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Wenzhou

May 04, 2023

For historical prefectures in imperial China, see Wen Prefecture (disambiguation).

Wenzhou (pronounced [wə́n.ʈʂóʊ] (listen); Wenzhounese: Yuziou [ʔy33–11 tɕiɤu33–32], simplified Chinese: 温州; traditional Chinese: 溫州; pinyin: Wēnzhōu), historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province in the People's Republic of China. Wenzhou is located at the extreme south east of Zhejiang Province with its borders connecting to Lishui on the west, Taizhou on the north, and Fujian to the south. It is surrounded by mountains, the East China Sea, and 436 islands, while its lowlands are almost entirely along its East China Sea coast, which is nearly 355 kilometres (221 miles) in length. Most of Wenzhou's area is mountainous as almost 76 percent of its 11,784-square-kilometre (4,550 sq mi) surface area is classified as mountains and hills.[citation needed] It is said that Wenzhou has 7/10 mountains, 1/10 water, and 2/10 farmland.[3] At the time of the 2010 Chinese census, 3,039,500 people lived in Wenzhou's urban area;[4] the area under its jurisdiction (which includes three satellite cities and six counties) held a population of 9,122,100 of which 31.16% are non-local residents from outside of Wenzhou.[5]

Wenzhou
温州市
Wenchow, Yujeu, Iu Tsiu
Prefecture-level city
Left to right, top to bottom: City view of Wen, Wuma shopping street, the central city viewed from Bailuzhou Park, Pearl Beach, a suspension bridge in Taishun County.
Location of Wenzhou City jurisdiction in Zhejiang
Wenzhou
Location in China
Coordinates (Wenzhou municipal government): 27°59′38″N 120°41′57″E / 27.9938°N 120.6993°E / 27.9938; 120.6993Coordinates: 27°59′38″N 120°41′57″E / 27.9938°N 120.6993°E / 27.9938; 120.6993
Country China
ProvinceZhejiang
County-level divisions9
Municipal seatLucheng District
Government
 • CPC City SecretaryLiu Xiaotao (刘小涛)
 • MayorZhang Zhenfeng (张振丰)
Area
 • Land12,255.74 km2 (4,731.97 sq mi)
 • Urban
1,243.4 km2 (480.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Prefecture-level city9,572,903
 • Urban
3,604,446
 • Urban density2,900/km2 (7,500/sq mi)
 • Metro
6,642,592
 • Rank in China
15th
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
325000
Area code0577
ISO 3166 codeCN-ZJ-03
GDP (2022)[2]¥803.0 billion RMB
(US$119.2 billion)
GDP per capita¥83,880 RMB
(US$12,451)
License Plate浙C
Spoken languageWenzhounese
Websitewww.wenzhou.gov.cn
Wenzhou
"Wenzhou" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese温州
Traditional Chinese溫州
WuIu1-ciou1 (Wenzhounese)
Uen1tseu1 (Shanghainese)
PostalWenchow
Literal meaning"Wen[qiao Mountains] Prefecture"

The city, then known as Yungkia (Chinese: 永嘉, Yǒngjiā),[6] was a prosperous foreign treaty port, which remains well-preserved today. It is situated in a mountainous region and, as a result, has been isolated for most of its history from the rest of the country, making the local culture and language very distinct not only from the rest of China but from neighbouring areas as well. The city is also the native land of many emigrants to Europe and the United States, with many of these Wenzhounese emigrants being entrepreneurs who start restaurants, retail and wholesale businesses in their adopted countries.[7] Wenzhou people make up a large number of ethnic Chinese residents of Italy, where in some regions such as Tuscany, they comprise 90% of all Chinese residents.[8] Significant concentrations of Wenzhounese people can also be found across New York City as well as in France and Spain.[9]

History

Ancient history

Wenzhou has a history which traces back to about 2500 BC, when it became known for its pottery production as one of the cities of origin of celadon in ancient China.

Wenzhou was the capital of the ancient Dong'ou Kingdom which existed from 191 BC until it was conquered by Minyue Kingdom in 138 BC.

Imperial China

In the early second century BC, shortly after the destruction of the Qin dynasty, military and political leader Zou Yao (驺摇) of Wenzhou helped the emperor Gaozu of Han, the first emperor of the Han Dynasty, defeat the prominent warlord Xiang Yu of the Chu. After the victory, emperor Hui of Han, the second emperor of the Han dynasty named Zhou Yao the King of Dong'ou (Wenzhou), and under the administration of Emperor Hui, Wenzhou became the capital of the Dong'ou Kingdom in the modern-day area of southern Zhejiang.

Around 760AD, the founding emperor of the Tang dynasty, Emperor Gaozu of Tang first used the current name of Wenzhou because of the city's mild weather.

The city walls were built in the tenth century, and the seven gates were erected in 1598.[10]

Modern era

Throughout its history, Wenzhou's traditional economic role has been as a port giving access to the mountainous interior of southern Zhejiang Province. In early European sources, the name Wenzhou-Fu or -Foo was often transcribed Ouen-tcheou-fou or Wen-tcheou after the accounts of French-speaking missionaries.[11] In 1876, Wenzhou opened for tea exports, which led to a significant Wenzhounese diaspora of merchants in France, but no foreign settlement was ever established there.[10] Between 1937 and 1942, during the Second Sino-Japanese War (i.e., World War II), Wenzhou achieved importance as one of the few ports still under Chinese control. It declined in the later years of the war, but began to recover after coastal trade along the Zhejiang coast was re-established in 1955.

Fengshui of Wenzhou

Wenzhou is the only city in China designed by Guo Pu (郭璞), the father of the Fengshui philosophical system.[12][13] During the Jin Dynasty, Guo Pu organised Wenzhou on the basis of the Fengshui philosophical system along with the Twenty-Eight Mansions, and the Five Elements. These philosophies develop and manage architecture and geography as a whole in metaphoric terms of "invisible forces" that unite the universe, earth, and humanity together.[12][14][15][16]

Throughout its history, Wenzhou has avoided numerous militant activities that were originally set out to invade the city of Wenzhou. However, none of them were successful, and this protection is concluded to be the result of the Fengshui development of the city.. During the Northern Song Dynasty, when the Fangla Revolution took place in the now Zhejiang province, the invading army surrounded Wenzhou for over 40 days, but the mountainous isolation blocked the army's movement and the army ended up retreating.[12][15][17]

Wenzhou is still considered to possess the best Feng Shui conditions and nature of all the Chinese cities. Other cities considered to possess excellent Fengshui nature are Beijing, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Kunming, Hengyang, and Shenzhen. However, none of these cities is designed entirely on the basis of philosophy of Fengshui or designed by the father of Fengshui, Guo Pu. People from all over China usually refer to the accomplishments and influence of Wenzhounese as a result of Wenzhou's Fengshui development by Guo Pu.

Guo Pu

When Guo Pu climbed to the top of West Guo Mountain (西郭山) in Wenzhou, he saw the range of mountains of Wenzhou shaped as a dipper and the city itself shaped as a key. Wenzhou is still nicknamed the "Dipper city" based on the popular geographical saying "mountains as dipper, city as key" (山如北斗城似锁).[18] Legend has it that during the time when Wenzhou was being established and developed, a white deer was seen in the city with a flower in its mouth, therefore Wenzhou is also known as "Deer City" (鹿城; Lùchéng).[10] Today, the Lucheng District is the name of downtown Wenzhou and the White Deer theater located at downtown is the most popular theater among the locals .[12]

Guo Pu is honoured today by the renaming of West Guo Mountain, where he stood to observe the city, into Guo Gong Mountain. At the bottom of Guo Gong Mountain, a temple was also built and named Guo Gong Temple. In 2003, the local government constructed a statue of Guo Pu in downtown Wenzhou.

Geography

 
Wenzhou (labelled as YUNG-CHIA (WENCHOW) 永嘉) (1953)
 
On the coast of the Dayu Bay in Cangnan County

With jurisdiction over four districts, two county-level cities and five counties, Wenzhou covers a land area of 11,784 km2 (4,550 sq mi) and sea area of 11,000 km2 (4,200 sq mi). The population of the prefectural level city is 9.12 million including 2.30 million urban residents, divided among 3 county-level cities and 4 districts.

Most of Wenzhou's landscape is mountainous, with many mountain tops reaching altitudes in excess of 1,000 m (3,300 ft), for example in the Yandang Mountains, a coastal mountain range dominating the eastern part of prefecture. Another dominating landscape element is the Ou River, the largest river in Wenzhou prefecture. There are some coastal plains, notably around the mouth of the Ou (where the city proper of Wenzhou is located), the Nanxi River, a tributary of the Ou, and further south, around the mouth of the Feiyun River (in Rui'an, a county-level city). Coastal plains are used intensively for agriculture but also host much of the population and industry.

The 339 kilometres (211 mi) long coastline gives the city abundant marine resources and has many islands.[citation needed] Dongtou, one of the districts in Wenzhou, has also been called the "County of One Hundred Islands." Dongtou County was renamed as Dongtou District in September 2015 following the State Council-sanctioned administrative region adjustments.

Wenzhou boasts wonderful landscapes with rugged mountains and tranquil waters, including three state-level scenic spots, namely the Yandang Mountains, the Nanxi River and the Baizhangji Fall-Feiyun Lake, and two national nature reserves, the Wuyanling Ridge and the Nanji Islands. Yandang Mountain has been named as a World Geopark, while the Nanji Islands are listed a UNESCO Marine Nature Reserve of World Biosphere Reserves. Scenic areas account for 25% of the city's land space.

Climate

Wenzhou derives its present name from its climate, and has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa) with short winters and long, hot, humid summers. Summers are similar to the remainder of the province (albeit slightly cooler during the daytime as compared to inland areas), but winter is much milder, partly due to the southerly location and partly due to the sheltering effect of the surrounding mountains. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 8.7 °C (47.7 °F) in January to 28.7 °C (83.7 °F) in July and August, while the annual mean is 18.9 °C (66.0 °F). Heavy rainfalls occur in late spring and early summer due to the plum rains of the East Asian monsoon, while typhoons are commonly a threat in the second half of summer causing considerable damage and destruction. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 26% in March to 53% in August, the city receives 1,706 hours of bright sunshine annually.

Climate data for Wenzhou (normals 1981-2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 25.6
(78.1) 		27.3
(81.1) 		29.5
(85.1) 		33.2
(91.8) 		35.7
(96.3) 		37.5
(99.5) 		41.7
(107.1) 		38.5
(101.3) 		38.0
(100.4) 		35.0
(95.0) 		30.0
(86.0) 		25.9
(78.6) 		41.7
(107.1)
Average high °C (°F) 12.9
(55.2) 		14.3
(57.7) 		17.3
(63.1) 		22.1
(71.8) 		26.2
(79.2) 		29.3
(84.7) 		33.2
(91.8) 		32.7
(90.9) 		30.1
(86.2) 		26.0
(78.8) 		20.6
(69.1) 		15.7
(60.3) 		23.4
(74.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 8.7
(47.7) 		9.9
(49.8) 		12.7
(54.9) 		17.3
(63.1) 		21.8
(71.2) 		25.2
(77.4) 		28.7
(83.7) 		28.4
(83.1) 		25.8
(78.4) 		21.4
(70.5) 		16.1
(61.0) 		11.0
(51.8) 		18.9
(66.1)
Average low °C (°F) 5.8
(42.4) 		7.0
(44.6) 		9.7
(49.5) 		14.1
(57.4) 		18.8
(65.8) 		22.4
(72.3) 		25.6
(78.1) 		25.4
(77.7) 		22.7
(72.9) 		18.1
(64.6) 		12.9
(55.2) 		7.7
(45.9) 		15.9
(60.5)
Record low °C (°F) −4.5
(23.9) 		−3.9
(25.0) 		−1.7
(28.9) 		2.4
(36.3) 		9.0
(48.2) 		14.9
(58.8) 		17.9
(64.2) 		19.1
(66.4) 		13.7
(56.7) 		5.7
(42.3) 		0.2
(32.4) 		−3.5
(25.7) 		−4.5
(23.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 64.5
(2.54) 		82.5
(3.25) 		149.7
(5.89) 		152.5
(6.00) 		188.9
(7.44) 		258.8
(10.19) 		194.3
(7.65) 		246.6
(9.71) 		232.1
(9.14) 		82.3
(3.24) 		78.7
(3.10) 		49.7
(1.96) 		1,780.6
(70.11)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 13.5 14.8 19.0 18.4 18.4 18.1 14.7 16.6 13.4 10.3 9.4 8.1 174.7
Average relative humidity (%) 72 75 77 77 79 83 79 80 76 73 72 70 76
Mean monthly sunshine hours 113.2 90.5 96.4 119.5 122.0 126.9 214.8 213.3 166.2 157.0 138.2 148.0 1,706
Percent possible sunshine 35 29 26 31 29 31 51 53 45 44 43 46 39
Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days and sunshine 1971–2000)[19][20]

Administration

 
Wenzhou World Trade Center
 
Rui'an, one of the satellite cities under Wenzhou's jurisdiction

The prefecture-level city of Wenzhou currently administers four districts, three county-level cities and five counties. Its population at 2010 census:[4]

Map
# Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Population
(2020 Census) 		Area(km2) Density(/km2)
1 Lucheng District 鹿城区 Lùchéng Qū 1,167,164 294.38 4,393
2 Longwan District 龙湾区 Lóngwān Qū 725,049 279 2,686
3 Ouhai District 瓯海区 Ōuhǎi Qū 963,238 614.5 1,622
4 Dongtou District 洞头区 Dòngtóu Qū 148,807 100 877
5 Rui'an City 瑞安市 Ruì'ān Shì 1,520,046 1,271 1,121
6 Yueqing City 乐清市 Yuèqīng Shì 1,453,090 1,174 1,183
7 Longgang City 龙港市 Lónggǎng Shì 464,695 184 2,525
8 Yongjia County 永嘉县 Yǒngjiā Xiàn 869,548 2,674 295
9 Pingyang County 平阳县 Píngyáng Xiàn 863,166 1,042 731
10 Cangnan County 苍南县 Cāngnán Xiàn 843,959 1,088 931
11 Wencheng County 文成县 Wénchéng Xiàn 288,168 1,271 167
12 Taishun County 泰顺县 Tàishùn Xiàn 265,973 1,762 132

Economy

 
Wuma Shopping Street

Wenzhou exports food, tea, wine, jute, timber, paper, Alunite (a non-metallic mineral used to make alum and fertilizer). Alunite is abundant and Wenzhou claims to be the "Alunite Capital of the World". Its 10 main industries each exceeding 1.5 billion dollars are electrical machinery, leather products, general equipment, power supply, plastic manufacturing, textile and garment, transport equipment, chemical products, metal products and metal processing.

From the 1990s, low-voltage electric appliances manufacturing became one of the major industries in Wenzhou, with some of the large private enterprises setting up joint ventures with GE and Schneider.

In 1994, exploration for oil and natural gas commenced in the East China Sea 100 km (62 mi) off the coast of Wenzhou. Companies such as Texaco, Chevron, Shell and JAPEX have started to drill for oil but the operations have been largely unsuccessful.

Wenzhou is a city full of vibrant business activities. When China began economic reforms in 1978, Wenzhou was the first city in China to set up individual and private enterprises as well as shareholder cooperatives. It has also taken the lead in carrying out financial system reform and structural reform in townships. Being a pioneer in utilizing marketing mechanism to develop urban constructions, Wenzhou has won a number of firsts in China and set many national records.

From 1978 through 2016, the GDP of Wenzhou, a third-tier city in China, has increased from 1.32 billion RMB to 504.54 billion RMB with the gross fiscal revenue increasing from 0.135 billion RMB to 72.4 billion RMB, and the disposable net per capita income for rural residents increasing from 113.5 RMB to 22,985 RMB. The per capita disposable income for urban residents increased from 422.6 RMB in 1981 to 47,785 RMB in 2016, which is the among the highest in China.

Financial Reform Pilot Project

In late March 2012, China's State Council announced that Wenzhou would be the site of a pilot project for the reform of private investment rules. The city had been a significant source of illegal loans, and this project would legalize and provide a regulatory framework for such activities. It has been seen not only as an attempt to legitimize Wenzhou's private finance market, but also as a model for cleaning up underground lending in China as a whole.[21]

Birthplace of China's private economy

In the early days of economic reforms, local Wenzhounese took the lead in China in developing a commodity economy, household industries and specialized markets. Many thousands of people and families were engaged in household manufacturing to develop individual and private economy (private enterprise). Until now,[when?] Wenzhou has a total of 240,000 individually owned commercial and industrial units and 130,000 private enterprises of which 180 are group companies, four among China's top 500 enterprises and 36 among national 500 top private enterprises. There are 27 national production bases such as "China's Shoes Capital" and "China's Capital of Electrical Equipment", China's 40 famous trademarks and China's famous-brand products and 67 national inspection-exempt products in the city.[citation needed] The development of private economy in Wenzhou has created the "Wenzhou Economic Model", which inspires the modernization drive in China.[citation needed]

The city of Wenzhou is a world leader in lighter manufacturing with over 500 such companies in the city.[22] The plastic weaving cluster in Wenzhou comprised 1600 enterprises in 2001, employing 42,000 people with an annual output value of 20 billion Yuan. The Local cluster comprised 400 manufacturers in 2001 with a total output of 5 billion Yuan, representing 65 percent of the domestic market share. The cluster is the first in China in terms of market share and sold it products to 60 countries.[23]

There are many areas in which people of Wenzhou opened the first example of private economy in post-1949 China. For instance, Juneyao Airlines started in July 1991, which is the first private airline company in China. Jinwen Rail Way is also the first rail way company which is built with private capital.

Industrial zones

  • Wenzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone

Wenzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone was established and approved by State Council in 1992. The main traffic system around the zone include No.104 National Highway, Ningbo-Wenzhou Expressway and Wenzhou Bridge. It is located near to Wenzhou International Airport and Wenzhou Port. Industries encouraged in the zone include electrical equipment, electronic information, chemical medicine, building materials, and textiles.[24]

  • Wenzhou Oujiang River Estuary Industrial Zone

Located in the east of the city proper, it has an overall planned area of 3.3 million [??] square kilometers, with industrial focuses mainly on logistics, cultural and tourism industry, smart manufacturing, information technology, as well as electronics and petrochemical industry near the coastal area of Dongtou. The traffic system around the zone include the Oujiang Beikou Bridge.

Oufei Project

In 2014, the Oufei Project (Chinese: 欧飞工程) was initiated as a land reclamation project in Wenzhou. The original targeted area upon completion was 20.3×104 mu, with an estimated construction cost of 60 billion RMB.[25] The aim of the project is stated to promote economic development, and it would serve as the largest land reclamation project in China as of 2020.[26] In 2015 the project secured an 4.5 billion RMB in a low-interest long-term loans, receiving provincial-level support.[27] The tideland reclamation was accomplished using a vacuum preloading method, with a planned size of 323.4 square kilometers.[28] There was some academic criticism of the project's potential damage to waterbird coastal habitats.[29]

Transport

Air

The Wenzhou Longwan International Airport serves the Wenzhou area, with scheduled flights to major cities in mainland China as well as Hong Kong and Macau. New direct air routes to Taipei and Cheju Island of South Korea were introduced in 2012. The airport is situated on the southeast of the city (approximately 20 km (12 mi) away). It's been graded as Category B civil airport, serving a population of 20 million spanning areas of Wenzhou, Taizhou and Lishui of Zhejiang and Ningde of the neighbouring Fujian. The correlated GDP of the area reaches 300 billion RMB.

The Airport started opening up in 1995 and direct flight to Macau was approved. Air route to Hong Kong was open in 1996. Linking 65 cities in the country with 34 permanently operating air routes, the Airport is among the fastest-growing and profitable among its peers in China.

The Airport ranks first in terms of passenger transit among cities of same level in China. In 2004, the Airport handled 29,700 landings, a passenger transit of 2.439 million, cargo throughput of 38,500 tons.

The new Terminal 2 was launched on 1 June 2018, which handle all domestic flights. The Terminal 1 was changed to international terminal that handles all international and regional (specifically from Wenzhou to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) flights. The Terminal 2 is equipped with 21 boarding bridges, 22 security check passages, 52 check-in counters (four check-in zones, A, B, C, and D) and 6 luggage claim systems. The launch of Terminal 2 is a huge milestone in the history of Wenzhou air traffic development.[30]

Railway

Because of Wenzhou's geographic location, it is difficult to build a railway to connect it with other cities. Wenzhou's first railway, the Jinhua–Wenzhou railway, opened on 11 June 1998. The railway runs from Wenzhou railway station northwest to Jinhua and is operated by the Jinwen Railway Company. The railway has a total length of 251 km (156 mi), including 135 bridges of 14 km (8.7 mi) in length 96 tunnels of 35 km (22 mi) in length. The Jinwen Railway was the first in China to be built with local capital, and gave birth to China's first standardized joint-stock enterprise: Zhejiang Jinwen Railway Development Co., Ltd.[31]

In September 2009, two high-speed railways opened in Wenzhou. The Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou railway runs north to Hangzhou, and the Wenzhou–Fuzhou railway, runs south to Xiamen.[32] Both lines accommodate high-speed CRH (China Railway High-speed) trains running at speeds of up to 200 km/h (120 mph) and have dramatically shortened rail travel time to neighboring cities. The Jinhua–Wenzhou high-speed railway was opened on 26 December 2015.[33]

Lucheng District in Wenzhou was the site of China's only major high-speed rail accident to date.

Rapid transit

Main article: Wenzhou Rail Transit

Wenzhou Mass Transit Railway Investment Group was launched in February 2011 with registered capital of 2 billion RMB, sole purpose being in the design, investment, construction and operation of the Wenzhou Mass Transit Rail Corporation, which will consist of regional (S-series lines) and local rapid transit lines in Wenzhou. The S-Lines serve regional transportation among Wenzhou's Counties and Districts. The first line, Line S1 stretching 53.5 kilometers, opened on 23 January 2019. Construction of Line S2 started on 30 December 2015. A preliminary application with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is underway for the initiation of the construction of metro lines M1 and M2, with a total length of 60.4 km (37.5 mi).

Yongjia School of Thought

Yongjia School of Thought (simplified Chinese: 永嘉学派; traditional Chinese: 永嘉學派) is considered as one of the most distinctive schools of thought in the history of China and was one of the three most influential schools of thought in the Song Dynasty. It has a prestigious status in the world of Chinese philosophy. For centuries, it has been the cultural gene of native people in Wenzhou and has exerted influence on China for centuries since its origin in the Song Dynasty.[34][35][36]

Main characteristics

There are four main characteristics and aspects of the Yongjia School of Thought. Firstly, it emphasizes the significance of "practice" over pure "theory." Secondly, it proposes that "chivalry" should not be divorced from "welfare." Thirdly, it promotes the conglomeration of agriculture and commerce. Last but not least, it underscores the significance of powerful military and economic prosperity.[35][36]

Market economy and Capitalism

Yongjia School of Thought is arguably the only prestigious Chinese school of thought of which the main teachings emphasize currency, commerce, and private economy. Modern scholars attribute the unprecedented economic prosperity in the Song Dynasty to the influence of Yongjia School of Thought.[35][36]

Chinese opera

During the Northern Song Dynasty in the 12th century, Nan Opera, also called as the Wenzhou Opera and Yongjia Opera, was produced in Wenzhou as the earliest form of traditional Chinese Opera in the history of China.[37][38][39] In its early stage of development, Nan Opera developed and matured rapidly along with the prosperous economic activities that were taking place in Wenzhou influenced by Yongjia School of Thought. Wenzhou as a prosperous treaty port back in Southern Song Dynasty expanded the influence of Nan Opera greatly. Since then, Nan Opera gained its great influence in China and reached its peak in Yuan Dynasty and remained its prominent status in Ming Dynasty.

In the time period of late Yuan Dynasty, the original rulers of the country significantly lost their political power and that gave Nan Opera of Wenzhou a period of time in which it faced almost no resistance in development. Therefore, in late Yuan Dynasty, Nan Opera of Wenzhou reached its highest peak historically and later in Ming Dynasty, its original Wenzhou tone of Opera sung in Wenzhounese lost its influence and was mostly replaced by Kun Shan tone of Opera. Later on, because of the replacement in tone, Nan Opera gradually transcended into its later form chuanqi, and remained its influence and became one of the major forms of drama in Ming Dynasty.[40]

Role distribution system

On the stage setting of a Nan Opera performance, there are generally seven role distribution elements, Life (生), Denier (旦), Ugliness (醜), Clarity (淨), Finale (末, Exterior (外), Attachment (貼), with the main drama plot developed around Life (生) and Denial (旦) complemented usually by Ugliness (醜), Clarity (淨), and Finale (末). This stage setting system of Nan Opera invented in Wenzhou with seven-element role distribution principle is the earliest complete on-stage role distribution principle system in the history of Chinese Opera.[41][42][43]

Four Miracles of Yuan Dynasty

Although Nan opera is the first mature form of traditional Chinese opera, throughout its history of development unlike that of many other later forms of Chinese opera, Nan opera was generally disregarded and repelled by the officials in early Yuan Dynasty who held great contempt for the Southern Chinese people.

Despite the great resistance, local Wenzhounese that kept on developing Nan Drama still managed to compose extraordinary works respectively named as the "Jing Cha Tale", "Bai Tu Tale", "Bai Yue Ting", and "Sha Gou Ji", which were later known as the "Four Miracles" of Yuan Dynasty.[citation needed] According to modern studies, at least half of the Four Miracles were entirely created by local Wenzhounese artists with no non-local supplements and the other two consisting of some non-local supplements.[38]

Tale of the Pipa

Tale of the Pipa (or Tale of Lute) created by local Wenzhounese Gao Ming is a work of Nan opera that represents its highest quality and essence in its highest peak of influence in mid-Yuan Dynasty.[40]

It is called the connecting bridge of the time of Nan opera and the time of chuanqi. The creation of Tale of the Pipa is among the greatest achievements of Chinese Opera and has had an enormous impact on composition of traditional Chinese opera, and therefore, it is usually called as the "Ancestor of all Plays" in China along with Nan drama being called as the "Ancestor of all Operas" in China. In the 19th century, Tale of the Pipa was translated into English, French, German and Latin.[44][45][46] Ever since it was published in modern era, the Lute Song has been significant in the history of Western appreciation of Chinese literature.

The first translation of Lute Song was published in 1841 in Paris by Imprimerie Royale, written by Antoine (A. P. L.) Bazin titled Le Pi-pa-ki ou l'Histoire de Luth, making the history of the first chuanqi play published in a Western language[47] In 1946, American musical comedy based on Tale of the Pipa, titled Lute Song written by Will Irwin, Sidney Howard and starred Yul Brenner and Mary Martin, was produced on Broadway.[48]

Nancy Reagan

Tale of the Pipa is also the only Broadway appearance of then-future First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan.[49] In the play of Lute Song, Nancy Reagan "dyed her brown hair black and slanted her eyes like a real oriental girl",[50] and the show's producer told her, "You look like you could be Chinese".[51]

Like all the other Nan Opera plays written by local Wenzhounese artists majorly in the original language of Wenzhounese, the Lute Song is known for its complex linguistic demands which has caused international scholars to mainly focus on the shorter, and more accessible version as to their own concepts of the opera.[52]

Four forms of Nan opera

After the invention of Nan opera in Wenzhou in the 12th century, Nan Opera soon after started to spread its influence all across China as the first-ever mature form of Chinese opera. At the time in Ming Dynasty, the original form of Nan Opera sung in Wenzhounese lost its influence because of its universality and evolved into 4 different forms that were sung in four different tones(melodies). However, some scholars today argue that Nan Opera in Ming Dynasty were sung in five different tones (melodies).[53]

The original Nan Opera gave births to four different forms of itself in Ming Dynasty: Haiyan Tone (海盐腔), Yuyao Tone (余姚腔), Kunshan Tone (昆山腔), and Yiyang Tone (弋阳腔). Among the four forms, the most popular one today is known as the Kun Opera that evolved from the Kunshan Tone of Nan Opera in Ming Dynasty. Kun Opera is listed as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO since 2001.[54]

Mathematics

Wenzhou has a long history of mathematics and many mathematical records in modern China are made by local Wenzhounese mathematicians and scholars. In 1896, the father of oracle bone script decipherment, Wenzhounese scholar Sun Yirang, founded the first-ever mathematics academy in the history of China, Ruian Mathematics Academy (瑞安學計館) in Wenzhou. A year later, in 1897, local Wenzhounese Huang Qingcheng founded the first-ever periodical of mathematics in China, "Journal of Arithmetic" (算学報). In 1899, a mathematical association was established in Wenzhou, named "Ruian Heaven Calculation Association" (瑞安天算學社), making the history of being the very first regional mathematical association in the history of China.[55][56][57][58][59][60]

Cradle of Mathematicians

Wenzhou is renowned as the cradle of mathematicians in the Greater China Region; it has given births to over 200 mathematicians known both internationally and domestically in the past 100 years. According to numerous reports, in the 20th century, over one-fourth to one-third of chairs of mathematics department of colleges and mathematical associations all over China were local Wenzhounese mathematicians and scholars. During 2002 International Mathematical Union conference in Beijing, a case study named "analysis of vast communal formation of Wenzhounese mathematicians" (温籍数学家群体成因分析) was discussed by mathematicians from all over the world. The goal of analyzing the case study was to understand and acknowledge the significance of the cultural influence of Wenzhounese mathematicians and their contributions to mathematics. The case study was also brought up during the conference to analyze the future trend of cultivating a new generation of mathematicians in China and around the world. Such a rare phenomenon has never existed in the history of the world as throughout the history of the city, Wenzhou has given births to more mathematicians more than any other city in the world.[61][62]

In an interview with local Wenzhounese mathematician, one of the pioneers of mathematics in modern China Su Buqing,[63] conducted by Wenzhounese science fiction writer Ye Yonglie, many unknown details of the local Wenzhou mathematics culture were revealed. Ye Yonglie was told by Su Buqing that "many of the chairs of math departments of major universities in China were local Wenzhounese and in the conferences of International Mathematical Union, the local language of Wenzhounese is the unofficial and second language of the union besides official language English." Moreover, when Ye Yonglie asked Su Buqing whether "the commonly shared Wenzhounese cuisine culture of consuming Large yellow croaker was one of the major reasons of the vast formation of local mathematicians", Su Buqing answered "No, no, no. It's rather because of the fact that the entire area of Wenzhou is too poor to do science, and it only takes the cost of a pencil to do math, therefore, most of the Wenzhounese people just started to do math, and then, generations of local mathematicians just kept coming out of the city."[64]

Jiang Lifu

Wenzhounese mathematician Jiang Lifu is commonly considered as the father of mathematics and pioneer of geometry in modern China. Jiang was the second person in modern China's history to obtain a PhD in mathematics and the first to do so in Wenzhou. In 1920, he returned to China and founded the Department of Mathematics at Nankai University, the second-ever mathematics department in the history of modern China. He was the only professor and teacher in the department for the first four years and was very strict with his teaching and students.[65][66][67]

In 1940, Jiang became the chairman of the "Neo-China Mathematics Society." In 1947, Jiang founded the Institute of Mathematics of Academia Sinica and was the institute's founding director. He appointed his student, one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century, Shiing-Shen Chern to become the institute's acting director in Shanghai. Jiang also played a pioneering and fundamental role in encouraging and arranging foreign studies of mathematics for Chinese students in modern China in the early 20th century.[68]

Mathematician Shiing-Shen Chern once noted that "for many years, Mr. Jiang was the foremost leader in the field of mathematics in China"(在许多年的时间里，姜先生是中国数学界最主要的领袖). Su Buqing also noted that "his influence and contribution to mathematics in modern China is so grand that without him, mathematics in China would have been completely different"(他对中国现代数学事业功劳重大，影响至深，没有他，中国数学面貌将会是另一个样子).[67]

Shiing-Shen Chern

In October 2003, mathematician Shiing-Shen Chern visited Wenzhou as invited by Wenzhounese mathematician Gu Chaohao. During his visit, Chern wrote five words in Chinese calligraphy, "Home of Mathematicians," as he was marveled by the large number of prominent mathematicians and mathematical scholars from the city of Wenzhou.[67][69] Throughout Chern's life, he developed many close and meaningful relationships with mathematicians from Wenzhou.

For instance, Chern's first mathematics teacher, mentor, and professor in life is Wenzhounese mathematician, Jiang Lifu. Jiang was the second person in modern China's history to obtain a PhD in mathematics and founded the Department of Mathematics at Nankai University, Chern's alma mater. Chern once noted that "I specialize in geometry because of my professor in college, Dr. Jiang"(我从事几何大都亏了我的大学老师姜立夫博士) and "my fundamental mathematical education was all given by Mr. Jiang through dictation"(我的基本数学训练都是姜先生口授的).[69][70]

Taiwanese high-tech industry

Wenzhounese mathematician Shu Shien-Siu is today considered as the father of the high-tech industry in Taiwan while the high-tech industry today is considered to be the biggest contributor to Taiwan's economy. When Siu was the Minister of Science and Technology from 1973 to 1980, he proposed to establish the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park in Hsinchu in 1976.[71]

After Siu's revolutionary proposal, rounds of debate about the location of Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park unfolded. Chiang Ching-kuo argued that the park should be built in Longtan District in Taoyuan considering the potential benefits that could be drawn from National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology and future relationship between the military field and the park. However, Shu Shien-Siu argued that the park should be built in Hsinchu because what Taiwan and the park needed was creativity and private economic power that would stem from the people instead of the government and the military. Therefore, Siu said that it was not a wise decision to draw too much relation between the military and the science and industrial park. Also, Longtan District was a relatively remote place as compared to Hsinchu and thus, the potential of the park would be greatly diminished if it were to be built in Longtan District.

More importantly, Siu's decision made in 1976 is commonly praised today as he foresaw the right model of the park. Siu wanted the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park to be like Silicon Valley which is adjacent to Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley. Thinking differently from Chiang Ching-kuo, Siu saw the potential advantages and tremendous resources the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park could benefit from the National Tsing Hua University and National Chiao Tung University. Therefore, Siu determined to manage to build the park in Hsinchu, where both universities are located at.

Today, Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park is commonly considered as the Silicon Valley of the Orient and the high-tech industry stands as the biggest contributor to Taiwan's economy.

Higher education in Taiwan

In 1961, Shu Shien-Siu founded the Department of Mathematics at National Tsing Hua University, one of the most prestigious universities in Taiwan. A year later in 1962, Siu founded the Summer Mathematics Conference, the first-ever mathematical conference in the history of Taiwan.[72]

When Siu became the president of National Tsing Hua University in 1970, there were only 3 academic departments and no college on campus and the university only held a population of over 660 people including faculty members. In order to expand the size of the university and contribute to the growth of Taiwan, Siu organized to establish the college of engineering that consists of five departments and expanded the Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Science by transforming it into the college of nuclear science which consists of two departments and one institute. From 1971 to 1973, Siu managed to employ a total of 165 professors with doctoral degrees. Also, during his presidency, Siu carried out the 15-year strategic plan for the university and placed heavy emphasis on the construction of buildings on campus such as the Department of Chemistry, the auditorium, the gymnasium and dormitories for students and housing buildings for academic staff as Siu sought to increase the bond between the academic staff and the students.[72][73][74]

By the time he left National Tsing Hua University in 1975, the university had a total of nine departments, three colleges, and 13 institutes with a student population of over 2200(including graduate students) and academic staff population of over 160. In 1975, after Siu's five years of presidency, National Tsing Hua University placed first in all three fields of Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry in Taiwan.[74]

As Siu was deeply influenced by the Yongjia School of Thought when he grew up in Wenzhou, during his presidential career at the university, Siu placed heavy emphasis on the idea of practicality instead of the traditional Chinese belief of the importance of theory, and also made it clear that as students, the interaction with the society will always be more important than that within the campus. One of the most influential quotes of Siu is "What we need the most are the practitioners, who directly involve, but not the theorists" (我们最需要的是实行家，直接的参与，而非理论家). That main idea held by Siu to build the university in its early stage of development is almost identical as one of the central philosophies of Yongjia School of Thought, the cultural gene of the city of Wenzhou. Such a unique form of philosophy of Siu would later be proven to have a tremendous impact on the school and Taiwan's history as today, National Tsing Hua University is known for its emphasis on practicality in Taiwan.[72][73][74]

"City of chess"

In 1995, Wenzhou was given the title of "City of Chess" by China Qiyuan, the official agency responsible for all board games and card games in mainland China.[75][76][77] In 2020, Wenzhou celebrated its 25th anniversary of being the "City of Chess" in China. President of FIDE Arkady Dvorkovich sent a congratulatory letter to Wenzhou remarking that "Wenzhou has given births to many genius chess players, Ye Rongguang, Zhu Chen, Ding Liren, congratulate the 25th anniversary of Wenzhou being titled the "City of Chess" in China (温州出了很多天才型的棋手，叶荣光、诸宸、丁立人，祝贺温州被授予中国的国际象棋之城25周年).[76]

Zhu Chen

Wenzhounese chess practitioner and grandmaster Zhu Chen is the first and currently, the only, chess player in the history of the world to win all youth, junior, and adult world championships. In August 1988, Zhu placed first and won the World Girls Under 12 Championship in Romania. In September 1994, Zhu placed first and won the World Girls Junior Chess Championship in Matinhos, Brazil. In November 1996, Zhu placed first and won the World Girls Junior Chess Championship in Medellin, Colombia. In December 2001, Zhu placed first and won the World Women's Individual Championship in Moscow, Russia.[78]

In March 2002, during the FIDE Grand Prix in Dubai, Zhu defeated Ruslan Ponomariov, the World Chess Champion from 2002 to 2004, and knocked him out of the tournament, making her the first and only female world champion and athlete to defeat a male world champion in any competitive sport in the history of the world.[79]

Zhu is the current treasurer of FIDE Management Board and FIDE Council as well as Vice President of FIDE Zonal Council.[80][81]

Culture and demographics

Language

Main article: Wenzhounese

Wenzhou natives speak a language of Wu Chinese, the language family shared by Hangzhou, Ningbo, Suzhou and Shanghai; called Wenzhounese, also known as Oujiang (瓯江话; 甌江話; Ōujiānghuà) or Dong'ou (东瓯; 東甌). Geographic isolation and the immigration of Southern Min speakers from nearby Fujian have caused Wenzhounese to evolve into a very phonologically divergent hybrid difficult for outsiders to understand. As a result, even the adjacent Taizhou Wu variety has little mutual intelligibility with Wenzhounese. Conversely Wenzhouness itself has spread to the Chinese immigrant communities in the Flushing and Brooklyn Chinatowns of New York City.

The esoteric Wenzhounese language is reputed to have been used during the Second Sino-Japanese War during wartime communication and in the Sino-Vietnamese War for programming military ciphers (code).[82][83] Due to its unique grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, the language is basically impossible for any non-local to understand.

There is a common "fearing" rhymed saying in China that reflects the extreme comprehension difficulty of Wenzhounese: "Fear not the Heavens, fear not the Earth, but fear the Wenzhou person speaking Wenzhounese." (天不怕，地不怕，就怕温州人说温州话)

Religion

 
Temple of Bao Gong in Ouhai District.
 
Guanji temple (left) and Huang ancestral shrine (right) in Lucheng District.

Most of the Wenzhou people practice Chinese folk religion as people in the rest of China, while a part of the population is non-religious. In addition, Buddhism, Taoism and Christianity also have a presence in the city.

Prior to 1949 there were 2,000 registered places of worship and 4,500 priests, pastors and monks in the city. But, the state officially designated Wenzhou as an experimental site for an "atheistic zone" (无宗教区) in 1958 and during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), religious buildings were either closed or converted for other uses.[84] Religion revived quickly since the 1980s, and today there are more registered places of worship than before.[85] Specifically, as of 2015 the city has 8,569 registered folk religious temples and 3,961 registered places of worship of the five institutional religions (Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism).[86] The city was the forefront in the registration and management of folk religious temples which was started in January 2015 and later extended to all Zhejiang.[86]

"China's Jerusalem"

The city has been for centuries a hub of Christian missionary activity; prior to 1949 it was home to 115,000 Christians, more than one-tenth of the total Christians in China at that time.[85] Today it remains an important center of Christianity in China. In 2006, it was reported that between 15 and 20% of the city's population was Christian.[87] In 2012, according to official data the city's Christians were at least one million (about 11% of the 2010 population).[88] Because of its large concentration of Christians, the city has been dubbed the "Jerusalem of the East" or "China's Jerusalem" in some media reports.[84]

In recent years, the prominence of Wenzhou's Christian community has made it the target of some controversial government action. In 2014 CNN reported that local Communist Party authorities had demolished scores of churches and forcibly removed more than 300 church crosses.[89] More recent reports have updated the numbers to over 200 churches destroyed and 2,000 crosses removed.[90] The Chinese government denies that the demolition of churches constitutes persecution of Christians, pointing instead to violations of land-use regulations as the reason for its actions. However, independent human rights groups and news agencies have met this denial with skepticism.[91] The New York Times, for example, reported that internal government documents the newspaper had obtained revealed that these demolitions represented part of a deliberate strategy to reduce the public profile of Christianity in the region. Specifically, the Times cites a nine-page statement of provincial policy, singling-out the Christian community as targets for the regulation of "excessive religious sites" and "overly popular" religious activities. "The priority," the document states, "is to remove crosses at religious activity sites on both sides of expressways, national highways and provincial highways," as well as to, "Over time and in batches, bring down the crosses from the rooftops to the facade of the buildings."[92] The provincial policy has met with some resistance. A Christian pastor who protested the removal of the crosses and the beating of 50 Christians was also jailed in 2015.[93]

Tourism

 
A Qing dynasty scroll painting depicting the ranges of Yandang Mountains.

An essay written by Zhu Ziqing on the beauty of Meiyu Pond (梅雨潭) and waterfall in the Middle Yandang Mountains in Xianyan Subdistrict, Ouhai District, Wenzhou after his visits to the area in 1923 is among the sixty potential reading selections test takers may be asked to read for the Putonghua Proficiency Test.[94][95][96]

With a history of over 120 million years, Yandang Mountains or Yandangshan Mountains, literally the wild goose pond mountain(s) is known for its natural environment, arising from its many vertical rock faces and pinnacles, mountain slopes with forests and bamboo groves, streams, waterfalls and caves.[citation needed]

Nanxi River located in Yongjia County, Nanxi River was famous for its 36 bends and 72 beaches. The main scenic spots of the Nanxi River area include the Furong Triangle Rock, the Waterfall of Tengxi Pool, the Twelve Peaks, the Taogong Cave, the Warehouse Under The Cliff, the Furong Ancient Hamlet and the Lion Rock.[97] It was named as one of the National Tourist Scenic Spots by the State Council and has been listed in Tentative Lists of UNESCO World Heritage.[98]

 
A covered bridge.

Covered bridges, Taishun County has more than 900 covered bridges, Wuyanling National Nature Reserve in the west of the county represents significant natural values as well as being a touristic attraction.

Due to the variety and diverseness of local tourism attractions, Wenzhou was voted as the venue for the 2016 Annual Convention of Society for American Travel Writers (SATW) in October 2016, after beating contenders including Israel, the State of Texas, and Royal Caribbean International, the world leading cruise operator.

Art and literature

Wenzhou is 1682 years old with a profound and brilliant cultural background. It has given birth to many outstanding people and great scholars. Among them were Wang Shipeng, Chen Fuliang, Ye Shi, Huang Gongwang and Liu Ji during the South Song Dynasty, as well as Sun Yirang, Xia Nai, Xia Chengtao and Su Buqing and others of the modern era. All of them have exerted significant influence in the history of Chinese philosophy, literature and science. Wenzhou is also the origin of China's landscape poetry, the founder of which, Xie Lingyun, was the chief of Wenzhou's Yongjia Prefecture in the Nan Dynasty. In Song Dynasty, there were 4 distinguished poets from Yongjia representing the River and Lake Poetry. Moreover, Wenzhou is the birthplace of Nan Drama of China, which is the origin of Chinese traditional drama of which includes drama forms such as Peking Opera and Yue Opera.[99] "The Romance of a Hairpin", a tale about Wang Shipeng and Qian Yulian, is well known among locals and serves an inspiration for many who have endured life pains but still have faith in love. For instance, "Tale of Lute", a play by Gao Zecheng of Ming Dynasty, is renowned abroad as one of the most outstanding works of Chinese drama along with Kun Opera of Yongjia which is recognized as the verbal and non-material human heritage. Dancing in public is also part of the Wenzhou culture. Wenzhou, the birthplace of China's private economy, likewise is the birthplace of China's export-oriented industrialization. From the Southern Song Dynasty, in contrasted to the Confucianism represented by Zhu Xi and Lu Jiuyuan in China urging people to study to be officials in the future, the theory of Wenzhou's Yongjia School represented by Ye Shi, emphasized the importance of business. The theory has an enduring impact on the mindset of Wenzhou natives and has become the "cultural gene" in the economic development of Wenzhou ever since.

Business culture

Due to both Wenzhou's cultural and geographical remoteness and its lack of natural resources (land, minerals, etc.), the Chinese central government has left the people of Wenzhou relatively autonomous. Away from the center of the political and economic stage, its people are more independent, self-reliant, and generally more business and family oriented. Numerous books have been published about the business sense of people from Wenzhou. Hence, when China switched from its planned economy to its so-called capitalist economy with Chinese (socialist) characteristics in the late 1980s, its people adjusted well to the new system and took advantage of it. A popular common saying calls Wenzhounese the "Jews of the Orient" (东方的犹太人).[citation needed] Wenzhounese have been stereotyped by other Chinese[which?] as real estate speculators. China Daily notes that investments from Wenzhounese buyers play a disproportionately large role in the increased property prices all over China.[100]

The people of Wenzhou are thought to be equipped with business sense and a commercial culture more dominant than anywhere else in China. Wenzhou has two economic characteristics: it was the first to launch a market economy, and it continues to have an active and developed private economy.[101]

Education

Wenzhou has one of the largest education sector, constituting 1/6 of the total in Zhejiang Province. As of the end of 2016, Wenzhou has 2368 schools of various kinds (from pre-school to higher education), with number of students stands at 1.4814 million and faculty number of 127,200.

Higher education

With most of its universities and colleges established after 1949, before 1949, there was not one single university or college in Wenzhou. The highest educational institution in Wenzhou at the time was senior high school.[102][103][104][105]

There are three major universities in Wenzhou: Wenzhou University, Wenzhou Medical University and WenZhou-Kean University. Wenzhou University resulted from the merger of the former University of Wenzhou, Wenzhou Normal College and other various normal colleges in the rural towns of Wenzhou. Its main campus is situated in the University Town, Cha Shan (茶山). The former campus of Wenzhou Normal College on Xueyuan Road (学院路) is still in use, while the former main campus of the University of Wenzhou now serves as the campus of the Wenzhou Foreign Language School and the Second Experimental Middle School of Wenzhou (No.13 Middle School).[citation needed]

Wenzhou Medical University is well-known globally in specializing in ophthalmology (national level key discipline), as well as provision of other medical courses. Several of Wenzhou's major hospitals are affiliated to this university, with Wenzhou No.1 Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University being the largest in floor space in Asia. The combined population of medical service covered by all the affiliated hospitals of Wenzhou Medical University is said to be over 20 million.[citation needed]

The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China approved the establishment of Wenzhou-Kean University on 16 November 2011. It is one of the first two Chinese-American cooperatively run universities with legal person status, the other one being NYU Shanghai inaugurated on 15 October 2012.[citation needed]

Official websites of universities and colleges in Wenzhou

  • Wenzhou University
  • Wenzhou Medical University
  • Wenzhou Business College
  • Wenzhou Kean University
  • Wenzhou Vocational & Technical College
  • Zhejiang DongFang Vocationa & Technical College
  • Zhejiang Industry and Trade Polytechnic
  • Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Notable people

Mathematicians

Go and chess players

  • Bao Yizhong (鲍一中; 1500–1566), Go chess player, most prominent chess player of China in Ming Dynasty, renowned as the "highest echelon of Ming Dynasty"
  • Xie Xiaxun (谢侠逊; 1888–1987), father of Chinese chess, renowned as the "Supreme Commander of Chess" and "King of Chess" in China
  • Ye Rongguang (叶荣光; born 1963), first-ever chess grandmaster in the history of China, coach of Zhu Chen
  • Zhu Chen (諸宸; born 1976), first person to win all youth, junior, adult World Championships, female chess international grandmaster and Women's World Champion
  • Ding Liren (丁立人; born 1992), chess grandmaster, youngest-ever winner of Chinese Chess Championship at age 16, ranked first nationally and third internationally as of May 2023, highest-ever Elo rated Chinese chess grandmaster, World Chess Champion 2023

University presidents

Academics

Politicians

Businesspeople

Athletes

Others

See also

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External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wenzhou.
 
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Wenzhou.
  • Government website of Wenzhou (in Chinese)
  • Government website of Wenzhou
  • Wenzhou Municipal Office for Foreign & Overseas Chinese Affairs
  • China, China's Boomtowns – National Geographic Magazine
  • US Army Service Map of Wenzhou from 1945
  • Manufacturing a China crisis – stratfor.com, reprinted by Business Spectator

May 04, 2023
wenzhou, historical, prefectures, imperial, china, prefecture, disambiguation, pronounced, ʈʂo, listen, nese, yuziou, ʔy33, tɕiɤu33, simplified, chinese, 温州, traditional, chinese, 溫州, pinyin, wēnzhōu, historically, known, wenchow, prefecture, level, city, sout. For historical prefectures in imperial China see Wen Prefecture disambiguation Wenzhou pronounced we n ʈʂo ʊ listen Wenzhounese Yuziou ʔy33 11 tɕiɤu33 32 simplified Chinese 温州 traditional Chinese 溫州 pinyin Wenzhōu historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture level city in southeastern Zhejiang province in the People s Republic of China Wenzhou is located at the extreme south east of Zhejiang Province with its borders connecting to Lishui on the west Taizhou on the north and Fujian to the south It is surrounded by mountains the East China Sea and 436 islands while its lowlands are almost entirely along its East China Sea coast which is nearly 355 kilometres 221 miles in length Most of Wenzhou s area is mountainous as almost 76 percent of its 11 784 square kilometre 4 550 sq mi surface area is classified as mountains and hills citation needed It is said that Wenzhou has 7 10 mountains 1 10 water and 2 10 farmland 3 At the time of the 2010 Chinese census 3 039 500 people lived in Wenzhou s urban area 4 the area under its jurisdiction which includes three satellite cities and six counties held a population of 9 122 100 of which 31 16 are non local residents from outside of Wenzhou 5 Wenzhou 温州市Wenchow Yujeu Iu TsiuPrefecture level cityLeft to right top to bottom City view of Wen Wuma shopping street the central city viewed from Bailuzhou Park Pearl Beach a suspension bridge in Taishun County Location of Wenzhou City jurisdiction in ZhejiangWenzhouLocation in ChinaCoordinates Wenzhou municipal government 27 59 38 N 120 41 57 E 27 9938 N 120 6993 E 27 9938 120 6993 Coordinates 27 59 38 N 120 41 57 E 27 9938 N 120 6993 E 27 9938 120 6993Country ChinaProvinceZhejiangCounty level divisions9Municipal seatLucheng DistrictGovernment CPC City SecretaryLiu Xiaotao 刘小涛 MayorZhang Zhenfeng 张振丰 Area Land12 255 74 km2 4 731 97 sq mi Urban1 243 4 km2 480 1 sq mi Population 2020 census 1 Prefecture level city9 572 903 Urban3 604 446 Urban density2 900 km2 7 500 sq mi Metro6 642 592 Rank in China15thTime zoneUTC 8 China Standard Postal code325000Area code0577ISO 3166 codeCN ZJ 03GDP 2022 2 803 0 billion RMB US 119 2 billion GDP per capita 83 880 RMB US 12 451 License Plate浙CSpoken languageWenzhouneseWebsitewww wenzhou gov cnWenzhou Wenzhou in Simplified top and Traditional bottom Chinese charactersSimplified Chinese温州Traditional Chinese溫州WuIu1 ciou1 Wenzhounese Uen1tseu1 Shanghainese PostalWenchowLiteral meaning Wen qiao Mountains Prefecture TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinWenzhōuBopomofoㄨㄣ ㄓㄡGwoyeu RomatzyhUenjouWade GilesWen1 chou1Tongyong PinyinWunjhouYale RomanizationWenjōuMPS2WenjōuIPA we n ʈʂo ʊ listen WuRomanizationIu1 ciou1 Wenzhounese Uen1tseu1 Shanghainese HakkaRomanizationVun chuYue CantoneseYale RomanizationWan jauJyutpingWan1 zau1IPA wɐ n tsɐ u Southern MinHokkien POJUn chiuTai loUn tsiuBbanlam PingyimunziuThe city then known as Yungkia Chinese 永嘉 Yǒngjia 6 was a prosperous foreign treaty port which remains well preserved today It is situated in a mountainous region and as a result has been isolated for most of its history from the rest of the country making the local culture and language very distinct not only from the rest of China but from neighbouring areas as well The city is also the native land of many emigrants to Europe and the United States with many of these Wenzhounese emigrants being entrepreneurs who start restaurants retail and wholesale businesses in their adopted countries 7 Wenzhou people make up a large number of ethnic Chinese residents of Italy where in some regions such as Tuscany they comprise 90 of all Chinese residents 8 Significant concentrations of Wenzhounese people can also be found across New York City as well as in France and Spain 9 Contents 1 History 1 1 Ancient history 1 2 Imperial China 1 3 Modern era 2 Fengshui of Wenzhou 2 1 Guo Pu 3 Geography 3 1 Climate 4 Administration 5 Economy 5 1 Financial Reform Pilot Project 5 2 Birthplace of China s private economy 5 3 Industrial zones 5 4 Oufei Project 6 Transport 6 1 Air 6 2 Railway 6 3 Rapid transit 7 Yongjia School of Thought 7 1 Main characteristics 7 2 Market economy and Capitalism 8 Chinese opera 8 1 Role distribution system 8 2 Four Miracles of Yuan Dynasty 8 3 Tale of the Pipa 8 4 Nancy Reagan 8 5 Four forms of Nan opera 9 Mathematics 9 1 Cradle of Mathematicians 9 2 Jiang Lifu 9 3 Shiing Shen Chern 9 4 Taiwanese high tech industry 9 5 Higher education in Taiwan 10 City of chess 10 1 Zhu Chen 11 Culture and demographics 11 1 Language 11 2 Religion 11 2 1 China s Jerusalem 11 3 Tourism 11 4 Art and literature 11 5 Business culture 12 Education 12 1 Higher education 12 2 Official websites of universities and colleges in Wenzhou 13 Notable people 13 1 Mathematicians 13 2 Go and chess players 13 3 University presidents 13 4 Academics 13 5 Politicians 13 6 Businesspeople 13 7 Athletes 13 8 Others 14 See also 15 References 16 Sources 17 External linksHistory EditAncient history Edit Wenzhou has a history which traces back to about 2500 BC when it became known for its pottery production as one of the cities of origin of celadon in ancient China Wenzhou was the capital of the ancient Dong ou Kingdom which existed from 191 BC until it was conquered by Minyue Kingdom in 138 BC Imperial China Edit In the early second century BC shortly after the destruction of the Qin dynasty military and political leader Zou Yao 驺摇 of Wenzhou helped the emperor Gaozu of Han the first emperor of the Han Dynasty defeat the prominent warlord Xiang Yu of the Chu After the victory emperor Hui of Han the second emperor of the Han dynasty named Zhou Yao the King of Dong ou Wenzhou and under the administration of Emperor Hui Wenzhou became the capital of the Dong ou Kingdom in the modern day area of southern Zhejiang Around 760AD the founding emperor of the Tang dynasty Emperor Gaozu of Tang first used the current name of Wenzhou because of the city s mild weather The city walls were built in the tenth century and the seven gates were erected in 1598 10 Modern era Edit Throughout its history Wenzhou s traditional economic role has been as a port giving access to the mountainous interior of southern Zhejiang Province In early European sources the name Wenzhou Fu or Foo was often transcribed Ouen tcheou fou or Wen tcheou after the accounts of French speaking missionaries 11 In 1876 Wenzhou opened for tea exports which led to a significant Wenzhounese diaspora of merchants in France but no foreign settlement was ever established there 10 Between 1937 and 1942 during the Second Sino Japanese War i e World War II Wenzhou achieved importance as one of the few ports still under Chinese control It declined in the later years of the war but began to recover after coastal trade along the Zhejiang coast was re established in 1955 Fengshui of Wenzhou EditWenzhou is the only city in China designed by Guo Pu 郭璞 the father of the Fengshui philosophical system 12 13 During the Jin Dynasty Guo Pu organised Wenzhou on the basis of the Fengshui philosophical system along with the Twenty Eight Mansions and the Five Elements These philosophies develop and manage architecture and geography as a whole in metaphoric terms of invisible forces that unite the universe earth and humanity together 12 14 15 16 Throughout its history Wenzhou has avoided numerous militant activities that were originally set out to invade the city of Wenzhou However none of them were successful and this protection is concluded to be the result of the Fengshui development of the city During the Northern Song Dynasty when the Fangla Revolution took place in the now Zhejiang province the invading army surrounded Wenzhou for over 40 days but the mountainous isolation blocked the army s movement and the army ended up retreating 12 15 17 Wenzhou is still considered to possess the best Feng Shui conditions and nature of all the Chinese cities Other cities considered to possess excellent Fengshui nature are Beijing Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Kunming Hengyang and Shenzhen However none of these cities is designed entirely on the basis of philosophy of Fengshui or designed by the father of Fengshui Guo Pu People from all over China usually refer to the accomplishments and influence of Wenzhounese as a result of Wenzhou s Fengshui development by Guo Pu Guo Pu Edit When Guo Pu climbed to the top of West Guo Mountain 西郭山 in Wenzhou he saw the range of mountains of Wenzhou shaped as a dipper and the city itself shaped as a key Wenzhou is still nicknamed the Dipper city based on the popular geographical saying mountains as dipper city as key 山如北斗城似锁 18 Legend has it that during the time when Wenzhou was being established and developed a white deer was seen in the city with a flower in its mouth therefore Wenzhou is also known as Deer City 鹿城 Lucheng 10 Today the Lucheng District is the name of downtown Wenzhou and the White Deer theater located at downtown is the most popular theater among the locals 12 Guo Pu is honoured today by the renaming of West Guo Mountain where he stood to observe the city into Guo Gong Mountain At the bottom of Guo Gong Mountain a temple was also built and named Guo Gong Temple In 2003 the local government constructed a statue of Guo Pu in downtown Wenzhou Geography Edit Wenzhou labelled as YUNG CHIA WENCHOW 永嘉 1953 On the coast of the Dayu Bay in Cangnan County With jurisdiction over four districts two county level cities and five counties Wenzhou covers a land area of 11 784 km2 4 550 sq mi and sea area of 11 000 km2 4 200 sq mi The population of the prefectural level city is 9 12 million including 2 30 million urban residents divided among 3 county level cities and 4 districts Most of Wenzhou s landscape is mountainous with many mountain tops reaching altitudes in excess of 1 000 m 3 300 ft for example in the Yandang Mountains a coastal mountain range dominating the eastern part of prefecture Another dominating landscape element is the Ou River the largest river in Wenzhou prefecture There are some coastal plains notably around the mouth of the Ou where the city proper of Wenzhou is located the Nanxi River a tributary of the Ou and further south around the mouth of the Feiyun River in Rui an a county level city Coastal plains are used intensively for agriculture but also host much of the population and industry The 339 kilometres 211 mi long coastline gives the city abundant marine resources and has many islands citation needed Dongtou one of the districts in Wenzhou has also been called the County of One Hundred Islands Dongtou County was renamed as Dongtou District in September 2015 following the State Council sanctioned administrative region adjustments Wenzhou boasts wonderful landscapes with rugged mountains and tranquil waters including three state level scenic spots namely the Yandang Mountains the Nanxi River and the Baizhangji Fall Feiyun Lake and two national nature reserves the Wuyanling Ridge and the Nanji Islands Yandang Mountain has been named as a World Geopark while the Nanji Islands are listed a UNESCO Marine Nature Reserve of World Biosphere Reserves Scenic areas account for 25 of the city s land space Climate Edit Wenzhou derives its present name from its climate and has a humid subtropical climate Koppen Cfa with short winters and long hot humid summers Summers are similar to the remainder of the province albeit slightly cooler during the daytime as compared to inland areas but winter is much milder partly due to the southerly location and partly due to the sheltering effect of the surrounding mountains The monthly 24 hour average temperature ranges from 8 7 C 47 7 F in January to 28 7 C 83 7 F in July and August while the annual mean is 18 9 C 66 0 F Heavy rainfalls occur in late spring and early summer due to the plum rains of the East Asian monsoon while typhoons are commonly a threat in the second half of summer causing considerable damage and destruction With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 26 in March to 53 in August the city receives 1 706 hours of bright sunshine annually Climate data for Wenzhou normals 1981 2010 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high C F 25 6 78 1 27 3 81 1 29 5 85 1 33 2 91 8 35 7 96 3 37 5 99 5 41 7 107 1 38 5 101 3 38 0 100 4 35 0 95 0 30 0 86 0 25 9 78 6 41 7 107 1 Average high C F 12 9 55 2 14 3 57 7 17 3 63 1 22 1 71 8 26 2 79 2 29 3 84 7 33 2 91 8 32 7 90 9 30 1 86 2 26 0 78 8 20 6 69 1 15 7 60 3 23 4 74 1 Daily mean C F 8 7 47 7 9 9 49 8 12 7 54 9 17 3 63 1 21 8 71 2 25 2 77 4 28 7 83 7 28 4 83 1 25 8 78 4 21 4 70 5 16 1 61 0 11 0 51 8 18 9 66 1 Average low C F 5 8 42 4 7 0 44 6 9 7 49 5 14 1 57 4 18 8 65 8 22 4 72 3 25 6 78 1 25 4 77 7 22 7 72 9 18 1 64 6 12 9 55 2 7 7 45 9 15 9 60 5 Record low C F 4 5 23 9 3 9 25 0 1 7 28 9 2 4 36 3 9 0 48 2 14 9 58 8 17 9 64 2 19 1 66 4 13 7 56 7 5 7 42 3 0 2 32 4 3 5 25 7 4 5 23 9 Average precipitation mm inches 64 5 2 54 82 5 3 25 149 7 5 89 152 5 6 00 188 9 7 44 258 8 10 19 194 3 7 65 246 6 9 71 232 1 9 14 82 3 3 24 78 7 3 10 49 7 1 96 1 780 6 70 11 Average precipitation days 0 1 mm 13 5 14 8 19 0 18 4 18 4 18 1 14 7 16 6 13 4 10 3 9 4 8 1 174 7Average relative humidity 72 75 77 77 79 83 79 80 76 73 72 70 76Mean monthly sunshine hours 113 2 90 5 96 4 119 5 122 0 126 9 214 8 213 3 166 2 157 0 138 2 148 0 1 706Percent possible sunshine 35 29 26 31 29 31 51 53 45 44 43 46 39Source China Meteorological Administration precipitation days and sunshine 1971 2000 19 20 Administration Edit Wenzhou World Trade Center Rui an one of the satellite cities under Wenzhou s jurisdiction The prefecture level city of Wenzhou currently administers four districts three county level cities and five counties Its population at 2010 census 4 Map Lucheng Ouhai Longwan Dongtou YongjiaCounty PingyangCounty TaishunCounty CangnanCounty WenchengCounty Yueqing city Rui an city Longgang city Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Population 2020 Census Area km2 Density km2 1 Lucheng District 鹿城区 Lucheng Qu 1 167 164 294 38 4 3932 Longwan District 龙湾区 Longwan Qu 725 049 279 2 6863 Ouhai District 瓯海区 Ōuhǎi Qu 963 238 614 5 1 6224 Dongtou District 洞头区 Dongtou Qu 148 807 100 8775 Rui an City 瑞安市 Rui an Shi 1 520 046 1 271 1 1216 Yueqing City 乐清市 Yueqing Shi 1 453 090 1 174 1 1837 Longgang City 龙港市 Longgǎng Shi 464 695 184 2 5258 Yongjia County 永嘉县 Yǒngjia Xian 869 548 2 674 2959 Pingyang County 平阳县 Pingyang Xian 863 166 1 042 73110 Cangnan County 苍南县 Cangnan Xian 843 959 1 088 93111 Wencheng County 文成县 Wencheng Xian 288 168 1 271 16712 Taishun County 泰顺县 Taishun Xian 265 973 1 762 132Economy Edit Wuma Shopping Street Wenzhou exports food tea wine jute timber paper Alunite a non metallic mineral used to make alum and fertilizer Alunite is abundant and Wenzhou claims to be the Alunite Capital of the World Its 10 main industries each exceeding 1 5 billion dollars are electrical machinery leather products general equipment power supply plastic manufacturing textile and garment transport equipment chemical products metal products and metal processing From the 1990s low voltage electric appliances manufacturing became one of the major industries in Wenzhou with some of the large private enterprises setting up joint ventures with GE and Schneider In 1994 exploration for oil and natural gas commenced in the East China Sea 100 km 62 mi off the coast of Wenzhou Companies such as Texaco Chevron Shell and JAPEX have started to drill for oil but the operations have been largely unsuccessful Wenzhou is a city full of vibrant business activities When China began economic reforms in 1978 Wenzhou was the first city in China to set up individual and private enterprises as well as shareholder cooperatives It has also taken the lead in carrying out financial system reform and structural reform in townships Being a pioneer in utilizing marketing mechanism to develop urban constructions Wenzhou has won a number of firsts in China and set many national records From 1978 through 2016 the GDP of Wenzhou a third tier city in China has increased from 1 32 billion RMB to 504 54 billion RMB with the gross fiscal revenue increasing from 0 135 billion RMB to 72 4 billion RMB and the disposable net per capita income for rural residents increasing from 113 5 RMB to 22 985 RMB The per capita disposable income for urban residents increased from 422 6 RMB in 1981 to 47 785 RMB in 2016 which is the among the highest in China Financial Reform Pilot Project Edit In late March 2012 China s State Council announced that Wenzhou would be the site of a pilot project for the reform of private investment rules The city had been a significant source of illegal loans and this project would legalize and provide a regulatory framework for such activities It has been seen not only as an attempt to legitimize Wenzhou s private finance market but also as a model for cleaning up underground lending in China as a whole 21 Birthplace of China s private economy Edit In the early days of economic reforms local Wenzhounese took the lead in China in developing a commodity economy household industries and specialized markets Many thousands of people and families were engaged in household manufacturing to develop individual and private economy private enterprise Until now when Wenzhou has a total of 240 000 individually owned commercial and industrial units and 130 000 private enterprises of which 180 are group companies four among China s top 500 enterprises and 36 among national 500 top private enterprises There are 27 national production bases such as China s Shoes Capital and China s Capital of Electrical Equipment China s 40 famous trademarks and China s famous brand products and 67 national inspection exempt products in the city citation needed The development of private economy in Wenzhou has created the Wenzhou Economic Model which inspires the modernization drive in China citation needed The city of Wenzhou is a world leader in lighter manufacturing with over 500 such companies in the city 22 The plastic weaving cluster in Wenzhou comprised 1600 enterprises in 2001 employing 42 000 people with an annual output value of 20 billion Yuan The Local cluster comprised 400 manufacturers in 2001 with a total output of 5 billion Yuan representing 65 percent of the domestic market share The cluster is the first in China in terms of market share and sold it products to 60 countries 23 There are many areas in which people of Wenzhou opened the first example of private economy in post 1949 China For instance Juneyao Airlines started in July 1991 which is the first private airline company in China Jinwen Rail Way is also the first rail way company which is built with private capital Industrial zones Edit Wenzhou Economic amp Technological Development ZoneWenzhou Economic amp Technological Development Zone was established and approved by State Council in 1992 The main traffic system around the zone include No 104 National Highway Ningbo Wenzhou Expressway and Wenzhou Bridge It is located near to Wenzhou International Airport and Wenzhou Port Industries encouraged in the zone include electrical equipment electronic information chemical medicine building materials and textiles 24 Wenzhou Oujiang River Estuary Industrial ZoneLocated in the east of the city proper it has an overall planned area of 3 3 million square kilometers with industrial focuses mainly on logistics cultural and tourism industry smart manufacturing information technology as well as electronics and petrochemical industry near the coastal area of Dongtou The traffic system around the zone include the Oujiang Beikou Bridge Oufei Project Edit In 2014 the Oufei Project Chinese 欧飞工程 was initiated as a land reclamation project in Wenzhou The original targeted area upon completion was 20 3 104 mu with an estimated construction cost of 60 billion RMB 25 The aim of the project is stated to promote economic development and it would serve as the largest land reclamation project in China as of 2020 26 In 2015 the project secured an 4 5 billion RMB in a low interest long term loans receiving provincial level support 27 The tideland reclamation was accomplished using a vacuum preloading method with a planned size of 323 4 square kilometers 28 There was some academic criticism of the project s potential damage to waterbird coastal habitats 29 Transport EditAir Edit The Wenzhou Longwan International Airport serves the Wenzhou area with scheduled flights to major cities in mainland China as well as Hong Kong and Macau New direct air routes to Taipei and Cheju Island of South Korea were introduced in 2012 The airport is situated on the southeast of the city approximately 20 km 12 mi away It s been graded as Category B civil airport serving a population of 20 million spanning areas of Wenzhou Taizhou and Lishui of Zhejiang and Ningde of the neighbouring Fujian The correlated GDP of the area reaches 300 billion RMB The Airport started opening up in 1995 and direct flight to Macau was approved Air route to Hong Kong was open in 1996 Linking 65 cities in the country with 34 permanently operating air routes the Airport is among the fastest growing and profitable among its peers in China The Airport ranks first in terms of passenger transit among cities of same level in China In 2004 the Airport handled 29 700 landings a passenger transit of 2 439 million cargo throughput of 38 500 tons The new Terminal 2 was launched on 1 June 2018 which handle all domestic flights The Terminal 1 was changed to international terminal that handles all international and regional specifically from Wenzhou to Hong Kong Macau and Taiwan flights The Terminal 2 is equipped with 21 boarding bridges 22 security check passages 52 check in counters four check in zones A B C and D and 6 luggage claim systems The launch of Terminal 2 is a huge milestone in the history of Wenzhou air traffic development 30 Railway Edit Wenzhou South railway station Because of Wenzhou s geographic location it is difficult to build a railway to connect it with other cities Wenzhou s first railway the Jinhua Wenzhou railway opened on 11 June 1998 The railway runs from Wenzhou railway station northwest to Jinhua and is operated by the Jinwen Railway Company The railway has a total length of 251 km 156 mi including 135 bridges of 14 km 8 7 mi in length 96 tunnels of 35 km 22 mi in length The Jinwen Railway was the first in China to be built with local capital and gave birth to China s first standardized joint stock enterprise Zhejiang Jinwen Railway Development Co Ltd 31 In September 2009 two high speed railways opened in Wenzhou The Ningbo Taizhou Wenzhou railway runs north to Hangzhou and the Wenzhou Fuzhou railway runs south to Xiamen 32 Both lines accommodate high speed CRH China Railway High speed trains running at speeds of up to 200 km h 120 mph and have dramatically shortened rail travel time to neighboring cities The Jinhua Wenzhou high speed railway was opened on 26 December 2015 33 Lucheng District in Wenzhou was the site of China s only major high speed rail accident to date Rapid transit Edit Main article Wenzhou Rail Transit Wenzhou Mass Transit Railway Investment Group was launched in February 2011 with registered capital of 2 billion RMB sole purpose being in the design investment construction and operation of the Wenzhou Mass Transit Rail Corporation which will consist of regional S series lines and local rapid transit lines in Wenzhou The S Lines serve regional transportation among Wenzhou s Counties and Districts The first line Line S1 stretching 53 5 kilometers opened on 23 January 2019 Construction of Line S2 started on 30 December 2015 A preliminary application with the National Development and Reform Commission NDRC is underway for the initiation of the construction of metro lines M1 and M2 with a total length of 60 4 km 37 5 mi Yongjia School of Thought EditYongjia School of Thought simplified Chinese 永嘉学派 traditional Chinese 永嘉學派 is considered as one of the most distinctive schools of thought in the history of China and was one of the three most influential schools of thought in the Song Dynasty It has a prestigious status in the world of Chinese philosophy For centuries it has been the cultural gene of native people in Wenzhou and has exerted influence on China for centuries since its origin in the Song Dynasty 34 35 36 Main characteristics Edit There are four main characteristics and aspects of the Yongjia School of Thought Firstly it emphasizes the significance of practice over pure theory Secondly it proposes that chivalry should not be divorced from welfare Thirdly it promotes the conglomeration of agriculture and commerce Last but not least it underscores the significance of powerful military and economic prosperity 35 36 Market economy and Capitalism Edit Yongjia School of Thought is arguably the only prestigious Chinese school of thought of which the main teachings emphasize currency commerce and private economy Modern scholars attribute the unprecedented economic prosperity in the Song Dynasty to the influence of Yongjia School of Thought 35 36 Chinese opera EditDuring the Northern Song Dynasty in the 12th century Nan Opera also called as the Wenzhou Opera and Yongjia Opera was produced in Wenzhou as the earliest form of traditional Chinese Opera in the history of China 37 38 39 In its early stage of development Nan Opera developed and matured rapidly along with the prosperous economic activities that were taking place in Wenzhou influenced by Yongjia School of Thought Wenzhou as a prosperous treaty port back in Southern Song Dynasty expanded the influence of Nan Opera greatly Since then Nan Opera gained its great influence in China and reached its peak in Yuan Dynasty and remained its prominent status in Ming Dynasty In the time period of late Yuan Dynasty the original rulers of the country significantly lost their political power and that gave Nan Opera of Wenzhou a period of time in which it faced almost no resistance in development Therefore in late Yuan Dynasty Nan Opera of Wenzhou reached its highest peak historically and later in Ming Dynasty its original Wenzhou tone of Opera sung in Wenzhounese lost its influence and was mostly replaced by Kun Shan tone of Opera Later on because of the replacement in tone Nan Opera gradually transcended into its later form chuanqi and remained its influence and became one of the major forms of drama in Ming Dynasty 40 Role distribution system Edit On the stage setting of a Nan Opera performance there are generally seven role distribution elements Life 生 Denier 旦 Ugliness 醜 Clarity 淨 Finale 末 Exterior 外 Attachment 貼 with the main drama plot developed around Life 生 and Denial 旦 complemented usually by Ugliness 醜 Clarity 淨 and Finale 末 This stage setting system of Nan Opera invented in Wenzhou with seven element role distribution principle is the earliest complete on stage role distribution principle system in the history of Chinese Opera 41 42 43 Four Miracles of Yuan Dynasty Edit Although Nan opera is the first mature form of traditional Chinese opera throughout its history of development unlike that of many other later forms of Chinese opera Nan opera was generally disregarded and repelled by the officials in early Yuan Dynasty who held great contempt for the Southern Chinese people Despite the great resistance local Wenzhounese that kept on developing Nan Drama still managed to compose extraordinary works respectively named as the Jing Cha Tale Bai Tu Tale Bai Yue Ting and Sha Gou Ji which were later known as the Four Miracles of Yuan Dynasty citation needed According to modern studies at least half of the Four Miracles were entirely created by local Wenzhounese artists with no non local supplements and the other two consisting of some non local supplements 38 Tale of the Pipa Edit Tale of the Pipa or Tale of Lute created by local Wenzhounese Gao Ming is a work of Nan opera that represents its highest quality and essence in its highest peak of influence in mid Yuan Dynasty 40 It is called the connecting bridge of the time of Nan opera and the time of chuanqi The creation of Tale of the Pipa is among the greatest achievements of Chinese Opera and has had an enormous impact on composition of traditional Chinese opera and therefore it is usually called as the Ancestor of all Plays in China along with Nan drama being called as the Ancestor of all Operas in China In the 19th century Tale of the Pipa was translated into English French German and Latin 44 45 46 Ever since it was published in modern era the Lute Song has been significant in the history of Western appreciation of Chinese literature The first translation of Lute Song was published in 1841 in Paris by Imprimerie Royale written by Antoine A P L Bazin titled Le Pi pa ki ou l Histoire de Luth making the history of the first chuanqi play published in a Western language 47 In 1946 American musical comedy based on Tale of the Pipa titled Lute Song written by Will Irwin Sidney Howard and starred Yul Brenner and Mary Martin was produced on Broadway 48 Nancy Reagan Edit Tale of the Pipa is also the only Broadway appearance of then future First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan 49 In the play of Lute Song Nancy Reagan dyed her brown hair black and slanted her eyes like a real oriental girl 50 and the show s producer told her You look like you could be Chinese 51 Like all the other Nan Opera plays written by local Wenzhounese artists majorly in the original language of Wenzhounese the Lute Song is known for its complex linguistic demands which has caused international scholars to mainly focus on the shorter and more accessible version as to their own concepts of the opera 52 Four forms of Nan opera Edit After the invention of Nan opera in Wenzhou in the 12th century Nan Opera soon after started to spread its influence all across China as the first ever mature form of Chinese opera At the time in Ming Dynasty the original form of Nan Opera sung in Wenzhounese lost its influence because of its universality and evolved into 4 different forms that were sung in four different tones melodies However some scholars today argue that Nan Opera in Ming Dynasty were sung in five different tones melodies 53 The original Nan Opera gave births to four different forms of itself in Ming Dynasty Haiyan Tone 海盐腔 Yuyao Tone 余姚腔 Kunshan Tone 昆山腔 and Yiyang Tone 弋阳腔 Among the four forms the most popular one today is known as the Kun Opera that evolved from the Kunshan Tone of Nan Opera in Ming Dynasty Kun Opera is listed as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO since 2001 54 Mathematics EditWenzhou has a long history of mathematics and many mathematical records in modern China are made by local Wenzhounese mathematicians and scholars In 1896 the father of oracle bone script decipherment Wenzhounese scholar Sun Yirang founded the first ever mathematics academy in the history of China Ruian Mathematics Academy 瑞安學計館 in Wenzhou A year later in 1897 local Wenzhounese Huang Qingcheng founded the first ever periodical of mathematics in China Journal of Arithmetic 算学報 In 1899 a mathematical association was established in Wenzhou named Ruian Heaven Calculation Association 瑞安天算學社 making the history of being the very first regional mathematical association in the history of China 55 56 57 58 59 60 Cradle of Mathematicians Edit Wenzhou is renowned as the cradle of mathematicians in the Greater China Region it has given births to over 200 mathematicians known both internationally and domestically in the past 100 years According to numerous reports in the 20th century over one fourth to one third of chairs of mathematics department of colleges and mathematical associations all over China were local Wenzhounese mathematicians and scholars During 2002 International Mathematical Union conference in Beijing a case study named analysis of vast communal formation of Wenzhounese mathematicians 温籍数学家群体成因分析 was discussed by mathematicians from all over the world The goal of analyzing the case study was to understand and acknowledge the significance of the cultural influence of Wenzhounese mathematicians and their contributions to mathematics The case study was also brought up during the conference to analyze the future trend of cultivating a new generation of mathematicians in China and around the world Such a rare phenomenon has never existed in the history of the world as throughout the history of the city Wenzhou has given births to more mathematicians more than any other city in the world 61 62 In an interview with local Wenzhounese mathematician one of the pioneers of mathematics in modern China Su Buqing 63 conducted by Wenzhounese science fiction writer Ye Yonglie many unknown details of the local Wenzhou mathematics culture were revealed Ye Yonglie was told by Su Buqing that many of the chairs of math departments of major universities in China were local Wenzhounese and in the conferences of International Mathematical Union the local language of Wenzhounese is the unofficial and second language of the union besides official language English Moreover when Ye Yonglie asked Su Buqing whether the commonly shared Wenzhounese cuisine culture of consuming Large yellow croaker was one of the major reasons of the vast formation of local mathematicians Su Buqing answered No no no It s rather because of the fact that the entire area of Wenzhou is too poor to do science and it only takes the cost of a pencil to do math therefore most of the Wenzhounese people just started to do math and then generations of local mathematicians just kept coming out of the city 64 Jiang Lifu Edit Wenzhounese mathematician Jiang Lifu is commonly considered as the father of mathematics and pioneer of geometry in modern China Jiang was the second person in modern China s history to obtain a PhD in mathematics and the first to do so in Wenzhou In 1920 he returned to China and founded the Department of Mathematics at Nankai University the second ever mathematics department in the history of modern China He was the only professor and teacher in the department for the first four years and was very strict with his teaching and students 65 66 67 In 1940 Jiang became the chairman of the Neo China Mathematics Society In 1947 Jiang founded the Institute of Mathematics of Academia Sinica and was the institute s founding director He appointed his student one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century Shiing Shen Chern to become the institute s acting director in Shanghai Jiang also played a pioneering and fundamental role in encouraging and arranging foreign studies of mathematics for Chinese students in modern China in the early 20th century 68 Mathematician Shiing Shen Chern once noted that for many years Mr Jiang was the foremost leader in the field of mathematics in China 在许多年的时间里 姜先生是中国数学界最主要的领袖 Su Buqing also noted that his influence and contribution to mathematics in modern China is so grand that without him mathematics in China would have been completely different 他对中国现代数学事业功劳重大 影响至深 没有他 中国数学面貌将会是另一个样子 67 Shiing Shen Chern Edit In October 2003 mathematician Shiing Shen Chern visited Wenzhou as invited by Wenzhounese mathematician Gu Chaohao During his visit Chern wrote five words in Chinese calligraphy Home of Mathematicians as he was marveled by the large number of prominent mathematicians and mathematical scholars from the city of Wenzhou 67 69 Throughout Chern s life he developed many close and meaningful relationships with mathematicians from Wenzhou For instance Chern s first mathematics teacher mentor and professor in life is Wenzhounese mathematician Jiang Lifu Jiang was the second person in modern China s history to obtain a PhD in mathematics and founded the Department of Mathematics at Nankai University Chern s alma mater Chern once noted that I specialize in geometry because of my professor in college Dr Jiang 我从事几何大都亏了我的大学老师姜立夫博士 and my fundamental mathematical education was all given by Mr Jiang through dictation 我的基本数学训练都是姜先生口授的 69 70 Taiwanese high tech industry Edit Wenzhounese mathematician Shu Shien Siu is today considered as the father of the high tech industry in Taiwan while the high tech industry today is considered to be the biggest contributor to Taiwan s economy When Siu was the Minister of Science and Technology from 1973 to 1980 he proposed to establish the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park in Hsinchu in 1976 71 After Siu s revolutionary proposal rounds of debate about the location of Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park unfolded Chiang Ching kuo argued that the park should be built in Longtan District in Taoyuan considering the potential benefits that could be drawn from National Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology and future relationship between the military field and the park However Shu Shien Siu argued that the park should be built in Hsinchu because what Taiwan and the park needed was creativity and private economic power that would stem from the people instead of the government and the military Therefore Siu said that it was not a wise decision to draw too much relation between the military and the science and industrial park Also Longtan District was a relatively remote place as compared to Hsinchu and thus the potential of the park would be greatly diminished if it were to be built in Longtan District More importantly Siu s decision made in 1976 is commonly praised today as he foresaw the right model of the park Siu wanted the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park to be like Silicon Valley which is adjacent to Stanford University and University of California Berkeley Thinking differently from Chiang Ching kuo Siu saw the potential advantages and tremendous resources the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park could benefit from the National Tsing Hua University and National Chiao Tung University Therefore Siu determined to manage to build the park in Hsinchu where both universities are located at Today Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park is commonly considered as the Silicon Valley of the Orient and the high tech industry stands as the biggest contributor to Taiwan s economy Higher education in Taiwan Edit In 1961 Shu Shien Siu founded the Department of Mathematics at National Tsing Hua University one of the most prestigious universities in Taiwan A year later in 1962 Siu founded the Summer Mathematics Conference the first ever mathematical conference in the history of Taiwan 72 When Siu became the president of National Tsing Hua University in 1970 there were only 3 academic departments and no college on campus and the university only held a population of over 660 people including faculty members In order to expand the size of the university and contribute to the growth of Taiwan Siu organized to establish the college of engineering that consists of five departments and expanded the Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Science by transforming it into the college of nuclear science which consists of two departments and one institute From 1971 to 1973 Siu managed to employ a total of 165 professors with doctoral degrees Also during his presidency Siu carried out the 15 year strategic plan for the university and placed heavy emphasis on the construction of buildings on campus such as the Department of Chemistry the auditorium the gymnasium and dormitories for students and housing buildings for academic staff as Siu sought to increase the bond between the academic staff and the students 72 73 74 By the time he left National Tsing Hua University in 1975 the university had a total of nine departments three colleges and 13 institutes with a student population of over 2200 including graduate students and academic staff population of over 160 In 1975 after Siu s five years of presidency National Tsing Hua University placed first in all three fields of Mathematics Physics and Chemistry in Taiwan 74 As Siu was deeply influenced by the Yongjia School of Thought when he grew up in Wenzhou during his presidential career at the university Siu placed heavy emphasis on the idea of practicality instead of the traditional Chinese belief of the importance of theory and also made it clear that as students the interaction with the society will always be more important than that within the campus One of the most influential quotes of Siu is What we need the most are the practitioners who directly involve but not the theorists 我们最需要的是实行家 直接的参与 而非理论家 That main idea held by Siu to build the university in its early stage of development is almost identical as one of the central philosophies of Yongjia School of Thought the cultural gene of the city of Wenzhou Such a unique form of philosophy of Siu would later be proven to have a tremendous impact on the school and Taiwan s history as today National Tsing Hua University is known for its emphasis on practicality in Taiwan 72 73 74 City of chess EditIn 1995 Wenzhou was given the title of City of Chess by China Qiyuan the official agency responsible for all board games and card games in mainland China 75 76 77 In 2020 Wenzhou celebrated its 25th anniversary of being the City of Chess in China President of FIDE Arkady Dvorkovich sent a congratulatory letter to Wenzhou remarking that Wenzhou has given births to many genius chess players Ye Rongguang Zhu Chen Ding Liren congratulate the 25th anniversary of Wenzhou being titled the City of Chess in China 温州出了很多天才型的棋手 叶荣光 诸宸 丁立人 祝贺温州被授予中国的国际象棋之城25周年 76 Zhu Chen Edit Wenzhounese chess practitioner and grandmaster Zhu Chen is the first and currently the only chess player in the history of the world to win all youth junior and adult world championships In August 1988 Zhu placed first and won the World Girls Under 12 Championship in Romania In September 1994 Zhu placed first and won the World Girls Junior Chess Championship in Matinhos Brazil In November 1996 Zhu placed first and won the World Girls Junior Chess Championship in Medellin Colombia In December 2001 Zhu placed first and won the World Women s Individual Championship in Moscow Russia 78 In March 2002 during the FIDE Grand Prix in Dubai Zhu defeated Ruslan Ponomariov the World Chess Champion from 2002 to 2004 and knocked him out of the tournament making her the first and only female world champion and athlete to defeat a male world champion in any competitive sport in the history of the world 79 Zhu is the current treasurer of FIDE Management Board and FIDE Council as well as Vice President of FIDE Zonal Council 80 81 Culture and demographics EditLanguage Edit Main article Wenzhounese Wenzhou natives speak a language of Wu Chinese the language family shared by Hangzhou Ningbo Suzhou and Shanghai called Wenzhounese also known as Oujiang 瓯江话 甌江話 Ōujianghua or Dong ou 东瓯 東甌 Geographic isolation and the immigration of Southern Min speakers from nearby Fujian have caused Wenzhounese to evolve into a very phonologically divergent hybrid difficult for outsiders to understand As a result even the adjacent Taizhou Wu variety has little mutual intelligibility with Wenzhounese Conversely Wenzhouness itself has spread to the Chinese immigrant communities in the Flushing and Brooklyn Chinatowns of New York City The esoteric Wenzhounese language is reputed to have been used during the Second Sino Japanese War during wartime communication and in the Sino Vietnamese War for programming military ciphers code 82 83 Due to its unique grammar vocabulary and pronunciation the language is basically impossible for any non local to understand There is a common fearing rhymed saying in China that reflects the extreme comprehension difficulty of Wenzhounese Fear not the Heavens fear not the Earth but fear the Wenzhou person speaking Wenzhounese 天不怕 地不怕 就怕温州人说温州话 Religion Edit The Heavenly Kings Hall at Jiangxin Temple Temple of Bao Gong in Ouhai District Guanji temple left and Huang ancestral shrine right in Lucheng District Most of the Wenzhou people practice Chinese folk religion as people in the rest of China while a part of the population is non religious In addition Buddhism Taoism and Christianity also have a presence in the city Prior to 1949 there were 2 000 registered places of worship and 4 500 priests pastors and monks in the city But the state officially designated Wenzhou as an experimental site for an atheistic zone 无宗教区 in 1958 and during the Cultural Revolution 1966 1976 religious buildings were either closed or converted for other uses 84 Religion revived quickly since the 1980s and today there are more registered places of worship than before 85 Specifically as of 2015 update the city has 8 569 registered folk religious temples and 3 961 registered places of worship of the five institutional religions Buddhism Taoism Islam Catholicism and Protestantism 86 The city was the forefront in the registration and management of folk religious temples which was started in January 2015 and later extended to all Zhejiang 86 China s Jerusalem Edit The city has been for centuries a hub of Christian missionary activity prior to 1949 it was home to 115 000 Christians more than one tenth of the total Christians in China at that time 85 Today it remains an important center of Christianity in China In 2006 it was reported that between 15 and 20 of the city s population was Christian 87 In 2012 according to official data the city s Christians were at least one million about 11 of the 2010 population 88 Because of its large concentration of Christians the city has been dubbed the Jerusalem of the East or China s Jerusalem in some media reports 84 In recent years the prominence of Wenzhou s Christian community has made it the target of some controversial government action In 2014 CNN reported that local Communist Party authorities had demolished scores of churches and forcibly removed more than 300 church crosses 89 More recent reports have updated the numbers to over 200 churches destroyed and 2 000 crosses removed 90 The Chinese government denies that the demolition of churches constitutes persecution of Christians pointing instead to violations of land use regulations as the reason for its actions However independent human rights groups and news agencies have met this denial with skepticism 91 The New York Times for example reported that internal government documents the newspaper had obtained revealed that these demolitions represented part of a deliberate strategy to reduce the public profile of Christianity in the region Specifically the Times cites a nine page statement of provincial policy singling out the Christian community as targets for the regulation of excessive religious sites and overly popular religious activities The priority the document states is to remove crosses at religious activity sites on both sides of expressways national highways and provincial highways as well as to Over time and in batches bring down the crosses from the rooftops to the facade of the buildings 92 The provincial policy has met with some resistance A Christian pastor who protested the removal of the crosses and the beating of 50 Christians was also jailed in 2015 93 Tourism Edit A Qing dynasty scroll painting depicting the ranges of Yandang Mountains An essay written by Zhu Ziqing on the beauty of Meiyu Pond 梅雨潭 and waterfall in the Middle Yandang Mountains in Xianyan Subdistrict Ouhai District Wenzhou after his visits to the area in 1923 is among the sixty potential reading selections test takers may be asked to read for the Putonghua Proficiency Test 94 95 96 With a history of over 120 million years Yandang Mountains or Yandangshan Mountains literally the wild goose pond mountain s is known for its natural environment arising from its many vertical rock faces and pinnacles mountain slopes with forests and bamboo groves streams waterfalls and caves citation needed Nanxi River located in Yongjia County Nanxi River was famous for its 36 bends and 72 beaches The main scenic spots of the Nanxi River area include the Furong Triangle Rock the Waterfall of Tengxi Pool the Twelve Peaks the Taogong Cave the Warehouse Under The Cliff the Furong Ancient Hamlet and the Lion Rock 97 It was named as one of the National Tourist Scenic Spots by the State Council and has been listed in Tentative Lists of UNESCO World Heritage 98 A covered bridge Covered bridges Taishun County has more than 900 covered bridges Wuyanling National Nature Reserve in the west of the county represents significant natural values as well as being a touristic attraction Due to the variety and diverseness of local tourism attractions Wenzhou was voted as the venue for the 2016 Annual Convention of Society for American Travel Writers SATW in October 2016 after beating contenders including Israel the State of Texas and Royal Caribbean International the world leading cruise operator Art and literature Edit Wenzhou is 1682 years old with a profound and brilliant cultural background It has given birth to many outstanding people and great scholars Among them were Wang Shipeng Chen Fuliang Ye Shi Huang Gongwang and Liu Ji during the South Song Dynasty as well as Sun Yirang Xia Nai Xia Chengtao and Su Buqing and others of the modern era All of them have exerted significant influence in the history of Chinese philosophy literature and science Wenzhou is also the origin of China s landscape poetry the founder of which Xie Lingyun was the chief of Wenzhou s Yongjia Prefecture in the Nan Dynasty In Song Dynasty there were 4 distinguished poets from Yongjia representing the River and Lake Poetry Moreover Wenzhou is the birthplace of Nan Drama of China which is the origin of Chinese traditional drama of which includes drama forms such as Peking Opera and Yue Opera 99 The Romance of a Hairpin a tale about Wang Shipeng and Qian Yulian is well known among locals and serves an inspiration for many who have endured life pains but still have faith in love For instance Tale of Lute a play by Gao Zecheng of Ming Dynasty is renowned abroad as one of the most outstanding works of Chinese drama along with Kun Opera of Yongjia which is recognized as the verbal and non material human heritage Dancing in public is also part of the Wenzhou culture Wenzhou the birthplace of China s private economy likewise is the birthplace of China s export oriented industrialization From the Southern Song Dynasty in contrasted to the Confucianism represented by Zhu Xi and Lu Jiuyuan in China urging people to study to be officials in the future the theory of Wenzhou s Yongjia School represented by Ye Shi emphasized the importance of business The theory has an enduring impact on the mindset of Wenzhou natives and has become the cultural gene in the economic development of Wenzhou ever since Business culture Edit Due to both Wenzhou s cultural and geographical remoteness and its lack of natural resources land minerals etc the Chinese central government has left the people of Wenzhou relatively autonomous Away from the center of the political and economic stage its people are more independent self reliant and generally more business and family oriented Numerous books have been published about the business sense of people from Wenzhou Hence when China switched from its planned economy to its so called capitalist economy with Chinese socialist characteristics in the late 1980s its people adjusted well to the new system and took advantage of it A popular common saying calls Wenzhounese the Jews of the Orient 东方的犹太人 citation needed Wenzhounese have been stereotyped by other Chinese which as real estate speculators China Daily notes that investments from Wenzhounese buyers play a disproportionately large role in the increased property prices all over China 100 The people of Wenzhou are thought to be equipped with business sense and a commercial culture more dominant than anywhere else in China Wenzhou has two economic characteristics it was the first to launch a market economy and it continues to have an active and developed private economy 101 Education EditWenzhou has one of the largest education sector constituting 1 6 of the total in Zhejiang Province As of the end of 2016 Wenzhou has 2368 schools of various kinds from pre school to higher education with number of students stands at 1 4814 million and faculty number of 127 200 Higher education Edit With most of its universities and colleges established after 1949 before 1949 there was not one single university or college in Wenzhou The highest educational institution in Wenzhou at the time was senior high school 102 103 104 105 There are three major universities in Wenzhou Wenzhou University Wenzhou Medical University and WenZhou Kean University Wenzhou University resulted from the merger of the former University of Wenzhou Wenzhou Normal College and other various normal colleges in the rural towns of Wenzhou Its main campus is situated in the University Town Cha Shan 茶山 The former campus of Wenzhou Normal College on Xueyuan Road 学院路 is still in use while the former main campus of the University of Wenzhou now serves as the campus of the Wenzhou Foreign Language School and the Second Experimental Middle School of Wenzhou No 13 Middle School citation needed Wenzhou Medical University is well known globally in specializing in ophthalmology national level key discipline as well as provision of other medical courses Several of Wenzhou s major hospitals are affiliated to this university with Wenzhou No 1 Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University being the largest in floor space in Asia The combined population of medical service covered by all the affiliated hospitals of Wenzhou Medical University is said to be over 20 million citation needed The Ministry of Education of the People s Republic of China approved the establishment of Wenzhou Kean University on 16 November 2011 It is one of the first two Chinese American cooperatively run universities with legal person status the other one being NYU Shanghai inaugurated on 15 October 2012 citation needed Official websites of universities and colleges in Wenzhou Edit Wenzhou University Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou Business College Wenzhou Kean University Wenzhou Vocational amp Technical College Zhejiang DongFang Vocationa amp Technical College Zhejiang Industry and Trade Polytechnic Wenzhou Institute University of Chinese Academy of SciencesNotable people EditMathematicians Edit Sun Yirang 孫诒让 1848 1908 pioneer of oracle bone script decipherment founder of the first mathematical academy in the history of China mentor of Huang Qingcheng Huang Qingcheng 黄庆澄 1863 1904 founder of the first periodical of mathematics in the history of China student of Sun Yirang uncle of Jiang Lifu Jiang Lifu 姜立夫 1890 1978 father of mathematics in modern China first director of Academia Sinica Institute of Mathematics mentor of Shiing Shen Chern Su Buqing father of Jiang Boju nephew and student of Huang Qingcheng Su Buqing 苏步青 1902 2003 honorary chairman of Chinese Mathematical Society first geometer in the Orient renowned as King of Math in China student of Jiang Lifu Li Ruifu 李锐夫 1903 1987 prominent mathematician and astronomer former vice chairman of Shanghai Mathematical Society and Shanghai Astronomical Society Fang Dezhi 方德植 1910 former chairman of the Department of Mathematics at Xiamen University Shu Shien Siu 徐賢修 1912 2002 father of high tech industry in Taiwan Xu Guifang 徐桂芳 1912 former chairman of the Department of Mathematics at Xi an Jiaotong University honorary director of Chinese Society of Computational Mathematics Ky Fan 樊畿 1914 2010 prominent mathematician former director of Academia Sinica Institute of Mathematics professor emeritus at University of California Santa Barbara Xiang Fuchen 项黼宸 1916 1990 former chairman of the Department of Mathematics at National Taiwan University former director of Academia Sinica Institute of Mathematics Bai Zhengguo 白正國 1916 2015 one of the pioneers of geometry in China student of Su Buqing mentor of Gu Chaohao Chung Tao Yang 杨忠道 1923 2005 chairman of the Department of Mathematics at University of Pennsylvania from 1978 to 1983 student of Su Buqing Zhang Mingyong 张鸣镛 1926 1986 former vice chairman of Department of Mathematics at Xiamen University mentor of Chen Jingrun student of Su Buqing Gu Chaohao 谷超豪 1926 2012 former president of University of Science and Technology of China student of Su Buqing Wu Chung Hsiang 项武忠 born 1935 chairman of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University from 1982 to 1985 one of the most influential topologists of the second half of the 20th century Hu Yuda 胡毓达 born 1935 former vice chairman of executive council of Shanghai Mathematical Society former executive director of Operations Research Society of China Wu Yi Hsiang 项武义 born 1937 prominent mathematician in geometry professor emeritus at University of California Berkeley one of the provers of Kepler Conjecture Jiang Boju 姜伯驹 born 1937 first dean of School of Mathematical Sciences at Peking University former chairman of Beijing Mathematical Society son of Jiang Lifu Chen Li an 陳履安 born 1937 former president of the Control Yuan and minister of National Defense and Economic Affairs of the Republic of China son of Chen Cheng Lee Peng Yee 李秉彝 born 1938 former president of Southeast Asian Mathematical Society former vice president of International Commission on Mathematical Instruction Lu Shanzhen 陆善镇 born 1939 prominent mathematician former president of Beijing Normal University Li Banghe 李邦河 born 1942 prominent mathematician in differential topology low dimension topology and invariable quantum solver of Minimal Genus Problem Chen Dayue 陈大岳 born 1963 dean of School of Mathematical Sciences at Peking University former vice president of Chinese Mathematical Society T Tony Cai 蔡天文 born 1967 2008 COPSS Presidents Award winner former president of International Chinese Statistical AssociationGo and chess players Edit Bao Yizhong 鲍一中 1500 1566 Go chess player most prominent chess player of China in Ming Dynasty renowned as the highest echelon of Ming Dynasty Xie Xiaxun 谢侠逊 1888 1987 father of Chinese chess renowned as the Supreme Commander of Chess and King of Chess in China Ye Rongguang 叶荣光 born 1963 first ever chess grandmaster in the history of China coach of Zhu Chen Zhu Chen 諸宸 born 1976 first person to win all youth junior adult World Championships female chess international grandmaster and Women s World Champion Ding Liren 丁立人 born 1992 chess grandmaster youngest ever winner of Chinese Chess Championship at age 16 ranked first nationally and third internationally as of May 2023 update highest ever Elo rated Chinese chess grandmaster World Chess Champion 2023University presidents Edit Huang Shaoqi 黄绍箕 1854 1908 first president and co founder of Peking University then Imperial University of Peking 106 Jiang Qi 姜琦 1885 1951 president of Jinan University from 1925 to 1927 Su Buqing 苏步青 1902 2003 president of Fudan University from 1978 to 1983 Shu Shien Siu 徐賢修 1912 2002 president of National Tsing Hua University from 1970 to 1975 Yu Chenye 余承业 1920 2015 president of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics from 1982 to 1987 Chen Jinqing 陈锦清 1921 1991 president of Beijing Dance Academy from 1978 to 1984 Gu Chaohao 谷超豪 1926 2012 president of University of Science and Technology of China from 1988 to 1993 Chen Guangzhong 陈光中 1930 president of China University of Political Science and Law from 1992 to 1994 Lu Shanzhen 陆善镇 born 1939 president of Beijing Normal University from 1995 to 1999 Frank Shu 徐遐生 1943 president of National Tsing Hua University from 2002 to 2006 Wu Qidi 吴启迪 born 1947 president of Tongji University from 1995 to 2003 Wu Boda 吴博达 1950 president of Jilin University from 2002 to 2004 Zheng Xiaojing 郑晓静 1958 president of Xidian University Teng Jinguang 滕锦光 1964 president of Hong Kong Polytechnic University Xue Yanzhuang 薛艳庄 1966 president of Zhejiang University from 1983 to 1986 Wu Zhaohui 吴朝晖 1966 president of Zhejiang UniversityAcademics Edit Wang Xizhi 王羲之 303 361 sage of Chinese calligraphy former governor of Yongjia Wenzhou Ye Shi 叶适 1150 1223 philosopher most important figure of the neo Confucianism Yongjia School Gao Juefu Chinese 高觉敷 pinyin Gao Juefu 1896 1993 psychologist Wu Xianwen 伍献文 1900 1985 one of the pioneers of Ichthyology and Nematology in China Fang Jiekan 方介堪 1901 1987 prominent calligrapher former honorary chairman of Chinese Calligraphers Association Cheng Man ch ing 郑曼青 1902 1975 t ai chi ch uan master calligrapher painter poet doctor of Chinese medicine called the Master of Five Excellences Xia Nai 夏鼐 1910 1985 archaeologist pioneer of archaeology in modern China one of the most honored scholars in archaeology Qi Jun 琦君 1917 2006 author best selling female author of Taiwan one of the most significant female authors in the history of China Chen Cheng siang 陈正祥 1922 2003 first prominent geographer in the history of China one of the most prominent geographers in the world renowned as the Alexander von Humboldt of the Orient Chen Guangzhong 陈光中 1930 jurist renowned as the father of Criminal procedure of China Frank Shu 徐遐生 1943 chair of astronomy department of University of California Berkeley from 1984 to 1988 former president of American Astronomical Society president of National Tsing Hua University son of Shu Shien Siu Hsiao Cheng 萧政 1943 editor and member of executive council of Journal of Econometrics Jin Henghui 金恒炜 1944 journalist author pundit former vice president of Taiwan Society Shen Zhixun 沈志勋 1962 experimental solid state physicist and a professor at Stanford University one of the pioneers in materials physics winner of E O Lawrence Award Advisor for Science and Technology of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Politicians Edit Liu Ji 刘基 1311 1375 one of the greatest military strategists and statesmen in the history of China founding father of Ming Dynasty alongside founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang renowned as the Divine Chinese Nostradamus author of Shaobing Song Huang Huai 黃淮 1367 1449 Grand Secretariat of Ming Dynasty Zhang Cong 张璁 1475 1539 Ming Dynasty prime minister reformer founder of Ming Dynasty Revolution Dai Ren 戴任 1862 1937 revolutionist of Democracy in China prominent politician during Republic of China friend and partner of Sun Yat sen Ruli Ing 殷汝骊 1883 1940 former deputy minister of the Ministry of Finance of Republic of China grandfather of Nita Ing Yao Weixin 姚味辛 1889 1977 former head instructor of Republic of China Military Academy and national policy advisor to the president of Republic of China Lin Bin 林彬 1893 1958 former minister of the Ministry of Justice of Republic of China Chen Cheng 陳誠 1897 1965 former Vice President and Premier of the Republic of China Ni Wenya 倪文亚 1902 2006 former president of the Legislative Yuan of Republic of China Xiang Changquan 项昌权 1903 2000 former vice president of Department of Civil Affairs of Republic of China former mayor of Taipei father of Wu Chung Hsiang and Wu Yi Hsiang Hu Xin 胡炘 1914 2002 former chief aide de camp to the president of Republic of China Wu Qidi 吴启迪 born 1947 former vice prime minister of Ministry of Education of the People s Republic of China former president of Tongji University first collegiate president appointed through election in the history of China Chen Lizhong 陳立中 born 1921 former deputy director general of National Police Agency and president of Taiwan Police College Jean Ping 让平 born 1942 former Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union former President of the United Nations General Assembly son of Wenzhounese businessman Cheng Zhiping Wu Se hwa 吳思華 born 1955 former minister of Ministry of Education of Republic of China Yin Yicui 殷一璀 born 1955 Chairwoman of Shanghai People s Congress from 2013 to 2020 Li Qiang 李强 born 1959 Premier of the People s Republic of China politician CPC municipal committee secretary of Shanghai member of the 19th Central Committee Yi Huiman 易会满 born 1964 chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission former chairman of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Fang Xinghai 方星海 born 1964 vice chairman of China Securities Regulatory CommissionBusinesspeople Edit Sheun Mingling 林训明 born 1921 billionaire founder of Evora SA one of the world s biggest nonwoven manufacturer biggest aluminum can manufacturer in Brazil Nina Wang 龚如心 1937 2007 billionaire businesswoman former Asia and Hong Kong s richest woman founder of Nina Tower wife of Teddy Wang Kung Yan sum 龚仁心 born 1942 billionaire brother of Nina Wang chairman of Chinachem Group one of the biggest property developers in Hong Kong Jason Chang 张虔生 born 1944 billionaire founder and president of ASE Group the world s largest provider of independent semiconductor manufacturing services Huang Jiannan 黃建南 born 1945 former chief fundraiser for Democratic National Committee in 1996 Lin Jianhai 林建海 born 1955 economist secretary general of International Monetary Fund Nita Ing 殷琪 born 1955 business magnate billionaire first lady of the construction business in Taiwan president of Continental Engineering Corporation James Chu 朱家良 born 1957 founder and president of Viewsonic world s first ever manufacturer of Smart Display Jen Hsun Huang 黃仁勳 born 1963 co founder president and CEO of Nvidia founder of Jen Hsun Huang Engineering Center of Stanford University Wu Xiaohui 吴小晖 born 1966 owner of Waldorf Astoria New York founder and CEO of China s second biggest insurance group Anbang Insurance GroupAthletes Edit Michelle Jin 米歇尔 金 born 1974 professional bodybuilder Xia Xuanze 夏煊泽 born 1979 former male badminton player Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics bronze medalist BWF World Championships gold medalist Current men s singles coach for the national team of China Ho Pin Tung 董荷斌 born 1982 first Formula 1 racer in the history of China Zhu Qinan 朱启南 born 1984 Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Gold Medalist in sport shooting Xu Jiayu 徐嘉余 born 1995 competitive swimmer who specializes in the backstroke 2016 Summer Olympics silver medalist FINA World Aquatics Championships gold medalist 6X Asian Games gold medalist Current national record holder in backstroke races in all distances 50 100 and 200 meters Yao Junsheng 姚均晟 born 1995 footballer who currently plays for Tianjin Tianhai and China national football team Zhang Yuning footballer born 1997 张玉宁 born 1997 footballer who plays as a striker for Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super League and for the China national football team Zheng Siwei 郑思维 born 1997 badminton player three times World Champion Asian Games gold medalist and Olympics silver medalist in the mixed doubles Others Edit Yongjia Xuanjue 永嘉玄觉 655 713 Chan master Tiantai Buddhist monk author of the Song of Enlightenment Miu Tianrui 缪天瑞 1908 2009 pioneer of Musical temperament in China father of Music journalism in China Zeng Liansong 曾联松 1917 1999 creator of Flag of the People s Republic of China Nan Huai Chin 南怀瑾 1918 2012 spiritual teacher of contemporary China the most important figure of Chinese Buddhism in modern China Wang Zhaofan 王昭藩 born 1931 architect one of the designers along with Minoru Yamasaki of original World Trade Center Feng Zhenghu 冯正虎 born 1954 economist activist reputed as the prominent human rights defender in China Zhou Yun 周韵 born 1978 main actress in Let the Bullets Fly and The Assassin Tang Wei 汤唯 born 1982 actress main actress in Lust Caution Sui He 何穗 born 1989 Victoria s Secret fashion model first Asian face of Shiseido first Asian model to open a Ralph Lauren runway show Winwin Dong Si Cheng 董思成 born 1997 known professionally as WINWIN 윈윈 is a lead dancer of K pop group NCT band of SM Entertainment and WayV of Label V Estelle Chen Chen Yu 陈瑜 born 1998 Victoria s Secret fashion model only Asian model in Dior Haute Couture 2015 2016 Cai Xukun 蔡徐坤 born 1998 known professionally as KUN is a Chinese solo artist and former member of C pop group Nine Percent Justin singer born 2002 Huang Ming Hao 黄明昊 born 2002 former member of Nine Percent and current member of C pop group NEXT Chinese band also known as NEX7 under Yuehua Entertainment Wu Renhua participant in and researcher on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests Chen Xuedong 陈学冬 born 1990 also known as Cheney Chen Chinese actor Zhou Lijie 周历杰 born 1997 Chinese actorSee also EditList of twin towns and sister cities in ChinaReferences Edit China Zhejiang Prefectures Cities Districts and Counties Population Statistics Charts and Map 2022年温州GDP突破八千亿元 Retrieved 13 March 2023 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Geography Wenzhou Government s Official Web Portal Archived from the original on 10 July 2018 Retrieved 10 July 2018 a b 温州市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报 in Simplified Chinese Wenzhou Municipal Statistic Bureau 10 May 2011 Archived from the original on 27 September 2011 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