Fuzhou: China’s City of the Banyan Tree
Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China’s Fujian Province, is known as the City of the Banyan Tree—a legacy from the Northern Song Dynasty when Governor Zhang Boyu encouraged residents to plant banyans.
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Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China’s Fujian Province, is known as the City of the Banyan Tree—a legacy from the Northern Song Dynasty when Governor Zhang Boyu encouraged residents to plant banyans.
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