Jianzhou Explained

Jianzhou or Jian Prefecture is the name of a number of former prefectures in China. It may refer to:

Written as 建州

• Jianzhou (Fujian), in roughly modern Jian'ou, Fujian
  • Jian ware or Jianzhou ware, produced in Jianzhou
• Jianzhou of Balhae/Bohai, in modern Dongning, Heilongjiang
• Jianzhou Guard, home of the Jianzhou Jurchens
• Jianzhou, in roughly modern Jincheng, Shanxi
• Jianzhou, in roughly modern Yunan, Guangdong
• Jianzhou, in roughly modern Shangcheng County, Henan
• Jianzhou, in roughly modern Shaoyang, Hunan
• Jianzhou, in roughly modern Fuzhou, Fujian
• Jianzhou of Liao, in roughly modern Chaoyang County, Liaoning

Written as 劍州 / 剑州

• Jianzhou, in roughly modern Ngawa County, Sichuan
• Jianzhou, in roughly modern Jiange County, Sichuan
• Jianzhou or South Jianzhou, in roughly modern Nanping, Fujian

Written as 簡州 / 简州

• Jianzhou, in roughly modern Heng County, Guangxi
• Jianzhou, in roughly modern Jianyang, Sichuan
• Jianzhou, in roughly modern Danyang, Jiangsu

See also

• Jian Zhou