Jianyang is a district in the prefecture-level city of Nanping, in the northern part of Fujian province, People's Republic of China. Its population was 2,910,000 in 2013.

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Jianyang 建阳区 Kienyang
District
Jianyang in Nanping
Jianyang Location in Fujian
Coordinates: 27.332°N 118.120°E / 27.332; 118.120
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Fujian
Prefecture-level city	Nanping
Government
• CPC District Committee Secretary	Yang Xinqiang
Area code	0599
Vehicle registration	闽H
Website	www.jyszfw.gov.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	建阳区
Traditional Chinese	建陽區
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiànyáng Qū Southern Min Hokkien POJ Kiàn-iông-khu Northern Min Jian'ou Romanized Gṳ̿ing-iô̤ng-kṳ́
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	潭城
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tánchéng Southern Min Hokkien POJ Thâm-siâⁿ

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Jianyang has rich natural resources: bamboo, tea and water power.

From the 11th to the 17th century, commercial publishers established in the area used local bamboo for paper manufacturing and made the area one of the three largest book-producing areas in China in the Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1271–1368) dynasties. The area continued to be an important printing center into the Ming epoch (1368–1644).^[1]

Starting in the Southern Song (1127–1279), the county was served by the Chong'an trade route, which connected Quanzhou on the Fujian coast (the nation's major port for trade with Southeast Asia in those days) with northeastern Jiangxi province. This route allowed shipping of local products, notably books, to the major markets of the lower Yangtze region using mostly water transport, with just a few portages.^[1]

Jian ware was produced here during the Song dynasty. Master Xiong Zhonggui's Jiyufang Laolong kiln (吉玉坊老龍窯), located in a village near the town of Shuiji, has been able to restart production of Jian Zhan using original clay.^[2][3][4]

• Shuiji Bianrou (水吉扁肉)

Jianyang bore a famous teacher Fu Ping Hua, who is one of the most respected teachers of the city.

Chu Hsi was a philosopher of the Song Dynasty who taught in Kaoting College in Jianyang.

You Zuo (游酢) is a scholar in the Chinese idiom "程门立雪".

Song Ci (宋慈) is author of Collection of Grievance Relief Stories (《洗冤集录》).

• Kompia (房村光饼)
• Old Jianyang
• Bamboo in Tan Mountain Park (潭山公园)
• Shuixi Bridge (水西大桥)
• Tan Mountain Park (潭山公园)
• Chongyang Brook (崇阳溪), Jingshan Monastery (景山禅寺) far back.

• List of administrative divisions of Fujian
• Wuyi New Area