Meaning of Ch'üan-chou | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“The Loyang bridge lies twenty miles outside the east gate of Chʻüan-chou, just on the borders of the district.”

“We know that Italians were trading in the Black Sea ports, and the Arabs in the ports of southern China- in Fu-chien and Kuang-tung. Zayton (Ch'üan-chou in Fu-chien?) is mentioned by Marco Polo as 'the greatest port in the world'.”

“In spite of the Manchu-imposed ban on overseas travel and trade, the Siamese tributary trade must have been profitable enough for a good many Chinese to handle it. Consequently, the early Chinese settlers in Siam were principally merchants from Chʻüan-chou prefecture in southern Fukien and Canton in Kwangtung, who were connected with the Siamese tributary trade.”

“In terms of sending Chinese immigrants and a Chinese administration to Taiwan and its adjacent P’eng-hu, it had to wait for several centuries. There are documentary evidences indicating that by 1171, P’eng-hu (Pescadores) had become a Chinese military outpost, and at least by 1225 it was administratively incorporated into the Chinese Empire—placed under the jurisdiction of Tsin-kiang County of Ch’üan-chou Prefecture, Fukien Province.”

“The development of the tea and camphor trades conferred locational advantages upon settlers from Chang-chou and the Hakka in northern Taiwan, serving to balance the scales against previously dominant Ch'uan-chou residents.”

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