| Meicheng, Fujian | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 梅 城 鎮 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 梅 城 镇 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Plum City Town | ||||||||
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Meicheng is a town in Minqing County in northwestern Fuzhou Municipality, Fujian Province, in the People's Republic of China.
History
Fire from the soldiers at Meicheng (then romanized "Min-tsing" from its role as the seat of Minqing County) turned back an expedition by Karl Gützlaff and Edwin Stevens to explore and evangelize in Fujian's tea country in 1835. [1]
See also
References
- ^ Wylie, Alexander (1867), "Edwin Stevens", Memorials of Protestant Missionaries to the Chinese, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, pp. 84–5.
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| Meicheng, Fujian | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 梅 城 鎮 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 梅 城 镇 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Plum City Town | ||||||||
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Meicheng is a town in Minqing County in northwestern Fuzhou Municipality, Fujian Province, in the People's Republic of China.
History
Fire from the soldiers at Meicheng (then romanized "Min-tsing" from its role as the seat of Minqing County) turned back an expedition by Karl Gützlaff and Edwin Stevens to explore and evangelize in Fujian's tea country in 1835. [1]
See also
References
- ^ Wylie, Alexander (1867), "Edwin Stevens", Memorials of Protestant Missionaries to the Chinese, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, pp. 84–5.
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| This Fujian location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |