Why is Quanzhou called Wenling?

According to Quanzhou local literature, it is because Zhu, a Neo-Confucianism scholar in the Song Dynasty, came to the north of Quanzhou to plant bamboo and build a pavilion and give lectures here. It's winter now, but Quanzhou is very warm. Zhu praised this place as "the only warm place in the mountains", and the whole state was later called "Wenling".

Quanzhou is nicknamed Wenling, another way of saying it is ancient: Wu textual research, Quanzhou is nicknamed Wenling, even in the early Tang Dynasty. Its name comes from agricultural production, which is related to climate and topography: it is appropriate to divide the humidity to sow Liugu ... Quanzhou was called Wenling in ancient times because of the cold climate. (According to The Origin of Quanzhou and Its Other Names, Journal of Quanzhou Teachers College,No. 1984,No. 1)

Extended data:

Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province, referred to as "Licheng", also known as Licheng and Erythrina.

Quanzhou first developed in the Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties, and was placed in Dongan County in 260 AD. It was one of the four largest ports in the world in the Tang Dynasty and was praised as the City of Light by Kelpolo. It was the largest port in the East during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and once had the grand scene of "people from ten continents" and "businessmen from all over the world". Quanzhou is known as the Museum of World Religions, and UNESCO has set the world's first "World Multicultural Exhibition Center" in Quanzhou.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia _ Quanzhou? Baidu Encyclopedia _ Wenling