Putian has a subtropical maritime monsoon climate, with flowers blooming all year round and fruits fragrant all year round. There are mountains and seas, beautiful scenery, spectacular mountains and rivers, a plain in Ma Pingchuan, a sparkling bay, nine carp in spring, Xiameizhou, Qiubaitang, the charm of Li Xiang, the rain on the lake and mountain, the flowing water in Lanxi, the scenery of the three famous rocks of Cai Xi, Maixie and Yongxing, the Millennium bell of Guanghua Temple and the martial arts origin of South Shaolin. At that time, Mr. Guo Moruo, a literary master, visited Putian and sincerely praised: the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is good, and the water town is full of fish and rice.
The unique human geography has formed many advantages and characteristics of Putian. The location advantage is obvious. It is located in the middle of the southeast coast of Fujian, facing Taiwan Province Province across the sea, connecting Fuzhou, the provincial capital in the north, Quanzhou in the south and Xiamen in the south. It is an important part of building the economic zone on the west side of the Taiwan Strait. Port resources are unique, including Meizhou Bay, Xinghua Bay and Wanping. Meizhou Bay is a natural deep-water harbor, which is "rare in China and rare in the world". Wide water depth, calm, no freezing and silting, 65,438+10,000-ton ships can freely enter and exit, and more than 10,000-ton berths can be built 150, which has the advantage of building a large port. Mazu culture is unique. Meizhou Island is a national tourist attraction and the birthplace of Mazu culture which is admired all over the world. Mazu Tempel on the island is called "Mecca" of the East. It has always bound compatriots on both sides of the strait with unique beliefs, and is a bridge and link for economic and trade cooperation, cultural exchanges and personnel exchanges between the mainland and Taiwan Province Province.
There are many tourist attractions and rich tourist resources in Putian, with more than 250 scenic spots and historical sites, and 197 is listed as key cultural relics protection units at all levels. Among them, there are 2 national key cultural relics protection units, 8 provincial units, 20 municipal units and 167 county units. Mazu Tempel on Meizhou Island is famous and admired by the world. The ancestral halls of the three religions are unique to me; Mazu Temple and Sanjiao Temple in Meizhou have great influence in the whole country, Southeast Asia and many countries and regions in the world. Jiulihu Scenic Area is famous for its four wonders of lakes, caves, waterfalls and rocks, and it is one of the "three wonders of Fujian". Mulan slope, a large-scale ancient weir 5 kilometers away from the urban area, is one of the most intact ancient large-scale water conservancy projects in China and a national key cultural relics protection unit. Guanghua Temple is one of the four Zen forests and one of the "Top Ten Scenic Spots" in Fujian Province. Sanqing Hall of Xuanmiao Temple is one of the best-preserved Taoist Xuanmiao Temple buildings in Tang Dynasty in our province. There are many sites of ancient buildings, including South Shaolin Temple, Ancient Pagoda in Song Dynasty, Tomb of Cai Xiang, Ancient Site of Porcelain Kiln, Puxi City, a famous anti-Japanese city in Ming Dynasty, and thousands of ancient trees, such as litchi tree "Song Jiaxiang" and Longhua ancient camphor tree.
Putian is known as "a famous literary country" in history. During the 1200 years since the Tang Dynasty, talented people and celebrities came forth in large numbers, which were the best in all periods and set an example for future generations. A number of historical and cultural celebrities, such as Moline, Lin Zhaoen, Cai Xiang, Zheng Qiao and Liu Kezhuang, have appeared, and there are many romantic stories in Hakka. Such as "Nine Prizes in One Family", "Five Bachelor's Degree in One Family", "Prime Ministers of Two Brothers", "Lack of Cliff and Double Standards", "One Minister is the Best in the World" and "Six Ministers and Five". There is also Puxian dialect, which maintains the rhyme of Zhang Tang and Song Dynasty and is known as the "living fossil of Southern Opera".
Putian and South Shaolin. In the north of Xitianwei Town, Licheng District, Putian City, Fujian Province, the world-famous South Shaolin Temple is here. Putian South Shaolin Temple was originally named Lin Quanyuan. Archaeologists believe that "Linquan Garden existed in the Tang Dynasty or at the latest in the late Tang Dynasty", but the exact date of its construction needs further research. Lin's martial arts style originated in the early Tang Dynasty, and his experience was also related to it.
According to legend, after Li Shimin acceded to the throne, Lu Decai was collected by the Fugong Department in the southeast coast, and the people were miserable. Those gangsters are uncertain, and their gathering and dispersion are impermanent. If an army is sent to encircle them, it will be tantamount to beating fleas with fists, wasting people and money, and it is difficult to achieve results. Emperor Taizong had to call the abbot of Shaolin Temple and General Tan, who had become a general, and ask him to send monk soldiers with high martial arts to punish pirates. Daoguang, one of the thirteen stick monks sent by Tan, led 500 monks into Fujian to suppress violence. After the riots subsided, the coastal people kept these living buddhas to help the poor. Daoguang also found it difficult to show kindness, so he returned to Songshan Shaolin Temple and told the abbot of Tanzong. The abbot immediately said, "I have been stealing the sun and the moon for a long time at the seaside, and there is a night head at the foot of Jiulian Mountain. The north and south are thousands of miles away from the same temple, and Mahayana Zen stays in the heart. " Daoguang, according to the words of the abbot of north shaolin, found Linquanyuan Temple, which was famous at that time and had a terrain similar to Songshan Mountain, and settled in it. Lin Quanyuan also became the Shaolin Temple in the south of the Yangtze River. There are nine mountains around the Linshan village where the temple is located in a circle, which looks like a nine-petal lotus. The temple is located in the flower heart, hence the name Jiulianshan Shaolin Temple, commonly known as South Shaolin Temple. In the early years of Qing Dynasty, Yan Jun, a local anti-Qing personage and Wulin, came to South Shaolin, which has a martial arts tradition, as a base for anti-Qing and regaining sight. Due to the betrayal of traitors, South Shaolin was captured by the government, many monks were killed and temples were razed to the ground. Monks who rushed out of the sea of fire wandered in the rivers and lakes, preaching and teaching, and persisting in the struggle against the Qing Dynasty. It is said that many routines of Nanquan come from South Shaolin. Due to the blockade of public opinion in the Qing court, this tragic history is little known, but it is quietly circulated among the people.