Quzhou
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Quzhou 衢州市 |
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 Location of Quzhou City jurisdiction in Zhejiang |
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 Quzhou
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| Coordinates: 28°57′N 118°52′E / 28.950°N 118.867°ECoordinates: 28°57′N 118°52′E / 28.950°N 118.867°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| County-level divisions | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Shang Qing (尚清) |
| • Party Secretary | Chen Xin (陈新) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,846 km2 (3,415 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,122,700 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 324000 |
| Area code(s) | 0570 |
| GDP | ¥98.3 billion |
| GDP per capita | ¥46,267 (2012) |
| License Plate Prefix | 浙H |
| City tree | Camphor |
| City flower | Osmanthus |
| Website | http://www.quzhou.gov.cn/ |
Quzhou (Chinese: 衢州; pinyin: Qúzhōu) is a prefecture-level city in western Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the upper course of the Qiantang River, it borders Hangzhou to the north, Jinhua to the east, Lishui to the southeast, and the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Anhui to the south, southwest and northwest respectively.
In early European sources, based on accounts by French missionaries, the name of Quzhou (Fu) was transcribed in the contemporary French manner, as Kyu-tcheou-fou or Kiu-tcheou-fou.
During the Southern Song dynasty the descendant of Confucius at Qufu, the Duke Yansheng Kong Duanyou fled south with the Song Emperor to Quzhou, while the newly established Jin dynasty (1115–1234) in the north appointed Kong Duanyou's brother Kong Duancao who remained in Qufu as Duke Yansheng. From that time up until the Yuan dynasty, there were two Duke Yanshengs, once in the north in Qufu and the other in the south at Quzhou. An invitation to come back to Qufu was extended to the southern Duke Yansheng Kong Zhu by the Yuan dynasty Emperor Kublai Khan. The title was taken away from the southern branch after Kong Zhu rejected the invitation, so the northern branch of the family kept the title of Duke Yansheng. The southern branch still remained in Quzhou where they lived to this day. Confucius's descendants in Quzhou alone number 30,000. The Hanlin Academy rank of Wujing boshi was awarded to the southern branch at Quzhou by a Ming Emperor while the northern branch at Qufu held the title Duke Yansheng. Kong Ruogu 孔若古 aka Kong Chuan(孔傳) 47th generation was claimed to be the ancestor of the Southern branch after Kong Zhu died by Northern branch member Kong Guanghuang. The leader of the southern branch is 孔祥楷 Kong Xiangkai.
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