Quanzhou Travel Guide

Basic information Area code: 0595 Travel complaints: 0595-22272039 Travel information When the typhoon hits the front, it was mostly a storm of about half a day, followed by a few days of heavy rain, and floods flooded in some areas. […]

Basic information

Area code: 0595
Travel complaints: 0595-22272039

Travel information

When the typhoon hits the front, it was mostly a storm of about half a day, followed by a few days of heavy rain, and floods flooded in some areas. Before and during travel, pay attention to the weather forecast. In the event of a typhoon landing, it is best to change the schedule as soon as possible.

Medical treatment

Quanzhou First Hospital
Address: 248-252, East Street, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province
Arrival method: Take bus 1, 2, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 32, 33, 39, 40 to the first hospital station and get off
Tel: 0595-22277031
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Destination overview

Destination sketch

Quanzhou, also called Licheng and Citong Cheng in Pinyin, is one of the most famous historical and cultural cities in China. It is an important seaport located in southeast Fujian Province and is the economic and political center of the province. To its east is Taiwan separated from Quanzhou by the East Sea, making the city the famous mother town of Chinese compatriots in Taiwan and overseas. The climate is warm and humid, comfortable for year-round travel, making it a popular tourist destination.

Beliefs and taboos

Quanzhou has a reputation as a “religious resort.” Many religions gathered here in history and left a large number of precious religious relics, known as “World Religion Museum.” Among the five existing religions, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Christianity, and Catholicism have numerous believers and a large number of temples and churches here, as well as thousands of folk belief temples.

Best Travel season

The land of Quanzhou has a tropical marine climate and is influenced by the monsoon. As a result, Quanzhou weather is warm and wet almost all year round with annual average temperature of about 18C-20C (64F-68F). Therefore a visit can be made to this place any time of the year, although between April and November is probably the best period.

Consumption level

Traveling in Quanzhou, accommodation takes about 160 yuan per day. With the cost of transportation, catering and tickets, the total daily consumption is around 350 yuan.

Practical information

Qingyuanshan Visitor Center
Address: Qingyuan Mountain Scenic Area

Chongwu Ancient City Scenic Area Tourist Service Center
Address: Chongwu Ancient City Scenic Area

Intercity traffic

Aircraft

Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport,JJN
Address: No. 118 Heping Middle Road, Quanzhou City
Arrival method: There is a bus from Quanzhou to Jinjiang Airport. You can reach Jinjiang Airport by bus No. 16 until the terminal. If you take a taxi, it is mostly bargaining. The fare from Quanzhou District to the airport is between 40 and 50 yuan.
Tel: 0595-85628988
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Train

Quanzhou Railway Station
Address: North of the junction of Puxian Road and East West Avenue, Fengze District, Quanzhou City
Tel: 0595-22762645

Quanzhou East Railway Station
Address: Chenghua South Road, Quanzhou City

Jinjiang Railway Station
Address: Upper Village, Neikeng Town, Jinjiang City

Long-distance bus

Quanzhou Bus Station
Address: No. 48 Wenling South Road, Quanzhou
Tel: 0595-22582914

Quanzhou Central Bus Station
Address: Northwest corner of the intersection of Pingshan Road and Quanxiu Road in Quanzhou
Telephone: 0595-28989908, 0595-28989909

Quanzhou Fortress Terminal
Address: 30 Baoshan Road and Pingshan Road, Fengze District, Quanzhou
Tel: 0595-22579876

Quanzhou East Bus Station
Address: Chengdong Street, Quanzhou (Opposite to National Huaqiao University)
Tel: 0595-22682666

Quanzhou China Travel Bus Terminal
Address: Chenghua North Road, Fengze District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, at the junction of Guanyin Road and Famei Road
Tel: 0595-22672999

Wanxiang Bus Station
Address: No. 80, Yuquan Middle Street, South Ring Road, Quanzhou
Tel: 0595-28280181

Traffic in the city

Bus

Quanzhou bus fares range from 1 to 2 yuan, and there are more than 20 bus lines in Quanzhou, covering all the city’s attractions.

Taxis

Quanzhou taxi starting price 8 yuan (including 3 km), rent per vehicle km 1.8 yuan; 8 km above the subsection charge 0.5 yuan to 0.9 yuan for the empty driving fee, adjusted to more than 8 kilometers to 20 kilometers per km up 0.5 yuan An additional 0.72 yuan per kilometre will be added to parts over 20 kilometers.

Attractions

Kaiyuan Temple

The largest and most famous Buddhist temple complex in the area. The well-landscaped grounds house two famous tall pagodas, several temple buildings, an ancient stone turtle, and a variety of religious art. The Xi Jie (West Lane) outside of the temple Is a busy shopping street, with all kind of shops selling souvenirs, joss paper and other Buddhist items, snacks, and books. The Ancient Ships pavilion of the Martime Museum (whose main building is elsewhere in town; see a separate listing below) is Located on the grounds of the temple, in one of its ancillary buildings.
Address: 176 West Street, Licheng District, Quanzhou
Arrival method: Take Bus No. 2, 14, 40, 601 and get off at Kaiyuan Temple Station.
Opening hours: 8:00-17:30
Tickets: Free
Tel: 0595-22383285
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Quanzhou Maritime Museum

Quanzhou, a well-known historical and cultural city, is home to many historical sites such as the Qingjing Mosque, and the Kaiyuan Temple (the largest Buddhist temple in Fujian Province). However, if you want to witness a historical panorama of the city , your best choice is the Quanzhou Maritime Museum.
The museum was created in 1959, and in 1991 some exhibits were moved to a new location. The original location was at the Kaiyuan Temple, and its new location is east of the picturesque East Lake Park. Displays are housed in a structure shaped like a The brig (a ship equipped with two full masts), and cover an area of ​​7,000 sq kilometers (2,703 sq miles). The museum has four exhibition halls: Quanzhou Overseas Communications, Quanzhou Religious Sculpture, Ancient Chinese Sailboats Models, and Quanzhou Customs and Culture At present, the first three are open to the public.
Address: 425 East Lake Street, Quanzhou, Fujian
Arrival method: take bus 7,13,19,23,25, etc. can reach the main hall area
Opening hours: 8:30-17:00, closed on Mondays, except holidays
Tickets: Free
Tel: 0595-22100561
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Qingjing Mosque

The only surviving mosque of the many that used to exist. It is over 1,000 years old, and was rebuilt in 2009 so the dome was now restored after a 200-year absence. Well worth a visit.
Address: 108-112 Tumen Street, Licheng District, Quanzhou
Arrival method: Take bus No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 18, 19, 26 and get off at Huaqiao Tower Station, walk to you
Opening hours: 7:30-17:00
Tickets: 3 yuan
Tel: 0595-22193553

Tian Hou Gong

Dedicated to Tian Hou (“Heavenly Empress”), also known as Mazu, a sea Goddess worshipped by many sailors and fishermen. Note the ancient bixi turtle with an illegible stele on the temple’s grounds. (It recently itself got its a partner!), And most of Mazu temple on Earth is on Meizhou Island, in the next city north on the Fujian coast, Putian.
Address: No. 1, Tianhou Road, Nanmen, Quanzhou District
Arrival method: Take the bus line 601 and 24 to get off at Tianhou Road
Opening hours: 8:00-17:00
Tickets: Free
Tel: 0595-2203731
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Six Victories’ Tower

Six Victories Tower is the study of architecture and art precious kind of Song and Yuan dynasties. The tower is of granite attic type structure, 36.6 meters high, around the end of about 47meters, octagonal five layer, the carved Seiko, magnificent, with something Comparable to Quanzhou tower.
Address: Shishi City

Qingyuan Mountain

Mt. Qingyuan is one of the principal tourist attractions in the Quanzhou area. The mountain’s scenic area encompasses about 62 square kilometers (15,321 acres). Also called North, Spring or Qiyun Mountain, Qingyuan’s highest peak is about 500 meters (1,640 feet) above Sea level. The main scenic area is about 3 kilometers (2 miles) to Quanzhou City.
The Scenic Area is comprised of three mountains-Qingyuan, Ling and Jiuri. The most appealing attractions here are the Statue of Lao-tzu; the Statues of the Three Buddhas; the Islamic Holy Tombs and the Qi Feng Inscriptions of the Song Dynasty (960 – 1279).

The Statue of Lao-tzu is on the left peak of Mt. Qingyuan. Lao-tzu was a famous philosopher and thinker in the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC – 476 BC) as well as the founder of Taoism. His most renowned work Lao-tzu’s left hand rests on his left knee and his right hand on a small table. His face is somewhat exaggerated with a pair of bright eyes, long eyebrows, a mustache and two oversized ears. It seems that he has seen through the vanity of the world and his face beams with happiness. This statue is the biggest Extant stone sculpture of Lao-tzu measuring 5 meters (16 feet) high and 8 meters (26 feet) wide.

The Statues of the Three Buddhas (Tibetan Buddhism) stand in the Bixiao Grotto on Mt. Qingyuan. They were built during the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). The three Buddhas are set in a rectangular niche and each sits on a lotus flower throne. . In the middle is Sakyamuni with his right hand touching the ground. On the left is Dipamkarara who has an alms bowl in his left hand. On the right is Maitreya who sits in meditation. All three Buddhas exemplify the fine carving skills of Yuan Dynasty Artisans.

The Islamic Holy Tombs on Mt. Ling is the best preserved and the oldest existing Islamic site in China. The two tombs were built for two famous disciples of Muhammad (about 570-632), the founder of Islamism. Both of the covers of the Tombs are sculpted in granite. In front of the tombs is a huge stone that wobbles when the wind blows or when people push it slightly. There are U-shaped cloisters about 3 meters (10 feet) high at the rear of the tombs. Here One can see five steles and several prism-like stone columns reflecting the style of the Tang Dynasty. Among the steles, one is made from dolerite and it records the coming of the two disciples to China.

In ancient times, people often held a ceremony praying for favorable winds prior to Sailing. These inscriptions disposed those ceremonies held from 1174 to 1265. The inscriptions important important relics of ancient Quanzhou’s nautical history.

Laojun and Ci’en Grottos, Qingyuan Cave and Huru Spring are other beautiful and popular attractions in this scenic area.
Address: Fengze District, Quanzhou
Arrival method: Take the 3,10,15,30,202,209,601,k1 bus to arrive
Opening hours: 5:30-16:00 Tickets: 55 yuan
Tel: 0595-22771928

Quanzhou Water Rock Temple

Covering an area of over four square miles, Quanzhou Water Rock Temple (Qingshui Yan Temple) is located in northwestern Anxi County. Situated at the foot of Penglai Mountain, it is a fantastic tourist resort for both admiring scenic spots and appreciating the Buddhist culture.

Built in 1083 in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), Water Rock Temple was originally called Zhang Yan. Later, a Buddhist monk, Chen Puzu, who cultivated himself here, changed its name and established this temple. When Chen passed away in 1101, local people carved his figure with eaglewood to show its respect. Because of the migration of the local people, over 300 branches of Water Rock Temple now can be seen in Taiwan Island, Japan and other areas in Southeast Asia.
Address: Penglai Town, Anxi County, Quanzhou City
Arrival method: need to transfer bus at Anxi bus station to the scenic spot
Opening hours: 8:00-7:00
Tickets: 20 yuan
Tel: 0595-23353688
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Quanzhou Niumu Forest

Niumu Forest is located in Xiayang Town, Yongchun county, Quanzhou, Fujian.As a 4A tourism attraction, it’s the most natural one in south of Fujian province, the weather is good there, especially in Summer, the temperature is about 25 to 28 degrees .It’s a beautiful mountain which is surrounded by clouds all around the year, the fog makes a special feeling of mountain. Of course, monkeys and other natural animals are also there, which can bring you a lot of fun.If you happen to have Any chance to go to Quanzhou, you won’t be regret if you decide to drop by there.
Address: Niumulin, Xiayang Town, Yongchun County, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province
Opening hours: 7:30-19:00
Tickets: 45 yuan, 20 yuan for student ID card and senior citizen card
Tel: 0595-23986696

Luoyang Bridge

Luoyang Bridge, Lugou Bridge (Beijing), Zhaozhou Bridge (Shijiazhuang) and Guangji Bridge (Chaozhou) are renowned as the four famous ancient bridges in China. Luoyang Bridge spans the Luoyang River from south to north in the southern suburb of Quanzhou. It is China’s earliest stone beam bridge built at the seaport and is one of the state-level culture heritage protection units.
Address: Northeastern Quanzhou
Tickets: Free

Donghai Small Fishing Village

The places where Huian Women lived in.
There is a special group of people in Fujian province, unlike the majority of Chinese women.
Your pair of pants are long and loose, with a wide silver belt above them, Is absolutely a quite attractive outfit for ladies, which shows their nice figure naturally in the best way.
They are independent, strong, and diligent, they are the most important part of their local culture and their family, they are HUIAN WOMEN.
Address: Langpu Community, Fengze District, Quanzhou
Arrival method: Bus to Quanpu from Quanzhou Bus Terminal
Opening hours: open all day
Tickets: Free

Cai’s ancient dwellings

Built in late Qing Dynasty by oversea Chinese who returnef from philippines. It is largest minnan folk house cluster which is best preserved in Fujian Province. Its elegant wood carving, stone carving, brick carving arts are architecture treasure. Calligraphy left on the wall show the Philosophy of Confucianism.

Address: Quanli Village, Guanqiao Town, Nan’an City, Quanzhou City
Arrival method: take the 9 bus directly
Tickets: 15 yuan

Chongwu Ancient City

Chongwu ancient city locates in the northern shore of Quanzhou Bay and the west coast of Taiwan Strait. It was built in 1387 by the Ming government as a front line defense against Japanese pirates, and it has survived the last 600 years.. There are four City gates at the four directions of the city with one beacon over each gate. The city wall was built with granites, which is 2.5 metres long and average 7 metres high. The Chongwu ancient city wall is one of the seven ancient city walls in China. .

Chongwu is also famous for its stone carving. There are a big stone carving park inside the ancient city. The stone carvings there are of a large variety of statures and all of them are with profound meaning. Chongwu and China.

Nowadays, as an important historic al and cultural site, the Chongwu ancient city has been listed by the provincial tourism Bureau as the key construction project for tourism and the first batch of famous scenic spots.
Address: Chongwu Town, Hui’an County, Quanzhou City
Arrival method: There is currently no direct bus to Chongwu. You can take a shuttle bus to Chongwu at the bus station.
Opening hours: 7:00-19:00
Tickets: Including the “China Stone Sculpture Exposition Park” on the south side of the ancient city and ancient city; adult ticket 45 yuan, child ticket and student ticket 23 yuan

Food

It has a large variety of local dining including snacks such as fried oysters, frozen siphon worms, noodles in meat soup and fish pellets. If you are interested in Chinese tea, do not miss Wulong Tea in Anxi County.

Accommodation

Quanzhou tourism generally lives in the downtown Quanzhou, and the traffic is convenient. In addition, you can also live in Hui’an to enjoy the beach scenery. Accommodation costs for three-star comfort hotels in Quanzhou range from RMB 100 to RMB 400, as well as a number of chain express hotels.

Shopping

There are hotels of different standards as well as small hostels. If you are a backpacker, the hostels near the new long distance bus station along Wenling Road are very good choices. It also has many commercial streets for shopping, such as the Back City Street (Houcheng Street), Zhuangyuan Street, Zhongshan Road and Daxi Street.

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