Putian 莆田
—  Prefecture-level city  —
莆田市
Location of Putian City in Fujian
Putian Location in China
Coordinates: 25°26′N 119°01′E / 25.433°N 119.017°E / 25.433; 119.017Coordinates: 25°26′N 119°01′E / 25.433°N 119.017°E / 25.433; 119.017
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Fujian
Government
• CPC Secretary	Yang Gensheng
• Deputy Mayor	Liang Jianyong
Area
• Total	4,200 km2 (1,600 sq mi)
Population (2009)[1]
• Total	2,860,000
• Density	680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	351100
Area code(s)	594
GDP	2009[1]
- Total	CNY 69.172 billion (USD 10.14 billion)
- per capita	CNY 24,271 (USD 3,557)
- Growth	14.5%
License Plate Prefixes	闽B
Local dialect	Puxian Min
Website	www.putian.gov.cn

Putian (Chinese: 莆田; pinyin: Pútián) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders Fuzhou City to the north, Quanzhou City to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east.^[2]

Administration[link]

Putian's municipal executive, legislature and judiciary are in Chengxiang District (城厢区), together with the CPC and Public Security bureaux. The municipal region comprises three other districts and one county:

• Hanjiang District (涵江区)
• Licheng District (荔城区)
• Xiuyu District (秀屿区)
• Xianyou County (仙游县)

Languages and ethnic groups[link]

The Han Chinese are the majority ethnic group.

Puxian Min is the largest dialect spoken in Putian. It is a dialect of Min, a Chinese language.

Economy[link]

Putian has become an export base for Fujian products. The main industries are shoe-making, brewing, electronics, garments, fruits, vegetables, and machinery, electrical goods.^[3] In particular, the area is known for high-quality counterfeits of shoes.^[4]

Tourism[link]

Meizhou Island, most famous for being the legendary birthplace of the goddess Matsu, is located closely offshore of Putian.

College and universities[link]

• Putian University

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Putian

• Putian Government Website

Chiu Chi Ling (趙志淩, Pinyin: Zhao Zhiling, born 1943) is an actor that appears mostly in Kung Fu style movies produced in Hong Kong. He also teaches Hung Gar Kung Fu at Chiu Chi Ling Hung Gar Kung Fu Association, a San Francisco-based martial arts school he founded, and at the old Chiu Family Kwoon in Hong Kong. Every year he visits his students and grand students around the world and organizes worldwide Kung Fu tournaments. The Kung Fu lineage he is part of was passed down directly from southern shaolin temple and carries names like Hung Hei Gung and Wong Fei Hung.

He has appeared in over 70 movies, both as an actor and stunt man. His abilities as an actor and martial arts practitioner has allowed him to work with most of the top Hong Kong film makers including Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat and Stephen Chow.

He started practising Hung Gar Kung Fu when he was six years old under the tutelage of his father Chiu Kau (who won with the famous tiger-crane set over the whole of China in his sixties) and mother Shiu Ying, who were renowned for their solid Hung Gar. They were also both well-known doctors and Chiu Chi Ling learned from his father beside the art of Kung Fu the art of bone setting. (Dit-Da)

In the early 1970s, he opened a school which attracted many celebrities, athletes and performers. This exposure to the entertainment industry gave him his start in acting. He has appeared in such well-known Kung Fu style movies as Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, Duel of the Seven Tigers and in the comical smash hit Kung Fu Hustle.

He currently resides in Alameda, California

External links[link]

• Chi Ling Chiu at the Internet Movie Database
• Picture of Young Grandmaster Chiu Chi Ling
• sample techniques used in Hung Gar kung fu
• Official GM Chiu Chi Ling homepage Holland
• Official GM Chiu Chi Ling homepage Mexico
• International Chiu Chi Ling Hung Gar Kung Fu Association Oaxaca - Mexico Branch

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Hong Un Jong
Full name	Hong Un Jong
Country represented	North Korea
Born	(1989-03-09) March 9, 1989 (age 23) Hamgyong, North Korea
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International
Club	Pyongyang Sports Club
Head coach(es)	Kim Chun Phi
Assistant coach(es)	Choe Kyong Hui
Choreographer	Kim Chun Phi
Medal record Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing Vault Asian Games Bronze 2006 Doha Vault

Hong Un Jong (born March 9, 1989 in Hamgyong, North Korea) is a North Korean artistic gymnast. She was an individual event finalist on the vault at the 2007 World Championships and the bronze medalist on the event at the 2006 Asian Games. Hong represented North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she won the gold medal in the women's vault competition. This was the first Olympic medal for a North Korean woman in Olympic gymnastics.^[1] Hong is capable of performing a triple twisting Yurchenko style vault.

She is the younger sister or possibly twin sister of Hong Su Jong. They share the generation name Jong.^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

External links[link]

• Hong Un Jong at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

Gymnastics portal

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Ri Se Gwang
Full name	Ri Se Gwang
Country represented	North Korea
Born	(1985-01-21) January 21, 1985 (age 27) S. Hamgyong Province
Hometown	Pyongyang
Height	153 centimetres (5 ft 0 in)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior
Club	4.21 sports club
Medal record World Championships Bronze 2007 Stuttgart Vault Asian Games Gold 2006 Doha Vault

Ri Se Gwang (born January 21, 1985 in the S. Hamgyong Province) is a North Korean artistic gymnast. He won a bronze medal on vault at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He was the first North Korean ever to win a gold medal on vault at the Asian Games, where he performed solidly at the 2006 Asian Games was the first one for North Korea on that apparatus.^[1]

In 2009, he successfully performed an extremely difficult new vault, a Tsukahara (1/4 entry in the first flight) on the vaulting table, followed by full twist triple backwards salto in tuck position.^[2] The new vault is named after Ri. The vault is valued a 7.2 A-score, the highest difficulty value in the world, together with Li Xiaopeng's vault.

Ri competed in the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and qualified first for the vault final. He finished 7th in the final after a fall on his first vault and going out of bounds on his second vault, with an average score of 15.650.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ri Se Gwang at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

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