Pinghe County

Pinghe County 平和县
County
Jinxi Creek Valley west of Xiaoxi Town
Pinghe Location in Fujian
Coordinates:
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Fujian
Prefecture-level city	Zhangzhou
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Pinghe County (simplified Chinese: 平和县; traditional Chinese: 平和縣; pinyin: Pínghé Xiàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pêng-hô-koān) is a county of the prefecture-level city of Zhangzhou, in southern Fujian province, PRC.

Administrative Division

The administrative centre or seat of Pinghe County is Xiaoxi (小溪) Town.

Towns (镇, zhen)

Most of Pinghe's old People's communes, after spending the 80s and even 90s as Townships, have been upgraded to Towns. Aside of Xiaoxi, there are now nine:

• Wenfeng (文峰)
• Shange (山格
• Nansheng (南胜)
• Banzai (坂仔)
• Anhou (安厚)
• Daxi (大溪)
• Jiufeng (九峰)
• Xiazhai (霞寨)
• Luxi (芦溪)
• Guoqiang(国强）

Townships (乡, xiang)

There are five townships.

Economy

A "Pinghe County honey pomelo" orchard near Xiazhai Town, with a sign indicating that this is where Walmart China sources its pomelos

Pinghe County is famous for its pomelos.

Tulou

Surviving section of the front (southern) wall of Xishuang Lou

Numerous Fujian Tulou, earth buildings of round, rectangular and other shapes, can be found within Pinghe County, primarily in its western part (viz., various villages of Luxi, Xiazhai, Jiufeng and Daxi Towns). One of them, the Xishuang Lou (西爽楼), located in Xi'an Village a few kilometers north of Xiazhai town center, has been described by some researchers as the "largest of the rectangular [tulou] in existence". Unfortunately, only parts of the compound have survived to this day.

External links

• Pinghe County official website (Chinese)