Quanzhou Port

Quanzhou Port is more than 1,300 years and the world's largest port in the history of the millennia of the world. It is the only one in the world recognized as the starting point of the maritime Silk Road. It located in Quanzhou City, Jinjiang downstream of the southeast coastal harbor, and south to Quanzhou Wai Tau Bay Tongan District Lianhe. It is one of the three major ports in Fujian Province because of the 541 km in length of the coastline. Historically, Quanzhou Port become the world most famous port due to the jurisdiction over the four Bays, 5 Ports, and 16 operating areas. "The Travels of Marco Polo" believe that the Quanzhou port can be par with the Port of Arizona, or even more ambitious.

Before the Song Dynasty

As early as the Southern

It made Quanzhou became one of the world's largest city and also contributed to the diverse culture of the city.

Song and Yuan dynasties, Southeast China is one of the most dynamic marine economic regions in Asia, Quanzhou as the center of the maritime trade connect with the Asian sea areas "Northern", "Oriental" and "Western" to achieve the connection and interaction, formed The Eastern Ocean Economic Circle.Quanzhou deal with more than 70 countries and regions, overseas traffic accessible to Japan, Arabia, East Africa and other places. Imported goods are mainly spices and drugs, while exports of silk, porcelain for the

In order to encourage overseas transportation trade, the ship department and local officials will do the praying activities, whenever the ships come into the port or sailing season to wish the safe shipping.

Yuan Dynasty, Quanzhou Port has been further developed, with trade relations between nearly a hundred countries and regions, mainly the Western countries. At that time Quanzhou port is an important international trade port and also a main distribution center of the Chinese and foreign goods.

Due to the decade-long war “Ispah rebellion” in the late Yuan Dynasty, Quanzhou port in the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Republic of China decline. This war, not only hit the socio-economic of Quanzhou and Xinghua area, but also led to the world's largest port decadence.

Into the Ming Dynasty, Quanzhou's socio-economic developed, but because of the implementation sea ban of the Ming government. Restricting Quanzhou port only through the Ryukyu and foreign trade is extremely limited.

Chenghua ten years (1474), the shipping division transferred to Fuzhou cause decline of the Quanzhou port foreign trade. Due to the in the war and ban in the early Qing Dynasty, the social economy has been severely damaged and the prosperity of port has