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1TheErithrinaCity:QuanzhouShunwenWang1004200982IntroductionofQuanzhouQuanzhouisanancientcity,locatedonthelowerreachesoftheJinRiverinthesoutheastofFujianbythesea.It’scityfloweriserythrina(刺桐花).Itisatime-honouredcityofcivilizationandafamoushometownfornumerousoverseasChineseandTaiwancompatriots.AnditwasthelargestportatYuanDynastyinEastern.ThepeopleofQuanzhouhavevariouskindsofreligiousbelief.Thefloweroferythrina3ReligiousbeliefinQuanzhouQuanzhouiscalledthethereligiousmuseumandhascreatedawonderinthereligious.ItwasConcentratedmorethanninereligiousinthecenterofthiscityinthepast.Kindsofreligiousculturewashandeddown.Today,atleastsixreligionsarestillexistedatthecenterofQuanzhou.TheBuddhismTheDaoismTheChristianityTheIslam4WesternershardlyimaginethataIslamicmosquescouldbebuiltbyaChristianchurchewithoutreligiousconflict,butthepeoplecandoithere.Peoplewithdifferentreligiousbeliefhavelivedtogetherinharmoniousforhundredsyears.TheTumenStreet5WhypeoplewithdifferentreligioushavenothappenedreligiousconflictinQuanzhou?Everyonedeeplylovesforastableandpeacefulhomelandandhatesthewars.Theresidentsareveryfriendly.Theywarmlywelcomethevisitorswhocomefromfarlands.Mostofthepeopleinthiscityhavethesameconceptthatreligioubeliefisfeedomforeveryone.Differentreligioushavethesamefaiththattheythinkagoodheartconquersillfortune.6ThetouristattractionsofQuanzhouTherearemanybeautifulscenerysinQuanzhou.Especiallythe18mostbeautifulscenerys,theyareallsignificant.ThestatueofZhengChenggong7KaiyuanTempleisathousand-year-oldtemplerenownedathomeaswellasabroad.Itwasbuiltin686intheTangDynasty.ItsharesthesamereputationwiththeGuangjiTempleinBeijingandLingyinTempleinHangzhou,beingarareoneinChinaandthelargestexistinginSouth.TheKaiyuanTempleTheKaiyuanTemple8TheEastandWestPagodaisoneoflandmarkofTheKaiyuanTemple.Theyarethetalleststoneancientpagodaexistedinournation.TheEastPagodanamed‘Zhengguo’wasbuiltin865andtheWestPagodanamed‘Yuanshou’wasbuiltin915.TheEastandWestPagoda9TheancientmulberryinKaiyuanTemple10TheMountQingyuanQinyuanMountainisthemothermountainofQuanzhouSinceithas36beautifulcaves,itiscalled“TheSupremeMountainFairyland(仙境)bytheFujianseasinceancienttimes.Atthetop,thereisacavenamedTheQingyuanCave,whereclearwaterlowsoutalltheyearround.ItisfromtheclearwaterthatthemountainderiveditsnameQingyuan,meaning‘ClearWater’inChinese.ThelakeontheMountQingyuan11The5.5-m-high-and-7.3-m-widefigureofoldTaoistsaintcarvedintheSongDynastysitsatthefootofQingyuanMountain.Hislefthandrestsonthelapandrighthandonasmalltable,hisearsreachhisshoulder,hiswhitebeardisfloatingintheairandhisfaceisbeamingwithhappinessandkindness.Thefigurehasbecomeasymbolofhealthandlongevity,asthesayinggoesinQuanzhou,TouchthenoseoftheStoneOldSaintandyouwillliveupto120yearsold,whichchallengesmanytouriststohaveatry.ThestatusofLaoziontheMountQingyuanTheoldTaoistsaintcarve12TheHongYi’sStupaHongYiwasalatter-dayandfamousartistandmonk(僧人).HehadgreatachievementinartandadvocatedBuddhismandencouragedpatriotismspirit.Heisthecomposerof‘SongBei’.HepassedawayinQuanzhouin1942andhe’sstupa(舍利塔)wasbuiltontheMountQingyuan.13TheChinaMuseumforFujian-TaiwanKinshipTheChinaMuseumforFujian-TaiwanKinshipwasbuiltin2006.ThismuseumshowthemainlandandTaiwenaregeographicalneighborsandthepeoplehavesameblood、modeofthought、cultureandtradewitheachother.Onthetopofthemuseumisagoldenlotusflowerwhichsymbolizespeace.Thecircularplatteronthemuseumsymbolizesthesky.Theexploredpictureisshowedinthehall14ThespriteofthepeopleatQuanzhouMostofusareveryfamiliarwiththeinspirationofaSongNamedGodhelpsthosewhohelpthemselves(爱拼才会赢).ThissongshowsthepeopleinsoouthincludeQuanzhouoptimistic,joyful,positivelyupwardandnevergiveup.Inmodernhistory,manypeopleinQuanzhoucrossingamillionoceansStartedbare-handedandmadealotofeffortsforournation’sindependence.Today,thedevelopmengofQuanzhouismoreandmorequicklywitheconomicgrowthofmorethan15%peryear,especiallytheprivatesectorswhichbecomeoneofthebusinessmodelofournation.15TheHuianwomenHui'anwomenareaspecialethnicgroupresidinginHui'anCountyofQuanzhou.TheyareethnologicallyconsideredasHanChinese,buttheirorigintracesbacktotheancientMinyuepeopleofmorethantwothousandyearsago.TheisolationontheeasternpeninsulaofHui'anpreventedHui'anmaidensfromassimilatingintotheHanculture,somanyoftheirdistinctivecustomsandtraditionsstillsurvivetoday.Hui'anmaidensarewell-knownfortheirhardworkandkindness.Theyindefatigablydomostoftheformwork,roadrepair,andfamilychoreswhiletheirhusbandsareatsea16ThedressofHuianwomen17Afterall,Quanzhouisstableandpeaceful,civilization,ancientandmordencity.ThepeopleliveinQuanzhouarefearneitherhardshiptired.WelcomeeveryoneofyoutoQuanzhou.Ifyouarefree,youcanvistQuanzhouandyouwillhavegainedsomuch.18