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Anxi County

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Anxi County

About Anxi County

Anxi is a county in Quanzhou Prefecture, the center of an agricultural area well known for tea.

Anxi County travel guide

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1 Qingshui Rock (清水岩 Qingshui Yan), Penglai Town (蓬莱镇) (Buses to Qingshui Rock are available from the Hengxin Bus Station (恒兴汽车站) in Anxi County's main town. The bus fare is ¥13), ☏ +86 595 23353688, [email protected]. 06ː00-21ː00. ¥20. (updated Dec 2018)

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The area produces an oolong tea called tie guan yin. This was the tea that American colonists threw into Boston harbour to protest British taxes at the Boston Tea Party during the American Revolution. Guan Yin is a Buddhist Goddess of Mercy and tie means "iron".

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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