History|Visayans]] who came from the [[Visayas]] and raided Quanzhou from their base in [[History of Taiwan#Early records of possible visits|Eastern Taiwan]].<ref name="ZhufanZhi">[https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/39bce63e4e0642d3abce6c24db470760 A Chinese Gazetteer of Foreign Lands, A new translation of Part 1 of the Zhufan zhi 諸蕃志 (1225), By Shao-yun Yang (Denison University)]</ref>

Over the course of the 13th century, however, Quanzhou's prosperity declined due to instability among its trading partners<ref name="ehc" /> and increasing restrictions introduced by the Southern Song in an attempt to restrict the outflow of copper and bronze currency from areas forced to use [[Economy of the Song dynasty#The world.27s first paper money|hyperinflating paper money]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Schottenhammer|first=Angela|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GEhGM6fZeaAC&pg=PA153|pages=153 ff|chapter=The Role of Metals and the Impact of the Introduction of Huizi Paper Notes in Quanzhou on the Development of Maritime Trade in the Song Period|editor-first=Angela|editor-last=Schottenhammer|display-editors=0|publisher=Brill|year=2001|isbn=90-04-11773-3|title=The Emporium of the World: Maritime Quanzhou, 1000–1400|series=Sinica Leidensia|volume=49}}</ref> The increasing importance of [[Kamakura shogunate|Japan]] to China's foreign trade also benefited [[Ningbo]]nese merchants at Quanzhou's expense, given their extensive contacts with Japan's major ports on [[Hakata Bay]] on [[Kyushu]].<ref name="ehc" />

===Yuan dynasty===
In 1277 under the [[Mongolian Empire|Mongolian]] [[Yuan dynasty]] a superintendent of foreign trade was established in the city.<ref name="goff">{{cite book|last=Wade|first=Geoff|chapter=Chinese Engagement with the Indian Ocean during the Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties (Tenth to Sixteenth Centuries)|page=72|title=Trade, Circulation, and Flow in the Indian Ocean World|editor-first=Michael|editor-last=Pearson|date=2015|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=9781137566249}}</ref> The superintendent [[Pu Shougeng]] was [[Islam in China|Muslim]]<ref name="goff2">{{cite book|last=Wade|first=Geoff|title=Anthony Reid and the Study of the Southeast Asian Past|date=2012|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|isbn=9789814311960|editor=Geoff Wade|location=Singapore|pages=131|editor2=Li Tana}}</ref> and used his contacts to restore the city's trade under its new rulers.<ref name="goff" /> He was broadly successful, restoring much of the port's former greatness.{{sfnp|Wade|2015|p=73}} His office became hereditary to his descendants.<ref name="goff" />

Into the 1280s Quanzhou sometimes served as the provincial capital for Fujian.<ref name="ali" />{{efn|It was considered so important by the [[Jesuit China missions|Jesuits]] that they sometimes called all of Fujian ''{{lang|pt|Chinheo}}''.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} In 1515 [[Giovanni d'Empoli]] mistakenly recorded that "Zeiton" was the seat of the "[[Great Khan|Great Can]]" who ruled China<ref name="kamikaze" /> but Quanzhou never served as an imperial capital.}} Its population was around 455,000 in 1283, the major items of trade being [[spice trade|pepper and other spices]], gemstones, [[pearls in China|pearls]], and [[Chinese porcelain|porcelain]].<ref name="midenc" />

[[Marco Polo]] recorded that the Yuan emperors derived "a vast revenue" from their 10 percent duty on the port's commerce;<ref name="secondbest" /> he called Quanzhou's port "one of the two greatest havens in the world for commerce"<ref name="secondbest" /> and "the [[Alexandria]] of the [[Far East|East]]".<ref name="cnn">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/05/business/china-sky-city-skyscraper-index/index.html|title=Could world's tallest building bring China to its knees?|first=Ramy|last=Inocencio|date=6 August 2013|publisher=CNN|access-date=29 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609104754/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/05/business/china-sky-city-skyscraper-index/index.html|archive-date=9 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ibn Battuta]] simply called it the greatest port in the world.<ref name="ali">{{harvp|Yule & Cordier|1920|p=238}}</ref>{{efn|Notwithstanding the derivation of Zayton from Quanzhou's old nickname "City of the [[Tung Tree]]s", some details of [[Ibn Battuta]]'s description suggest he was referring to [[Zhangzhou]].<ref name="ali" />}} Polo noted [[Tattooing in China|its tattoo artists]] were famed throughout Southeast Asia.<ref name="secondbest">{{harvp|Yule & Cordier|1920|p=235}}</ref> It was the point of departure for Marco Polo's 1292 return expedition, escorting the 17-year-old [[Mongolia]]n princess [[Kököchin]] to her fiancé in the [[Persia]]n [[Ilkhanate]];{{sfnp|Yule & Cordier|1920}} a few decades later, it was the point of arrival and departure for Ibn Battuta.<ref name="gibb" /><ref name="kamikaze" />{{efn|Quanzhou was also the probable point of departure for the [[Franciscans|Franciscan]] friar [[John of Marignolli]] around the same time but this is uncertain given the partial nature of the record of his time in China.}} [[Kublai Khan]]'s [[Mongol invasions of Japan|invasions of Japan]]<ref name="midenc" /><ref name="kamikaze">{{harvp|Yule & Cordier|1920|p=239}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rossabi|first=Morris|page=111|title=The Mongols: A Very Short Introduction|date=26 April 2012|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=9780199840892}}</ref> and [[Mongol invasion of Java|Java]] sailed primarily from its port.<ref name="chengho">{{cite book|last1=Sen|first1=Tan Ta|author-link=Sen Tan Ta|first2=Chen|last2=Dasheng|title=Cheng Ho and Islam in Southeast Asia|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|year=2009|page=186|isbn=9789812308375}}</ref> The Islamic geographer [[Abulfeda]] noted, in {{circa|lk=no|1321}}, that [[Chinese city walls|its city walls]] remained ruined from its conquest by the Mongols.<ref name="tts">{{harvp|Yule & Cordier|1920|p=237}}</ref> In the mid-1320s [[Friar Odoric]] noted the town's two [[Franciscans|Franciscan]] friaries, but admitted the [[Buddhism in China|Buddhist]] monasteries were much larger, with over 3000 monks in one.<ref name="tts" />

Between 1357 and 1367 the Yisibaxi Muslim Persian garrison started the [[Ispah rebellion]] against the Yuan dynasty in Quanzhou and southern Fujian due to increasingly anti-Muslim laws. Persian militia leaders {{ill|Sayf ad-Din (Yuan)|lt=Sayf ad-Din|zh|赛甫丁}} (賽甫丁) and {{ill|Amir ad-Din|zh|阿迷里丁}} (阿迷里丁) led the revolt. Arabic official {{ill|Yawuna|zh|那兀纳}} (那兀纳) assassinated Amir ad-Din in 1362 and took control of the Muslim rebel forces. The Muslim rebels tried to strike north and took over some parts of Xinghua but were defeated at [[Fuzhou]]. Yuan provincial loyalist forces from Fuzhou defeated the Muslim rebels in 1367.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Liu 刘|first1=Yingsheng 迎胜|editor1-last=Schottenhammer|editor1-first=Angela|title=The East Asian Mediterranean: Maritime Crossroads of Culture, Commerce and Human Migration|date=2008|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag|isbn=9783447058094|page=121|volume=6|series=East Asian economic and socio-cultural studies: East Asian maritime history|issn=1860-1812|chapter=Muslim Merchants in Mongol Yuan China}}</ref> Sayf ad-Din and Amir ad-Din fought for Fuzhou and Xinghua for five years. They both were murdered by another Muslim called Nawuna in 1362 so he then took control of Quanzhou and the Ispah garrison for five more years until his defeat by the Yuan authorities.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chaffee|first1=John W.|title=The Muslim Merchants of Premodern China: The History of a Maritime Asian Trade Diaspora, 750–1400|date=2018|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781108640091|page=157}}</ref>

[[File:La cite de Caitan.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Zayton as imagined by a 15th-century European illustrator of ''[[The Travels of Marco Polo]]'']]
Nawuna was killed in turn by [[Chen Youding]]. Chen began a campaign of persecution against the city's Sunni community—including massacres and grave desecration—that eventually became a three-days anti-foreign massacre. Emigrants fleeing the persecution rose to prominent positions throughout Southeast Asia, spurring the development of Islam on [[Islam in Indonesia|Java]] and elsewhere.<ref name="goff2" /> The Yuan were expelled in 1368,<ref name="midenc" /> and they turned against Pu Shougeng's family and the Muslims and slaughtered Pu Shougeng's descendants in the Ispah rebellion. Mosques and other buildings with foreign architecture were almost all destroyed and the Yuan imperial soldiers killed most of the descendants of Pu Shougeng and mutilated their corpses.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Garnaut|first1=Anthony|date=March 2006|title=The Islamic Heritage in China: A General Survey|url=http://www.muslimheritage.com/article/islamic-heritage-china|journal=China Heritage Newsletter|issue=5}}</ref>

=== Ming and early Qing dynasties ===
[[File:Selden map.jpg|left|thumb|The [[Selden Map]] during the early 17th century, with Quanzhou as its trade route epicenter]]
The [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] discouraged foreign commerce other than formal [[Chinese tribute system|tributary missions]]. By 1473 trade had declined to the point that Quanzhou was no longer the headquarters of the imperial customs service for Fujian.<ref name="kamikaze" /> The [[Wokou]], who came from many different ethnicities, including Japanese, Korean, and Chinese, forced Quanzhou's Superintendency of Trade to close completely in 1522.<ref name="fopla">{{cite book|last=Nield|first=Robert|page=68|title=China's Foreign Places: The Foreign Presence in China in the Treaty Port Era|date=March 2015|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|isbn=9789888139286}}</ref>

During the [[Qing dynasty]] the [[Sea Ban]] did not help the city's traders or fishermen. They were forced to abandon their access to the sea for years at a time and coastal farmers forced to relocate miles inland to inner counties like Yongchun and Anxi. Violent large scale clan fights with the thousands of non-native families from [[Guangdong]] who were deported to Quanzhou city by the Qing immediately occurred.<ref>{{cite book|title=Making Place: State Projects, Globalisation and Local Responses in China|author=Stephan Feuchtwang|date=10 September 2012|page=41|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135393557}}</ref>

=== 19th century to present day ===
[[File:泉州临漳门.jpg|thumb|right|Reconstructed Linzhang Gate]]

In the 19th century, the [[Chinese city walls|city walls]] still protected a circuit of {{convert|7|-|8|mi|sp=us}} but embraced much vacant ground.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} The bay began to attract [[Jardines']] and [[Dents']] [[History of opium in China|opium ships]] from 1832. Following the [[First Opium War]], [[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]] [[Henry Pottinger]] proposed using Quanzhou as an official opium depot to keep the trade out of [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] and the other [[treaty port]]s but the rents sought by the imperial commissioner [[Qiying]] were too high.<ref name="fopla" />

When Chinese pirates overran the receiving ships in [[Shenhu Bay]] to capture their stockpiles of [[silver]] [[bullion]] in 1847, however, the traders moved to Quanzhou Bay regardless.<ref name="fopla" />  Around 1862, a [[Protestantism in China|Protestant]] [[Protestant missions in China|mission]] was set up in Quanzhou. As late as the middle of the century, large [[junk (ship)|Chinese junks]] could still access the town easily, trading in [[tea in China|tea]], [[sugar]], [[tobacco in China|tobacco]], [[porcelain in China|porcelain]], and [[nankeens]],{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} but [[sand bar]]s created by the rivers around the town had generally incapacitated its harbor by the [[First World War]]. It remained a large and prosperous city, but conducted its maritime trade through [[Anhai]].{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}}

After the [[Chinese Civil War]], [[Kinmen]] became disconnected from Quanzhou with the [[Kuomintang|Nationalists]] successfully defended Kinmen in battle from a [[Battle of Guningtou|Communist takeover attempt]].

==Administrative divisions==
The [[prefecture-level city]] of Quanzhou administers four [[district of China|districts]], three [[county-level city|county-level cities]], four [[County (People's Republic of China)|counties]], and two special economic districts. The People's Republic of China claims [[Kinmen|Kinmen Islands]] (Quemoy) (administered and also claimed by the [[Republic of China]]) as Kinmen County under the administration of Quanzhou.

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{{Image label|x=609|y=740|scale=480/960|text=[[Licheng District, Quanzhou|{{small|'''Licheng'''}}]]}}
{{Image label|x=653|y=710|scale=480/960|text=[[Fengze District|{{small|'''Fengze'''}}]]}}
{{Image label|x=650|y=540|scale=480/960|text=[[Luojiang District, Quanzhou|'''Luojiang''']]}}
{{Image label|x=795|y=545|scale=480/960|text=[[Quangang District|'''Quangang''']]}}
{{Image label|x=770|y=640|scale=480/960|text=[[Hui'an County|'''Hui'an<br>County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=220|y=560|scale=480/960|text=[[Anxi County|'''Anxi<br>County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=360|y=390|scale=480/960|text=[[Yongchun County|'''Yongchun<br>County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=420|y=200|scale=480/960|text=[[Dehua County|'''Dehua<br>County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=705|y=830|scale=480/960|text=[[Shishi, Fujian|'''Shishi<br>{{small|(City)}}''']]}}
{{Image label|x=575|y=810|scale=480/960|text=[[Jinjiang, Fujian|'''Jinjiang<br>{{small|(City)}}''']]}}
{{Image label|x=510|y=640|scale=480/960|text=[[Nan'an, Fujian|'''Nan'an<br>{{small|(City)}}''']]}}
{{Image label|x=500|y=1060|scale=480/960|text=[[Kinmen|<span style="color: grey;">'''''Kinmen*<br>County'''''</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=100|y=980|scale=480/960|text=[[Kinmen|<span style="font-size: smaller">'''Note: Kinmen is claimed by the PRC but<br>is administered by and also claimed by the ROC.'''</span>]]}}
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|-
! style="width:20%;"| English Name
! style="width:10%;"| Simplified
! style="width:15%;"| Pinyin
! style="width:15%;"| POJ
! style="width:10%;"| Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! style="width:10%;"| Population (2010)<ref name="Census-pop">{{in lang|zh}} Compilation by Lianxin website. [http://www.luqyu.cn/tongjishow.asp?tid=1089 Data from the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325041911/http://www.luqyu.cn/tongjishow.asp?tid=1089 |date=25 March 2012 }}</ref><ref name="citypop">{{Cite web|title=China: Administrative Division of Fújiàn / 福建省|website=citypopulation.de|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/china-fujian-admin.php|access-date=31 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318183026/http://citypopulation.de/php/china-fujian-admin.php|archive-date=18 March 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
! style="width:10%;"| Density (per km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
| [[Licheng District, Quanzhou|Licheng District]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|鲤城区}}
| Lǐchéng Qū
| Lí-siâⁿ-khu
| 52.41
| 404,817
| 7,724
|-
| [[Fengze District]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|丰泽区}}
| Fēngzé Qū
| Hong-te̍k-khu
| 132.25
| 529,640
| 4,005
|-
| [[Luojiang District, Quanzhou|Luojiang District]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|洛江区}}
| Luòjiāng Qū
| Lo̍k-kang-khu
| 381.72
| 187,189
| 490
|-
| [[Quangang District]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|泉港区}}
| Quángǎng Qū
| Chôan-káng-khu
| 306.03
| 313,539
| 1025
|-
| [[Shishi, Fujian|Shishi City]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|石狮市}}
| Shíshī Shì
| Chio̍h-sai-chhī
| 189.21
| 636,700
| 3,365
|-
| [[Jinjiang, Fujian|Jinjiang City]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|晋江市}}
| Jìnjiāng Shì
| Chìn-kang-chhī
| 721.64
| 1,986,447
| 2,753
|-
| [[Nan'an, Fujian|Nan'an City]]
| {{lang|zh|南安市}}
| Nán'ān Shì
| Lâm-oaⁿ-chhī
| 2,035.11
| 1,418,451
| 697
|-
| [[Hui'an County]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|惠安县}}
| Huì'ān Xiàn
| Hūiⁿ-oaⁿ-kūiⁿ
| 762.19
| 944,231
| 1,239
|-
| [[Anxi County]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|安溪县}}
| Ānxī Xiàn
| An-khoe-kūiⁿ
| 2,983.07
| 977,435
| 328
|-
| [[Yongchun County]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|永春县}}
| Yǒngchūn Xiàn
| Éng-chhun-kūiⁿ
| 1,445.8
| 452,217
| 313
|-
| [[Dehua County]]
| {{lang|zh-hans|德化县}}
| Déhuà Xiàn
| Tek-hòe-kūiⁿ
| 2,209.48
| 277,867
| 126
|- bgcolor="lightblue"
| ''[[Kinmen|Kinmen County]]'' *
| {{lang|zh-hans|金门县}}
| Jīnmén Xiàn
| Kim-mn̂g-kūiⁿ
| 153.011
| 127,723
| 830
|}
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>Since its founding in 1949, the [[People's Republic of China]] ("Mainland China") has claimed the [[Kinmen|Kinmen Islands]] (Quemoy) as part of Quanzhou but has never controlled them; they are administered by and also claimed by the [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan).

==Demographics==
As of the 2010 census, Quanzhou has a population of 8,128,530.<ref name="Census-pop" /> Its [[City proper|built-up area]] is home to 6,107,475 inhabitants, encompassing the [[Licheng District, Quanzhou|Licheng]], [[Fengze District|Fengze]], and [[Luojiang District, Quanzhou|Luojiang]] [[district (PRC)|urban districts]]; [[Jinjiang, Fujian|Jinjiang]], [[Nan'an, Fujian|Nan'an]], and [[Shishi, Fujian|Shishi]] [[city (PRC)|cities]]; [[Hui'an]] [[county (PRC)|County]]; and the Quanzhou District for Taiwanese Investment.<ref name="citypop" />

===Religion===
[[File:Quanzhou Qingjing Si 20120229-03.jpg|thumb|[[Qingjing Mosque]]]]
[[File:弘一法师纪念馆（20140726).jpg|thumb|[[Kaiyuan Temple (Quanzhou)|Kaiyuan Temple]], 2014]]
{{see also|Hinduism in China}}
Medieval Quanzhou was long one of the most cosmopolitan Chinese cities, with [[Chinese folk religion|Chinese folk religious temples]], [[Buddhism in China|Buddhist temples]], [[Taoist|Taoist temples]] and [[Hinduism in China|Hindu temples]]; [[Islam in China|Islamic mosques]]; and [[Christianity in China|Christian churches]], including [[Nestorian]] and a cathedral (financed by a rich [[Armenians|Armenian]] lady) and two [[Franciscans|Franciscan]] friaries. [[Andrew of Perugia]] served as the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[bishop of Quanzhou|bishop]] of the city from 1322.<ref name="tts" /> [[Odoric of Pordenone]] was responsible for relocating the [[relics]] of the four Franciscans martyred at [[Thane]] in [[India]] in 1321 to the mission in Quanzhou.<ref name="midenc" /> English [[Presbyterian]] missionaries raised a chapel around 1862.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} The [[Qingjing Mosque]] dates to 1009 but is now preserved as a museum.<ref name="cnn" /><ref>{{cite book|last=Kauz|first=Ralph|chapter=A Kāzarūnī Network?|editor-last=Kauz|editor-first=Ralph|display-editors=0|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YJibpHfnw94C&pg=PA65|page=65|publisher=Harrassowitz Verlag|location=Wiesbaden|date=2010|title=Aspects of the Maritime Silk Road: From the Persian Gulf to the East China Sea|series=East Asian Maritime History|volume=10|isbn=9783447061032}}</ref> The Buddhist [[Kaiyuan Temple (Quanzhou)|Kaiyuan Temple]] has been repeatedly rebuilt but includes two 5-story 13th-century [[pagoda]]s.<ref name="cnn" /> Among the most popular [[Chinese folk religion|folk or Taoist]] memorial hall is Guan Yue Memorial Hall ({{lang|zh|通淮關岳廟}}) that is dedicated to [[Yue Fei|Lord Yue]] and famous [[Guandi|Lord Guan]], who is honored for his righteousness and the spirit of brotherhood.<ref name="cnn" /> Jinjiang also preserves the Cao'an monastery ({{lang|zh|草庵寺}}), originally constructed by [[Manichaeanism|Manicheans]] under the Yuan but now used by [[New Age|New Age spiritualists]], and a [[Confucian Memorial Hall]] ({{lang|zh|文庙}}, ''Wenmiao'').<ref name="cnn" />

===Language===
{{Main|Quanzhou dialects}}
Locals speak the Quanzhou dialect of [[Hokkien]] ([[Min Nan]]) partly the same as the [[Amoy dialect]] spoken in Xiamen, and similar to [[Malaysian Hokkien]], [[Singaporean Hokkien]], [[Philippine Hokkien]], and Quanzhou-descended [[Taiwanese Hokkien|Taiwanese]] dialects. It is unintelligible with [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]]. Many overseas Chinese whose ancestors came from the Quanzhou area, especially those in Southeast Asia, often speak mainly Hokkien at home. Around the "[[Minnan region|Southern Min triangle area]]," which includes Quanzhou, [[Xiamen]] and [[Zhangzhou]], locals all speak the [[Hokkien]] language. The dialects of Hokkien itself that they speak are similar but have different tones and sometimes different pronunciation and vocabulary.

===Emigration===
[[File:宝珊 - panoramio (4).jpg|thumb|New housing developments near the city center]]
Quanzhou has been a source for [[Chinese diaspora|Chinese emigration]] to [[Southeast Asia]] and [[Taiwan]]. Some of these communities date to Quanzhou's heyday a millennium ago under the Song and Yuan dynasties.{{sfnp|Wade|2015|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=gkDeCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT68 68]}} About 6 million [[overseas Chinese]] trace their ancestry to Quanzhou and Tong'an county. Most of them live in Southeast Asia, including [[Singapore]], the [[Philippines]], [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]], [[Myanmar]], and [[Thailand]].

==Economy==
[[File:Quanzhou - Sunwu Xi - DSCF8612.JPG|thumb|Quanzhou's Sunwu Creek]]

Historically Quanzhou exported [[black tea]], [[camphor]], sugar, [[indigo]], tobacco, [[ceramic]]s, cloth made of [[grass]], and minerals. As of 1832 Quanzhou imported, primarily from [[Guangzhou]], wool cloth, wine, and watches. The [[East India Company]] was exporting an estimated £150,000 a year in black tea from Quanzhou.<ref name=Roberts1>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Edmund|title=Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat|year=1837|publisher=Harper & Brothers|page=122}}</ref>

Today Quanzhou is a major exporter of agricultural products such as [[tea]], [[banana]], [[lychee]], and [[rice]]. It is also a major producer of quarry [[granite]] and [[ceramic]]s. Other industries include [[textiles]], [[footwear]], [[fashion]] and [[apparel]], packaging, machinery, [[paper]] and [[petrochemicals]].<ref>Quanzhou, Fujian. InJ. R. Logan (Ed.), The new Chinese city: Globalization and market reform (pp. 227–245). Oxford: Blackwell</ref>

Its GDP ranked first in Fujian Province for 20 years from 1991 to 2010. In 2008 Quanzhou's textile and apparel production accounted for 10 percent of China's overall apparel production, stone exports account for 50 percent of Chinese stone exports, resin handicraft exports account for 70 percent of the country's total, ceramic exports account for 67 percent of the country's total, candy production accounts for 20 percent, and the production of sport and tourism shoes accounts for 80% of Chinese, and 20 percent of world production.

Quanzhou is known today as China's ''shoe city''. Quanzhou's 3,000 shoe factories produce 500 million pairs a year, making nearly one in every four pairs of sneakers made in China.

== Cars ==
Quanzhou is the biggest automotive market in Fujian. It has the highest rate of private [[automobile]] possession.<ref>KFC, McDonald's to Open Drive-in Restaurants in Quanzhou SinoCast China Business Daily News. London (UK): 23 August 2007. pg. 1</ref> Quanzhou is connected by major roads from [[Fuzhou]] to the north and [[Xiamen]] to the south.

== Transport ==
[[File:Right side of Zayton Jinjiang International airport.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport]]]]
[[File:North Yingbin Ave of Zayton City.jpg|thumb|250px|North Yingbin Avenue ([[China National Highway 324|G24]]) in Quanzhou]]
[[File:XML6105JHEVE8C1 of Zayton bus.jpg|thumb|250px|Buses in Quanzhou]]
Quanzhou is an important transport hub within southeastern Fujian province. Many export industries in the Fujian interior cities will transport goods to Quanzhou ports. [[Quanzhou Port]] was one of the most prosperous port in [[Tang dynasty]] and is now still an important Chinese port for exporting.

There is a passenger ferry terminal in [[Shijing, Nan'an, Fujian]], with regular service to the Shuitou Port in the [[Taiwan|ROC]]-controlled [[Kinmen]] Island.

=== Airport ===
[[Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport]] is Quanzhou's sole airport, served by passenger flights within mainland China and other regional/international destinations throughout southeast Asia, including Hong Kong, Macau, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok etc. Major airlines operated in JJN are Xiamen Air, Shenzhen Airlines and West Air.

=== Railway ===
The [[Zhangping–Quanzhou–Xiaocuo railway]] connects several cargo stations within Quanzhou Prefecture with the interior of Fujian and the rest of the country. Until 2014 this line also had passenger service, with fairly slow passenger trains from Beijing.

Passenger trains from China terminated at the Quanzhou East Railway Station, a few kilometers northeast of the center of the city. Passenger service on this line was terminated, and Quanzhou East railway station closed 9 December 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tiexing.com/news/2432.html|title=Quanzhou East Railway Station will stop handling passenger services|website=tiexing.com|date=4 December 2014|access-date=13 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910100948/http://www.tiexing.com/news/2432.html|archive-date=10 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Since 2010, Quanzhou has been served by the high-speed [[Fuzhou–Xiamen railway]], a part of the [[Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen high-speed railway]], which runs along China's southeastern sea coast. High-speed trains on this line stop at [[Quanzhou railway station]] (in [[Beifeng Subdistrict]] of [[Fengze District]], some 10 miles north of Quanzhou city center) and [[Jinjiang railway station]]. Trains to Xiamen take under 45 minutes, making it a convenient weekend or day trip. By 2015, direct high-speed service was made available to a number of cities in the country's interior, from Beijing to Chongqing and Guiyang.

The [[Quanzhou–Xiamen–Zhangzhou Intercity Railway Line]], as the name suggests, connecting the cities of Quanzhou, Xiamen, and Zhangzhou is currently conducting on-site surveys.<ref>{{Cite web |title=百度安全验证 |url=https://wappass.baidu.com/static/captcha/tuxing.html?ak=572be823e2f50ea759a616c060d6b9f1&backurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmbd.baidu.com%2Fnewspage%2Fdata%2Flandingsuper%3Fid%3D1833980517837956276%26wfr%3Dspider%26for%3Dpc%26third%3Dbaijiahao%26baijiahao_id%3D1833980517837956276%26c_source%3Dkunlun%26c_score%3D0.999100&timestamp=1754619103&signature=25c1fb638e3ac1b3dbda877118c546d9 |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=wappass.baidu.com}}</ref>

=== Long-distance bus ===
Long-distance bus services also run daily/nightly to Shenzhen and other major cities. [[Quanzhou bus station]] operated from 1990 to 2020.

==Colleges and universities==
Colleges and universities with [[Undergraduate education]]:
*[[Huaqiao University]] (national)
*[[Quanzhou Normal University]] (public)
*{{ill|Jinjiang Campus of Fuzhou University|lt=Jinjiang Campus|zh|福州大学晋江校区}} of [[Fuzhou University]] (public)
*Quangang Campus of {{ill|College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University|lt=College of Chemical Engineering|zh|福州大学石油化工学院}}, [[Fuzhou University]] (public)
*{{ill|Anxi College of Tea Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (College of Digital Economy)|lt=Anxi College of Tea Science (College of Digital Economy)|zh|福建农林大学安溪茶学院（数字经济学院）}}, [[Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University]] (public)
*Second School of Clinical Medicine, [[Fujian Medical University]] (public)
*[[Yang-en University]] (private)
*{{ill|Minnan University of Science and Technology|zh|闽南理工学院}} (private)
*{{ill|Minnan Science and Technology College|zh|闽南科技学院}} (private)
*{{ill|Quanzhou University of Information Engineering|zh|泉州信息工程学院}} (private)
*Jinjiang Campus of {{ill|Fuzhou University Zhicheng College|zh|福州大学至诚学院}} (private)
*Quangang Campus of {{ill|Fuzhou University Zhicheng College|zh|福州大学至诚学院}} (private)
*{{ill|Jinshan College of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University|zh|福建农林大学金山学院}} (Anxi) (private)
*{{ill|Quanzhou Vocational and Technical University|zh|泉州职业技术大学}} (vocational, private)

[[Vocational school]]:
*{{ill|Liming Vocational University|zh|黎明职业大学}} (public)
*{{ill|Quanzhou Medical College|zh|泉州医学高等专科学校}} (public)
*{{ill|Quanzhou Preschool Education College|zh|泉州幼儿师范高等专科学校}} (public)
*{{ill|Fujian Electric Power Technical College|zh|福建电力职业技术学院}} (public)
*{{ill|Quanzhou Vocational College of Economics and Business|zh|泉州经贸职业技术学院}} (public)
*{{ill|Quanzhou Arts And Crafts Vocational College|zh|泉州工艺美术职业学院}} (public)
*{{ill|Quanzhou Engineering Vocational and Technical College|zh|泉州工程职业技术学院}} (private)
*{{ill|Quanzhou College of Technology|zh|泉州轻工学院}} (private)
*{{ill|Quanzhou Textile Garment Institute|zh|泉州纺织服装职业学院}} (private)
*{{ill|Quanzhou Ocean Institute|zh|泉州海洋职业学院}} (private)
*{{ill|Quanzhou Huaguang Vocational College|zh|泉州华光职业学院}} (private)

==Culture==
[[File:Stalagmite, Quanzhou.jpg|Shisun Park|thumb]]
Quanzhou is listed as one of the 24 famous historic cultural cities first approved by the [[Government of the People's Republic of China|Chinese government]]. Notable cultural practices include:

*[[Liyuan Opera]] ({{lang|zh-hans|梨园戏}})
*[[Puppet Show]] ({{lang|zh-hans|提线木偶戏}})
*[[Gaojia Opera]] ({{lang|zh-hans|高甲戏}})
*[[Dacheng Opera]] ({{lang|zh-hans|打城戏}})
*[[Nanguan music|Nanyin]] ({{lang|zh-hans|南音}}), a musical style dating to the Han but performed in the local dialect<ref name="cnn" />
*Quanzhou [[Shaolin Kung Fu|Shaolin]] [[Five Ancestors|Five Ancestors Fist]] ({{lang|zh|泉州五祖拳}})
*[[Wing Chun|Yongchun]] [[martial arts]]

The city hosted the Sixth [[National Peasants' Games]] in 2008. Signature local dishes include [[Zongzi|rice dumplings]] and [[oyster]] [[omelette]]s.<ref name="cnn" />

Notable Historical and cultural sites (the 18 views of Quanzhou as recommended by the Fujian tourism board) include the Ashab Mosque and Kaiyuan Temple mentioned above, as well as:

*Qing Yuan mountain ({{lang|zh|清源山}}) – The tallest hill within the city limits, which hosts a great view of West lake.
*East Lake Park ({{lang|zh-hans|东湖}}) – Located in the city center. It is home to a small zoo.
*West Lake Park ({{lang|zh-hans|西湖公园}}) – The largest body of fresh water within the city limits.
*[[Scholar Street]] ({{lang|zh-hans|状元街}})  – Champion street about 500 meters long, elegant environment, mainly engaged in tourism and cultural crafts.

Notable Modern cultural sites include:

*Fengze Square – Located in the city center and acts as a venue for shows and events.
*Dapingshan – The second tallest hill within the city limits, crowned with an enormous equestrian statue of [[Zheng Chenggong]].
*The Embassy Lounge – Situated in the "1916 Cultural Ideas Zone" which acts as a platform for mixing traditional Chinese art with modern building techniques and designs<ref>[http://www.theembassylounge.com The Embassy Lounge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115072005/http://www.theembassylounge.com/ |date=15 November 2016 }}</ref>

Relics from Quanzhou's past are preserved at the Maritime<ref name="cnn" /> or [[Quanzhou Overseas Relations Museum|Overseas-Relations History Museum]].<ref name=quan/> It includes large exhibits on Song-era ships and Yuan-era tombstones.<ref name="cnn" /> A particularly important exhibit is the so-called [[Quanzhou ship]], a seagoing [[junk (ship)|junk]] that sunk some time after 1272 and was recovered in 1973–74.<ref name=quan>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinamuseums.com/quanzhou_overseas.htm|title=Quanzhou Overseas-Relations History Museum|access-date=4 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107001746/http://www.chinamuseums.com/quanzhou_overseas.htm|archive-date=7 January 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

The old city center preserves "balcony buildings" ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=骑楼 |p=qílóu}}), a style of southern [[Chinese architecture]] from the Republican Era.<ref name="cnn" />

==Notable residents==
* [[Li Nu]], merchant and scholar<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=067On0JgItAC&pg=PA817|title=Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368–1644|author=Association for Asian studies (Ann Arbor, Michigan)|year=1976|publisher=Columbia University Press|location=New York|page=817|isbn=9780231038010|access-date=16 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424065925/https://books.google.com/books?id=067On0JgItAC&pg=PA817|archive-date=24 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Chen">{{cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/chinese-iranian-vii|title=Chinese-Iranian Relations, VII: Persian Settlements in Southeastern China during the T'ang, Sung, and Yuan Dynasties|last=Chen|first=Da-Sheng|publisher=Encyclopedia Iranica|access-date=28 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429174424/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/chinese-iranian-vii|archive-date=29 April 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l6TVhvYLaEwC&pg=PA495|title=Science and Civilisation in China|volume=4|first=Joseph|last=Needham|year=1971|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=[[Cambridge, England|Cambridge]]|page=495|isbn=9780521070607|access-date=16 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519021201/https://books.google.com/books?id=l6TVhvYLaEwC&pg=PA495|archive-date=19 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Zhang Wenyu]], nuclear physicist born in [[Hui'an County|Hui'an]].<ref name="shark">{{cite news|url=https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20200617A0N7BO|script-title=zh:功勋人物谱科技篇：中国宇宙线研究的创始人——张文裕|work=qq.com|date=17 June 2020|access-date=12 August 2021|language=zh}}</ref> He was also a member of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]].
* [[Lin Junde]], explosion mechanics scientist born in [[Yongchun County|Yongchun]] in Quanzhou.
* [[Xie Xide]], physicist born in [[Shishi, Fujian|Shishi]], president of [[Fudan University]]
* [[Guo Guangcan]], quantum physicist born in Hui'an.
* [[Yao Chen]], actress born in Shishi in Quanzhou.

== Villages ==
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*[[Xunpu]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Quanzhou Tianhou Gong 20120229-06.jpg|Quanzhou Tianhou Temple
File:Quanzhou Fashi Zhenwu Miao 20120301-6.jpg|Quanzhou Zhenwu Temple
</gallery>

==Notes==
=== Explanatory notes ===
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=== Citations ===
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== General and cited references==
* {{cite EB9 |mode=cs2 |last=Yule |first=Henry  |author-link=Henry Yule  |wstitle=Chinchew |volume=5 |ref={{harvid|''EB''|1878}} |page=673 }}
* {{cite EB1911 |mode=cs2 |wstitle=Chinchew |volume=6 |ref={{harvid|''EB''|1911}} |page=231 }}
* {{cite book|series=The Broadway Travellers|title=Travels in Asia and Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zKqn_CWTxYEC|date=1929|editor3=E. Denison Ross|editor2=Eileen Power|editor-last=Gibb|editor-first=H.A.R.|author=[[Ibn Battúta]]|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|isbn=9780415344739|ref={{harvid|Gibb|1929}}|at=[https://books.google.com/books?id=zKqn_CWTxYEC&pg=PA282 Book II, Ch. XI]}}
* {{cite book|last=Gibb|first=H.A.R.|year=2010|title=The Travels of Ibn Battuta, AD 1325-1354, Volume IV}}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GSA_AaRdgioC|title=The East Asian Mediterranean: Maritime Crossroads of Culture, Commerce, and Human Migration|first=Angela|last=Schottenhammer|editor=Angela Schottenhammer|display-editors=0|year=2008|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag|isbn=978-3-447-05809-4}}
* {{cite book|last=Schottenhammer|first=Angela|chapter=Transfer of ''Xiangyao'' 香藥 from Iran and Arabia to China: A Reinvestigation of Entries in the ''Youyang Zazu'' 酉陽雜俎 (863)|editor-last=Kauz|editor-first=Ralph|display-editors=0|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YJibpHfnw94C&pg=PA145|page=145|publisher=Harrassowitz Verlag|location=Wiesbaden|date=2010|title=Aspects of the Maritime Silk Road: From the Persian Gulf to the East China Sea|series=East Asian Maritime History|volume=10|isbn=9783447061032}}
* {{cite book|author=Marco Polo|editor-last=Yule|editor-first=Henry|editor-link=Henry Yule|title=The Book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East|edition=3rd|volume=II|ref={{harvid|Yule & Cordier|1920}}|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3TexF3FC87YC&pg=PA234|chapter=Of the City and Great Haven of Zayton|date=1903|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=9780486275871}}, annotated by [[Henri Cordier]] in 1920, London: John Murray.

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last=Wang|first=Qiang|date=2020|title=Legendary Port of the Maritime Silk Routes|location=Quanzhou|publisher=Peter Lang US. Retrieved 30 September 2020|url=https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/71894}}
* {{cite book|last=Brown|first=Bill|date=2004|title=Mystic Quanzhou: City of Light|location=Xiamen|publisher=Xiamen University Press}}

==External links==
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{{wikivoyage|Quanzhou}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131024092550/http://chinaheritagenewsletter.anu.edu.au/scholarship.php?searchterm=005_zayton.inc&issue=005 The Stones of Zayton speak] from ''China Heritage Newsletter''

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