Chongwu

Chongwu Town (Chinese: 崇武镇) is a township-level division of Hui'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture-level city, Fujian Province, China.[1]

Chongwu

崇武镇
Town
Chongwu walled city
Chongwu
Location in Fujian
Coordinates: 24°53′00″N 118°56′00″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceFujian
Prefecture-level cityQuanzhou
CountyHui'an
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Chongwu Town is in the southeastern part of Hui'an County, on a peninsula jutting into Taiwan Strait. The town's historical center, the Old Chongwu Fortress (Chinese: 崇武古城, Chongwu Gu Cheng) is a walled city dating to the late 14th century (Hongwu Emperor's reign; the conventional date is 1384).[2] The traditional Hui'an County vernacular architecture, making heavy use of the local granite, is largely preserved within the walled city. A large sculpture park is located on the narrow strip south of the fortress, between the city wall and the beach.

A memorial hall and a small temple (解放军庙) on the beach just west of town commemorate an engagement between the PLA infantry and the Nationalist air force that took place here in 1949.[3]

A significant amount of hospitality establishment, from luxury to budget hotels, are located outside the walled city.

Chongwu's eastern peninsula, extending east of central Chongwu into Taiwan Strait, contains a number of fishing and farming villages. Toward the east, the peninsula is split in two by the scenic Ben Ji An Bay (畚箕垵澳). A Neolithic archeological site, Dazuoshan (大岞山新石器时代遗址), is found on the "north fork" of the peninsula.

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See also

References
  1. "福建省" (in Chinese). xzqh.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Walled City of Chongwu (崇武古城) Archived 2011-09-05 at the Wayback Machine. Adapted from Magic Fujian© 2007 by Dr. Bill Brown
  3. Lary, Diana (2015), China's Civil War: A Social History, 1945–1949, Cambridge University Press, p. 264, ISBN 1316240304


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