福建 Brief IntroductionFujian Province (Min for short) is located on the southeast coast of China, with Fuzhou as the provincial capital. Fujian is also the home of many overseas Chinese.Fujian has well-developed agriculture, forestry. Its mild, humid, subtropical and marine climate is especially conducive to crop production. Such as Sugarcane, peanuts, tea, tobacco and rubber are Fujian's major cash crops. Orange, longan, lichi, pineapple, loquat and banana are the six famous fruits of Fujian. Fujian is blessed with a rich history, famous historical sites and beautiful natural landscapes, making it a unique tourist attraction. Its numerous tourist attractions include mountains, rivers and well-known cities. Quanzhou, one of China's famous historic and cultural ancient cities, is a human and scenic spot approved by the UNESCO; Xiamen, known as the "Garden on the Sea", is a picturesque special economic zone; Wuyi Mountain, inscribed on the World Heritage List, is famous for its peaks and Wuyi tea; the Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou, the Yongquan Temple in Fuzhou, the Guanghua Temple in Putian and the Nanshan Temple in Zhangzhou are the four famous grand ancient temples in Fujian. In addition, there are historical relics left behind by Zhu Xi and Zheng Chenggong.GeographyFujian Province on the southeastern coast faces Taiwan Province across the Taiwan Straits. It is situated 115'50"-120'47" east longitude and 23'30"-28'19" north latitude with an area of more than 120,000 square kilometers. Mountains and hills make up the vast majority of Fujian's territory, while only narrow strips of the east seaside are plains. Fujian has a zigzagadj. 曲折的；锯齿形的；之字形的 coastline of 2,120 kilometers dotted with 1,202 offshore islands, with a fishing area of 136,000 square kilometers. Most of its rivers empty into the sea separately.ClimateFujian has a sub-tropical climate, warm and humid, with no distinctive 显著的difference between seasons. It has a mean annual temperature of 17oC-21oC, and a mean annual precipitation of 1,200-2,200 mm. Typhoons occur frequently from May to November.福州Brief Introduction of FuzhouUpdated: 2010-03-24 Located in the alluvial plain of the lower reaches of the Minjiang River in the southeast coastal area and facing the sea to the east, Fuzhou is an ancient city along the southeast coast and an old foreign trade port of China. It was once called as the Metropolis in Southeast China and the City of Treasure and Fortune.Hualin TempleWith a history of more than 2,200 years, Fuzhou is a historical and cultural city with a lot of places of interest and scenic spots. Now many of them are kept intact, among which the famous ones are the Hualin Temple, the oldest wooden temple south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which was built 1,000 years ago; one of the Top Four Steles: the Dezheng Stele of the King of Liangya with thousand years of history; the 1,200 year-old Wushi Mountain Cliffside Stone Carvings inscribed by the well-known calligraphist Li Yangbing; the relics of the Neolithic Age primitive society in Tanshi Village of Minhou County.Gushan Mountain With the Yushan, Wushan and Pingshan mountains leaning to each other, Fuzhou is endowed with enchanting scenery adj. 迷人的；妩媚的. Gushan Mountain was once one of the Top Five Jungles and the Top Ten Temples. Along the way from Mawei District to Minjingkou there are other scenic spots such as the Luoxing Pagoda, the Leg of Buddha's Warrior Attendant, South-North Tortoise, Five Tigers Isle, and the Emperor Oasis, etc. The gilded Iron Buddha in the Kaiyuan Temple is 5.3meters tall. Its head is beyond the reach of the hand even one stands on his shoulder. The Buddha is sitting there with his legs crossed and palms put together.Fuzhou also retains a lot of flavor of its traditional culture. The Fuzhou opera, lacquer ware, stone carving, woodcarving, ivory carving and jade caving are all with the unique Fuzhou flavor.As an open city along the coastal line, Fuzhou was proclaimed a national historical and cultural city by the State Council in 1986.City FruitUpdated: 2010-04-28 Tangerine 柑橘；橘红色: The Fuzhou basin teems with tangerines, with oranges making up their majority. The tangerine features a thin peel and a red, juicy pulp, and therefore got its Chinese name as the “fortune orange.” Ripe at the end of the year, blessed with its red color and pronounced in Chinese similarly to the word “fortune,” it is regarded as a mascot and proper greeting gift by local people.City Tree and FlowerUpdated: 2010-04-28 City TreeBanyan: Banyan planting is a tradition from ancient times in Fuzhou. Especially in the Earlier Song Dynasty (960-1127), Zhang Boyu, the governor of Fuzhou, advocated every household户 to plant banyans, which is how Fuzhou earned the nickname, “Banyan City”.Distinguished by its evergreen and luxuriant leaves and its tall, straight trunk, it rightly manifests the vibrancy of Fuzhou citizens. The ancient banyans in the city amount to 。