Yuegang (Chinese: 月港; pinyin: Yuègǎng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goe̍h-káng; lit. 'Moon Harbour') was a seaport situated at the estuary of the Jiulong River in present-day Haicheng town in Zhangzhou, Fujian, China. Known as a smuggling hub since the early Ming dynasty, Yuegang rose to prominence in the 16th century as the Ming government cracked down on other hubs of private maritime trade, deemed illegal at the time due to the isolationist haijin laws. When the prohibitions were lifted in 1567, Yuegang was designated as the port in Fujian from where it is legal to trade overseas. Since then, it flourished as the Chinese terminus of the trans-Pacific trade carried by the Manila galleon through its trade with the Spanish Philippines until it was overshadowed by Xiamen in the 17th century.
Yuegang Xiamen Zhangzhou Yuegang (Chinese: 月港; pinyin: Yuègǎng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goe̍h-káng; lit. 'Moon Harbour') was a seaport situated at the estuary of the...
Lu Yuegang(卢跃刚), a Sichuan native in China, is a journalist and a writer of non-fiction. He has been a reporter of China Youth Daily for ten years. He...
forms like smuggling until the late Ming government opened the port of Yuegang for trade. Later, the early Qing dynasty's anti-insurgent "Great Clearance"...
bans were lifted, the Port of Xiamen, which overshadowed the old port of Yuegang, became Fujian's main port where trade was legalized. From then, the Xiamen...
from the Chiangchiu (Zhangzhou) dialect of Hokkien, from the old port of Yuegang (modern-day Haicheng, an old initially illegal smuggling port that was...
status on 17 January 1567 during the Ming Dynasty, and was the site of Yuegang (Moon Harbor), a major seaport handling the majority of maritime trade...
especially as Manila was connected to the ports of Southern Fujian, such as Yuegang (the old port of Haicheng in Zhangzhou, Fujian). The Spanish recruited...
Gelderland Honolulu, Hawaii List of twin towns and sister cities in China Yuegang, important seaport during Ming and Ming-Qing transition in morden Zhangzhou...
for his daughter Bao Gu to practice Taoism and medicine. It was named Yuegang Temple (now Sanyuan Palace, Guangzhou City). In the first year of Jianyuan...
areas of Fujian, such as Quanzhou, as depicted in the Selden Map, and Yuegang (the old port of Haicheng in Zhangzhou, Fujian), who traveled to Manila...
inspection offices and the legalization of foreign trade, primarily in Yuegang (Moon Port) in Fujian. However, trade with Japan remained prohibited. The...
position to destroy his competitors and established himself in the port of Yuegang. In October 1628, Zheng agreed to supply silks, sugar, ginger, and other...
North branch of the river Island in the river's estuary Mouth of the River Yuegang, a smuggling port at the mouth of the river This name was formerly romanized...
while providing medical services to the locals and renamed the temple as "Yuegang Yuan" (越岗院). During the Tang dynasty, it was converted into a Buddhist...
survivors managed to flee Quanzhou to other ports of southern Fujian like Yuegang and Jinjiang, later assimilating into the Hokkien community and later still...
Yijun becomes the Wanli Emperor 1573 Spanish trade with China begins in Yuegang 1574 Li Chengliang kills Wang Gao with the help of Giocangga and Taksi...
(刘建平) Sun Jie (孙杰) Yan Lieshan (鄢烈山) Zhu Xueqin (朱学勤) Wang Keqin (王克勤) Lu Yuegang (卢跃刚) Zhang Jie (张洁) Yang Haipeng (杨海鹏) Zhai Minglei (翟明磊) Zhong Cheng...
ships leaving the Yuegang port were headed towards the Philippines on a journey that only took fifteen to twenty days. The Yuegang seaport soon shifted...
until the 19th century, and the wares were actually probably exported from Yuegang, now Haicheng in Longhai City, Zhangzhou. The precise dates for the beginning...
maritime trade in 1567 (although the trade was restricted to only one port at Yuegang). Investment, capital, and commerce were liberalized as technology advanced...
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