Which province is across the sea from Taiwan?

Across the sea from Taiwan is Fujian Province. Taiwan borders the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and the east coast of Taiwan Island directly faces the Pacific Ocean, and faces Fujian Province across the Taiwan Strait to the west.

Fujian Province, referred to as "Min", is a provincial-level administrative region in the Republic of China. Fuzhou, the provincial capital, is located on the southeast coast of China. It borders Zhejiang Province in the northeast, Jiangxi Province in the northwest, Guangdong Province in the southwest, and faces Taiwan Province across the Taiwan Strait in the southeast. The total land area is 124,000 square kilometers.

Fujian Province is located at the transportation hub of the East China Sea and the South China Sea. It is the starting point of the historical Maritime Silk Road and Zheng He's voyages to the West, and is also a maritime trade distribution center. The terrain of Fujian Province is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. It is "close to mountains and sea". The mountainous and hilly area within the province accounts for about 90% of the total area of ??the province. It spans the four major river systems of the Minjiang River, Jinjiang River, Jiulong River and Tingjiang River. It has a subtropical maritime monsoon climate.

The "Five Fate" relationship between Fujian and Taiwan:

1. Geographical proximity:

Fujian is the province closest to Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Malaysia in mainland China. There has been a popular proverb among the people that "the cockcrow of Fuzhou can be heard in Keelung". According to research, Taiwan and Fujian were connected as one 30,000 years ago, and a "land bridge" existed in Dongshan, Fujian, leading to Taiwan 10,000 years ago. Now, Pingtan, Fuzhou is only 68 nautical miles away from Hsinchu, Taiwan, Lianjiang Huangqi is half an hour by boat from Matsu, Xiamen Jiaoyu is more than 1,000 meters from Xiaojinmen, Wutong Pier is only 25 minutes by boat from Kinmen Pier, and Jinjing, Jinjiang City, Quanzhou is It is only 4.3 nautical miles away from Kinmen Island.

2. Blood relatives:

More than 80% of Taiwanese people are originally from Fujian, of which 44.8% are from Quanzhou and 35% are from Zhangzhou. The birthplace, ancestral home, and There are many Taiwan-related cultural relics such as ancestral halls, ancestral halls, and ancestral tombs. The vast majority of Taiwan's top 30 most populous surnames originate directly from Fujian. Taiwan's Fujian Associations and Clan Associations are spread across 25 counties and cities in Taiwan. Many Taiwanese politicians and heavyweights in the business community have their ancestral homes in Fujian.

3. Deep cultural connections:

Fujian culture and Taiwanese culture are both rooted in the Central Plains culture, but Taiwanese culture is directly derived from Fujian culture, and Taiwan’s folk customs, beliefs, operas, and arts etc. are all inherited from Fujian. The four major folk beliefs believed in in Taiwan—Mazu, Baosheng Emperor, Guandi Emperor, and Linshui Empress—were all introduced to Taiwan with immigrants from Fujian during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The common dialects in Taiwan are Minnan and Hakka in Fujian. The names of streets and villages in many places are the same as those in southern Fujian. Taiwan's traditional local operas such as Gezi Opera, Gaojia Opera, Liyuan Opera, Puppet Show, and Nanyin, as well as residential architectural styles, were inherited from Fujian.

4. Wide business connections:

Fujian and Taiwan have very close business ties. As early as the Song Dynasty, Quanzhou Port and Taiwan Beigang were the main ports for trade and freight between the two places. By the Qing Dynasty, the trade between Fuzhou Port and Keelung, Taiwan was also very close. Fishermen and boat people from Fujian and Taiwan fish on the same sea, and often "people cannot communicate with boats, and merchants cannot communicate with goods" or "fishing nets are spread on the bow of the boat, and household items are pulled on the stern."

Even during the period of military confrontation between the two sides, this kind of maritime exchanges never stopped. Many crops in Taiwan, such as sugar cane and tea, were brought over from Fujian by our ancestors. Since the first Taiwan-funded enterprise settled in Fujian in 1981, the economic and trade ties between Fujian and Taiwan have become closer, and the areas of exchange and cooperation have become broader.

5. Long-standing legal relationship:

The political and legal relationship between Fujian and Taiwan is profound. From the establishment of administrative agencies in 1863 during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Taiwan was established as a separate province in 1885, the 11th year of the Guangxu period in the Qing Dynasty. For more than 200 years, it has been under the jurisdiction of Fujian and is a prefecture of Fujian. Therefore, Fujian is also known as "Nine Min" in history. Even when Taiwan was established as a province, it was still called "Fujian Province, Taiwan Province" and maintained financial, educational, administrative and other ties with Fujian.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Fujian