page_title: Quzhou
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Quzhou / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Maps of Quzhoufu (衢州府) and Pinghuxian (平湖縣) in Zhejiang. Engravings from La Haye's edition of the Description of China, Vol. I, p. 197. Français&#160;: "Kiu-tcheou-fou; Pinghou-hien". Gravure extraite de Description de la Chine, édition de La Haye 1736. Tome 1 page 197.
context_page_description: Quzhou is a prefecture-level city in western Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the upper course of the Qiantang River, it borders Hangzhou to the north, Jinhua to the east, Lishui to the southeast, and the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Anhui to the south, southwest and northwest respectively.
  Chinese Actress and Singer Zhou Xun is born in Quzhou.
caption: Maps of "Kiu-tcheou-fou" and "Pinghou-hien" from Du Halde's 1736 Description of China, based on Jesuit accounts
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