TheErithrinaCity:QuanzhouShunwenWang1004200982021/5/91IntroductionofQuanzhou

Quanzhouisanancientcity,locatedonthelowerreachesoftheJinRiverinthesoutheastofFujianbythesea.It’scityfloweriserythrina(刺桐花).Itisatime-honouredcityofcivilizationandafamoushometownfornumerousoverseasChineseandTaiwancompatriots.AnditwasthelargestportatYuanDynastyinEastern.ThepeopleofQuanzhouhavevariouskindsofreligiousbelief.Thefloweroferythrina2021/5/92ReligiousbeliefinQuanzhouQuanzhouiscalledthethereligiousmuseumandhascreatedawonderinthereligious.ItwasConcentratedmorethanninereligiousinthecenterofthiscityinthepast.Kindsofreligiousculturewashandeddown.Today,atleastsixreligionsarestillexistedatthecenterofQuanzhou.TheBuddhismTheDaoismTheChristianityTheIslam2021/5/93

WesternershardlyimaginethataIslamicmosquescouldbebuiltbyaChristianchurchewithoutreligiousconflict,butthepeoplecandoithere.Peoplewithdifferentreligiousbeliefhavelivedtogetherinharmoniousforhundredsyears.TheTumenStreet2021/5/94WhypeoplewithdifferentreligioushavenothappenedreligiousconflictinQuanzhou??Everyonedeeplylovesforastableandpeacefulhomelandandhatesthewars.Theresidentsareveryfriendly.Theywarmlywelcomethevisitorswhocomefromfarlands.Mostofthepeopleinthiscityhavethesameconceptthatreligioubeliefisfeedomforeveryone.Differentreligioushavethesamefaiththattheythinkagoodheartconquersillfortune.2021/5/95ThetouristattractionsofQuanzhouTherearemanybeautifulscenerysinQuanzhou.Especiallythe18mostbeautifulscenerys,theyareallsignificant.ThestatueofZhengChenggong2021/5/96KaiyuanTempleisathousand-year-oldtemplerenownedathomeaswellasabroad.Itwasbuiltin686intheTangDynasty.ItsharesthesamereputationwiththeGuangjiTempleinBeijingandLingyinTempleinHangzhou,beingarareoneinChinaandthelargestexistinginSouth.

TheKaiyuanTemple

TheKaiyuanTemple

2021/5/97TheEastandWestPagodaisoneoflandmarkofTheKaiyuanTemple.Theyarethetalleststoneancientpagodaexistedinournation.TheEastPagodanamed‘Zhengguo’wasbuiltin865andtheWestPagodanamed‘Yuanshou’wasbuiltin915.TheEastandWestPagoda2021/5/98TheancientmulberryinKaiyuanTemple2021/5/99TheMountQingyuanQinyuanMountainisthemothermountainofQuanzhouSinceithas36beautifulcaves,itiscalled“TheSupremeMountainFairyland(仙境)bytheFujiansea"sinceancienttimes.Atthetop,thereisacavenamedTheQingyuanCave,whereclearwaterlowsoutalltheyearround.ItisfromtheclearwaterthatthemountainderiveditsnameQingyuan,meaning‘ClearWater’inChinese.ThelakeontheMountQingyuan2021/5/910

The5.5-m-high-and-7.3-m-widefigureofoldTaoistsaintcarvedintheSongDynastysitsatthefootofQingyuanMountain.Hislefthandrestsonthelapandrighthandonasmalltable,hisearsreachhisshoulder,hiswhitebeardisfloatingintheairandhisfaceisbeamingwithhappinessandkindness.Thefigurehasbecomeasymbolofhealthandlongevity,asthesayinggoesinQuanzhou,"TouchthenoseoftheStoneOldSaintandyouwillliveupto120yearsold,"whichchallengesmanytouriststohaveatry.ThestatusofLaoziontheMountQingyuanTheoldTaoistsaintcarve2021/5/911TheHongYi’sStupaHongYiwasalatter-dayandfamousartistandmonk(僧人).HehadgreatachievementinartandadvocatedBuddhismandencouragedpatriotismspirit.Heisthecomposerof‘SongBei’.HepassedawayinQuanzhouin1942andhe’sstupa(舍利塔)wasbuiltontheMountQingyuan.2021/5/912TheChinaMuseumforFujian-TaiwanKinshipTheChinaMuseumforFujian-TaiwanKinshipwasbuiltin2006.ThismuseumshowthemainlandandTaiwenaregeographicalneighborsandthepeoplehavesameblood、modeofthought、cultureandtradewitheachother.Onthetopofthemuseumisagoldenlotusflowerwhichsymbolizespeace.Thecircularplatteronthemuseumsymbolizesthesky.Theexploredpictureisshowedinthehall2021/5/913ThespriteofthepeopleatQuanzhouMostofusareveryfamiliarwiththeinspirationofaSongNamedGodhelpsthosewhohelp

themselves(愛拼才會贏).ThissongshowsthepeopleinsoouthincludeQuanzhouoptimistic,joyful,positivelyupwardandnevergiveup.Inmodernhistory,manypeopleinQuanzhoucrossingamillionoceansStartedbare-handedandmadealotofeffortsforournation’sindependence.Today,thedevelopmengofQuanzhouismoreandmorequicklywitheconomicgrowthofmorethan15%peryear,especiallytheprivatesectorswhichbecomeoneofthebusinessmodelofournation.2021/5/914TheHuianwomenHui'anwomenareaspecialethnicgroupresidinginHui'anCountyofQuanzhou.TheyareethnologicallyconsideredasHanChinese,buttheirorigintracesbacktotheancientMinyuepeopleofmorethantwothousandyearsago.TheisolationontheeasternpeninsulaofHui'anpreventedHui'anmaidensfromassimilatingintotheHanculture,somanyoftheirdistinctivecustomsandtraditionsstillsurvivetoday.Hui'anmaidensarewell-knownfortheirhardworkandkindness.Theyindefatigably"domostoftheformwork,roadrepair,andfamilychoreswhiletheirhusbandsareatsea2021/5/915ThedressofHuianwomen2021/5/91