Why is Fuzhou the capital of Fujian?

Fujian provincial capital. "Because there is a floating mountain in the north of the state", it is named. Because banyan trees have spread all over the city more than 900 years ago, "the city is covered with green trees, and it is not covered in midsummer", so it is also known as "Rongcheng". Fuzhou, located in the lower reaches of Minjiang River in the east of Fujian Province, is the political, economic and cultural center of the province. The total area of the city is 1 1968 square kilometers, of which the urban area is 1043 square kilometers; The total population is more than 4.8 million, including urban population1160,000. Now it has jurisdiction over five districts of Gulou, Taijiang, Cangshan, Mawei and Jin 'an, and six counties of Fuqing, Minhou, Luoyuan, Lianjiang, Changle, Pingtan, Minqing and Yongtai. The residents are mainly Han nationality, and there are more than 20 ethnic minorities such as She nationality, Manchu nationality, Miao nationality and Hui nationality. Fuzhou is surrounded by mountains and seas, with pleasant climate and evergreen trees, belonging to a warm and humid subtropical monsoon climate. The annual average temperature 19.6℃, the coldest January average temperature 10.5℃, the hottest July average temperature 28.6℃, and the annual average precipitation1342.5mm. The best tourist season is April-165438+/kloc-every year. There are famous hot springs in this city.

Fuzhou is a famous city with a history of more than 2200 years. In the 13th year of Tang Kaiyuan, Fuzhou was established as the viceroy of Fuzhou. In the second year of Liang Kaiping in the Five Dynasties, King Min decided to expand the city and put the beautiful Wushan, Yushan and Pingshan into the city. Since then, Fuzhou has become a unique city of "a mountain within a city and a city within a mountain". "Three Mountains" became the alias of Fuzhou. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Boyu, the magistrate of Pingping, personally planted two banyan trees in front of the yamen, calling on the people to plant them widely, so the city was shaded by trees and the summer days were unobstructed, so it was also called Rongcheng. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, when the Emperor Duanzong ascended the throne in Fuzhou, it was renamed Fu 'an House. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhu of the Tang Dynasty also ascended the throne in Fuzhou, renamed Tianxing House, also known as Tianxing House, making Fuzhou a temporary Kyoto twice. Fujian province was under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou government in Ming and Qing Dynasties. From the Republic of China to the founding of the People's Republic of China, Fuzhou was the capital of Fujian Province. During the Fujian Incident, 1933, it was once the "national capital" of People's Republic of China (PRC)'s revolutionary government.

Fuzhou has beautiful scenery and many places of interest. As early as 1600 years ago, Shulang Guo Pu, a merchant of the Western Jin Dynasty, recorded in "Moving to the City" that "the left flag and the right drum are the second best in the country". There are many places of interest here, including Gushan, Qishan, Qingzhi Mountain, Dianzhu Mountain, Baiyan Mountain, Fangguang Rock Mountain, Xuefeng Mountain, Yanrui Mountain and Wuxiang Mountain. Famous temples include Yongquan Temple, Xichan Temple, Linyang Temple, Chongfu Temple, Dizang Temple, fahai temple, wanfu temple and Yunju Temple. The famous tombs are Wang's Tomb, Li Gang's Tomb, Lin Zexu's Tomb, Yan Fu's Tomb and Chen's Tomb. Famous gardens include West Lake, South Park and Yantai Mountain. The famous pagodas are Baita, Wuta, Luoxing Pagoda, Ruiyun Pagoda, Sanfeng Pagoda, Jinshan Pagoda and Thousand Pagodas. The famous bridges are Wanshou Bridge, Jionglong Bridge and Longjiang Bridge. Famous residences include the former residence of Lin Han Shangshu, Zheng Zhenduo, Chen Shaokuan and Lin Juemin. At present, the cultural relics in Fuzhou belong to the national cultural relics protection units, including the tomb of Lin Zexu and the main hall of Hualin Temple. There are 45 provincial-level cultural relics protection units, including the Cliff Stone Carving in Gushan Mountain, the Maitreya Buddha Statue in Yan Rui, the Lin Zexu Ancestral Hall, the Kumu Temple Tree Belly Monument, the Sanfeng Temple Pagoda and the Longjiang Bridge, and 39 municipal-level cultural relics protection units.

Fuzhou, one of the three major hot spring areas in China, is a world-renowned hot spring city. It is not only rare for large and medium-sized cities in the world because of its concentrated hot springs, but also famous for its wide spring area, large water volume, high temperature and good quality. At present, all hotels, restaurants and hotels in Fuzhou have hot spring baths. Chinese and foreign tourists come to Fuzhou to "take a hot spring bath" as soon as possible.

Fuzhou is an important producing area of handicrafts in China. For hundreds of years, Fuzhou's exquisite handicrafts have attracted Chinese and foreign tourists. The main varieties are Shoushan stone carving, bodiless lacquerware, gold and silver jewelry, Four Treasures of the Study, fireworks and firecrackers, bamboo and wood furniture, cork painting, ivory carving, jade carving, woodcut, porcelain, paper umbrella, lantern and horn comb. For example, the "Tianhuang" in Shoushan Stone in Fuzhou is particularly precious. For example, the imperial seal of Emperor Qianlong made by Fuzhou artists is still collected in the Forbidden City, which is of great value. Fuzhou bodiless lacquerware is known as one of the "three treasures" of traditional crafts in China, and it is as famous as Beijing cloisonne and Jiangxi Jingdezhen porcelain. During the 39 years from 1898 to 1937, it won the gold medal 16 times in international expositions in Paris, Berlin, Tokyo and Panama. Fuzhou cork painting is an original handicraft in our province and enjoys a high reputation in the art world at home and abroad.

Fuzhou is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in China. There are about 850 thousand overseas Chinese in Fuzhou. Fuzhou is separated from Taiwan Province Province by a river, Pingtan is only 73 nautical miles from the nearest place in Taiwan Province Province, Lianjiang is only 8000 meters from the nearest place in Mazu, and Fuzhou is 0/49 nautical miles from Keelung/KLOC. At present, there are 6.5438+0.5 million Taiwan Province people in the city, and more than 600,000 residents in Taiwan Province Province speak Fuzhou dialect. Everyone wants to go back to their hometown for sightseeing, visit relatives and friends, and invest in setting up factories, which provides a rich source of tourists for the development of Fuzhou tourism.