Huqiu has always been famous for its "four fragrances" - the fragrance of tea, flowers, smoke and Buddha. Here, the fragrance of tea, osmanthus aroma, sunshine smoke fragrance, Buddhist fragrance. Here the ecological good, beautiful scenery, simple folk customs, humanistic heritage, y for the travelers and writers said.
The tiger is located in the wind and water, QiuBan geography and people. Tiger Qiu town is located in the south of Anxi, is the famous landscape tea township, Anxi tea culture and monuments pilgrimage, leisure travel good place. The town covers an area of 161.77 square kilometers, with a population of 51,000 people, located in the heart of the "Golden Triangle of Southern Fujian", about 100 kilometers away from Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quan, the provincial highway 207 runs through the whole territory, the infrastructure has been perfected, and the traffic is convenient. Specialty industries are prominent, economic prosperity, is the hometown of Chinese oolong tea - Anxi County, the main tea production base. Huqiu belongs to the hilly area, subtropical monsoon climate, abundant rainfall, fog and mist, warm and comfortable, fertile soil, natural conditions are very favorable, is the Anxi Tieguanyin, Benshan, golden osmanthus, hairy crab, "four famous tea" main production area, the national tea golden osmanthus and Buddha's hand origin, but also the national tea seed breeding base. It is also a national tea seed breeding base. Within its jurisdiction, there is Fangting Village, which is the "first village of osmanthus in East China", and Miaohou, a famous tea production base in Anxi. Huqiu has a long cultural heritage, as early as in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Huqiu called Xinkangli, the territory of the peaks and mountains, mountains and rivers bright and beautiful, scenic spots, rich tourism resources, numerous attractions and monuments, there are built in the Southern Song Dynasty, Hongen Rock, Riding Tiger Rock sightseeing pilgrimage scenic spot, the tomb of the famous Qing Dynasty literati Lin Sihuan; and more than a hundred years ago, from the Quanzhou into the Golden Pavilion of the cloth bags of the opera, the Qing Dynasty into the village of the Immortal King of the Tazu Boxing, and the bottle bonsai culture and other folk arts. culture and other folk arts. These important intangible cultural heritages have interpreted the flourishing civilization of Huqiu for thousands of years and the deep cultural heritage of Huqiu, interpreting the profound connotation of Huqiu's "landscape tea township", and all of them tell the past elegance of Huqiu. Huqiu is also a famous overseas Chinese and Taiwanese ancestry in Anxi. According to incomplete statistics, mainly in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and other countries in Southeast Asia, overseas Chinese reached more than 50,000 people, Taiwan compatriots nearly two hundred thousand people, travelers outside the townships of the heart of the two places, is to support the construction of the tea township can not be ignored as an important force. The name "Huqiu" evolved from "Huqiu".
Folklore, the ancient Huqiu area is a large lake. During a flash flood, the situation was so critical that the floodwaters were about to spread over Xingren Bay. At this time, the Jade Emperor sent the Bull God to open a gap in Xingren Bay, thus making the flood waters recede quickly. However, the Ox God fell into the mud to save people and turned into a stone ox. Later, in honor of the bull god, people in Xingren Bay, Xingren Temple, and the Xingren Bay area called "Lake". I do not know when, "Huqiu" evolved into "Huqiu", which is still in use today.