Sunday, March 3, 2013

Fujian, Quanzhou: a very Zen City

Walking in Quanzhou, always produces a "along the river during the Qingming Festival" in the sense of. The ancient West Street, many of the old line of business still exist, business never; have hundred years history of Zhongshan Road is not lively, clean, many famous snacks scattered on both sides of the street, making it the most popular with young people of the commercial street; in the banyan tree under the huge canopy, old people listen to the Tang Dynasty began to sing the music; the festival day, men will be naked in the street, and an ancient dance called "breast-clapping dance"...... History has not become the handicap of Quanzhou modern development, in the treatment of many seemingly contradictory problems, Quanzhou has a balance of wisdom.

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Quanzhou is not the kind of momentum forcing people of the city, stay for a long time it will feel better. When I like Quanzhou people in the old house eating seafood, drinking oolong tea, when I walk into a hundred years of arcade in fashion store, when I gently stroked the pillars of relief, when I saw the devout Muslims do a week at the Millennium mosque, I gradually understand Quanzhou people treat history, tradition and life attitude.

Quanzhou's "treasure" is presented in the ordinary streets and alleys, Quanzhou may pass by every day not historical monuments, only ordinary, not cherish, is close already without deliberately care, man and history, modernity and tradition, as. Not all the city can have this mind and tolerance. History does not mean the decline of old, at a distance, a good way to not treat history.

In the ancient city of the millennium, Quanzhou people live a life of abundance, live happy. Zhu Xi said Quanzhou "streets are saints", I think is not that they are smarter, maybe they just more than others a common heart, understand easily. From this point of view, Quanzhou is a city very Zen, Zen in life.

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With theBeijing,Suzhou,Xi'an,HangzhouEquivalent column the first batch of historical and cultural city, Quanzhou has its own irreplaceable historical and cultural value: a large number of ancient boat, stone, stone, ceramic sites and Islamic Holy Sepulcher, witnessed thousands of years past the bustling seaport; clean temple, Guan temple, Kaiyuan Temple, Thean Hou Temple is in writing many religious harmonious coexistence of history; things tower, Anping bridge,LuoyangChina stone building technology of bridge and Chongwu ancient city wall represents the level of a as the acme of perfection, superb...... These precious relics scattered in the city from all sides, with frequent religious activities, clan celebration together, constitute the Quanzhou memory of growing up an inseparable part of.

Full of warmth and closeness, living together with them, but they respect and fear to worship together, this is the Quanzhou people "s attitude toward the history. Perhaps the same psychological based on Quanzhou, with attention to the clan tradition, nostalgic about his hometown, but is not peace, but to become China's largest overseas chinese.

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