Huangshi, Putian

Huangshi Town is a town in Putian's Licheng District on the central coast of Fujian Province, China. It had about 148,000 people during the 2010 census.

Geography

Huangshi comprises the north-central part of Putian's Licheng District, southwest of Xinghua Bay on the Taiwan Strait. It covers of the extensively irrigated southern Putian Plain, an area known as the Nanyang ().

History

The territory of present-day Huangshi was largely reclaimed from tidal marshes through land reclamation efforts begun during the late Tang and continuing til the mid-Ming, a period stretching from the 9th to the 16th centuries. Huangshi proper was a market town by the time of the Ming.

Administrative divisions

Huangshi is composed of the 2 neighborhoods of Huangshi Huángshí Jūwěihuì) and Changxi Chángxī Jūwěihuì) and the 36 villages of Shaban Shābǎn Cūn), Shuinan Shuǐnán Cūn), Dengyun Dēngyún Cūn), Jinghou Jǐnghòu Cūn), Heping Hépíng Cūn), Hengtang Héngtáng Cūn), Qijing Qījìng Cūn), Yaotai Yáotái Cūn), Fengshan Fèngshān Cūn), Dingzhuang Dìngzhuāng Cūn), Shadi Shādī Cūn), Tianma Tiānmǎ Cūn), Huishang Huìshàng Cūn), Huixia Huìxià Cūn), Pingshan Píngshān Cūn), Dounan Dòunán Cūn), Dongshan Dōngshān Cūn), Dongyang Dōngyáng Cūn), Dongdai Dōngdài Cūn), Jinshan Jīnshān Cūn), Xucuo Xúcuò Cūn), Dongjia Dōngjiǎ Cūn), Zhelang Zhēlàng Cūn), Haibian Hǎibiān Cūn), Jiangdong Jiāngdōng Cūn), Huadong Huádōng Cūn), Huazhong Huázhōng Cūn), Huadi Huádī Cūn), Qiaodou Qiáodōu Cūn), Xiadai Xiàdài Cūn), Xiajiangtou Xiàjiāngtóu Cūn), Xili Xīlì Cūn), Xihong Xīhóng Cūn), Qingzhong Qīngzhōng Cūn), Qinghou Qīnghòu Cūn), and Qingqian Qīngqián Cūn).

Religion

The village of Qiaodou, known as Ninghai during the Song and Ming, is the site of the earliest-attested temple to the Chinese sea goddess Mazu, the deified form of the 10th-century shamaness Lin Moniang. Supposedly, Lin was born on nearby Meizhou Island, usually regarded as the cradle of her cult, but she probably spent her adult life on the mainland.

At present, Shuinan's Tianhou Palace () is Huangshi's main temple. It was first constructed during the Hongwu Era of the Ming. It was rebuilt and adapted for use as Shuinan's guildhall () in 1795. The town holds religious processions every year on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar and during the intercalary month of each year which has one. The main temple in the Qiaodou area is its Jiucha Temple () honoring the Great God of Jiucha (). Its religious processions occur on the second and third days of the second lunar month.

Transportation

The S201 highway connects central Huangshi to Hanjiang to the north and Xiuyu to the south. The G15 Expressway is nearby.

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