Amoy Magic Guide to Xiamen and Fujian Main Page MenuClick to Access
OUTSIDE
China
Amoy Magic Guide to Xiamen and Fujian Main Page MenuClick to Access
INSIDE
China

TRAVEL LINKS

AmoyMagic-- Travel , Resident and Business Guide to Xiamen and Fujian
Xiamen Gulangyu Kulangyu Kolongsoo Kolongsu KulongsuGulangyu
Jimei Tan Kah Kee Jimei University Turtle Garden Jimei AmoyMagic-- Travel , Resident and Business Guide to Xiamen and FujianTong'an
Jinmen Quemoy Matsu Taiwan
Jinmen
Zhangzhou  changchow Zhangzhou
Discover Quanzhou, ancient start of maritime silk route ( or Zaytun Zaitun Zaiton ) from which Marco Polo sailed,  Sinbad the Arab visited.  ChinchewQuanzhou Wuyi Mountain Guide Zhuxi  tea Wuyi
Favorite Fujian tourist sites , in order: Xiamen Quanzhou Longyan Hakka earthen houses Wuyi mountain Ningde
#1Fujian Sites!
Photographs of Fuhken places like Zhangzhou, Longyan, Ningde, Sanming, Wuyi Mountain
Fujian Foto Album
Guidebooks about Fujian and Xiamen Fujian Adventure Discover Quanzhou Discover Gulangyu Magic Fujian etc.Books on Fujian
Letters from AmoyMagic ReadersReaders'Letters

Ningde Taimu Mountain ZhouningNingde Zhouning Carp VillageZhouning
Longyan Yongding Hakka round houses earthen architectureLongyan Sanming Scenic Wonderland Mingxi Gem bed rubies Sanming

Putian Fujian Xianyou Mazu TemplePutian Fujian covered wooden bridgesBridges
Xiamen travel agents and ticketing for trains, planes and automobiles
Travel Info,
Hakka Earthen architecture Hakka Roundhouses

Xiamen Travel Agents and Tour Guides English SpeakingTravel Agents

MISC. LINKS
Historical and Modern Amoy People -- Colorful Characters!Amoy People! amoy mission missionaries
Darwinian Driving Survival of the Fastest DarwinDarwin Driving
Darwin Chinese Driving Survival of fastest
South China Tigers -- our Amoy Kitty CatsAmoy Tigers
Chinese inventions compass gunpowder printing paper zoos newspaper etc.Chinese Inventions
1994 80 day 40,000 km drive to Tibet & backTibet in 80 Daysforty thousand kilometer drive around China
Dethroned Perils of Chinese Potty ToiletDethroned!
Chinese bathrooms
Writings by Bill Brown about life in China,  Fukien Xiamen etc. Includes 80 Day Drive to Tibet  Darwinian Driving Misc.Writings
Latest news tips ideas updatesLatest News
OpiumWars short history and background of the Opium Wars between China Britain Europe missionaries battle against opium addiction etc.Lord of Opium
Kite Flying in Xiamen ChinaBack to Main Page

Chinese Kung Fu and Martial Arts Korean Tae Kwon Do  Japanese JujitsuMartial arts Chinese Kung FuKung Fu

AmoyMagic--Guide to Xiamen & Fujian
Copyright 2001-7 by Sue Brown & Dr. Bill Help Build an online  community for foreigners.  Join the Xiamen Guide forumOrder Books Common Talk Xiamen Dailys Weekly English SupplementXiamenguide Forum Guide to Xiamen and Fujian business tourism history culture cuisine entertainment investment Guide to Xiamen hsiamen amoy fuhken fukien
Main Page   Business Links     Recreation Links     Google Search      E-mail
Putian Links The Burgess Family Putain Sam Cathy Sarah Sammy RachelThe Putian Burgess Family!Mazu Matsu Sea Goddess Meizhou IslandMazu (Sea Goddess) and Meizhou Island Mazu Matsu Sea Goddess Meizhou IslandGuanghua Temple and Sakya Pagoda Mazu Matsu Sea Goddess Meizhou IslandXianyou (Woodcarvers, falls, Dream Temples) Mazu Matsu Sea Goddess Meizhou IslandMulan Dam Mazu Matsu Sea Goddess Meizhou IslandSouthern Shaolin Temple (home of Kung Fu?) Mazu Matsu Sea Goddess Meizhou IslandPlum Queen Mazu Matsu Sea Goddess Meizhou IslandVeggie Queen) Mazu Matsu Sea Goddess Meizhou IslandPutian Sarah!  Rev. John Sugn -- twentieth century's greatest evangelist ?Rev. John Sung   

Please Click This Page's Thumbnails for Larger ImagesPutian is a city of rivers -- a Venice of China

Putian ÆÎÌï, Minnan's northernmost city, was settled in 568 A.D., and lies only 72 miles from Taizhong, Taiwan.  Putian is not only rich in history and traditions, but also a very modern city. Putian¡¯s long coastline has the potential for 150 10,000¡ªton deep water berths, roughly half of the deep water berths planned for the entire country! It also has a rich natural and cultural heritage, including the beauty of nine carp falls, and the traditions of Southern Shaolin Kung Fu.

Putian is known as ¡°Lichee City¡± because of the delectable fruit that has given Chinese Emperors more headaches than the apple gave Adam (who was certainly not Chinese; had Adam been Chinese, he'd have sold the apple and eaten the snake).

Just Desserts  During the Chang Dynasty in Chang ¡®An (the capital near modern Xi¡¯an), an Emperor¡¯s concubine demanded fresh Lichees. The desperate monarch, after days of ¡°Not tonight dear, I have a headache,¡± established a relay of the fastest horses and riders between Guangdong, far to the South, and Chang¡¯An. And thus the cantankerous concubine got her Putian--a land of rivers and lychee treesjust desserts, daily.    But the Emperor probably thanked his lucky stars that she wasn¡¯t from Hui¡¯an. ¡°Not this year, dear¡­¡±

Lychee Lovers The famous modern poet, Guo Muoruo, wrote, ¡°No place in Putian is without lychee trees.¡± Grown mainly along the lower reaches of the Mulan River, Putian has over 20 varieties. Putian folk love lychees so much that they even stir-fry the fruit! Of course, the ultimate lychee lover was the imperial concubine whose demands led the emperor to set up a pony express from South China to the capital so she could get her favorite fruit fresh, daily! Which just proves that even Emperors were henpecked!
Back to top

Putian's Lord of Lychee Trees
.  Over the past 1,000 years, this ancient tree, which was called ¡°Song Jiaxiang (ËμÒÏç), meaning ¡°Song Dynasty Hometown,¡± has witnessed Putian¡¯s development into one of China¡¯s major fruit producers.
Putian's Lord of Lychee trees Lord of Lychee Trees in Putian Lord of Lychee Trees in Putian

But sadly, it is now neglected, surrounded by weeds and shadowed by a new high¡ªrise. A worker said he had not seen anyone tend the tree in over a month. I hope the City of Fruit will give this historical treasure the care and respect it deserves¡ªand erect a display so visitors can understand the role that this ancient tree has played.

Here's some more famous Putian ladies... (and Click Here for four famous historical Putian women, including the one who built Mulan Dam)
Putian's Plum queen in her temple

Plum Queen Jiang Caiping, the Plum Queen, was a Tang Dynasty beauty who rose from humble duck herder to imperial concubine. But life can be the pits even for a peach. Yang Yuhuang, one of China¡¯s legendary ancient beauties, was so jealous that she had Lady Jiang exiled to Shanyang palace, where she threw herself into a well, and died.

The Pukou Palace was erected in her honor in her native town of Jiangdong, and even today, millions enjoy Puxian Opera, which the legendary beauty is said to have created. Alas, the Plum Queen is gone¡ªbut today Putian has a veggie queen!
Pukou palace temple for the Plum Queen Pukou palace temple for the Plum Queen Pukou palace temple for the Plum Queen Pukou palace temple for the Plum Queen

Back to top

Veggie Queen On February 26, 2001, People¡¯s Daily told the story of Lin Shuiying, a 49-year-old woman whose family has farmed in Putian for many generations. Before the 1980s, she made ends meet by growing rice on 2 hectares of rented land, but when the rice market was saturated, ends no longer met. Fortunately, China¡¯s reform and opening up gave farmers freedom to choose their own crops and markets, and Ms. Lin chose to export vegetables! Ms. Lin rented 200 hectares near Aoshan village to grow tomatoes, peppers and eggplants, many of which are exported abroad, thanks to USD 60,000 invested in hydroponics. In 2000, she sold over 10,000 tons of produce to Russia alone. But Putian is most famous, both at home and abroad, for its fruit, and the city even has a fruit research institute!

Each year, Putian exports millions of dollars of fruits to countries all over the world. The fruit is shipped fresh, frozen, dried, canned, or bottled as juices, and the variety of fruits available staggers the imagination, but Putian¡¯s nickname of ¡°Lychee City¡± suggests that the king of Putian fruit is the lychee, which is so popular that the trees have even been introduced to the United States and to S.E. Asian countries.
Back to top

Guanghua Temple... Click Here for more info and photos.

Sakya Buddhist Pagoda (1165 A.D.) Click Here for more info and photos.

The Venice of China is Putian¡¯s quaint little Hanjiang Township, where townfolk navigate their ¡®streets¡¯ in small rowboats that just barely fit beneath the ancient granite arched bridges that cross the canals.    With a little imagination, locals could really lure in the honeymooners and tourists with Chinese gondolas!

Xianyou ÏÉÓÎ
and Nine-Carp Falls
, with its picturesque caves, lake, springs, forests¡ªand of course the nine waterfalls, as well as the "Dream Praying Temple." Also visit Xianyou Arts and Crafts Town.  Click Here for more information and photos on Xianyou attractions.

TRAVEL LINKS Hakka Earthen architecture Favorite Fujian Sites Photographs of Fuhken places like Zhangzhou, Longyan, Ningde, Sanming, Wuyi MountainFujian Foto Album AmoyMagic-- Travel , Resident and Business Guide to Xiamen and FujianXiamen Gulangyu Kulangyu Kolongsoo Kolongsu KulongsuGulangyu Guide to Fukien Fuhken Fujian Guides Mystic Quanzhou -- the fabled port of Zayton ( or Zaytun Zaitun Zaiton ) from which Marco Polo sailed,  Sinbad the Arab visited.  ChinchewQuanzhou Zhangzhou  changchow Zhangzhou Longyan Yongding Liancheng Changting Amoy Tigers LianchengLongyan Wuyi Mountain Guide Zhuxi  tea Wuyi Mtn Ningde Taimu Mountain ZhouningNingde Putian Fujian Xianyou Mazu TemplePutian Sanming Scenic Wonderland Mingxi Gem bed rubies Sanming Zhouning Carp VillageZhouning Hakka Earthen architecture Taimu Mtn. Hakka Earthen architecture Roundhouses Fujian covered wooden bridgesBridges Hakka Earthen architecture Jiangxi Hakka Earthen architecture Guilin Help Build an online  community for foreigners.  Join the Xiamen Guide forumOrder Books Letters from AmoyMagic ReadersReaders'Letters

Gulangyu Kulangyu Kolongsoo Kolongsu Kulongsu
Gulangyu

Guide to Xiamen University Historic and modern, including departments -- Arts Science computers mathematics accounting management law department etc.Xiamen Univ

Mystic Quanzhou -- the fabled port of Zayton ( or Zaytun Zaitun Zaiton ) from which Marco Polo sailed,  Sinbad the Arab visited.  Chinchew
Quanzhou

AmoyMagic-- Travel , Resident and Business Guide to Xiamen and Fujian
XiamenGuide


Fujian Adv

Guide to Fukien Fuhken  Bilingual Chinese English Parallel with MP3 CDFujianGuide

Click to e-mail Dr. Bill Brown or Susan BrownClick to E-mail Email address for Bill and Sue Brown     Letters from AmoyMagic ReadersReaders'Letters

Last Updated: May 2007Return to main page and main menu of Amoymagic Return to Main Page       Return to top of pageBack to Top


DAILY LINKS
Frequently Asked Questions about Xiamen andFujianFAQs Questions?
Info on apartments or houses in Xiamen, real estate agentsReal Estate
Xiamen Shopping guide malls supermarketsShopping Download  Xiamen MapsMaps
Xiamen BookstoresBookstores
Train rail schedule for Xiamen, fukien Trains Amoy Bus ScheduleBusses
Car rental rent a car or van with driver in xiamen and fujianCar Rental

Xiamen hotels guesthouses hostels Hotels English News Services sources in Xiamen Fujian ChinaNews (CT)
Doctors Dentists Hospitals Clinics in Xiamen Jimei and Tong'an Medical & Dental
Xiamen YMCA and YWCAYMCA Volunteer! Xiamen International Christian Fellowship Expat Nondenominational interdenominational
Xiamen International Christian FellowshipXICF Fellowship 
Xiamen Churches Protestant Catholic Seventh Day Adventist Amoy Mission Missionaries AbeelChurches Islamic Muslim Mosques Ashab Quanzhou Damascus Fuzhou Xiamen
Xiamen and Fujian Buddhist Taoist Confucian Temples Mazu Manichean Hindu IslamicTemplesXiamen and Fujian Temples and Mosques  Buddhism Confucian Taoism Taoist Buddhism Mazu Matsu Meizhou IslandXiamen and Fujian  Mosques Islamic Muslim Ashab Mosque Quanzhou Fuzhou  Mohammed Disciples DamascusMosque

Xiamen Expat Association Welcome SupportExpat Groups
Hire a Maid Household help servant baomu amah etc.Maids Xiamen Emergency and Frequently used telephone numbersPhone #s

EDUCATION
Xiamen University GuideXiamen University
Xiamen International School  International Baccalaureate ProgramXIS(Int'l School)
Study Mandarin Chinese or Minnan Dialect at Xiamen University  or with private tutorStudy Mandarin
 
China Studies Program Xiamen University  Council for Christian Colleges and Universities Washington D.C. Jay LundeliusCSP(China Studies)
Piano Island Music Events Xiamen Philharmonic OrchestraLibrary Xiamen Museum Library Science Center  World's largest organ museum Asia's largest piano museum China's first anthropology museum Sino Eurolpean art museum etc.Museums
History of Amoy Changchow Chinchew Zaiton Fukien etc.History
DINING
Xiamen restaurants dining western and Chinese cuisineRestaurants Xiamen Asian restaurants -- Singapore Thailand Thai Malaysian  Japanese Korean PhilippineAsian
Xiamen Vegetarian cuisine Nanputuo Temple Seventh Day Adventist Health foodVeggie Xiamen Restaurants Fast Food McDonalds KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken Pizza Hut Burger King (just kidding!) Cafes Coffee shopsJunk Food
Xiamen restaurants dining western and Chinese cuisineChinese Xiamen Italian Restaurants -- over 40!  Pizza pasta cheeseItalian
Western (Internationall) Cuisine in XiamenInternationalAlien visa info -- Americans, Europeans E.T. Outer space visitors
Chinese visa and passport informationVisas 4 aliens
RECREATION
Hakka Earthen architecture Massage!
Hakka Earthen architecture Beaches Kite Flying in Xiamen ChinaFly Kites
Sports -- Golf, Badminton Tennis Bowling Paint BallSports Xiamen Boardwalk One of the most beautiful boardwalks in China or anywhere else.  Along the Island Ring road over 6km long so far.Boardwalk
Xiamen Parks, recreation, hiking boardwalk etcParks Xiamen Museum Library Science Center etcPets
Bird watching in Xiamen Amoy  SwinhoeBirdwatching
Martial arts Chinese Kung FuKung Fu Hiking around Xiamen BushwalksHiking
Piano Island Music Events Xiamen Philharmonic OrchestraMusic Events
Chinese festivals and culture minnanFestival&Culture
Chinese Jokes Humor Funny China photosHumor&Chinese Jokes Humor Funny China photosFun Fotosfunny photos of China
BUSINESS
Doing Business Invest in Xiamen Fujian ChinaDoing Business
Work or teach in Xiamen, Quanzhou or other Fujian schools and universities  English French RussianJobs!(teach/work)
Hire permanent or temporary workers labor craftsmen maids tutorsHire Workers
Foreign Companies in Xiamen Joint Ventures Foreign Companies
China International Fair for Investment and Trade and Cross Straits Exchanges
CIFIT (Trade Fair)
Common Talk Xiamen Dailys Weekly English SupplementMTS(Translation)

Back to Top

Google
 
 
©