Fu'an

Fu'anⓘ (Chinese: 福安市; pinyin: Fú'ān Shì; Foochow Romanized: Hók-ăng-chê; sometimes Fu An) is a county-level city of Ningde prefecture level city, in northeast Fujian province, PRC, some 150 kilometres (93 mi) North of the provincial capital Fuzhou.

During the first imperial Qin dynasty (221 BC–206 BC), Fu'an was a part of the ancestral homeland of the Min Yue tribes and was named as Minzhong County.

Fu'an City is mainly composed of three ethnic groups: Han Chinese, She and Hui.

The city is predominately Han like rest of China but there is also an old Hui community with a sizeable presence.

The local Fu'an dialect is part of Eastern Min which belongs to the Mindong cultural group along with Fuzhou.

The Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area is most characterized by river valley stone mortar groups, granite canyons, deep meandering flow landforms and volcanic rock landforms.In 2021, Fu'an achieved regional GDP of 68.41 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%.

The main food crops in mountainous and hilly areas are double-season rice and sweet potato.

In addition, a variety of economic crops are also planted in coastal plains and valley basins, mainly sugarcane, grapes, edible mushrooms, tea, peaches, bamboo, as well as aquaculture.

One successful local company is the Tan Yang Kunfu tea,[8] which won the first prize gold medal award in the Panama Pacific International Exposition world's fair.

[9] Fu'an has 4 street committees; the city's executive, legislature and judiciary are in Chengnan, together with its CPC and PSB branches.

Fu'an City overlooking the Jiaoxi river with Qiyun bridge illuminated in the background
Typical intersection in Fu'an City
Typical intersection in Fu'an City
Fú'ān dōng bǎi chéng (福安 东百城)
Qiyun Bridge(栖云桥) at nighttime, Fu'an Dong Bai is directly West across the bridge
Topographic map of Fu'an City
Baiyun Mountains in Fu'an
Fu'an Special Economic Zone(福安经济开发区)
River crossing into Dong Bai district within Fu'an