Food Security

Geographical coordinates: Zhangzhou Prefecture, Jiulong River, Longxi County, Haicheng County (Yuegang), Zhangpu County, Pinghe County, Zhenhai Guard Do you believe that a single water management system could keep running for over 1,300 years? From 686 AD when Chen Yuanguang opened Zhangzhou, through 1573 AD when Luo Qingxiao compiled the Zhangzhou Fu Zhi, all the way to modern satellite remote sensing — the Jiulong River water network never stopped working. ...

Geographical coordinates: Zhangzhou Prefecture (Xiangcheng District), Haicheng County (Yuegang), Zhenhai Guard, Jiulong River Estuary, Zhishan Mountain, Ziyang Mountain Have you ever wondered how people survived natural disasters five hundred years ago? No weather satellites. No ministry of emergency management. No rescue helicopters. When typhoons hit, earthquakes struck, or drought left the fields barren for three years — what did they rely on? I opened the Zhangzhou Fu Zhi from 1573 (1st year of Wanli). Thirty-two volumes, dense with tiny handwritten characters. ...