Mulan River is the largest river in central Fujian, with a drainage area of 1,732 square kilometers (including 1,7 square kilometers above Wenxi Station of Laixi River), located at 118 38 ′ ~ 119 6 ′ east longitude and 25 22 ′ ~ 25 25 ′ north latitude. Mainly in Putian city.
Putian, known as Xinghua in ancient times, also known as Puyang and Puxian, has a long history and splendid humanities. It is known as "Zou Lu on the seashore" and "a famous country of literature". It has been the political, economic and cultural center in central Fujian since ancient times and the birthplace of Chinese Mazu culture.
Yangzhou, one of the "Kyushu" in the Xia and Shang Dynasties, belonged to the "Seven Fujian" in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the land of Fujian and Yue in the late Warring States Period, the county of Minzhong in the Qin Dynasty, the county of Huiji in the late Western Han Dynasty, the county of Jian 'an in the Three Kingdoms Period, the county of Jin 'an in the Western Jin Dynasty and the county of Nan 'an in the Southern Dynasty. In the second year of Chen Guang's sophomore year (568) and the ninth year of Sui Kaihuang (589), Putian County was established for the second time. In September 1983, the State Council approved the establishment of Putian City. Jurisdiction over Xianyou County, Licheng District, Chengxiang District, Hanjiang District, Xiuyu District, Meizhou Island National Tourism Resort Management Committee and Meizhou Bay North Shore Economic Development Zone Management Committee. It is a rising new port city on the west side of the Taiwan Strait.
Putian is located on the northern edge of the Tropic of Cancer, bordering the ocean to the east, and has a typical subtropical maritime monsoon climate. Sufficient sunshine and suitable temperature. The average annual solar radiation is 11.41 kcal/cm2; The average annual sunshine hours is 1995.9 hours, and the average annual sunshine rate is 45%. Sunshine time gradually increases from mountainous areas to coastal areas. The temperature gradually decreases from the southeast coast to the northwest inland mountainous area. The annual average temperature is between 16℃ and 21℃. The average annual frost-free period is between 316 and 35 days. Most of the land in the city is suitable for the cultivation of three crops a year in agricultural production. The rainfall is abundant and the climate is humid. The average annual precipitation in all parts of the city is between 1 mm and 23 mm, decreasing from the northwest mountainous area to the southeast coast. The mountainous area in the northwest is more than 23 mm, the central plain is 12 mm to 16 mm, and the southeast coast and islands are 9 mm to 13 mm.
Putian enjoys a superior geographical position. Located in the central coastal area of Fujian Province, on the west bank of Taiwan Strait, Fuzhou, the provincial capital, is in the north, and the "Golden Triangle" in southern Fujian is one of the coastal economic open areas. It borders Fuqing City in the northeast, Yongtai County and Dehua County in the northwest, Yongchun County, Nan 'an City and Hui 'an County in the southwest and Taiwan Province Strait in the southeast. From east to south, there are three bays: Xinghua Bay, Pingwan Bay and Meizhou Bay. There are many islands in the bay, such as Nanri Island, Wutuqiu Island and Meizhou Island, which are across the sea from Taiwan Province Province and only 7 nautical miles away from Taichung Port. Putian City has criss-crossing mountains, undulating hills, criss-crossing valleys and ditches, vast fertile plains and wide and long sea areas, as well as many peninsulas, harbors and islands, forming a complex and diverse grid-like terrain, which belongs to the hilly areas along the southeast coast of Fujian. The terrain is stepped from northwest to southeast. The western and northern parts are dominated by mountains, with low mountains, canyons and basins intertwined; The central and eastern parts are alluvial plains and marine plains; The southeast coast is a peninsula and hilly platform, with low terrain and surrounded by harbors. The larger plains are the North-South Ocean Plain in Putian and the East-West Township Plain in Xianyou, covering an area of ***816.7 square kilometers, accounting for about 2.6% of the city's total land area. The population of the city is relatively concentrated in these two plain areas.
There are abundant water sources and developed water systems, which are characterized by short flow, fast flow rate, abundant water and large relative drop. Most of the rivers in the territory flow from northwest to east and south, mainly including Mulanxi, Yanshou and Tonglu streams.
the territory is full of beautiful scenery, with strange mountains and beautiful waters scattered all over the place. In Xianyou, there is a cave named Jiuli Lake, which is one of the "Three Wonders of Fujian", a "Little Wuyi" Maixie Rock with a strange cave in Quxi, a Caixiyan with beautiful mountains and steep cliffs, a dangerous building in the clouds, and a magical and steep tianmashan, as well as Xianmen Temple with a clear cloud and cranes, Longhua Temple with twin towers and Lingyun, and Yuantong Temple with a million rocks and smoke. In Putian, there are majestic Hugong Mountain and Jiuhua Mountain with grotesque rocks. In its western mountains, there are not only the beautiful artificial lake of Dongzhen Reservoir, but also the Jiakuang Mountain, a place where hidden dragons and tigers are crouching, and the Capsule Mountain, which is called "the ancient capsule column (mountain offering)". Licheng, an urban area, is a combination of natural landscape and human landscape, with East Rock Xiaoxu, West Rock Night Watch, Mei Temple Morning Bell, West Lake Waterscape, Mulan Spring Rise, Shouxi Fishing Boat, Stone Temple Smoke Collection, Zhiquanzhu Waterfall and Zhongtan Cave carved by nature.
It is rich in seafood such as eel, prawn, swimming crab and dingchang fish, and the "four fruits" of longan, litchi, loquat and Wendan pomelo are well-known at home and abroad.
After the reform and opening-up, 1 major industrial industries have been formed, including food, sugar, electronics, shoe leather, machinery, building materials, chemicals, plastics, textiles and steel rolling. Build five industrial production bases of sugarcane, edible fungi, eels, fruits and cows; Form five fist products of sugar, shoe leather, canned food, motor and electronics. Xianyou won the title of "hometown of sugar" and Putian was known as the emerging "shoe city". Puxian education is developed, which promotes the prosperity of culture, science and technology, health, sports and other aspects. In ancient times, it had the reputation of "a famous country of literature", "Zou Lu on the seashore" and "a strong town in the southeast", and now it has the reputation of "hometown of drama", "hometown of painting", "hometown of track and field" and "hometown of martial arts", which attracts worldwide attention.