Wuyishan, Fujian

Wuyishan
武夷山市
County-level city

Location of Wuyishan City within Nanping City
Wuyishan

Location in Fujian

Coordinates: 27°46′N 118°02′E / 27.767°N 118.033°E / 27.767; 118.033Coordinates: 27°46′N 118°02′E / 27.767°N 118.033°E / 27.767; 118.033
Country People's Republic of China
Province Fujian
Prefecture-level city Nanping
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Wuyishan City (Chinese: 武夷山市; pinyin: Wǔyíshān shì) is a county-level city in the municipal region of Nanping, in the northwest of Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It corresponds to the former Chong'an County.[1]

Natural and Cultural Heritage

A local subsection of the Wuyishan Mountain range, which forms the entirety of the geological and political divide between the provinces of Fujian and Jiangxi, is a front-rank national park called simply Wuyi (武夷) Mountains. Since 1999 the park zone has been recognised by UNESCO as part of the world's natural and cultural heritage.

Cultural sites within the zone include the original cultivation ground of the Dahongpao (大红袍) tea variety, and a villa retreat used by Zhu Xi, a Confucian revivalist scholar-official of the rump or Southern Song Empire.

South of the zone, just short of the City's border with Jianyang City, is a major archaeological excavation of the vanished Yue (越) nation.

Administration

The city executive, legislature and judiciary are in CongAn Street Office (崇安街道), together with the CPC and PSB branches.

There are two other Street offices :

Towns (镇, zhen)

Townships (乡, xiang)

Transportation

Wuyishan North Railway Station serves the city of Wuyishan.

The Nanping Wuyishan Airport serves the Wuyishan area. The Hengfeng–Nanping Railway and Hefei–Fuzhou High-Speed Railway passes through Wuyishan.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Mount Wuyi.

References

  1. ↑ "Nanping Travel Guide". TravelChinaGuide. 1998–2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.


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