What to do in Shijing, Nan'an, Quanzhou

Famous national hero Zheng Chenggong hometown of Minnan Gujin Shijing town, is located in the southernmost tip of the southeastern coast of Fujian, and Kinmen only 6 nautical miles away. Shijing Ma Jiang is the only Nan'an city outlet to the sea, but also the southeast coast of Fujian Southeast Strait of the sea foreign transportation hub. East across the Ma River adjacent to Jinjiang Dongshi, south of Wujiang River in Jinmen, west of Turtle Hill and Xiamen Xiangan Xiangdong border, north of the junction with the head of the water. The town has a land area of 83 square kilometers, the sea area of 50 square kilometers. Population of more than 72,500 people, the foreign population of more than 30,000 people, living overseas and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots more than 60,000 people. Since the reform and opening up, the people of Shijing, adhering to the spirit of success of our ancestors' hard work, focusing on the overall goal of building a "modern port town", based on the advantages of the port, tapping the potential of the region, and expanding the "stone, petrochemicals, shipping and fisheries, new light industry, tourism," five pillar industries, sustained and healthy development of the socio-economic community. 2004, the completion of the industrial and commercial tax revenues of 226 million yuan, the total annual power supply of more than 500 million kilowatt hours, the economic power ranked among the top 50 rural areas in the province. Economic strength ranked 4th among the top 50 rural townships in the province. Over the years, it has been awarded various honorary titles by the province, Quanzhou City and Nan'an City, and it is the advanced township of "Hundreds of Millions of Peasants' Fitness Activity" and the "Eighth Civilized Township of Fujian Province". Shijing has deep historical and cultural deposits and simple coastal folk customs. Zhu Xi, a Song Dynasty scientist, has given many lectures at Yangzishan Study Hall in Shijing, so there is "the origin of science in Shijing"; Zheng Chenggong, a Ming Dynasty national hero, has recovered Taiwan with the national sincerity of the people of the world; Shijing Guzhen, one of the outlets of the Maritime Silk Road, has been a place of frequent economic and cultural exchanges between the Chinese and foreigners throughout the ages. These special historical conditions have given birth to the tradition of folklore here: knowledge of etiquette and rituals, patriotism and love of countryside, diligence and simplicity, hospitality. Religion is mostly Buddhism and Taoism. Shijing is the birthplace of Gaojia Opera. In ancient times, Hongpu Shi and the villagers of Cendou Village created the Gaojia Opera. This is why Hongpu Shi was called the "Ancestor of the Opera" by his descendants. Over the past hundred years, Shijing's Gaojia Opera has become famous at home and abroad. Shijing is an ancient coastal town with outstanding people. The eight wonders of "Four Seas and Four Lands" in the territory and the twelve sceneries of "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter" outside the territory outline the three scenic spots of cultural relics and beautiful sceneries of "Ao Shi Mountain, Shi Jing River and Yang Zi Mountain", especially the Ao Shi Mountain Zheng Chenggong Cultural Park created with the National Hero Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall, one of the first hundred demonstration bases for patriotism education in the country as the center, and with the Yanping Shrine of the County King, the Zhongxian Di and the Kaidai Shengwang Memorial Hall and other scenic spots as auxiliary; and with the "Sea of the Sea and the Land" as the center, the Ao Shi Mountain Zheng Chenggong Cultural Park is created. The Aoshan Zheng Chenggong Cultural Park was created by centering on the Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall, one of the national heroes, and supplemented by the Yanping County King Ancestral Hall, Zhongxian Ancestral Hall and the Memorial Hall of the King of Kai-Tai; the cultural attractions such as the stone carving of the "Sea Viewer", Jinghai Gate, Singijin Castle, Qingshuanyuan, and Dabai Island of Bangbofang, etc., which show the rich history and culture of Shijing. Mainland China's closest place to Taiwan Nan'an Shijing Town `` Quanzhou's closest place to Xiamen Nan'an Shijing Town `` A township that both Xiamen and Quanzhou governments want to hijack `` Shijing Town ... Nan'an's only town by the sea, Shijing... The town has a land area of 83 square kilometers, 50 square kilometers of sea, 24 kilometers of coastline and a population of more than 70,000 people. Jurisdiction of 25 administrative villages and 1 neighborhood committees, living overseas relatives and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots more than 60,000 people. The distance from Kinmen Island is only three nautical miles, and the waterway is 30 nautical miles from Xiamen, 48 nautical miles from Houzhu Harbor, 322 nautical miles from Hong Kong and 170 nautical miles from Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Shui Shi Lian Highway connecting National Highway 324 runs through the whole town, with convenient land and water transportation. Not only is the center of South Fujian East West Coast of the Taiwan Strait and Nan'an only seaport, but also a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in southern Fujian and the main ancestral home of Taiwan compatriots. Since the reform and opening up, the town of Shijing vigorously carry forward the spirit of Zheng Chenggong, give full play to the humanities, location, overseas Chinese and Taiwan advantages, and seriously organize the implementation of the development of township enterprises for the take-off of the leading port economic development strategy, to promote comprehensive economic and social development. The town has more than 600 enterprises, annual output value of 4.04 billion yuan, annual tax 141.928 million yuan, become the sea transportation, fisheries, land stone, petrochemical and other pillar industries of the provincial star town, in Nan'an City, per capita value, per capita tax ranked first in the list of the province's top 50 townships of the province's comprehensive economic strength of the eighth place, is the first Nan'an City, the first tax revenue of more than one hundred million yuan of the townships, is the famous townships of Fujian shipping and stone production bases. Stone production base. [History and culture] Shijing town has a long history and pleasant scenery. Sui Dynasty, there are people in this fishing and farming livelihood; Tang opened the "Maritime Silk Road"; Song set up "Shijingjin" set "Inspection Division"; Ming built "Jinghaizhai The Ming Dynasty built "Jinghai Fortress" and "Yandun Singijin City"; at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, it was one of the bases for Zheng Chenggong's restoration of Taiwan. And Kinmen Island sea passage between the Dabai Island, success building, Yanping County Ancestral Hall, the sea view of the Shi Shi, Singijeon Jing Haimen and "Ping Kou Stele", Zheng Chenggong Museum, Zheng Chenggong monument forest and the southern Fujian famous Buddhist temple of Qing Shuiyan cliffs and other attractions, contains a rich Zheng Chenggong cultural connotations, constituting a tourist attractions of the bright sea and sky landscape, was opened by the Quanzhou Municipal Tourism Bureau for Zheng Chenggong Historical Sites one-day tour, very valuable to the development of the value. In August 2003, "Zheng Chenggong Historical Site" has been rated as one of the eighteen scenic spots in Quanzhou. Shijing Port has a long history of overseas transportation, Tang Dynasty there is Shijing Kui Xia people Lin Lingxian boat through the Bo Ni (Indonesia), Ming Shijing Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong father and son to build a strong fleet of ships to Japan, Batavia, Luzon, Taiwan, Macao and other places. Frequent economic and cultural exchanges at home and abroad, making this historical town more unique flavor: picturesque natural landscape, gully up to the cheerful, hospitable Shijing people, simple and rich folk atmosphere, intoxicating and pleasant. Religious beliefs in Shijing are mostly Buddhism: Dongan Palace, Xi'an Temple, Daci Lin, Qingshui Rock, Cijue Lin, etc. Every "first day", "fifteenth day", the cigarette smoke is flourishing; to "quietness and inaction, cultivate the body and nourish sex "Taoism has a history of more than two thousand years in Shijing. According to legend, at the end of Tang Dynasty, Yang Su had preached in Yanglin Academy of Yangzi Mountain; Shijing's Christianity began in 1915, after the introduction of Christianity, there are Shijing Christian Church and Xidong Church, and there are more than 1,000 members now. Shijing is the birthplace of Minnan Gaojia Opera. It originated from Hongpu Master of Cendou Village in Shijing, so all Gaojia Opera people call Hongpu Master of Cendou Village in Shijing as "Opera Ancestor". Shijing was once famous at home and abroad for its "Five Tiger Classes" (Fusheng Classes, Fuking Classes, Fumei Classes, Fuking Xing, and Jincheng Xing) of Gaojia opera classes. In recent times, famous Gaojia opera performers include Zheng Wenyin, Huang Pipa, Chen Pingshi, Hong Daocheng, Hong Yinshu, Xu Yangchuan, Chen Ziliang, Hong Yinglian, etc. In the long history of Gaojia opera, it has been a long time since it was first performed. In the long history, people are familiar with the famous historical figures in Shijing are: Zheng Chenggong, the national hero who drove away the Dutch barbarians and recovered the land of Taiwan; Huang Huaxiu and his brother, Huang Huarui, who were promoted to be the supervisory officer of Zhejiang Road in Nanjing in the 23rd year of the Wanli reign (1595) and who are known as "Brothers in the same list, Twin Feng Lianke"; Ren Chen Lianjie, who was granted a bachelor's degree and was authorized as the county governor of Wuxi and later promoted to be the governor of Yunnan Province. Later, he was promoted to the governor of Yunnan Province. He was an inspirational scholar and a master of the classics, and was the author of "The Collected Works of Hai Ting", Zheng Pu, a martyr who sacrificed his life for the underground struggle of the Party and the cause of liberation, Chen Huozhuang, a martyr who died for the cause of liberation, and a master who, along with the three great masters of the Party, Hongyi, Taixu, and Guanfeng, successively founded schools, meditation classes, and reprinted "The Mahayana Classics". Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, member of the 4th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, deputy to the 5th to 8th National People's Congress, etc. Chen Xizhong. Shijing is the hometown of Zheng Chenggong, who, according to legend, invented the Mid-Autumn Festival Cake Game in the army modeled on the imperial examination system, which spread rapidly in the southern part of Fujian Province. Shijing folks to commemorate the national hero, the game has become the hottest folk game of the Mid-Autumn Festival. "In earlier years, Shijing Street was full of cake stores." Zheng Wanjiang, president of the Yanping branch of the Zheng Chenggong Research Association, and Zheng Xinxin, a member of the association, said that bobbing for biscuits is the most lively event during the Mid-Autumn Festival for the people of Shijing, and that every family buys biscuits for bobbing during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The cake used for bobbing is not the same as the general mooncake, Zheng Chenggong in accordance with the ancient imperial examination system to the bobbing of the "Scholar, the eye of the list, the scout, the four into the, lifts, Xiucai," a few different levels, bobbing with the cake is also in accordance with this level, from large to small set of 63 specially produced for the use of bobbing the cake. Due to the prevalence of bakery, Shijing street bakery came into being, before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, full of fragrant moon cakes. Shijing Bocai custom from the beginning of the first day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar each year to the end of the sixteenth month of August, which lasted more than half a month. Zheng Wanjiang said that every Mid-Autumn Festival, Shijing streets and alleys, whether it is along the street stores or people's homes, land or boat, will set up Taiwan Pok Pok, "casually walk where you can stop to play". Not only in the land, August 15, every festive season, the sea when the moon rises, still on the sea to catch the sea people can not return home, so on the boat game, to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. This year's 69-year-old Zheng Wanjiang recalled that in 1962, when he was 24 years old, he went fishing, coinciding with the Mid-Autumn Festival around the time of the sea before the crew deliberately ran to the cake store to buy a few sets of cakes, ready to fish in the leisure time for the game of cakes. At night, the moon hangs high, the crew on the deck of the cake, lively, happy over the Mid-Autumn Festival. The winners were certainly happy, and the losers were also excited. At the end of the game, the person who wins more cakes will share the cakes with the group to enjoy. Bocai game, everyone hopes that he or she can play a "scholar", because it is a great honor, Zheng Wanjiang said that in earlier years, people to "scholar" is usually holding the scholar cake home to burn incense, because many people believe that the bo to the "scholar". "Scholar" people this year will be very lucky. According to reports, in the 1980s and 1990s, Shijing's game was not so lively, but in the past two years, Shijing people have returned to the hobby of baking cakes to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Xu Qiaocian, head of the Shijing community, said, "This year's bocai competition will definitely be very lively." In brief: Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall Zhongxiandi (not much fun) Seaside