Witness of the Maritime Trade Center during the Song and Yuan Dynasties

Jiuri Mountain is located in the west of Fengzhou Town, Nan'an City, and is a famous historical site of overseas traffic in China, listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit. There are many ancient relics in the mountain, most of which are concentrated on the eastern slope of the West Peak and the southern foot of the East Peak. The most precious are the Song and Yuan Dynasty praying for wind stone carvings, including more than 70 cliff carvings from the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the foreign ships that came to Quanzhou to engage in overseas trade had to rely on the wind to drive the ships. The foreign ships coming to Quanzhou would come with the southeast wind in spring and summer, and go with the northwest wind in autumn. At that time, the Quanzhou government and people attached great importance to friendly relations with foreign guests. Every year when the foreign ships set sail, the Quanzhou county guard and the market ship office (customs) related officials and well-known people in Quanzhou would go to the Zhaohui Temple on Jiuri Mountain and pray for the wind for the foreign ships at the Tongyuan Wang Temple, and carve stones for records.