Fu Prefecture (Fujian)
Appearance
Fu Prefecture | |
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Simplified Chinese | 福州 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Fú Zhōu |
Population | |
• 740s or 750s | 75,876[1] |
History | |
• Preceded by | Changle Commandery |
• Created |
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• Abolished | 1278 (Yuan dynasty) |
• Succeeded by | Fuzhou Circuit |
Contained within | |
• Circuit | |
Fuzhou or Fu Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Fujian, China, seated in modern Fuzhou.[2] It existed (intermittently) from 725 until 1278.
It was known as Changle Prefecture (長樂府) between 933 and 948 when it was the capital of Min.[3] It was also briefly known as Fu'an Prefecture (福安府) between 1276 and 1277 when it was the capital of the Song dynasty.
The modern prefecture-level city Fuzhou retains its name.
References
- Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
- (in Chinese) Ouyang Xiu; et al., eds. (1060). Xin Tang Shu [New Book of Tang].
- (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].
Categories:
- Prefectures of the Tang dynasty
- Prefectures of Min Kingdom
- Prefectures of Wuyue
- Prefectures of the Song dynasty
- Former prefectures in Fujian
- 725 establishments
- 8th-century establishments in China
- 1278 disestablishments in Asia
- 13th-century disestablishments in China
- Fujian geography stubs
- Chinese history stubs