Minyue was an ancient kingdom in what is now the Fujian province in southern China. It was a contemporary of the Han dynasty, and was later annexed by the Han empire as the dynasty expanded southward. The kingdom existed approximately from 306 BC to 110 BC.
A statue of Wuzhu, King of Minyue in Gulou District, Fuzhou
The Minyue and main polities in Afro-Eurasia and Oceania around 200 BC
Fujian is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest city by population is Quanzhou, other notable cities include the port city of Xiamen and Zhangzhou. Fujian is located on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait as the closest geographically and culturally to Taiwan. Certain islands such as Kinmen are only approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Xiamen in Fujian.
Image: China Fujian Yongding Tulou Tianhou Palace
Image: Snail pit tulou
Image: Xiamen night cityscape 2018 Flickr Jaykhuang
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