Zhangzhou, lying on the extreme south of Fujian Province, is a historic and cultural city with a history of 1,320 years old. The city is particularly famous for its achievements in education with a great number of historical figures and scholars of fame.

Zhangzhou boasts green mountains, vast waters, and Jiulong River alluvial plain - the largest plain in the Province. It is known as the land of fruits and flowers, as well as the base of seafood. The city is honored with titles of “National Model City of Civil Ethics”, “National Forest City”, “Excellent Tourism City in China”, and “Hot Spring City of China”, and regarded as the home-field of China Women’s National Volleyball Team for it has been the Training Base of the Team for years.

Zhangzhou is abundant with cultural relics. The Tulou clusters in Nanjing County and Hua’an County have been inscribed on the list of World Cultural Heritage Sites. Narcissus, the city flower of Zhangzhou, is one of the “Three Treasures of Zhangzhou”, the other two being ink pad and Pien Tze Huang, a kind of Chinese medicine.

Zhangzhou, a National Forest City