Zaiton Port

Geographical Connections Specific locations mentioned in this article include: Quanzhou Prefecture, Anxi (Tea Country), Jinjiang (Fruit Region), Nan’an, Hui’an, Nanyang (Southeast Asia), Luzon, Zaiton Port, Dehua, and Yongchun. I. The Green Code of Zaiton 1602. Ming dynasty officials in Quanzhou sat down to compile a list. They sorted everything the prefecture produced into seven categories: grains, vegetables, fruits, flowers, medicines, flora, and fauna. Why seven? Because Quanzhou sits at a subtropical crossroads where mountain meets sea. Northern species collide with southern ones. Without categories, you’d lose count. Under those seven headings, hundreds of entries — each one a data point, each one a coordinate. ...

Geographical coordinates: Quanzhou Prefecture, Jiuri Mountain, Fengzhou, Zaiton Port, Houzhu Harbor, Yanfu Temple, Zhaohui Temple Have you ever wondered how ocean-going fleets decided when to depart in an age before satellites and weather radar? They used a mountain. Jiuri Mountain, a small peak west of Quanzhou. On its cliffs are carved 78 inscriptions. Not poems. Records of a Song-Yuan dynasty state institution: wind-praying. Every winter-spring transition, the Prefect of Quanzhou led customs officials up Jiuri Mountain. They prayed to the sea god and waited for the monsoon. When the wind turned, hundreds of ships weighed anchor simultaneously, heading for the South Seas, India, and Arabia. ...