Quanzhou 泉州

Quánzhōu 泉州 Other names include: Lǐchéng 鯉城

Nearby Locations: Fúzhōu 福州 Xiàmén 廈門 Across the strait from Táiwān 台灣

Southeast China Region Region

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Quánzhōu 泉州 is a coastal city in Fújiàn 福建, located roughly midway between Fúzhōu 福州 and Xiàmén 廈門.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Kāiyuán Temple 開元寺

Other Notes

• Xūyún 虛雲 was born here on July 29, 1840 (Dàoguāng 道光 20)
• Yuányīng 圓瑛 lived here in the mid 1920s, while serving as abbot of Kāiyuán Temple 開元寺
• Hóngyī 弘一 died here on October 13, 1942 (Mínguó 民國 31)