Langqi Island

Langqi Island

Langqi Island, known as the Pearl of Minjiang Estuary, is located in Langqi Town, Mawei District, Fuzhou City. The island is 15.3 km long from east to west and 8.1 km wide from north to south, which is equivalent to the area of Hong Kong Island. It is the fourth largest island in Fujian Province and the 21st largest island in China. It has unique natural conditions. The land area of the island is 55 square kilometers (36.5 square kilometers in plain and 18.5 square kilometers in mountainous area). The forest coverage rate is 20%. The beach area is 37 square kilometers and the coastline is 30 kilometers long. Langqi island has a subtropical marine monsoon climate with four distinct seasons and beautiful scenery. The natural conditions are very superior, and it is a good place for tourism and leisure.

cultural relics and historic sites

Langqi island is full of people, culture and many places of interest. For example, Wang Zudao, Minister of war of Song Dynasty, Lin Cun, Minister of politics of Song Dynasty, Chen Wensu, Minister of rites of Ming Dynasty, Lang Zhongjiang Wenpei, Minister of household affairs, Dong Tingqin, Sima of Shaozhou, Dong Yanghe, member of the Ministry of work, Chen Xie, a military officer in the east of Qingchuan, and Ren Guangyu, major general of the navy of the Republic of China. From the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 40 Jinshi and Ju people in Langqi. Liu Tong, Fujian chairman of the democratic revolution, member of the Standing Committee of the East Fujian Special Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Jiang Tao, military minister, are all the elites of Langqi island.

There are four ancient temples (baiyun temple, Tianzhu temple, Tian'an temple and Nanshan Temple) on Langqi island. There are more than 10 ancient temples, ancestral temples, ancient fortresses and ancient tombs of celebrities. There are two Christian churches, three Christian activity sites, more than 10 cliff carvings, more than 10 ancient wells in song and Ming Dynasties, one ancient lake, nine district level cultural relics protection units and one cultural relics protection site.

Historical evolution

The Tang Dynasty belonged to haipanli, Jin'an Township, Min county. In the Song Dynasty, it belonged to the East Township of Jin'an in Min County, and its name remained unchanged.

In the period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Wang Shenzhi was named king of Fujian in 909, the third year of Kaiping in the Later Liang Dynasty. In 920, Fuzhou was promoted to be the governor of Dadu, which belonged to Fujian county.

In December of the third year of Tongguang (925), Wang Shenzhi died, and his son, Wang yanhanli, was called Weiwu army.

In October of the fourth year of Tiancheng (929), Yanhan called himself the king of Fujian. In December, he was killed by Wang Yanchen, the adopted son of Wang Shenzhi. Yan Junji, the younger brother of Yan Han, sought to be the king of Fujian. It belongs to.

In 933, Wang Yanjun called himself Emperor, changed the Yuan Dynasty to Longqi, promoted Fuzhou to Changle Prefecture, changed Min county to Changle County, and Houguan county to Minxing county,

In 935, Changle and Minxing were renamed Min county and Houguan county.

In 939, Wang Yanxi, the youngest son of Wang Shenzhi, killed Wang Jipeng and became Yonglong. The next year, he was called the great min emperor. It belongs to.

In the third year of Tiande (945), Wang Yanzheng took Fuzhou as the eastern capital and changed the name of the state to min. In August, Wang's family died and was renamed Fuzhou. Membership remains unchanged.

In the 18th year of Wende (947), Fuzhou was occupied by the state of Wuyue and belonged to the powerful army of Fuzhou.

In the 21st year of Wende in Wuyue state (951), Fuzhou Weiwu army was changed into Xinwu army.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, in the third year of Taiping's rejuvenation of the state (978), Fuzhou was restored as a powerful army.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, the first year of Jingyan (1276), Fuzhou was promoted to Fu'an Prefecture.

In Yuan Dynasty, haipanli and haiquli (Hujiang, chuanshidao, now Guantou Town, Lianjiang county) were merged into jiadenghaiquli. In Ming Dynasty, it was changed to jiadengli. In the Qing Dynasty, it was the Second District of Min county (Jiayu District).

In 1278, after Yuan soldiers invaded Fuzhou, Zhongshu Province in Fujian Province was set up, Fuan Prefecture was changed to Fuzhou road.

In the first year of Hongwu (1368) in Ming Dynasty, Fuzhou road was changed into Fuzhou mansion.

The first year of Longwu (1645) of the Southern Ming Dynasty belongs to Tianxing Prefecture.

In the Qing Dynasty, Fujian county belonged to Fuzhou, Ningfu Road, Fujian Province.

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Min county and Houguan county still followed the division of the late Qing Dynasty. On May 5, Min county and Houguan county were abolished and merged, known as Minhou Prefecture

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All the affairs of the two counties were taken over and managed by Fujian Minhou Prefecture.

The seal letter of Minhou Prefecture was opened on the 12th, and the seal letter of Fuzhou Prefecture was invalid on the same day.

In November of the same year, the seals of Min county and Houguan county were put into use again. In March of the Republic of China, Minxian county and Houguan county were merged into Minhou County again. The scope of jurisdiction remained unchanged, belonging to Donglu Road (later renamed minhai Road). The original names of the two counties were first named Minhou County, from which Minhou got its name

In the early period of the Republic of China, the division followed the Qing system. Influenced by the revolution of 1911, Min county was divided into autonomous regions

In the 14th year of the Republic of China, Dao was abolished and became a county directly under the central government of Fujian Province.

On December 11, 2002, after the Fujian incident, the people's revolutionary government of the people's Republic of China was established. Fujian was divided into four provinces and one special city. Minhou County was under the jurisdiction of minhai province.

In 1934, it belonged to four districts of Minhou County; in 24, it belonged to two districts of Minhou County, which were divided into Langqi Township and Longfeng township;

In the 25th year of the Republic of China, 8 townships of Guantou, 2 townships of CHUANSHI and Hujiang in Minhou County were designated to Lianjiang county

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In September of the year of the Republic of China, the national government reviewed Baojia in villages and towns, and officially announced the abolition of the system of district administration,

Minhou County was renamed Linsen County in 1944.

In December 1949, it was subordinate to the fourth special district of Fujian Province and was stationed in Linsen county. In 1950, it was renamed Minhou County, belonging to the Second District of Minhou district.

At this time, Jianxin, Langqi, Tingjiang, Chengmen, Lingtou, Huanxi, hongliao and other towns under the jurisdiction of today's suburbs were still under the jurisdiction of Minhou County, Fujian Province. In November 1954, Minlang town and Yaqian, Sanping, Wuzhuang, Haiyu, Yunlong, Jinsha, Fengwo, Longtai and Gongpo townships were under the jurisdiction of the second district. It was transferred to Fujian Province in August 1956 and Fuzhou in November 1958.

On June 25, 1956, Minlang town and five townships of Wuyu, Jinsha, Longfeng, Yunlong and Gongpo in Langqi Island, Minhou County, Minhou Prefecture, were under the jurisdiction of Lianjiang county. On October 15 of the same year, it was transferred back to Minhou County.

In 1959, it returned to Minhou special area, and Minhou was under its jurisdiction. In February 1970, Minhou County was transferred to Putian area.

In January 1962, the four communes of Minhou County, namely, Jianxin commune, Tingjiang commune, Langqi commune and Beifeng commune, were transferred to the suburbs of Fuzhou. Since then, the suburban Revolutionary Committee and the Beifeng District Revolutionary Committee have been successively established in the suburban area

In June 1963, Langqi governed 10 people's communes and 36 production brigades.

On February 17, 1970, the reform committee of Fujian Minhou special region moved from Luozhou to Putian

On April 13, 1971, Minhou district was changed to Putian district; on June 1, 1971, Putian district was changed to Putian District, and Minhou County and Lianjiang county were subordinate to Putian district and Putian district.

At the end of February 1970, the suburb of Fuzhou was abolished, and Langqi commune was once again under the jurisdiction of Lianjiang county, Putian district.

At the end of July 1970, Lianjiang was once again assigned to Fu'an district. The next year, it moved to Ningde district. On December 15, 1975, Langqi commune was once again zoned from Lianjiang county in Ningde prefecture to the suburbs of Fuzhou.

In December 1975, Langqi commune was transferred from Lianjiang county to the suburbs of Fuzhou. In 1984, Langqi people's commune was renamed Langqi township.

In October 1991, Langqi township was transformed into Langqi Town, with 39 administrative villages and 1 residents' committee. In November 1995, Langqi town was designated to Mawei District of Fuzhou.

natural landscape

There are ten sceneries of Langshan on the island: Baiyun guanri, Yunlong Chaoyin, shuangguibangkou, Wuhu Shoumen, Tianzhu Tingquan, Luzhou Suyan, Jinji Baoxiao, Baihou Zhenjiang, Daqiao Wobo and Pulin Tanyou. Among them, Baiyun is the best.

It is said that in addition to the Baiyun Mountain in Langqi, there are also peaks in Gushan and Yunju mountain in Lianjiang county. However, Gushan is too far away from the sea, and the cloud dwelling mountain is too low, with limited vision, only Baiyun Mountain is advantaged.

Baiyun Mountain, 300 meters high, over 50 meters in baiyun temple, a new "Sun watching platform". The platform is 8 meters high, 20 meters long and 5 meters wide. It is made of square white granite. The railings on the platform are "saddle shaped", like ancient battlements. On the front of the stage, there is a horizontal tablet inscribed in official script: "Sun watching platform". There are two gates under the plaque, such as the ancient city gate. There are stone steps on both sides, such as winding corridors, and railings on both sides, which are called "terraces". "Ladder platform" goes from "auxiliary platform" to "main platform". When you step on the stage and face the sea, you can have a panoramic view of the mountains and rivers at the mouth of Minjiang River. Langqi is famous for watching the sun since ancient times.

tourist attraction

Longgu seaside resort on Langqi island has beautiful scenery with mountains and sea. The resort spans from Yunlong village to Dongqi village. The north and South Gate pavilions are ancient and magnificent. In the resort, the mountains and rivers are in harmony with the sea and the sky. The first thing you can see is a landscape of aeolian sand dunes and ancient simple trees, with a total area of more than 10 hectares, standing like a green barrier by the sea. The sand dunes in the forest area are covered with green wild grass, and dense ancient and simple trees are towering over the sky to block out the sun. Ancient banyan trees are intertwined. Forest vegetation is well protected, there are more than 30 kinds of plants. Every summer season, groups of seagulls, wild ducks, egrets and seabirds live here.

Outside the ancient forest area, there used to be a tidal flat of several thousand mu, which has been reclaimed to become a mariculture farm of more than 100 hectares, and a water park has been opened up. A mariculture farm is like a man-made lake, where Meretrix meretrix, Sinonovacula constricta, Charybdis rubra, prawn, perch, mullet and saltfish are cultured

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