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Foshan (Chinese: 佛山; Pinyin: Fóshān) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. The city has jurisdiction over an area of about 3,840 km² and a population of 5.4 million of which 1.1 million reside in the city proper (year 2000 figures). Image File history File links Location_of_Foshan_within_Guangdong_(China). ...
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Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ...
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Introduction
Foshan is an old town dated back to many centuries. It was famous for its porcelain industry. Now it has been made the 'third largest city in Canton'. The city is relatively affluent when compared to other Chinese cities, and it is home to many large private enterprises. If you want to witness the boom of China's economy, and the transformation that the economic boom brought, here is not bad a place to start with. Of course, be warned that the air quality in Foshan is atrocious as a result of years of unregulated industrial development.
There are quite a lot to see in Foshan. If you are into Chinese temple and Chinese architecture, there is an old Zhu temple in Foshan that houses the city's guardian, and it was standing in its original site since many hundred years ago. That temple endured many wars and the culture revolution, and was still standing. Much of its original architecture is still intact. The temple is now used to stage the traditional Canton opera at night. If you want a different experience, this is quite an interesting place to visit.
Beside the Zhu temple, you can also get a glimpse into the traditional Chinese buildings by visiting the famous Liang Yuan. It is one of the four famous Yuan, or private estate in Canton. It epitomized the building style of the Ming-Qin dynasty, with delicate craftmanship into every inch of the building, and a compact yet elegantly designed garden. It is very well reserved, with most of its original artefact displayed in-house. Very near to the site of this Lian Yuan, you can also find a group of preserved buildings that dated back to the Qin dynasty. Although they are now private housing, you can still obtain permit to visit some of these buildings from the Tourist Bureau. These buildings all display the very classic building style of that era, which is the abandonment of the large and ostensible garden and space in favour to small yet multi-stories houses that is practical to the land contraint.
Another place you must go in Foshan is the old porcelain furnace in Shi Wan. That furnace was said to be in operation since the Tang dynasty, and the fire inside was always kep alite. It is still in operation, and is still producing some of the exquisite china-ware that made Foshan famous. Surround that site are many workshop of the local artists. And if you have a day to spare, you can actually find some amazingly creative and original artwork by exploring these workshop.
The country side of Foshan is also worth a visit, as it retains much of the authentic Southern China agriculture style.
Administration The prefecture-level city of Foshan administers 5 county-level divisions, all of which are districts. A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjà shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ...
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District, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. ...
These are further divided into 64 township-level divisions, including 37 towns and 27 subdistricts. Nanhai (å—æµ·) is a district of Foshan prefecture-level city, in Guangdong province, southern China. ...
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Shunde (顺德) is a county town (and a county) in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong province, southeast China. ...
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Foshan is close to Guangzhou and considers its link with Guangzhou very important. A Guangzhou-Foshan metropolitan region is being formed. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Transportation
External links Foshan Airport was once a regional airport with mixed usage (both military and domestic transport) since January 22, 1987, as it became a base of China United Airlines (CUA) in Guangdong Province. When CUA ceased domestic flights in November 1, 2002, Foshan Airport remained military service only. The airport resumed its regional airport status in 2005 when the regrouped CUA, which was partly purchaed by Shanghai Airlines, resumed domestic flight service. It is expected domestic flight linkage between Foshan and at least 10 Chinese cities including Beijing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Yinchuan etc. January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Foshan is a main interchange for railway routes linking Guangzhou, Hong Kong and the western Guangdong Province. It is connected with Hong Kong via the KCRC Guangdong Through Train service from Foshan railway station. The inter-city through train service was extended from Guangzhous to Foshan since the 1990s. The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (ä¹å»£éµè·¯å…¬å¸), frequently abbreviated to KCRC, is wholly owned by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government and based in Hong Kong. ...
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Foshan railway station serves the city of Foshan, Guangdong province, China. ...
Internal link Being a prominent link to Guangzhou city, the Guangfo Line of the Guangzhou Metro, presently under construction, will connect the city to Guangzhou. The Guangzhou Metro (å»£å·žåœ°éµ GuÇŽngzhÅu dìtiÄ›) is a metro system in the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Bus service is the major mode public transport inside the city of Foshan.
Economy
Agriculture There are Agricultural Model Districts (AMD) around the prefecture, such as Shunde Chencun AMD, and AMDs in Daili Town, Shatou Town and Locun Town in Nanhai, with a total area of about 9.4 km².
The AMDs aims at providing an all-round environment for modern agriculture. Agricultural process is upgraded through technology, and sale service is incorporated with a new style tourism, that attracts target clients. The modern integrated practice mode resulted in the reputation of the largest base for wholesale, food production, storage and logistics of agricultural products in Guangdong Province. Wholesaling consists of the sale of goods/merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional, or other professional business users or to other wholesalers and related subordinated services. ...
Manufacturing industries Following Shenzhen and Guangzhou, Foshan is the third largest manufacturing base in the Pearl River Delta. Once home to a strong State-Owned Enterprises sector, its current economic strength lies in privates firms and Township and Village Enterprises in Shunde and Nanhai. In 2002, private firms contributed 56.12% of the industrial output and firms from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan contributed 63.44% in exports. For the graphic novel see Shenzhen Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern China, located at the border with Hong Kong. ...
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Key industries in Foshan include:
Towns in Foshan specialize in pillar industries as follows: welcome:: This is an article about items in a room. ...
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- Beijiao Town, Shunde (顺德北滘) - household electrical appliances
- Chencun Town, Shunde (顺德陈村) - flowers and horticulture
- Dali Town, Nanhai (南海大沥) - aluminium products
- Lecong Town, Shunde (顺德乐从) - furniture production and distribution
- Nanzhuang Town, Nanhai (南海南庄) - building materials
- Xiqiao Town, Nanhai (南海西樵) - tourism and textiles
- Yanbu Town, Nanhai (南海盐步) - underclothes
Some well-known brands to come out of these pillar industries include Midea, Kelon, and Jianlibao. Foshan's furniture and lighting industry is known as the world's largest furniture wholesale market and the world's largest lighting wholesale market. Midea (美的) is a Chinese electronics manufacturer located in Guangdong. ...
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Development strategy Foshan aims to become a manufacturing giant and the third largest city in Guangdong. To do this, it has pledged to make large-scale investment in the construction of the infrastructure such as transportation and energy. Urban development will focus on the central urban group and Shunde urban group, each with more than one million inhabitants.
Tourism - Ancestors' Temple (祖庙)
- Renshou Pagoda
- Folk Arts & Crafts Center
- Pottery & Ceramics Guild
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External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Foshan - Government website of Foshan (available in Chinese and English)
- Map of Foshan (in Simplified Chinese)
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