Dongshi, Fujian

For other uses, see Dongshi.
Dongshi
东石镇
Town
Dongshi skyline seen from across the Anhai Bay
Dongshi
Location in Fujian
Coordinates: 24°40′0″N 118°28′0″E / 24.66667°N 118.46667°E / 24.66667; 118.46667
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceFujian
Prefecture-level cityQuanzhou
County-level cityJinjiang
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Dongshi Town (China) (Chinese: 东石镇; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tang-chio̍h-tìn) is a township-level division of Jinjiang County-level city, which in its turn is a part of Quanzhou Prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China.[1]

Dongshi is located on the eastern side of the Anhai Bay, which is the estuary formed by the Shijing River as it flows into the Taiwan Strait.

Literature

Dongshi is the hometown of the author Cai Chongda and the setting for many of his autobiographical essays.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "福建省" (in Chinese). xzqh.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  2. ^ Cai, Chongda (2021) [Chinese 2014]. Vessel: A Memoir. Translated by King, Dylan Levi. New York, NY: HarperVia. p. 254. ISBN 9780063038011.


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