In early December, I ran along the southeast coastline for 5 cities: Taizhou-Wenzhou-Fuzhou-Quanzhou-Xiamen. These five cities have many similarities. No matter which one is praised first, other cities will have various sourness. Besides, after writing about so many cities, if yo

In early December, I ran along the southeast coastline for 5 cities: Taizhou-Wenzhou-Fuzhou- Quanzhou -Xiamen.

These five cities have many similarities. No matter which one is praised first, other cities will have various sourness. Besides, after writing about so many cities, if you say a few more words about any city’s shortcomings, some friends who love their hometown will not be able to stand it, and they will be in various ways... So this time I avoid the real and fight against the virtual world, let’s start with the China coastline first. After the era of sailing began in 1500, the human civilization center gradually moved from the fertile plain along the inland river to coastal areas that could be more convenient for global connection.

In this process, the port city is the easiest to prosper.

What are the conditions for natural good harbor?

waters are deep and the Hong Kong is vast.

water depth means that large ships can be parked directly, with more abundant transportation capacity. Especially in modern times, a giant ship with a draft of 20 meters is often used. If the water depth is insufficient, the large ship cannot dock on the shore, and the cost of port transportation will be greatly increased.

The port is wide, which means that many large ships can be parked at the same time. Moreover, the port is calm and quiet, making it easier for ships to load and unload cargo, and it is safer when encountering extreme weather such as typhoons (safe haven).

China's coastline is very long, reaching the Yalu River Estuary (Dandong) in the north and the Beilun River Estuary (Dongxing) in the south. It has a length of more than 18,000 kilometers and is located in the southeast direction of China's territory. Therefore, the north-south dividing point of the coastline is no longer the Huaihe River of the north-south dividing line on the land, but moves south to Hangzhou Bay.

China Coastline

The coastline south of Hangzhou Bay faces the Pacific Ocean, winding and twisting, with many islands, almost all bedrock coasts, making it easier to form a natural harbor with deep water, broad water, and wide water.

The coastline north of Hangzhou Bay faces the shallower inland sea (Bohai Sea) and marginal sea (Yellow Sea). In addition, it has long been impacted by large rivers with very high silt content (Liaohe River, Haihe , Yellow River , Huaihe River, and Yangtze River), resulting in most of them being silt coastal coasts, shallow draft, few islands, and relatively smooth coastline, only part of the Shandong Peninsula and Liaodong Peninsula. In addition, there are relatively good port conditions near Qinhuangdao .

So, just like after the Southern Song Dynasty, the northern economy lags behind the south for a long time, the number of natural good ports in the north is far less than that in the south.

But the port is a trade transit station after all. In addition to deep water and wide waters, the more important thing is that it is a hinterland with a large population, a developed economy, strong domestic demand and convenient transportation, which supports huge trade volume. Only in this way, as the leader, can the port truly rise into a world-class metropolis.

The two conditions of deep water, vast Hong Kong and vast hinterland have formed a contradiction in China.

is in the north, North China Plain and Northeast Plain have a vast population hinterland, but there are few natural good ports, and those who can take advantage of it are Luda, Qingyanwei and Qinhuangdao. However, no big river can be directly connected to the hinterland of the population. Due to the continuous diversion in history, the Yellow River and Huai River have severe silt and silt, and the estuaries do not have superior port conditions. Not to mention the squid and thin sea rivers~

is in the south, the hinterland is mountainous and hilly areas, Zhejiang and Guangdong account for more than 70%, and Fujian's mountainous areas are even more than 80%, so there is a saying that "eight mountains, one water and one branch of fields". Behind

, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi and other inland provinces (Qinlian area has been historically returned to Guangdong for a long time, and Guangxi has always been an inland province) are also more than 70% of them are mountains, and when they go to Guizhou, they are even more "no three feet flat", and more than 95% are mountains and mountains...

There are more mountains and less flat land, which means that there are insufficient arable land area, low population carrying capacity, and extremely inconvenient transportation. This leads to the fact that there are many deep-water ports in the south, but they are all small and rich, embarrassing to the big talent, and unable to nurture world-class central cities.

Pearl River is the only cross-provincial river in the south with complex water systems and abundant flows. The Pearl River Delta has also impacted more than 10,000 square kilometers of plains. Although it is incomparable to the three major plains, it is also the only one in the south, gradually forming the leading position of today's Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong urban agglomeration.

Although the estuary of the Yangtze River between the north and south is also silted and the port conditions are poor, the hinterland of the Yangtze River Delta is vast. It has a developed economy since ancient times, and it also has a Yangtze River waterway with a navigation capacity far better than that of the Yellow River. It can connect the Poyang Lake Plain, the Jianghan Plain, the Dongting Lake Plain and the Chengdu Plain to form a unified economic belt.

In the picture above, the blue Yangtze River Basin is the largest water system in China

Therefore, since modern times, Shanghai's rise to become China's most important port and industrial and commercial center is a historical necessity.

After all, if you lack the natural conditions of a good harbor, you can still make artificial harbors by spending money, but if you lack a hinterland, you will have no way to do it.

The problem of the Huangpu River in Shanghai is shallow in the draught and serious silt silt existed when Shanghai opened its port.

After the reform and opening up, the navigation capacity of the Huangpu River was completely insufficient to bear the huge trade demand. The dock of Shanghai Port was moved to Waigao Bridge next to Wusongkou, where the silt and sand were also dug out manually.

After joining the WTO, Waitaoqiao was not enough. I can only ask Zhejiang that borrowed Yangshan Island and built an artificial deep-water port in the middle of the sea. Although it was expensive, it was just a sprinkling of water for the "infrastructure maniac".

So in the past 10 years, Shanghai Port, which has such poor natural conditions, has always been the world's largest standard container throughput, while , Ningbo -Zhoushan Port, which has much better natural conditions in the south, ranks first in the world in bulk throughput.

Understand the above strategic background knowledge, and then look at the positioning and future development potential of these port cities along the southeastern coast of China, you will see more clearly.

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In the process of modern colonial expansion, the scheming British people had the most vicious vision, and almost all the most important strategic fortresses in the world were taken down by it.

In the middle of the Qianlong Dynasty, China restarted its policy of seclusion, leaving only the Thirteen Tourists in Guangzhou for foreigners to do business. Silk in Jiangnan and tea in Fujian must be transported to Guangzhou by land first, and then packed on board. The transportation cost and time have increased significantly, and British merchants feel that it is a loss.

In the past century, the British have always had three major demands:

First, find ways to expand imports and change the situation of long-term loss of money (entering overdues) in trade with China;

Second, we hope that all coastal ports in China will be opened to increase the scale of trade and reduce trade costs;

Third, like Portugal, we will build a colony along the coast of China, with merchants hoarding goods, guarding the army, and judicial independence, and fully protecting the safety and interests of British merchants.

These three major demands were proposed when Macartney visited China in 1793. Emperor Qianlong said, "Get out, I will reward you with a place to do business, that's for you. Do you want those shabby threads?" Don't be shameless~

1793 Qianlong met with Macartney's delegation to visit China

1816, Amesti delegation visited China again, and Jiaqing Ye simply saw it, and he got out of the way~

There was no way, the first big demand was that the British later settled through the opium trade curve.

But the Qing court was angry and burned all the opium for me!

This time the British were angry, let’s start a war~

The demands of the Opium War, in addition to compensating British merchants for the losses, are mainly the other two major demands mentioned above: opening a port + cede land.

However, the British have been restricted from doing business in Guangzhou for a long time, and they lack geographical knowledge of the coastline north of Guangdong. The more they go north, the less they know. Therefore, the best colony that the British can think of is Zhoushan Island, the northernmost cognitive range.

Zhoushan is not as large as Taiwan and Hainan, and it has fierce indigenous people, which is difficult to manage; but it is not very small, enough to build a not-small port city and military fortress.

Zhoushan has a unique geographical location. It can guard the Yangtze River estuary to the north, reach the capital further north, and become a base for further opening up the Japanese and Korean markets. It is also backed by the prosperous Jiangnan hinterland, which is China's largest market.

So after the war broke out, the British fleet headed north while fighting, with a clear goal, and took Zhoushan first, creating a fait accompli, forcing the Qing court to sign a contract for cedes.

But the human calculation is not as good as the heaven's calculation. After the British army occupied Zhoushan, they first were unacceptable to the local environment and suffered serious losses. Later, they encountered fierce resistance from local residents. In addition, Shanghai was not familiar with the situation and often hit the reefs. The most important thing is that Emperor Daoguang refused to let go, and was forced to find plan B.

plan B, the first thing that the UK considers is Xiamen.

Compared with Zhoushan, Xiamen is far away from Beijing, and it is difficult to exert political and military pressure on the Qing court. Moreover, the hinterland of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou behind Xiamen is far beyond the reach of the rich south of the Yangtze River.

But even Xiamen was an important coastal town at that time, and Emperor Daoguang refused to let go...

In the end, the British negotiator had no choice but to take down a bird outside the Pearl River Estuary without diarrhea. At that time, Hong Kong Island, a deserted island in the pirate base camp, was called a pig teammate by the parliament after returning home...

According to geographical determinism, in the eyes of the British, Zhoushan was greater than Xiamen, and Xiamen was greater than Hong Kong.

Fortunately, Hong Kong is also a natural deep water port, especially after 49 years, it became the only springboard for the exchanges between mainland China and overseas (Macau is too small and has been influenced by the mainland for a long time, so it can be ignored), taking up all the harmony of the people, which was the Pearl of the Orient.

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This section of coastline that failed to reach the eyes of the British, from the water system, belongs to the southeast coastal river basin, almost including all the two provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian and eastern Guangdong (Chaoshan Meizhou ). It has a very geographical similarity, both of which are behind mountains and seas, with blocked traffic, and have difficulty communicating with the Central Plains dynasty, making it easy to form a highly closed social structure and separatist regime.

These not-so-long rivers can generally impact a small plain that is not very large or even divided into fragmented fragments at the estuary. These small plains gradually form the central city of this area.

From the Yongjiang River to the south, such rivers and corresponding central cities are: Jiaojiang ( Lingjiang )-Taizhou, Oujiang -Wenzhou, Feiyunjiang-Ruian, Minjiang -Fuzhou, Mulanxi - Putian , Jinjiang -Quanzhou, Jiulongjiang - Zhangzhou , Hanjiang - Chaozhou , Rongjiang -Shantou.

Taizhou and Wenzhou both belong to the Wu dialect area, but there are obvious differences from the Wu dialect in Shanghai, Suzhou , Ningbo and other places (the latter can mostly understand each other in dialects). Taizhou is relatively closer to the Jiangnan region, Taizhou dialect is better, while Wenzhou is more remote and narrow, so let alone people from other provinces cannot understand Wenzhou dialect, and people in other regions of Zhejiang cannot understand. Even within Wenzhou, there is a mountain between them, and sometimes they cannot understand dialects, so they can only communicate in Mandarin... In this case, the Fujian dialect area also exists.

When I visited Jimeixue Village this time, I sat by the dragon boat pool and checked the historical information about Fujian people's internal struggles for an afternoon. It was so wonderful and I was enjoyable. As a result, the more I read it, the more I couldn't understand how the eastern Fujian, southern Fujian, western Fujian , northern Fujian , and central Fujian were accurately divided, especially in northeast Fujian and southwestern Fujian. It felt like they were two unrelated worlds, and no one was convinced by each other.

is in the northernmost Ningde area. Because it is covered with Wenzhou in Wu dialect area, Ningde dialect is greatly influenced by Wenzhou dialect (conversely, it is Wenzhou dialect that is greatly influenced by Fujian dialect. The two bird dialects are mixed together, which is even more difficult to understand). The Fujian-Eastern dialect spoken by Fuzhou people is very obvious different from the Fujian-South dialect spoken by Xiamen people. Even when I invited Fuzhou members to dinner, they said that Fuqing people who belong to Fuzhou and Fujian-South dialect spoken by Fujian-South dialect, who also belong to Fuzhou, often communicate in Mandarin...

Because of "Taiwanese", the Minnan dialect, which is famous all over the country, is influenced by the Chaozhou dialect and the Hakka dialect next door.

The positioning of Chaozhou dialect has always been very vague and does not belong to the first-class dialect. It is a bit similar to the Minnan dialect in Zhangzhou. I heard that Chaozhou people can understand the dialogue in Taiwanese. However, Chaozhou dialect itself is influenced by Cantonese, but it is different from Minnan dialect and Cantonese...

By the way, many people think that Guangdong people speak Cantonese, but it is wrong!

Chaoshan area mainly speaks Chaozhou dialect, Meizhou and Heyuan mainly speaks Hakka dialect. Even in Shenzhen before the reform and opening up, there were more local people speaking Hakka dialect than Cantonese, so Hakka dialect is the local dialect in Shenzhen, but now it seems that all Shenzhen speaks Mandarin.

Seeing this, are you going crazy?

The above passage is not to make you dizzy, but to tell you that although geographically similar places will also affect each other, overall, has a strong external closure period and high internal tear.

Among them, Wenzhou and Taizhou have long been under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang, and they are all younger brothers in front of Hangzhou, so they are quite group inside. Especially Wenzhou, the district has never changed in history, just in Lucheng District, the center of Wenzhou today, so the grouping is extremely high.

Chaoshan area has long been under the jurisdiction of Guangdong. In front of Guangzhou, they are also younger brothers and are relatively in a group.

Only Fujian has never had a central city that has formed a crushing advantage against other cities in the past, so the internal strife is more powerful.

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Today we see the story of the Twin Cities of Xiamen in Fuzhou, and no one is convinced. But 200 years ago, there was nothing wrong with Xiamen. Fujian Province in the Qing Dynasty was divided into "nine prefectures and two prefectures". The most important ones were Fuzhou Prefecture , Quanzhou Prefecture and Zhangzhou Prefecture.

Today, due to the need for united front, the history books have always emphasized that there is another Taiwan government, which proves that Taiwan has always been under the jurisdiction of the Qing Dynasty.

When it comes to Taiwan, the most exciting long-term internal struggle between Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, which are also part of southern Fujian.

All the way across the country, I have seen countless provincial museums and I am a little tired of it, but this time I visited the Fujian-Taiwanyuan Museum in Quanzhou still gave me a lot of gains and it felt very worth it.

I have been to Taiwan many times before and know a lot about Taiwan. This time I walked in the old city of Quanzhou, and I feel that it is somewhat similar to Tainan, Lugang and even Hengchun Ancient Town! Taiwan has simply moved Quanzhou's culture over, combined with the cultural heritage of the Chiang Dynasty and carried out excellent marketing packages, and has become a tourism brand that is particularly attractive to mainlanders.

Quanzhou Old Town

As the saying goes, you can eat the mountains by the mountains and eat the sea by the sea. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Age of Discovery brought high-yield and easy-to-grow New World grains such as potatoes and corn to China, resulting in a significant increase in China's population. The contradiction between people and land along the coast of Fujian became more prominent. Coupled with political persecution and various wars, many southern Fujian people could only take the risk of traveling together to the sea.

Quanzhangchao area, the people are strong and have a tradition of armed fighting, that is, conflicts arise between households and villages and towns, and they do not go through judicial means to resolve them (it cannot be solved). Instead, the two sides form gangs and search the guys to fight to solve the problem.

This contradiction is already very serious in the local area. When Taiwan, which was still a foreign monk at that time, was all foreign monks and had no historical foundation. If you want to grab the territory, it depends on who has a strong fist, so the fight is even more tragic.

So the earliest arrival of Han people began a protracted history of armed fighting from the late Ming Dynasty to the Republic of China (Japanese occupation period).

From the picture above, we can see that the final winner of the Zhangzhou-Quanqian armed battle is Quanzhou.

In the north, the best Taipei basin is occupied by Quanzhou people, and Zhangzhou people can only hide in the surrounding areas of Yilan , Tamsui and Hsinchu.

The central and southern parts of Taiwan are the granaries of Taiwan. The most fertile arable land along the coast is occupied by the Quanzhou people, and the Zhangzhou people are also squeezed to the hilly plateau closer to the center of the island.

By the Qing Dynasty, especially after Yongzheng's "spreading acres" policy was implemented, it greatly stimulated the people's fertility initiative. By 1741, China's population reached 100 million unprecedentedly, and in the following decades, it quickly exceeded 200 million, 300 million, and 400 million marks, resulting in the Hakka people who originally lived in Tingzhou (now Longyan) and Meizhou, Chaoshan, and were forced to come to Taiwan to make a living.

As a result, a protracted Fujian military fight broke out again...

But after all, the Hakka people have a small population, so they can only be excluded from the Taoyuan New Bamboo Miaoli area, which is mainly hilly and terraced.

Although the number of Hakka people is much smaller than that of southern Fujian, they have been constantly migrating in history, going through hardships and are famous for their hard bones. Later, the Japanese came, and the resistance organized by the Taoxin Miao Hakka people was the most brave and tragic among the Han people.

Later, there was a ethnic conflict, and everyone was familiar with it. In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek brought one or two million "other provinces" to Taiwan. In the next 40 years, these people and their descendants became the "people in the world" in Taiwan.

The real indigenous people of Taiwan were the Yumu Ice Age at the end of the Quaternary 10,000 years ago (the era when the mammoth saber-toothed tiger was active in the cartoon "Ice Age"). As the sea water faded, the Aristotle language people walked past the Taiwan Strait (Dongshan Land Bridge). The group later mastered amazing sailing capabilities and began to migrate around the entire Pacific and Indian Ocean islands from Taiwan.

However, as more and more Han people master advanced productivity, the living space of the indigenous people is constantly compressed, and those who do not want to migrate will be assimilated by the Han people. Those who want to retain their own culture can only be forced to migrate to the high mountainous areas in central Taiwan and the narrow coast in the east.

To use Luo Yonghao's jokes back then, when the Han people saw these savages wandering in the mountains all day, they laughed and called them "high mountain tribe".

u... It seems that the rhythm is a bit off...

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No one is convinced between Zhangzhou and Quanzhou. The focus of the long-term struggle or competition between the two sides is Xiamen.

Because from the perspective of administrative divisions, since the official separation of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in the Song Dynasty, Xiamen Island has always been Quanzhou Prefecture, but it is far away from Quanzhou Prefecture, so Quanzhou does not pay much attention to it.

But Xiamen Island is located at the entrance of Jiulong River, the mother river of Zhangzhou. Military speaking, Xiamen Island is the key barrier to defend Zhangzhou. Economically speaking, Xiamen Island is also the most suitable trading base in Zhangzhou. Therefore, the people of Zhangzhou have a particularly strong desire to seize Xiamen and develop Xiamen. Whenever they have the opportunity, they will submit a memorial to the court to ask for Xiamen, while Quanzhou has been pressing it to the death...

At this time, Taiwan's huge impact on Xiamen's fate was reflected again.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong has always used Jinxia as a base to fight against the Qing army. However, as the coastal mainland areas of Fujian gradually fell, Jinxia is not enough to carry so many people willing to follow the country, so it defeated Taiwan and transferred the people to Taiwan in a planned manner to counterattack the mainland in the future and reserve forces.

1683, Emperor Kangxi sent Shi Lang to conquer Taiwan. The court had different opinions on whether to stay in Taiwan or not. The faction wanted to move all the Han people in Taiwan back to the mainland, and to eliminate future troubles, but Shi Lang insisted on guarding and staying in Taiwan.

Shi Lang gave very pertinent reasons.

Taiwan itself has fertile land and abundant resources. Many people have already lived and worked in peace and contentment here. They can provide tax collection and military food to the court. Why throw away such a good piece of land?

More importantly, Taiwan is the most important barrier on China's southeast coast. If the imperial court ignores it, it will definitely become a place of pirates. In addition, Western powers were coveting at that time, and it will definitely become a major disaster on the southeast coast in the future. From the perspective of national coastal defense security strategy, Taiwan must not be abandoned.

Especially since the Song Dynasty, maritime trade has become more and more prosperous. In the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, the customs (inspection department) were established in the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, which were not inhabited by natives. However, Penghu is far away from Jinxia and close to Taiwan. If Penghu is just guarding Penghu and not Taiwan, Penghu will definitely not be able to defend it.

In fact, it was because Dutch that occupied Penghu first, which angered the Ming Dynasty and dispatched navy to drive the Dutch away. The Dutch had no choice but to run to Taiwan next door to colonize.

This brings to a very sensitive question: we have always said that Zheng Chenggong recaptured Taiwan, or more accurately, he snatched Taiwan from the Dutch - it just occupied a small piece of the most fertile Jianan Plain in southwest Taiwan, and other places are still the world of indigenous people.

The above picture is a complete picture of Taiwan in the 61st year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty. It can be seen that until 1722, the Qing government's effective jurisdiction over Taiwan was still limited to the West Coast Plain area. It was after 1895 that it was truly accurate measurement and effective management of every inch of Taiwan's land.

The Chinese effectively manage Taiwan with Zheng Chenggong, so Zheng Chenggong should be a national hero who has expanded territory for China, just like Zhang Qian.

In short, fortunately, Taiwan was finally still within the territory of our Qing Dynasty. Therefore, the status of Xiamen Island, which has been bound to Taiwan for a long time, has become particularly important. After

conquered Taiwan, the Fujian Navy Admiral immediately moved to Xiamen, and the following year, the Taiwan-Xiamen Preparation Road was established to uniformly manage the government affairs of Taiwan and Xiamen.

We always explain that China in the Qing Dynasty was in seclusion and self-disciplined, and this is not completely accurate.

Chinese agricultural civilization has developed to the Ming and Qing dynasties and has become very mature. China's demand for foreign specialties is far smaller than foreign demand for Chinese specialties.

and the maritime liquidity is very strong. I used to be in "Why did China become what it is today? 》 said (the original text is harmonious, the backstage reply to "China" can be extracted from the self-castration version of the article). This is the gene of ancient Greek marine commercial civilization, which conflicts with the gene of Chinese loess farming civilization and is difficult to manage. When going overseas, you will always encounter foreigners and foreign territories. It is easy to have disputes and cause trouble for the government. It is even possible that you set up a counter-revolutionary base in Nanyang to subvert the central government. Isn’t Zheng Chenggong doing this? So from the perspective of lazy government, the central government can easily make a rough decision that is forbidden.

But it is impossible for the people in the southeast coast to live by the sea and not letting others go into business. If the official path cannot be understood, they can only smuggle. When encountering official thunder sweeps, they can only become an armed pirate group. This is also the root cause of the continuous Japanese tragedy in the middle and late Ming Dynasty - the main body of the Japanese pirates was the Han people, and the Japanese ronin who had no food to eat in the Warring States Period was just our mercenary.

So during the Ming and Qing dynasties, we sometimes switched and sometimes went into seclusion. At that time, we could still do some business by relying on the Kanthe trade. Once we met the Kaiming Emperor, we would also have the Longqing switch and the Kangxi switch. After

got Taiwan, Kangxi Ye quickly turned on and off. As a natural port with a very unique political and military status, Xiamen's economic status continued to improve accordingly.

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In addition to the help of Taiwan’s younger brother, Xiamen also needs to thank the “pig leader” next door.

During the Song and Yuan dynasties, Quanzhou was once the largest port in the world. The highest peak of ships of all sizes and sizes appeared in Quanzhou Port and on the Jinjiang River, which was the real starting point of the Maritime Silk Road in history.

Marco Polo and Ibn Batuta in this period both praised Quanzhou in their travel notes (Is there any real thing to say in history?). Its historical status is similar to Shanghai during the Republic of China or Hong Kong in the 1970s and 1980s, and even comparable to Chang'an during the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

However, in the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, a Yisiba Xi war chaos ( Persian war chaos), completely destroying the prosperity foundation of Quanzhou City .

Regarding the chaos of Yisibaxi, the background is very complicated, involving the ethnic discrimination policy of the Yuan Dynasty, the court struggle at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the situation of the Mongolian-Han war, the power struggle of local military and political officials in Fujian, the conflicts between various religions, and even the hatred between Sunnis and Shiite Muslims. I will not unfold it.

In short, when Yi Siba Xi's military chaos subsided, it was also the time when the Yuan and Ming dynasties changed. As a result, hunger and casualties were everywhere in Quanzhou, Putian and Quanzhou, and even people were tragic. Due to the confrontation of sects, most of the temples that were originally covered with Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, Hinduism and Persian Mingism (Manichi) were also damaged. Indians, Persians, Jews, Arabs, African blacks, and European whites all died or fled.

No foreign businessmen are left, and they dare not come again, and they still do a yarn foreign trade business?

Another very important reason is that after the Ming Dynasty, soil erosion in the Jinjiang Basin was severe, and a large amount of silt was brought to the estuary of Jinjiang and continued to silt, resulting in Quanzhou Port gradually losing the natural good port conditions with deep water and wide water.

By the Qianlong period, Xiamen gradually surpassed Quanzhou and became the most important port in southern Fujian.

The British saw it very clearly, so they regarded Xiamen as the second choice outside Zhoushan. Even if they failed to win Xiamen, they became one of the five commercial cities.

By 1840, in the eyes of British people, there were only Xiamen and Fuzhou, and Quanzhou stood aside.

Then a large number of ocean freight freight flown into Xiamen Port , Gulangyu became the Wanguo Architecture Expo Park, and Quanzhou Port officially became an affiliated port of Xiamen Port...

Many people in Quanzhou are angry today, thinking that in history, I am the only one of my followers in Xiamen, similar to the relationship between Zhoushan and Ningbo. I have been criticized in history. However, the opening port that matched Taiwan in 1979 was not Quanzhou but Xiamen, which led to the fact that Quanzhou was one step further and one step further!

You will know after reading my analysis above. Quanzhou is overtaken by Xiamen, which is a historical necessity and the fate of Quanzhou.

In fact, these three brothers in southern Fujian can really form a joint force and cooperate with each other, which is also very impressive.

Zhangzhou has relatively more arable land, so agriculture is the most developed. Quanzhou is similar to Wenzhou, mainly export processing industry. Xiamen has a small land and a large population, and the tertiary industry is the leader.

But the problem is that no one agrees with each other, especially Quanzhou is not very happy to make wedding dresses for Xiamen.

Until today, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou still argued for whom the "authentic Minnan dialect" is...

I see many people in Quanzhou complaining on the Internet, saying that Quanzhou's GDP is the leader in the province, which is higher than Fuzhou, but has been suppressed by both ends of Fuzhou and Xiamen, and is full of cowardice.

even I was not going to stay in Quanzhou this time. There were really many fans in Quanzhou who beat drums and complained about the injustice in the backstage, saying that I was too frustrated and were bullied by two bullies in Fuzhou all day long. Brother Li must come and see it and make the decision for the little girl...

Does not deny that Quanzhou's industry is indeed relatively developed. Not only the city, but the economy of Shishi and Jinjiang below is also relatively developed. But we cannot only look at the total amount, but also the per capita ~

Quanzhou's total GDP is a little higher than Fuzhou, but the population is also a little more than Fuzhou. It is per capita, half a pound.

As for Xiamen, the area is only 1/6 of yours and the population is less than half of yours. I use the total amount all day to suppress them, saying that Xiamen is nothing great, how can I be embarrassed?

Look at the per capita disposable income, Quanzhou is still similar to Fuzhou, and it is greatly expanded by Xiamen.

What is particularly interesting is that I found that among the disposable income of Quanzhou residents, the wage income is not as high as that of Fuzhou, but the operating income is nearly three times that of Fuzhou, which is more than twice that of Xiamen. This shows that the economic structure of Quanzhou and Wenzhou is very similar, the number of migrant workers is relatively small, and there are many locals who do business and become small bosses. That is, the small and medium-sized private economy is particularly active, so there are also many luxury cars in Quanzhou.

Let me say that since the reform and opening up, Quanzhou has almost no policy, capital or resource tilt in the central and provincial governments, and has relied entirely on its own to achieve its wealth today.

Xiamen is a sub-provincial city with independent planning status in Internet celebrities (the city level is still higher than Fuzhou). Today, many people from other provinces mentioned that Fujian only knows Xiamen and thought Xiamen was the provincial capital. In addition, Quanzhou is close to Xiamen, resulting in the fact that finance, the Internet, high-tech and other tertiary industries that are particularly profitable and clean, are all dumped to Xiamen. There is basically nothing to do in Quanzhou. Even the 2017 BRICS Summit was given to Xiamen for the first time. You should know that Fujian has never held a similar high-standard event in history.

, while Fuzhou has the advantage of time, place and people under the support of the strategic support of the strong provincial capital. All resources in the province are tilted here, which naturally makes it easier to attract large enterprises in the province, at home and even around the world to give priority investment.

After so many years, Quanzhou has not been pulled away by Fuzhou. It is really not easy. It can be seen that Quanzhou people really dare to fight and fight, are smart and able to bear hardships. Taiwanese businessmen's fighting spirit of "only only by fighting can they win" has been passed down here.

One area of ​​water and soil nourishes the people. The narrow living conditions along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang have forced the local people into a radical style of daring to venture and fight. Relatively speaking, along the same coastal areas, the folk customs in the Jiangnan region are not so radical, and it is easier to be at peace with a small fortune (as if I am talking about myself)

Facing the unpredictable sea and the uncertain future, people are particularly likely to find religious comfort and bless their lives with peace.

From Wenzhou to Xiamen, the number of churches I saw along the way far exceeded that of other cities.

I remember the first time I entered a temple in Taiwan. It was like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden. I thought to myself how I could place so many immortals that I had never heard of before...

I only found out after visiting the Fujian-Taiwanyuan Museum that these were all passed down from Chaoshan area in southern Fujian.

includes the abducted and murdered little girl Zhang Zixin who had caused a lot of trouble online. Some netizens discovered that there were multiple photos of the "Three Mountain King" statues in the QQ space of these two psychopaths, which was believed to be a tragedy caused by brainwashing of the cult.

In fact, the King of Sanshan is just an ordinary god that Hakka people often worship in Chaoshan area. Locals know that Taiwanese people also worship.

Then what is Qingshui Patriarch, Sanping Patriarch, X Prince, Qingshan King, Baosheng Emperor, Zhusheng Empress, Guanghui Zunwang, Guangze Zunwang, Kaizhang Saint King, Huize Zunwang, Kaitai Saint King... and the more familiar Buddha Bodhisattva Confucius Sheng Sanqing Mazu City God Land Gongwen Quxing Guan Erye Tai Bai Jinxing... It's so magical.

This superstitious tradition has led to the birth rate in Fujian and eastern Guangdong/western Guangdong areas today. It is still a strange flower in the Han area. Even if the economy is more developed than the mainland, the local rural people prefer boys over girls are still very serious. You can still hear stories about people who have given birth to 3 or 4 daughters in a row and continue to give birth until they give birth to their sons...

I think it is also very good. It is better than seeing a black friend in two or three steps on the streets of Guangzhou in the future? The blood inheritance of the Chinese nation, Hu Jian, Guangdong friends, come on, rely on you~

However, any personality trait is a double-edged sword. Too much emphasis is placed on pioneering and enterprising spirit and a sense of success. You can endure all hardships and pains for survival and making money, and sometimes family affection can be sacrificed. If you don’t grasp it well, you will easily go to extremes.

To put it really, don’t be angry with friends in Fujian. In fact, the image of the people of Fujian in the minds of the people of the whole country... You know, the most people in Fujian go abroad to work illegally, and those who engage in telecom fraud, most of the other ends of the phone are Fujian accent Mandarin, and there are Putian hospitals...

Also, in order to make money, Wenzhou people who are particularly cruel to themselves and can endure hardships, the evaluation of the people of the whole country, emmm... Anyway, when I watched the TV series "Wenzhou Family", it was difficult to agree with the three views of my father Zhou Wanshun in the play.

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is a bit far apart today, but I know you still care about houses. Unfortunately, I didn’t pay much attention to housing prices this time, because I feel that everyone is falling this year...

The overall housing prices in Fujian are relatively high, with few plain land, large population, and many rich people. They are closely related to Fujian.

Moreover, due to the developed economy and many opportunities to make money, Fuzhou and Xiamen have a large number of migrant populations, and the demand for buying houses is relatively strong.

For Fuzhou, it is still a geographical determinism. It is surrounded by mountains and the space for the city's outward expansion is very limited. On the one hand, this limits the status that Fuzhou can achieve, and on the other hand, it will also make the land in the central urban area of ​​Fuzhou appear to be even scarce.

In short, this small provincial capital in Fuzhou gives me the feeling of being exquisite and I like it very much.

Xiamen, let alone, land is particularly scarce.

There is another worse problem. In the early years, Xiamen was only the special zone, so all kinds of resources were concentrated on the island, resulting in two levels of the island outside the island. The development of the three areas outside the island has been relatively slow. Although Shenzhen was also divided into internal and external gates at the beginning, it was connected on the road, and continuing to develop outside the gates was a natural thing.

The serious imbalance in development has led to the frighteningly high housing prices on Xiamen Island, which are comparable to the Shanghai Outer Ring Road.

Xiamen latest housing prices

After all, the area of ​​Xiamen Island is less than 1/10 of the city, and it is only two Hong Kong islands. It is also mountainous and can be developed. In fact, all of them have been fully developed. Now I hope that the airport will move from Gaoqi to Xiang'an as soon as possible, so that there will be more land on the island to develop.

Xiamen’s hottest thing is now the tourism industry. Not only is the high housing prices, but the prices are also very high. In 2018, the number of tourists received by Xiamen almost doubled compared with 2013 five years ago.

But Xiamen is not Lijiang or Zhangjiajie. With Xiamen's urban size, tourism alone is not enough to support a city. Referring to similar Hong Kong, the GDP created by the tourism industry is only ranked behind industrial and commercial services, shipping trade and financial industries.

In recent years, outside Xiamen Island has developed very fast. I came to Xiamen once 9 years ago. This time I came back, and I felt that the changes were very big. I didn’t recognize Zhongshan Road, especially in Haicang. It was really changing.

I also specially climbed the newly built Shimao Tourist Tower. To be fair, Xiamen is really a beautiful city.

Shimao Tourist Tower

But because the island lacks enough new properties, the people of Fujian, especially the people of southern Fujian, have a strong obsession. When they have money, they want to go to Xiamen Island to build a house, or in other words, only by having a house on the island can they prove that they are really rich.

But I think the housing prices in Xiamen can no longer rise, which will have a strong crowding out effect on industries and talents. In the end, if it becomes like Hong Kong, it will be a tragedy...

In comparison, Quanzhou's housing prices are only 40% of that in Fuzhou and 1/4 of Xiamen, which is the most livable city in Fujian Province.

I also want to take this opportunity to give a free advertisement to the city of Quanzhou!

The basic law of this world is that a coin has two sides, and there are gains and losses.

In terms of economic status, Quanzhou will not be able to surpass Fuzhou and Xiamen again in the future. I think the friends in Quanzhou should have a better mentality. Don’t be shady with Fuzhou and Xiamen all day long. Everyone is Hu Jianren, who will follow who~

You should think about it. It is precisely because Quanzhou Port has been relatively weak in modern times, and the number of foreign populations is far less than that of Fuzhou Xiamen, and the reconstruction of the old city is not so exaggerated, resulting in the ancient city of Quanzhou still retaining the historical sections of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Republic of China eras relatively intact.

Quanzhou Bell Tower

Floor ancient arcades, various churches, mosques, Buddhist temples, Confucius Temples, Taoist temples, Tianhou Temples, Guandi Temples... Even the stone pagodas of the Song Dynasty have been preserved. Such a tall stone pagoda is the only one in the country, and there are even relics of Hinduism and Manichaeism. There is really no second one in China.

If you can be as good at marketing and packaging as Taiwan, Quanzhou's tourism industry will definitely be able to do better.

I hope that when you travel to Xiamen in the future, don’t always run to the Tulou in the west, or you can also leave a day or two to go north to Quanzhou to take a look. The high-speed rail is only half an hour, which is very convenient.