Quanzhou

Quanzhou, in the past known as Chinchew, is a prefecture-level city alongside the Taiwan Strait in Fujian Province, China. Medieval Quanzhou was long a standout amongst the most cosmopolitan Chinese urban areas, with society, Buddhist, and Hindu sanctuaries; Islamic mosques; and Christian holy places, including Nestorian and a house of prayer and two Franciscan religious communities. Andrew of Perugia filled in as the Roman Catholic diocesan of the city from 1322. Odoric of Pordenone was in charge of migrating the relics of the four Franciscans martyred at Thana in India in 1321 to the mission in Quanzhou.

Protestant, the English Presbyterian teachers raised a church around 1862. The Qingjing Mosque dates to 1009 however is currently saved as an exhibition hall. Here colorful societies have been blended with customary ones for a large number of years, leaving numerous memorable locales, for example, Qingjing Mosque, the Islamic Saint Mausoleums, Kaiyuan Temple, Heavenly Empress Tianhou Palace and other engineering works of art, for example, Luoyang Bridge, Anping Bridge and Chongwu Ancient Town. Zheng Chenggong, the national saint who helped the legislature recapture Taiwan from Holland in the seventeenth century, was additionally conceived here.

His sepulcher in Nan'an city has turned into a valuable verifiable site in this city. Notwithstanding spots of chronicled intrigue, this city likewise possesses large amounts of regular wonders including different mountains, stream valleys and bowls. The well known mountains incorporate Mt. Qingyuan, Mt. Zimao, Mt. Xiangong, Mt. Lingxiu and Mt. Penglai, where the Water Rock Temple is arranged. Recreational paks close to the mountains and along the ocean add present day air to the city's excitement.