Foshan

Foshan 佛山市 Fatshan
Licence plate prefixes		粤E 粤Y (for motor vehicles registered in Nanhai before February 2018) 粤X (for motor vehicles registered in Shunde before February 2018)
Website	foshan.gov.cn

Foshan
Hanyu Pinyin		Fóshān
Cantonese Yale	Fahtsàan or Fahtsāan
Tâi-lô	Pu̍t-suann

Foshan

whose built-up (or metro) area was home to 65,694,622 inhabitants as of 2020 (excluding Hong Kong not conurbated yet), making it the biggest urban area of the world.

Foshan is regarded as the home of Cantonese opera, a genre of Chinese opera; Nanquan, a martial art; and lion dancing.

Name

Fóshān is the

History

Pre-20th century

Foshan remained a minor settlement on the

By the early

20th century and onwards

Foshan was connected to

]

Foshan remained primarily focused on ceramic and steel production until the 1950s, when it became an urbanizing political center. On 26 June 1951, it left Nanhai County to become a separate county-level city and, in 1954, it was made the seat of the prefectural government.^[7] Its economy stagnated as a result of the Cultural Revolution—traditional ceramic ware was forbidden and its workshops were turned to producing Maoist and Revolutionary folderol — but it continued to grow, reaching 300,000 people by the 1970s, making it the province's second city after Guangzhou.^[7]

As early as 1973, however, its agriculture and consumer industries were permitted to become an export production base and a modern highway linked it to Guangzhou soon after. This permitted its party secretary Tong Mengqing and mayor Yu Fei to take full advantage when Deng Xiaoping introduced his Opening Up policies after the fall of the Gang of Four.^[7]

In 1983, Foshan was promoted to a

]

Since 2020 a Japanese-themed street in Foshan has become a hit with young people unable to travel abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[8] The 100m-long road called Ichiban Street has been outfitted by a local property developer to resemble famous commercial streets in Japan, complete with a sakura tree, an icon of Japan.^[8] The “exotic” street is attracting young people from nearby cities like Guangzhou, Zhongshan and Zhuhai as the younger Chinese generation likes many things about Japanese culture and design.^[8]

Geography

Guangzhou Shenzhen Hong Kong Dongguan Foshan Jiangmen Huizhou Zhongshan Zhuhai Macau Zhaoqing Enping Heshan Kaiping Sihui Foshan (Guangdong)

Foshan lies on the Fen River in the estuaries making up the west side of the Pearl River Delta. Guangzhou lies 25 kilometers (16 mi) to the northeast, Zhongshan to the southeast, Jiangmen to the south, Qingyuan to the north, and Zhaoqing to the west.^[9]

Climate

Foshan experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa).

Economy

Foshan has been well known for its

Foshan had a

The Foshan Hi-Tech Development Zone was founded in 1992. Its total planned area is 7.55 km² (2.92 sq mi). The zone is very close to the national highway G325 as well as Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. The major industries in the zone including automobile assembly, biotechnology and chemicals processing.[13]

Administration

The

. The five districts are Chancheng, Nanhai, Sanshui, Gaoming and Shunde.

These are further divided into 32

.

Foshan is close to Guangzhou and considers its link with Guangzhou to be very important. As such, it is part of the

metropolis, centered on Guangzhou.

Chancheng Nanhai Shunde Sanshui Gaoming Administrative divisions of Foshan Division code[14] Division Area (km2)[15] Population (2010)[16] Seat Postal code Subdivisions[17] Subdistricts Towns Residential communities Administrative villages 440600 Foshan 3848.49 7197394 Chancheng 528000 11 21 408 328 440604 Chancheng 154.15 1,101,077 Zumiao Subdistrict 528000 3 1 89 54 440605 Nanhai 1073.94 2,588,844 Guicheng Subdistrict 528200 1 6 183 67 440606 Shunde 806.55 2,464,784 Daliang Subdistrict 528300 4 6 93 108 440607 Sanshui 874.22 622,645 Xinan Subdistrict 528100 2 5 22 48 440608 Gaoming 939.64 420,044 Hecheng Subdistrict 528500 1 3 21 51 Administrative divisions in Chinese and varieties of romanizations English Chinese Pinyin Guangdong Romanization Chancheng District 禅城区 Chánchéng Qū xim4 xing4 kêu1 Nanhai District 南海区 Nánhǎi Qū nam4 hoi2 kêu1 Shunde District 顺德区 Shùndé Qū sên6 deg1 kêu1 Sanshui District 三水区 Sānshuǐ Qū sam1 sêu1 kêu1 Gaoming District 高明区 Gāomíng Qū gou1 ming4 kêu1 Foshan city 佛山市 Fóshān Shì fed6 san1 xi5

Language

A dialect from the

]

Transportation

In 2013 to 2014, Foshan planned to improve public transportation by putting forward six measures:^[18]

FMetro

The first line of

opened in 2010, and another two lines are under construction and due to be completed in 2021 and 2022.

The existing line of

network:

• Lijiao Station
• Guangzhou South Railway Station
• Zhen'an Station

Rail

Foshan is a main interchange for railway routes linking

]

Aviation

The city is served by

Pearl River Delta International Airport

.

Education

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Like other government schools in Mainland China, Mandarin is the primary language of instruction in Foshan's government schools.^{[citation needed]}

Universities

• Foshan University
• South China Normal University (Foshan campus)

Schools

• Nanhai Senior High School

Sports

Foshan is one of the host cities for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.^[19]

The city hosted events during the

In October 2014 the city hosted

Two professional football teams have played in Foshan. From 1989 to 1997

Destinations

• Crowne Plaza Foshan Hotel
• Foshan Ancestral Temple (Zumiao)
• Nanfeng Kiln
• Liang's Garden
• Wong Fei-hung Memorial Hall

Sister cities

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• 
  Itami, Hyōgo
  Japan
• La Possession, Réunion, France (since 1989)^[23]
• Port Louis, Mauritius
• Oakland, California, United States
• Stockton, California, United States
• Markham, Ontario, Canada (Friendly co-operative)
• Townsville, Queensland, Australia
• Medway, United Kingdom
• Starogard Gdański, Poland
• St. George's, Grenada
• Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany (since 2013)^[24][25]

Notable people

• Wong Fei Hung and one of the members of the Ten Tigers of Canton
  .
• instructor of Ip Man
• memorial hall
  in Chancheng.
• instructor of Bruce Lee
  .
• Pu Jun Jin (born 1984), racing driver
• Wang Yue, (2009-2011), toddler killed in one of the most notorious examples of the bystander effect.

Notes

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External links

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• Foshan travel guide from Wikivoyage