Place · city
Wenzhou
Wenzhou is a port city in southern Zhejiang province, China, on the Ou River near the East China Sea. Its area was the centre of the Dong'ou kingdom of the Yue peoples in the 2nd century BCE, and the city became a trading port under the Song dynasty. Since the 1980s it has been known for private enterprise and for its emigrant merchant communities.
Mentioned in 1 state history
See also
Cite this entry
- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Wenzhou. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/wenzhou
- MLA
- “Wenzhou.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/wenzhou. Accessed .
- Chicago
- The Epoch Institute. “Wenzhou.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/wenzhou.
- Harvard
- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Wenzhou’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/wenzhou (Accessed: ).
Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻