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Quanzhou was a very cosmopolitan and diverse city from an early period. Perhaps as many as 1,000 Muslims lived there at one time, and at least one Muslim mosque and Hindu temple from the Song Dynasty still stand today. The population of the city included Arabs, Jews, Persians, Tamils and Indians as well.

Quanzhou was a very cosmopolitan and diverse city from an early period. Perhaps as many as 1,000 Muslims lived there at one time, and at least one Muslim mosque and Hindu temple from the Song Dynasty still stand today. The population of the city included Arabs, Jews, Persians, Tamils and Indians as well.

Quanzhou declined in significance during the [[Ming Dynasty]], and the port office there was moved to [[Fuzhou]] in [[1470]]. The ''laiyuan yi'' (J: ''raien-eki'', lit. "station for [those who] come from faraway") in Quanzhou, a rest station or inn for foreign travelers, also declined at that time and was replaced, for [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] sailors at least, by the ''Liuqiu guan'' (J: ''Ryûkyû-kan'') in Fuzhou.

Quanzhou declined in significance during the [[Ming Dynasty]], and the port office there was moved to [[Fuzhou]] in [[1470]]. The ''laiyuan yi'' (J: ''raien-eki'', lit. "station for [those who] come from faraway") in Quanzhou, a rest station or inn for foreign travelers, also declined at that time and was replaced, for [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] sailors at least, by the ''Liuqiu guan'' (J: ''Ryûkyû-kan'') in Fuzhou. [[Xiamen]], meanwhile, eclipsed Quanzhou as the chief trading port in the region in the 17th century.<ref>Craig Lockard, “‘The Sea Common to All’: Maritime Frontiers, Port Cities, and Chinese Traders in the Southeast Asian Age of Commerce, Ca. 1400–1750.” ''Journal of World History'' 21, no. 2 (2010): 223.</ref>

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==References==

==References==

*Robert Tignor, Benjamin Elman, et al, ''Worlds Together, Worlds Apart'', vol B, Fourth Edition, W.W. Norton & Co (2014), 362-363.

*Robert Tignor, Benjamin Elman, et al, ''Worlds Together, Worlds Apart'', vol B, Fourth Edition, W.W. Norton & Co (2014), 362-363.

[[Category:Cities and Towns]]

[[Category:Cities and Towns]]

[[Category:Muromachi Period]]

[[Category:Muromachi Period]]