Province Fujian, China

Fujian - province of 1400 islands

Fujian is situated in the southeast of China and is one of the "Island Provinces" of the country. About 1400 islands are located in the east Chinese Sea in front of the coast of Fujian. The most important towns are the province capitals Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Xiamen. Due to the offfshore island Taiwan many investors came to Fujian what had many positive effects particularly for Xiamen.

Business travellers and vacationers are gravitated to the opening for trade and tourism, a multicultural atmosphere and numerous international hotels and restaurants. Especially interesting is the historical area of the town, Gulang Yu. The province Fujian became known beyond the frontiers particularly by the noble porcelain "Blanc de Chine".

In the regions of the Wu Yi-mountains and near Anxi you find extensive tea plantations on which rare kinds of tea are grown. The strange, ancient round houses in Longyan and the temple of the sea goddess Mazu on the island Meizu which sailors of South-East Asia visit to pray for a good homecoming before they go for a  trip belong to the most important places of interest.

One of the best known bathing resorts on the coast of the province is Chongwu. The town particularly became known because of the production of temple figures and due to its immense defensive wall built of granite stones.

picture source: pixelio.de / Sarah Grazioli

 

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