Baishui (Chinese: 白水镇; pinyin: Báishuǐ Zhèn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pe̍h-chúi-tìn) is a town in Longhai county-level city, in the municipal region of Zhangzhou, Fujian. It lies on the right bank of the Jiulong River's south branch. It is also referred to as "Pechuia"(simplified Chinese: 白水营; traditional Chinese: 白水營; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pe̍h-chúi-iâⁿ) in 19/20th-century missionary records.
Specialities
Baishui is famous for its peanut candy, cooked and packaged in streetfront shops throughout the town.
Administration
The town runs 1 neighbourhood and 15 village committees.
Population : 44682 (2003)
Villages
- Baishui (白水村)
- Fangtian (方田村)
- Xifeng (西凤村)
- Jiaobian (郊边村)
- Loukeng (楼埭村)
- JinAo (金鳌村)
- Jingyuan (井园村)
- Shanmei (山美村)
- Zhuanglin (庄林村)
- Cimei (磁美村)
- Shanbian (山边村)
- Xialiao (下辽村)
- Daxia (大下村)
- Xiatian (下田村)
Transportation
Dongyuan Town lies right across the river and is accessible by ferry. A faster, closed-cabin boat takes passengers downriver to Xiamen (40 min).
The Shenyang-Haikou Expressway passes through the town, but has no exit/entrance here.
Notes and references
- "Histotical Photograph of China".
- ^ "金农网福建省漳州市龙海市乡镇、村信息". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
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