Hub of Min Capital: Fluid Civilization and Digital Transformation via Fuzhou Transportation Records
Do you know where the name “Fuzhou” comes from? In 725 AD (13th year of Kaiyuan, Tang Dynasty), the imperial court changed “Minzhou” to “Fuzhou.” Just one character. But from that moment on, the Min River was no longer just a local waterway — it became the spine of a hub city. When I first came across this date in the Fuzhou Transportation Records, I looked up what was happening in the rest of the world that year. Europe was still in the early Middle Ages. Fuzhou was already building roads. ...