Shibi, Fujian Explained

Shibi
Native Name:石壁镇
Native Name Lang:zh-cn
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:China Fujian
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Fujian
Coordinates:26.2444°N 116.5139°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Fujian
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Sanming
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Ninghua
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:China Standard
Utc Offset1:+8
Postal Code Type:Postal code

Shibi, literally Stone Wall, is one of four towns of Ninghua County, in western Fujian province,[1] People's Republic of China, near the border with Jiangxi.

History

Shibi bills itself as the Cradle of the Hakkas (Chinese: 客家人的摇篮) for its place in Hakka history.

Republic of China

Year 2 : Tingzhou fu, the prefecture which oversees Ninghua, is renamed Changting (长汀).

Liberation

Tingzhou-fu/Changting is broken up; Ninghua and its towns now come under the new municipal region of Sanming.

Notes and References

  1. Fujian Sheng Dituce 福建省地图册, Gao Xiujing 高秀静, ed., China Map Publishing Co., 2003,