LocalChronicles

Geographic Connections Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Putian, Xianyou, Jinjiang, Mawei, Changle, Ningde, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Introduction: The ‘Data Skeleton’ of the Fujian Opera World In the perspective of digital humanities, local chronicles are more than historical accounts; they are the cultural competitive ledgers of a region. According to the Fujian Provincial Chronicles: Opera, Fujian is a “grand province of opera,” boasting a diversity of genres and a wealth of repertoires unparalleled in China. From the Song Dynasty Puxian Opera to modern Minju and Xiangju, opera has served as the core medium for maintaining community identity and disseminating ethics. ...

Geographic Connections Tongan Baijiao (now part of Longhai), Qingjiao (now Haicang, Xiamen), Quanzhou (Zayton), Fuzhou, Zhangzhou, Xiamen, Kinmen, Taiwan (Yunlin, Xuejia, Taichung, Taipei, Kaohsiung), Penghu, Manila, and Singapore. Introduction: Survival Wisdom in the ‘Land of Miasma’ In the opening chapters of the Fujian Provincial Chronicles: Medicine, Fujian is described as a region “backed by mountains and facing the sea, with a hot and humid climate,” historically prone to epidemics where bacteria and disease-carrying insects thrived. The famous Song Dynasty scholar Wang Anshi once sighed in a poem: “Fujian’s mountains reach Zhangzhou’s end… where mist and miasma arise in spring and winter.” This extreme environment forced the ancestors of Fujian to develop a unique healthcare system—one that appears in digital archives as a fusion of “Medicine, Pharmacy, and Divinity.” ...