Fu-chien

We know that Italians were trading in the Black Sea ports, and the Arabs in the ports of southern China- in Fu-chien and Kuang-tung. Zayton (Ch'üan-chou in Fu-chien?) is mentioned by Marco Polo as 'the greatest port in the world'.

When this line was about to be completed, toward the end of 1956, official newspapers reported that henceforth ‘rich iron ore, timber and figs’ produced in Fu-chien could be shipped out for the benefit of other parts of the country [29].

Administrative divisions: since in the past the authorities claimed to be the government of all China, the central administrative divisions include the provinces of Fu-chien (some 20 offshore islands of Fujian Province including Quemoy and Matsu) and Taiwan (the island of Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands);

While Chu Hsi’s fame in the Southern Sung academy movement rests on his revival of White Deer Grotto in Chiang-hsi, he was most active in founding academies in his adoptive home, Fu-chien. His ancestral home was Wu-yuan County (Hui, Chiang-tung), but he was born, educated, and spent much of his career both in and out of office in Fu-chien.

"You do not care if I am a peasant girl born beneath a harnessed ox in the fields of Fu-chien?" "I do not care if you were born in the Forbidden City, of the body of an angel on a couch of ivory." He put down the glasses. "You are aboard my ship without my permission, behaving dreadfully. If you are a divinity, then I will bid you welcome and make the best of my hospitality. If you are an insolent peasant girl from Fu-chien, then I will throw you into the sea and tell you to swim for that distant shore."

Kinmen County used to belong to Tungan County of Fuchien Province.