🇨🇳 Yongchun is a county in western Quanzhou city of southern Fujian province, People's Republic of China, located on the upper reaches of the Jin River. It is under the administration of Quanzhou City.
Many overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia have ancestors from Yongchun.
The county's historical sites include the Dongguan Bridge, an ancient covered bridge with a number of shrines inside. Originally built in 1145 and renovated a number of times since, the bridge is located in Dongmei village of Dongguan Township, on the road from Yongchun to the neighboring Xianyou County.
In 2011, the Taiwanese temple of goddess Mazu in Xingang opened a branch Mazu temple in the county, located in Chenban village. Instrumental to this foundation was Professor Chen, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, a scholar of goddess Mazu whose family lived in Chenban village, who in 2010 attended a conference in Xingang. The Xingang Mazu Temple funded the construction, and Professor Chen secured the necessary authorizations in Yongchun County to expand an existing temple to the Daoist Master Zhang Daoling by adding a Mazu Black Hall. The statue of Mazu is carried in procession through the county during the Chinese New Year holidays. The fame of the temple has helped placing Chenban village, whose name according to Professor Chen "nobody had ever heard before" on the map.
Yongchun is home to a Chinese martial art called Yongchun White Crane Kung Fu. The style was founded in the 17th century and Yongchun remains its ancestral centre to this day.
Administration The county oversees 18 towns: • Taocheng (桃城镇)—the county seat • Xiayang (下洋镇) • Penghu (蓬壶镇) • Wulijie (五里街镇) • Hushan (岵山镇) • Huyang (湖洋镇) • Yidu (一都镇) • Kengzaikou (坑仔口镇) • Yudou (玉斗镇) • Jindou (锦斗镇) • Dapu (达埔镇) • Wufeng (吾锋镇) • Shigu (石鼓镇) • Dongping (东平镇) • Dongguan (东关镇) • Guiyang (桂洋镇) • Sukeng (苏坑镇) • Xianjia (仙夹镇).
Townships There are 4 townships (乡, xiāng): • Hengkou Township (横口乡) • Chengxiang Township (呈祥乡) • Jiefu Township (介福乡) • Waishan Township (外山乡).
Yongchun has a population of over 558,996 people. Yongchun also forms part of the wider Quanzhou Prefecture which has a population of over 8,782,285 people.
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Locations Near: Yongchun 118.289,25.32
🇨🇳 Dehua 118.241,25.491 d: 19.6
🇨🇳 Nanancun 118.385,24.961 d: 41.1
🇨🇳 Nan'an 118.385,24.961 d: 41.1
🇨🇳 Quanzhou 118.584,24.911 d: 54.3
🇨🇳 Jinjiang 118.576,24.818 d: 62.9
🇨🇳 Chengxiang 118.994,25.419 d: 71.7
🇨🇳 Putian 119.008,25.431 d: 73.3
🇨🇳 Shishi 118.7,24.717 d: 78.8
Antipodal to: Yongchun -61.711,-25.32
🇦🇷 San Ramón de la Nueva Orán -64.333,-23.133 d: 19654.8
🇵🇾 Filadelfia -60.017,-22.333 d: 19640.9
🇦🇷 Resistencia -58.983,-27.45 d: 19654.7
🇦🇷 Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña -58.983,-27.45 d: 19654.7
🇦🇷 Santiago del Estero -64.267,-27.783 d: 19641.4
🇦🇷 Corrientes -58.817,-27.483 d: 19639.7
🇦🇷 Salta -65.409,-24.79 d: 19637.9
🇵🇾 Pilar -58.303,-26.858 d: 19634.2
🇦🇷 San Salvador de Jujuy -65.309,-24.18 d: 19630.3
🇦🇷 San Miguel de Tucumán -65.225,-26.83 d: 19626