What is the brief history of Xiamen?

Historical introduction: Xiamen was the habitat of egrets in ancient times, so it is also called "Egret Island". During the Pre-Qin Dynasty, Xiamen belonged to the land of Baiyue; "Hanshu Geography" records that the distribution of Baiyue is "seven or eight thousand miles from Jiaozhi to Kuaiji, and there are many Baiyue places, each with its own caste."

In the Western Jin Dynasty, in the third year of Taikang (282 years), Tong'an County was established and belonged to Jin'an County. It was soon abolished and merged into Nan'an County. It was not until more than 600 years later that the county system was established again: Longqi in 933 of the Fujian Kingdom In the first year of the Qing Dynasty, it was promoted to Tong'an County and established as a county again, belonging to Quanzhou, with the state's headquarters in Jinjiang County.

In the Tang Dynasty, in the 19th year of Zhenyuan (803), Datongchang was established in the southwestern part of Nan'an County. In the second year of Tang Guangqi (886), Wang Chao Ke Quanzhou became the governor. In 947, the Southern Tang Dynasty destroyed the Fujian Kingdom. , Tong'an was ruled by Wang Chao and the Min Kingdom, which lasted for 61 years.

Brothers Wang Chao and Wang Shenzhi successively served as military envoys to the Mighty Army, and Tongan was their territory. In the first year of Kaiping in the Fujian Kingdom (909), Wang Shenzhi became the King of Fujian and established the Kingdom of Fujian. Fuzhou, Datongchang is its jurisdiction. In the seventh year of Baoda (949), the Southern Tang Dynasty promoted Quanzhou to the Qingyuan Army (administering today's Quanzhou, Putian, Xiamen, and Zhangzhou).

In the first year of Qiande (963), the Song Dynasty changed the Qingyuan Army to Ping Haijun, with Chen Hongjin as the military governor, and Tong'an County belonged to Ping Haijun. In the third year of Taiping and Xingguo's reign (978) in the Northern Song Dynasty, Chen Hongjin adopted people from the Song Dynasty, and Tong'an County began to accept people from the Song Dynasty along with Ping Haijun. In the same year, Song Fuping established the navy in Quanzhou. The Song Dynasty belonged to Ping Haijun and Quanzhou.

Xiamen is a coastal city in China and one of the first four special economic zones in China to implement the policy of opening up to the outside world. . Former US President Richard Nixon once praised Xiamen as "Hawaii of the East". ?Extended information

Xiamen City is located at 24°23'~24°54' north latitude and 117°53'~118°26' east longitude. It is on the southeast coast of China, in the south of Fujian Province, connected to Zhangzhou and Quanzhou. It is located in the middle of the Golden Triangle of southern Fujian. Xiamen City consists of Xiamen Island, Gulangyu Island and its many small islands, as well as Tong'an, Jimei, Haicang, Xiang'an, etc.

The land area is 1,699.39 square kilometers and the sea area is about 390 square kilometers. Among them, Xiamen Island covers an area of ??approximately 157.76 square kilometers (including Gulangyu Island). It is the fourth largest island in Fujian Province and has a coastline of approximately 234 kilometers.

Xiamen’s terrain is dominated by coastal plains, terraces and hills. The terrain of Xiamen slopes from northwest to southeast, and the terrain consists of various types, including middle mountains, low mountains, high hills, low hills, terraces, plains, tidal flats, etc. There are many medium and low mountains in the northwest. Among them, Yunding Mountain, located at the junction of Tong'an and Anxi, has an altitude of 1175.2 meters, making it the highest mountain in the city.

From northwest to southeast, there are high hills, low hills, terraces, sea plains and tidal flats. To the south are Xiamen Island and Gulangyu Island. Yunding Mountain is the highest peak in Xiamen City, Yunding Rock is the highest peak on Xiamen Island, and Sunlight Rock is the highest peak on Gulangyu Island.

Xiamen has a subtropical maritime monsoon climate, which is mild and rainy. The annual average temperature is around 21°C, with no severe cold in winter and no scorching heat in summer. The average annual rainfall is about 1,200 mm, with the highest rainfall from May to August each year. The wind force is generally level 3 to 4, and the dominant wind force is northeasterly. Due to the temperature difference in the Pacific Ocean, it is affected by an average of 4 to 5 typhoons every year, mostly from July to September.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xiamen