Hui'an County
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Hui'an County 惠安县 |
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Walled city of Chongwu
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 Hui'an
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| Coordinates: 24°59′N 118°48′E / 24.983°N 118.800°ECoordinates: 24°59′N 118°48′E / 24.983°N 118.800°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Quanzhou |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Hui'an (Chinese: 惠安; pinyin: Huì'ān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hūi-oaⁿ) is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China. It is situated in the middle of the Fujian coast, between Quanzhou and Meizhou Bay. The county has a population of 921,794, as of late 2003, with a non-agricultural population of 289,396 people. The dialect is Hui'an dialect, related to Hokkien.
The county is divided into fifteen towns and one ethnic township. The only township in the county is Baiqi Hui Ethnic Township.
Towns:
Hui'an people have long been engaged in quarrying local granite and using it for construction purposes. Traditional houses and other structures in the region are constructed from long narrow blocks of granite.
These days, Hui'an's stone workers have built on their experience by becoming manufacturers of stone statuary for China's temples, public places, businesses, and private residences. These days, 25 km long-road (Huichong Highway) between the Hui'an County seat and Chongwu Town is practically lined up with production plants and showrooms of stone-working companies, statues of all kinds displayed in front of them.
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