Fuqing (Chinese: 福清; pinyin: Fúqīng; Wade-Giles: Fu2-ch'ing1; Foochow Romanized: Hók-chiăng; also romanized as Hokchia) is a county-level city of Fuzhou in Fujian, China.
It is located in the eastern part of the province, borders the East China Sea, just southeast of Fuzhou and 45 kilometers from Changle International Airport of Fuzhou. Fuqing city has geographical advantage, for its location between Fuzhou and Xiamen, the two largest cities in Fujian Province. This city nowadays boost as industrial area, support by good infrastructure including Fuzhou–Quanzhou Highway and port that faces Taiwan Straits. Like other Fujian cities, Fuqing famous as an ancestral homeland of overseas Chinese.
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Overseas Fuqing
Fuqing, as well as much of Fujian, is known as the hometown for a large number of overseas workers ("Huaqiao"). The most common destinations are Japan and England, while others go to Australia, Canada, and the United States.
Local language
Fuqing has its own dialect which is closely related to the Fuzhou dialect, although the two are not completely mutually intelligible. Since it is a hilly area where mountains used to isolate each village, there are many variations in the local dialects. Most of its people can also speak Mandarin, which is used in schools, businesses, and to communicate with people from different parts of the province. Fuqing people now are becoming more and more proud of their dialects. Songs sung in Fuqing dialect are available online.
Regional foods
Guangbing(光饼): Guangbing is a bread product that is baked and shaped like a sesame-seeded burger bun top. In the year of 1562, the Japanese invaded Fujian province. General Jiguang Qi was charged to drive the invaders out of Fujian. In order not to let the meal time slow down their marching speed, General Qi invented a kind of bread which was shaped into a ring at that time, so his soldiers could wear a string of those breads around their neck. After the victory, the recipe of this bread product was spread among the province and named Guangbing after General Qi. Nowadays, there is no longer a hole in the center of a Guangbing.
See also
External links
- http://www.fuqing.gov.cn/ - Fuqing Municipal Government
Coordinates: 25°43′N 119°23′E / 25.717°N 119.383°E
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