Chronicles of Ming and Qing Dynasties

Ming Dynasty

In February of the first year of Hongwu (1368), Quanzhou Road came to Ming Dynasty.

In the second year of Hongwu (1369), Quanzhou Road was changed to the prefecture. This was the beginning of the establishment of the prefecture in Quanzhou, and the administrative department was withdrawn at the same time.

In February of the third year of Hongwu (1370), the imperial court established the Fujian Shipping Department in Quanzhou to manage trade with Ryukyu (now Okinawa).

In the summer, Japanese pirates invaded Quanzhou, which was the beginning of the Japanese invasion of Quanzhou in the Ming Dynasty.

In the fourth year of Hongwu (1371), the imperial court implemented a maritime ban policy due to repeated violations by Japanese pirates.

In the first month of the seventh year of Hongwu (1374), the Shipping Department of Fujian (Quanzhou) City was withdrawn, and the sea was strictly prohibited to prevent Japanese pirates.

In the tenth year of Hongwu (1377), Huang Lizhong, a state official, reported to the imperial court that the Shaolin Temple in Quanzhou should be built.

In the 20th year of Hongwu (1387), the Ming Dynasty implemented the anti-Japanese policy of sealing off the sea, abolished the Penghu Inspection Department and moved its people to Nanguan of Quanzhou.

From the 20th to the 21st year of Hongwu (1387-1388), Zhou Dexing, Marquis of Jiangxia, built the 16th Division of the 1st Coast Guard, the 5th Guards in Quanzhou.

In August of the third year of Yongle (1405), the Ship Division of Fujian (Quanzhou) City was restored. In September, Laiyuan Station was re-established in Cheqiao Village in the south of Quanzhou City to receive Ryukyu tribute officials, and a "tribute factory" was set up to store tributes.

In the thirteenth year of Yongle (1415), Zheng He returned to China from his fourth voyage to the West and stayed in Quanzhou to repair Tianhou Palace. In the fifteenth year of Yongle's reign (1417), Zheng He made his fifth voyage to the West to visit Horumus and other countries, and made a special trip to pay incense to the Holy Tomb in Lingshan.

In the third year of Xuande's reign (1428), Quanzhou established a weaving and dyeing bureau (located in today's Menlou Lane of East Street).

In the sixth year of Xuande (1431), Feng Zhen, the prefect of Quanzhou, ordered Jinjiang giant businessman Li Junyu (Li Ying) to donate huge sums of money to rebuild the Luoyang Bridge and increase the height of the bridge by 3 feet.

During the Zhengtong period (1436-1449), Quanzhou established a Weaving Bureau (located in Gurong Lane, present-day West Street).

In November of the 13th year of Zhengtong (1448), the Shaxian uprising army Deng Maoqi attacked Quanzhou. The prefect Xiong Shangchu was defeated in the battle and was captured and killed on Wulingpo in the south of the city.

In the third year of Tianshun (1459), King Ge Li of Ceylon gave birth to Xia Ci. In the small mountain area of ​​​​the north gate, the Han surname was changed to "Shi".

In the eighth year of Chenghua (1472), Fujian Shipping Department moved from Quanzhou to Fuzhou.

On the third day of July in the sixth year of Hongzhi (1493), there was a strong wind and rain in Quanzhou, sand and rocks were blown away, the fields were submerged, official houses and houses, merchant ships and civilian ships were destroyed, the gourd of the west tower of Kaiyuan Temple overturned, and Chengpu Nine out of ten battlements are in ruins. After the storm, people replanted their seeds and got a bumper harvest in autumn.

In the third year of Zhengde (1508), merchants from Franji (now Portugal) came to Quanzhou for trade for the first time.

In the eleventh year of Zhengde (1516), the Folangji people set up a "public bank" in Quanzhou and established a trade base, plundering and exploiting the people of Quanzhou wantonly. Finally, in the twenty-eighth year of Jiajing (1549), he was expelled by the people of Quanzhou.

In the eighth year of Jiajing reign (1529), the Ming court issued an edict to publish "The Four Books of the Book of Changes Meng Yin" written by Cai Qing from Quanzhou.

In the 21st year of Jiajing (1542), the coastal residents of Quanzhou braved the sea ban and the trade with barbarian merchants became more and more prosperous, and merchant ships came and went on the sea.

In May of the 23rd year of Jiajing (1544), there was a fire on Nanmen Cross Street in Quanzhou. The fire spread to four streets, killing more than ten people and burning down more than 570 private houses. As many as 1,000 people slept in the open and lacked food. More than 4,600 people lost property worth more than 100,000 taels of silver.

In June of the 26th year of Jiajing (1547), the Ming court ordered Zhu Wan, the deputy censor of the capital, to be the governor of Zhejiang and the admiral of coastal defense and military affairs in Quanzhou and other places, and banned overseas trade.

In the 30th year of Jiajing (1551), Japanese pirates invaded Quanzhou, and more than 10,000 guest soldiers garrisoned Quanzhou.

In the thirty-fifth year of Jiajing (1556), Japanese pirates landed in Quanzhou and attacked Quanzhou. Tong Ganzhen, the commander of the Quanzhou Guards, led his troops to fight, but he died in the battle because reinforcements failed to follow.

On the third day of May in the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing (1558), the Japanese pirates arrived at the Shizun Bridge in the county town and attacked Quanzhou Fucheng. Fan Xianke, the patrolman, led his troops to defend the area for more than 20 days.

In March of the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing (1559), the Japanese pirates attacked Quanzhou again and burned the houses. Soldiers and civilians defended the enemy at the South Gate New Bridge. The bridge railings broke and more than a thousand people fell into the river and died. .

In the same year, the famous writer Wang Shenzhong passed away.

His author is "Mr. Zunyan's Collection".

In November of the 39th year of Jiajing (1560), Li Zhi returned to his hometown to defend the city. When the Japanese invaders attacked the city, Li Zhi led his brothers and nephews to the city day and night to attack the guards. Together with the fathers, veterans and people in the city, they shared the same hatred of the enemy. Resist foreign aggression.

In March of the 40th year of the Jiajing reign (1561), Yu Dayou was ordered to march south and passed by the Songshan Shaolin Temple. He accepted monks Zong Qing and Pu Cong from the temple as his disciples and followed the army to learn the true Shaolin martial arts. After completing their studies, they returned to Songshan. Shaolin Temple.

In that year, due to successive Japanese invasions, food shortages, expensive rice, and the prevalence of plague, the dead people of the prefecture were lying on the ground. Deng Hongzhen, the magistrate of Jinjiang County, took care of the burials, and Wan Minying, the patrol official, gave porridge to Kaiyuan Temple. Merchants from Chaozhou and other places transported grain by sea to help the hungry people in Quanzhou.

In the 41st year of Jiajing (1562), there was a great epidemic in Quanzhou counties and cities. Seven out of ten people died. There were corpses lying on top of each other in the temples in the city, and there was no one left in any household. The smell of smoked mugwort is so depressing that I can't bear to hear it. All the city gates are closed, and no one dares to go out.

In the forty-fourth year of Jiajing (1565), on December 6th, there was heavy snowfall in Quanzhou. The snow in the mountain villages was as thick as three or four feet, and it disappeared within four to five days. People thought it was strange.

In the forty-fifth year of Jiajing (1566), Quanzhou republished "Lichi Jing Ji" (combined with Chaozhou "Lychee Ji").

In the first year of Longqing (1567), 28 people including Chen Chen, Zhang Yue, and Lin Xiyuan formed a society at Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou to study Yi studies and form the Qingyuan School.

In the second year of Wanli (1574), on August 4th, an earthquake occurred and the east side of the northern foot of Zimao Mountain collapsed. Today the place is named Gunjiaolong Cave, and the cracked trench still exists.

In the eighth year of Wanli (1580), Yu Dayou, the anti-Japanese national hero, died in Quanzhou. His posthumous works include "Zhengqitang Collection", "Xihai Recent Affairs", "Sword Classic", etc.

In the twelfth year of Wanli (1584), Quanzhou Haibo brought back Nanyang sweet potato seedlings from Nan'ao Island and successfully introduced them locally.

On March 15, the 30th year of Wanli's reign (1602), the thinker Li Zhi committed suicide in Tongzhou Prison, Hebei Province in anger. He died for two days. He is the author of "Burning Books", "Extending Burning Books", "Collecting Books", "Extending Collection of Books", etc.

On the night of September 23rd, the meteor shower came from the north, as big as an egg, with a light tail. Near the southwest, it was as big as a bowl, with a scattered tail and bright light. It started from Rigel and traveled along the northwest Just as it enters Tianyuan Star, there are two small stars following it; after that, there are hundreds and thousands of meteors, large and small, criss-crossing in all directions.

On August 15th, the thirty-first year of Wanli (1603), a strong southeast wind blew up and the sea water surged. The water outside the city was six to seven feet high, four or five feet higher than the bridge deck, and ships crossed the bridge. When they entered Dai, no one was left floating there, all the boats in Hong Kong and Macau were damaged and destroyed, and countless people were drowned.

In November of the 32nd year of Wanli (1604), from the first earthquake on the second day of the lunar month to the big earthquake on the night of the ninth day of the lunar month (20:00), there were more than ten earthquakes at night, and the ground cracked several times. In places like Qingyuan Mountain and other cracks in the ground, sulfur-smelling sand and water gushed out, which lasted for half a year before it stopped. Houses inside and outside the city collapsed. This earthquake was the largest in Quanzhou's history (the epicenter was magnitude 8 off the coast of Quanzhou Bay).

In the thirty-third year of Wanli (1605), a fire broke out in Quanzhou South Street, burning more than a hundred homes.

In May of the thirty-fourth year of Wanli (1606), Li Tingji, a native of Quanzhou Fuqiao, entered the cabinet as the chief assistant and participated in the management of machinery.

In the thirty-fifth year of Wanli (1607), on August 28th, a hurricane hit Quanzhou. Fuyimen and buildings were completely destroyed, six stone squares in the city fell down, and Luoyang bridges were broken. The lattice and star gates of the mansion are in decay, and the stone squares and battlements of the Dongyue Temple are crumbling.

In the same year, Li Tingji was appointed as the Minister of Rites and the Bachelor of Dongge University.

In the 40th year of Wanli (1612), Huang Fengxiang, the Minister of Rites, presided over the compilation of "Quanzhou Fu Zhi".

In the forty-fourth year of Wanli (1616), He Qiaoyuan, a native of Quanzhou Dongjie, completed the writing of "Fujian Shu".

In June of the first year of Tianqi (1621), Shi Jikai joined the crown prince Taibao and the bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion.

In the second year of Tianqi (1622), the Dutch invaded and occupied the Penghu Islands. The following year, they harassed the coast of Quanzhou.

In the 10th year of Chongzhen (1637), the great ginseng Zeng Ying, the general Zheng Zhilong and the monk Guang Lun rebuilt the main hall of Kaiyuan Temple.

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642), Jiang Dejing was promoted to Minister of Rites and Bachelor of Dongge. The king of Tang Dynasty was defeated and died at home crying without food.

In the 16th year of Chongzhen (1643), Huang Jingfang became the crown prince's Taibao, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion. He died in his home in the county town in the first year of Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1662).

Qing Dynasty

In September of the third year of Shunzhi (1646), Dorobelebolo, the Qingpingnan general, led his troops to occupy Quanzhou. Sent Quanzhou gentleman Guo Bichang to Anping with letters from Hong Chengchou and Huang Xiyin to appease Zheng Zhilong (the father of Zheng Chenggong).

In November, the Qing army entered Fujian and Zheng Zhilong surrendered. Zheng Chenggong took his Tsing Yi clothes and burned them in the Nan'an Confucian Temple (now the temple is in ruins, located in the western suburbs of Licheng District).

April, the fourth year of Shunzhi (1647). Wu Jin from Luoxi led thousands of people to revolt.

In August, Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Hongkui joined forces to attack Quanzhou, defeated the Qing army in Taohua Mountain, and besieged Quanzhou City for more than a month without retreating.

On June 26, the twelfth year of Shunzhi (1655), Monk Mu'an of Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou responded to the call of his master Yinyuan Zen Master and led his disciples Ciyue, Helang Zen Master and others to go eastward. He spread the Dharma in Japan and became the second generation founder of the Huangbo Sect in Japan.

In the same year, the Qing government strictly implemented a sea ban and stipulated that no coastal slabs could be put into the sea.

In the first month of the thirteenth year of Shunzhi (1656), there was heavy snow in Quanzhou, with a thickness of about 5 feet on the flat ground.

In the fifteenth year of Shunzhi (1658), Admiral Ma Degong and others presided over the reconstruction of the battlements of the county city in the Guandong style, increased the height of the city walls, and expanded four wings of the city.

In the 18th year of Shunzhi (1661), the Qing government issued an order to relocate coastal residents.

In June of the second year of Kangxi (1663), Zheng Mingjun, the younger brother of Zheng Chenggong, and his son led their men from Kinmen to Quanzhou Port to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

In the same year, the sky showed colorful clouds, and a meteorite landed in Diwai Village of today's Xiazhou Island. It fell into two adjacent stones, one green and one red. It was worshiped in the palace.

In the third year of Kangxi's reign (1664), on the ninth day of the first lunar month, nine rainbows appeared together; in early October, a comet appeared in Quanzhou, but the moon disappeared (the first record in the history of Quanzhou).

In June of the eighth year of Kangxi's reign (1669), the Qing court sent Cai Yuying, Minister of Punishment and Minister of War, to Quanzhou to discuss recruiting Zheng Jing.

In June of the 13th year of Kangxi (1674), Zheng Jing attacked Quanzhou again. In August, he sent general Liu Guoxuan to intercept Wang Jin, the general of Geng Jingzhong who was rebelling against the Qing and Fujian vassal and wanted to go to Quanzhou, in Hui'an. It was lost again in February of the 16th year of Kangxi's reign.

In December of the 16th year of Kangxi (1677), pirates invaded Quanzhou, and Admiral Duan Yingju and others defended them.

In June of the seventeenth year of Kangxi (1678), part of Zheng's army stationed at Taohua Mountain in Quanzhou, camped at Dongyue Temple, approached Qingyuan Mountain, and captured Luoyang Bridge. In July, the Qing capital Tongya Dali abandoned Tong'an City and retreated to Quanzhou. Guoxuan then surrounded Quanzhou City and attacked the south gate. The city fell more than 40 feet. The Qing soldiers built short walls to defend the city for two months. Until August, the Qing army came to support Quanzhou by land and water, and the siege of Quanzhou was relieved.

On August 13, the 22nd year of Kangxi (1683), Shi Lang led his troops to attack Taiwan. Zheng Keliang surrendered, and Taiwan returned to the territory of the Qing Dynasty.

In September of the 23rd year of Kangxi (1684), Emperor Kangxi ordered the lifting of the maritime ban.

In the 49th year of Kangxi (1710), the two prefectures of Zhangquan and Zhangquan were hit by drought. They transported 300,000 stones of grain from Jiangsu and Zhejiang by water to help them, and the unfinished tax for this year was exempted.

In the fifty-fifth year of Kangxi (1716), the Qing government "forbids people from going abroad privately."

In the first year of Yongzheng (1723), the Qing Dynasty allowed the Quanzhou coast to resume its borders.

In the fifth year of the Yongzheng reign (1727), the Qing government abolished the ban on trade with Southeast Asia, and Quanzhou began to reopen the ban on overseas travel, but people living abroad were still prohibited from returning home.

In the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729), the Quanzhou Shipyard was established to build naval warships. In that year, 48 ships were repaired.

In the twelfth year of Yongzheng's reign (1734), Emperor Yongzheng issued an "edict" to personally intervene in the civil war in Quanzhou.

In the 20th year of Qianlong (1755), the Qing government ordered the closure of Quanzhou, Ningbo and other foreign trade ports, and only allowed Guangdong to continue foreign trade.

In the 22nd year of Qianlong (1757), the famous doctor Wu Yifei opened Chengzhi Pharmacy at the entrance of Tongtian Palace and produced "Fan Zhiwanying Divine Comedy", which was soon moved to Guitan Lane.

In the autumn of the twenty-eighth year of Qianlong (1763), Emperor Qianlong ordered the Shaolin Temple in Quanzhou to be burned, and some monks took refuge in a temple in Nan'an. From now on, no one dares to practice again.

In December, Quanzhou Prefecture President Huaiyinbu, Guangdong Sihui County Magistrate Huang Ren, and Guizhou Anshun Prefecture Guo Genwu completed the compilation of "Quanzhou Prefecture Chronicles".

In the 30th year of Qianlong's reign (1765), Fang Ding, the magistrate of Jinjiang, majored in "Jinjiang County Chronicles".

In the 40th year of Qianlong's reign (1775), Quanzhou businessmen Meng Dinghou, Xu Yutang and others sent back to Japan 15 Japanese sailors who had been drifted to Quanzhou by strong winds the year before. In the past ten years or so, China and Japan have repeatedly sent back each other's personnel who were drifted at sea.

On the tenth day of April in the forty-first year of Qianlong's reign (1776), the day was dark and the night was fierce. There were strong winds and heavy rain, and a tornado swept across the hall. The entire Minglun Hall of the mansion collapsed.

In the 10th to 11th year of Jiaqing (1805-1806), the Spanish ship "Anna Felix" smuggled opium into Quanzhou Port many times.

In the first year of Daoguang (1821), villages along the coast formulated rural rules and regulations that strictly prohibited villagers from selling opium.

In the ninth year of Daoguang (1829), at noon on June 23, there was a heavy hailstorm.

In the 10th year of Daoguang's reign (1830), Hu Zhiyuan, the magistrate of Jinjiang, presided over, and Zhou Xuezeng, the headmaster of Meishi Academy, and others compiled the "Jinjiang County Chronicle", which was not published. It was photocopied and published in 1987 by the local chronicles editorial committee of Licheng District, Quanzhou City.

In the twelfth year of Daoguang (1832), the maritime ban on overseas Chinese was lifted.

In October of the 19th year of Daoguang's reign (1839), a British ship carrying opium crashed into the sea and was blasted away by the navy.

In the 20th year of Daoguang's reign (1840), Deng Tingzhen, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, temporarily stationed in Quanzhou to handle coastal defense.

In the same year, Quanzhou launched the opium ban and the anti-British struggle.

In the 23rd year of Daoguang's reign (1843), British warships invaded Quanzhou Bay and reached the foot of Luoyang Bridge. The people of Quanzhou fought bravely and drove out the British warships.

During the Xianfeng period (1851-1861), directors from Quan County rebuilt a small commemorative Shaolin temple at the site of Dongchan Temple in Zhenguo, named Dongchan Shaolin Temple.

On April 15, the third year of Xianfeng (1853), Dongshi Caijian and others in Jinjiang County responded to the Tongan Xiaodaohui uprising; in August, they led thousands of people to attack Quanzhou.

In the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), Lin Jun, a native of Yongchun, led the crowd to respond to the Taiping Rebellion twice and besieged Quanzhou City but failed.

On June 14, the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855), Qiu Erniang, the leader of the peasant army who responded to the Taiping Rebellion, was executed by the Qing government in Nanxiaochang, Quanzhou at the age of 22.

In October of the fourth year of Tongzhi (1865), British Presbyterian pastor Dugard set up a church on South Street in Quanzhou, which was burned down by the people. Shen Guirong, the prefect of Quanzhou, issued a notice strictly prohibiting harassment of churches. The magistrate of Jinjiang allocated 408 taels of silver to compensate the church.

During the Guangxu period (1875-1908), Zhou Qiqian, an overseas Chinese living in Japan, opened a textile factory in Nanyue Street; Huang Moulie, a Jinshi scholar, opened a Jinjiang textile factory in Xiangfeng Lane; Li Chunshui opened a modern printing factory at the entrance of Yuxi Lane The holy press of art.

In the fourth year of Guangxu's reign (1878), Huaqiao Pharmacy Bureau was established.

At the beginning of the seventh year of Guangxu (1881), British Presbyterian missionary and doctor Yan Dapi went to Xinhuashan (in today's South Street Chapel) to set up a medical mission. In the same year, Huishi Hospital was founded in Lianli Lane. In the ninth year of Guangxu's reign, a Western medicine workshop was held to train medical staff. In the 27th year of Guangxu's reign, another Huishi Women's Hospital was established in Peixiang, introducing Western medical technology to Quanzhou.

In the same year, the first photo studio was opened in Jiangwu Lane, Quanzhou.

In June of the 10th year of Guangxu (1884), Quanzhou opened a telegraph office on Jubao Street in the south gate.

In the 11th year of Guangxu (1885), Chen Wuding, a native of the South Gate of Quanzhou City and a famous Nanqu artist, traveled east to Taiwan and taught skills at Yazhengzhai in Lukang. It took him three years to return.

In the twelfth year of Guangxu (1886), Quanzhou’s first Western medicine pharmacy, Pirentang, was opened at the entrance of Daxi Lane.

In the 16th year of Guangxu (1890), the British Presbyterian Church founded the first church school in Quanzhou - Peiying Girls' School and Yuying Primary School.

In the 17th year of Guangxu (1891), Chaochen, a monk from Kaiyuan Temple, organized the "Da Kaiyuan Troupe", which was the founder of Quanzhou's city-defeating opera troupe.

In the 20th year of Guangxu (1894), on the eighth night of November after three days of bitter cold, heavy snow fell in the urban area of ​​Quanzhou.

In the 21st year of Guangxu (1895), the worldwide plague spread from Hong Kong through Xiamen. That year, 985 people were infected and 847 died. It continued to spread for 53 years, affecting 97 villages (streets), with 12,516 cases and 10,093 deaths.

In the 22nd year of Guangxu (1896), Japanese religion was introduced to Quanzhou from Xiamen.

In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), Wangshun Xingxin Bureau, the first Quanzhou business dealing with overseas Chinese approval, was opened in Wanggong Village, Xinmenwai.

In the 25th year of Guangxu (1899), the Quanzhou Coastal Defense Department moved to Xiamen.

In the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu (1902), Quanzhou Prefecture established Quanzhou Government Middle School and Quanzhou Jinjiang County Government Primary School, which were the first middle and primary schools in Quanzhou respectively.

In February of the 29th year of Guangxu (1903), a post office (Qing Post Office) was opened at Dayamen in Quanzhou.

In December, a 900-ton ship from Xiamen Taikoo & Co., Ltd. made its maiden voyage to Quanzhou Port, becoming the earliest large ship to pass between Quanzhou and Xiamen.

In the 30th year of Guangxu's reign (1904), the British Christian Presbyterian Church established Yangzheng Primary School in Pingshui Temple, which was converted into a middle school and later renamed Peiyuan Middle School.

In the same year, Jinshi Huang Tuanfu cultivated a tea garden in Qingyuan Mountain, introduced famous teas from Wuyi Mountain, Anxi and other places, and founded Qingyuan Tea Planting Company and Tea Factory.

In the same year, Quanzhou began to vaccinate against smallpox.

From the 30th to the 32nd year of Guangxu (1904-1906), Western colonists lured a large number of people from Quanzhou through contracts and took ships out of Xiamen to work as laborers.

On the third day of July in the thirty-first year of Guangxu's reign (1905), there was a flood in Quanzhou. The peak flow rate at Shiluo Hydrological Station was 9,000 cubic meters per second. Then there were earthquakes and tidal waves, and the city was flooded with water, which had not been seen in a hundred years.

In August, merchants and store workers in Quanzhou went on strike, and boatmen went on strike to oppose the Qing government's submission to imperialism and its brutal customs regulations and extortion.

In the same year, students from Quanzhou Government High School launched a struggle against the United States’ oppression of Chinese workers.

In the spring of the 32nd year of Guangxu (1906), the Fujian branch of the Tongmenghui appointed Xu Zhuoran to Quanzhou to establish a local organization.

In the same year, Sheng Jiuchang, Jiang Yilin, Guo Zhiqi, and Zhuang Hanmin, overseas Chinese from Quanzhou who participated in the China Alliance, returned to Quanzhou to carry out revolutionary activities.

In the 33rd year of Guangxu (1907), Quanxia businessmen raised funds to establish Taihe Steamship Company. The following year, Quanzhou businessmen Wu Jian, Yang Heshi and others jointly founded the Bamin Steamship Company, with passenger and cargo ships operating in Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Wenzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai and other places.

In the same year, the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce was established, with Jinshi Lin Chonghe as president.

In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu (1908), Jinshi Huang Tuanfu, Juren Hong Liren and others initiated the organization of an agricultural association, and established an agricultural experimental field in Shizi Mountain with a weather station to study and improve agriculture. technology.

In October of the first year of Xuantong (1909), Quanzhou Education Association was established, and Jinshi Huang Mulie and Huang Tuanfu were elected as president and vice president. In the same year, Quanzhou held the first primary and secondary school sports games in Tidu Yamen.

In the same year, Indonesian overseas Chinese Guo Zhiqi, Wu Ruiyu, Wu Kunyuan, Wu Dari and others, under the orders of the Tongmenghui, returned to Quanzhou to establish the Communist Party and the Solid Progress Association with revolutionaries Wang Yuting, Wang Jifu and others to carry out revolutionary activities.

In the second year of Xuantong (1910), Wang Chengzong purchased a friction movie machine and several silent Western black-and-white films to be screened in Quanzhou, creating a history of the introduction of movies to Quanzhou.

April, the third year of Xuantong (1911). Quanzhou revolutionaries held a secret meeting at Ci'en Rock in Qingyuan Mountain to discuss the restoration of Quanzhou.

In early September, the Quanzhou branch of the Chinese Tongmenghui was established at Xiaokaiyuan West School, and Jiang Yilin and Huang Zhongliu were elected as president and vice president.

On September 28th (November 18th), the Quanzhou Tongmenghui held a liberation ceremony at the Fuyamen, County Yamen, and Xietai Yamen, and Quanzhou was restored.