Where is Xunpu Village in Fujian

Xunpu Village is in Fengze District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province.

There is a beautiful fishing village named Xunpu Village in the east of Donghai Town, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, which was developed as early as in the Tang and Song dynasties, and has a history of more than 1,000 years, and is rumored to be the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road. Xunpu Village is located in Quanzhou Bay Jinjiang River downstream of the sea, according to the mountains near the sea, is a fishery-based economy, industry, agriculture and commerce and the coastal fishing village.

In Xunpu Village, there is a group of fisherwomen, who are the descendants of ancient Arabs, they are hardworking, beautiful, and live in the characteristic house built by sea oyster shells, they are Xunpu women. Xunpu women will be coiled hair on the back of the head, ò into a bun, and then strings of flowers into a wreath, hairpin worn around the ò bun, commonly known as hairpin flowers around. At present, Xunpu women's special dress has become a national intangible cultural heritage.

History and Culture of Xunpu Village

The headdress of Xunpu women wearing hairpins and flower wreaths and inserting ivory chopsticks was handed down from Central Asia since the Song Dynasty, and Xunpu was an important port at the beginning of the Maritime Silk Road in Quanzhou.

Most of the merchant ships loaded with silk, porcelain from Xunpu set sail along the coast of southern Fujian to the South China Sea, through the Indian Ocean, the east coast of Africa, and then unloaded to the north coast. Return time, if the cabin is not loaded with goods will form an empty ship, the center of gravity is not conducive to navigation, so the crew will be scattered on the seashore oyster shells loaded on the ship ballast, loaded back to the Xunpu seashore is stacked.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Xunpu Village