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21-576: Liancheng borders Changting and Shanghang counties to the west and south, and Xinluo , the municipal seat, to the southeast. Sanming Municipality's Yong'an City and Qingliu County lie to the east and northeast. Two watersheds meet here, with most of the county's rivers flowing north and east to the Min River and the East China Sea , and the remainder flowing southwest to the Ting River system and

42-585: A part of the China Biosphere Reserve Network , is located in Longyan. Goby Rhinogobius longyanensis was first described from Longyan and named after it. Presumably also the prehistoric bivalve Claraia longyanensis got its name from Longyan. Longyan is situated in the upper reaches of the Jiulong and Ting Rivers. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Sanming to the north, Quanzhou to

63-464: Is a prefecture-level city in south-western Fujian Province , China, bordering Guangdong to the south and Jiangxi to the west. In 736 AD (during the Tang dynasty ), the prefecture of Tingzhou was established in western Fujian, or Minxi ( 闽西 ), administering Changting , Huanglian and Xinluo counties. Six years later Xinluo was named Longyan for the nearby cavern, a famous scenic site. Due to

84-457: Is a county in western Fujian province, People's Republic of China. With a population of 397,470 in 2020 and an area of 3,099 square kilometres (1,197 sq mi), Changting is the one of the largest counties in the province. The majority of the population belongs to the Hakka people and speaks Changting dialect , a dialect of Hakka Chinese . The Changting dialect is mutually unintelligible with

105-452: Is a recent artificial construct of the Chinese government, having never been united together before the creation of Modern China. The two culturally distinct and separate Hoklo eastern city areas and Hakka western rural peasant areas have almost nothing in common in terms of language, culture and living habits, and were only forcibly merged into a single administrative region recently in history by

126-702: Is that people celebrate two days of Dragon Boat Festival and Chongyang Festival also according to last names. People who celebrate at the first day will invite relatives and friends celebrate on the second day to their house, and vice versa. There is a beautiful waterfall in Juxi around by the green mountains. The Peitian village is 800-year-old, in 2005 it was designated as "National Historical and Cultural Village". Changting county Changting ( simplified Chinese : 长汀 ; traditional Chinese : 長汀 ; pinyin : Chángtīng ; Hakka : Tshòng-tin), also known as Tingzhou or Tingchow ( 汀州 ; Tīngzhōu ),

147-451: The CPC and PSB branches. Other towns: With a total population of 18054, Juxi is a beautiful town located in 30 kilometers away from Lianfeng Town. People in Juxi speak local Hakka dialects and Mandarin Chinese. The local dialects are different according to last names. For example, people whose last name is Shen speaks differently with people whose last name is Luo. Another interesting tradition

168-563: The Chinese Red Army but not many survived the Long March . With the founding of the People's Republic of China , the prefecture was redesignated "Longyan" ( 龙岩地区 ) and its government was moved down to Xinluo . Changting has since been the name of a county only, within the municipal region of Longyan . With the prosperity of road and railway transportation and more and more dams built along

189-832: The Meixian dialect , which is another Hakka language spoken in Guangdong . The county seat is the town of Tingzhou . Changting was originally the name of a prefecture (called Tingzhou in imperial times), established in the second year of the Republic of China - 1913. During the early stages of the Chinese Civil War , this prefecture was part of the economic and financial centre of the Chinese Soviet Republic (the Jiangxi Soviet ). Tens of thousands of people from Changting joined

210-522: The South China Sea . Liancheng county is crossed by National Route 205 ( Yong'an downtown -- Shanghang centre ). The 319 ( Xinluo downtown -- Changting centre ) crossing the southwest of the county is for about half its length identical with the 205. The Ganzhou–Longyan Railway passes through Liancheng. The Liancheng County executive, legislature and judiciary is in Lianfeng Town , together with

231-563: The Long March which in total was carried out by 86,000. Moreover, during 1955 and 1968, 68 people from Longyan were awarded Brigadier General or above, which accounts for 82% of all generals from Fujian province at the time, therefore, Longyan is also named as "The Home of Generals". Unlike many Chinese cities, the forest coverage of Longyan reaches an unusually high 77.9%, which is unparalleled in Fujian province. Meihuashan National Nature Reserve ,

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252-701: The ancient conflicts in central China and aggression from northern tribes, many Han people moved from central China to Longyan. in 1734, the Hokkien-speaking counties of Longyan city and Zhangping were ceded from Zhangzhou to form the Longyan Prefecture within the Hakka peasant Tingzhou prefecture, a typical Hakka peasant society culturally distinct from the Minnanese by the imperial court. In 1913, it reverted to its former name Longyan County and in 1981, Longyan City

273-494: The city stand at 2,684,310), giving an average annual rate of growth of -0.47%. The municipal executive, legislature, and judiciary are in Xinluo District ( 新罗区 ), together with the CPC and Public Security Bureau . The information about population uses the 2010 Census data. Longyan is inhabited by Hoklo people and Hakka peasants. The Hoklo people live in the urban areas and cities of Xinluo and Zhangping districts in

294-401: The communist government. Longyan serves as a strategic center for the distribution of goods to Xiamen , Quanzhou and Zhangzhou . It also acts as a gateway for trade with Guangdong and Jiangxi province. It is the main connection between the inland and coastal area. Longyan is rich in natural resources such as important mineral deposits and forest zones. The Septwolves tobacco business

315-427: The east, Zhangzhou to the southeast, Meizhou ( Guangdong ) to the southwest, and Ganzhou ( Jiangxi ) to the west and northwest. Longyan has a monsoon -influenced humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ), with short, mild winters, and long, hot and humid summers. Despite its inland location, the city's summers rank among the mildest in the province, averaging lower than even Xiamen and

336-454: The eastern Longyan prefecture and speak Longyan Min while Hakka peasants live in rural village areas of the countryside of the western part of the prefecture, making western Longyan famous for being named as the "Home of Hakka People". The rural county of Changting is often referred to as the home of the Hakka, while the Ting River is known as the "mother river" of the Hakka people. Longyan

357-629: The end of 2007. Changting borders Liancheng County to the east, Wuping and Shanghang counties to the south (all in Longyan municipality ), Sanming municipality's Ninghua County to the north, Ganzhou municipality's Ruijin City in Jiangxi province to the west. Located in the southern end of the Wuyi Mountains ( 武夷山脉 ), Changting belongs to subtropical zone. The region enjoys abundant precipitation as

378-407: The islands of Pingtan County , both of which receive significant maritime moderation. Rainfall is greatest in spring and early summer and at its least in autumn and early winter. The prefecture-level city of Longyan had a population of 2,559,545 inhabitants as of 2010, according to the 2010 National Census . The population of Longyan in 2010 was 4.65% inferior than in 2000 (when the inhabitants of

399-423: The river, Ting River gradually lost its advantage as a vital transportation means. Changting, once an important concentration place for travellers and goods, became isolated by big mountains. Changting lost its place as the center of western Fujian and became one of the poorest counties in Fujian province. Today, the situation has improved a lot with first railroad in service in 2005 and first highway in service at

420-619: The warm maritime air meets the cool air in the mountains, generating a large amount of rainfall. The county executive, legislature and judiciary are in Tingzhou Town, together with the CPC and PSB branches. (i.e., of Tingzhou/Changting Prefecture and of PRC's Changting County): Longyan Longyan ( simplified Chinese : 龙岩 ; traditional Chinese : 龍巖 ; pinyin : Lóngyán ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Lêng-nâ or Liong-nâ ; lit. 'dragon rock'; Hakka : Liùng-ngàm ; Longyan dialect : Liông-nâ [liɔŋ˩nã˩] )

441-657: Was established. Minxi was a strategic base during the Chinese Civil War . It is said that tens of thousands of people were recruited from the Hakka peasantry from the western Longyan to join the PLA during the Chinese Civil War, and nearly every Hakka family had someone sacrificed lives on behalf of CCP side especially during Mao's early purges in Tingzhou and Ganzhou which killed roughly 700,0000 Hakka people and some ethnic minorities. There are more than 26,000 locals that took part in

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