Zhangzhou Travel Guide

Basic information Telephone area code: 0596 Quzhou Tourism Bureau complaint telephone: 0596-2029622 Nanjing Tourism Bureau Complaints Tel: 0596-7837978 Medical treatment Nanjing County People’s Hospital Address: National Highway 319, Jingcheng Town, Nanjing County, Zhangzhou City Tel: 0596-7822845 Nanjing County Hospital Jinshan […]

Basic information

Telephone area code: 0596
Quzhou Tourism Bureau complaint telephone: 0596-2029622
Nanjing Tourism Bureau Complaints Tel: 0596-7837978

Medical treatment

Nanjing County People’s Hospital
Address: National Highway 319, Jingcheng Town, Nanjing County, Zhangzhou City
Tel: 0596-7822845

Nanjing County Hospital Jinshan Branch
Address: No. 22, Dongzhen Road, Jinshan Town, Nanjing County, Zhangzhou City
Tel: 0596-7551223

Destination overview

Destination sketch

As an outstanding representative of the traditional Chinese culture “Fangyuan” thought, the architectural style of the Tulou architecture in Fujian is the best example of China’s bauxite technology.

In Nanjing, the hometown of Fujian Tulou, there are as many as 15,000 large and small earth buildings. This architectural model, which absorbs the traditional building feng shui concept, is very suitable for ethnic life. It is skillfully used in the flat land between the narrow hills and local materials such as raw soil and pebbles to form a system. The clay, glutinous rice, brown sugar and bamboo flakes contained in the material are the unique raw materials of the earth building. After the completion, it is warm in winter and cool in summer, and has strong resistance to typhoon and earthquake resistance.

Best travel season

It is favorable for visiting during the whole year. February to October is the best time for Zhangzhou travel.

Practical information

Tulou Scenic Area Visitor Service Center
Address: Nanjing County, Zhangzhou City

Quzhou Tourism Service Center
Address: Building 50, City Hall, No. 118 Shengli West Road
Phone: 0596-2029730

Lanling Post Office
Address: No. 8, Lanling Road, Shancheng Town, Nanjing County
Opening hours: 8:00-12:00 in the winter, 14:30-17:30 in the winter and 14:30-18:00 in the summer
Tel: 0596-7821713

Intercity traffic

Train

Zhangzhou Railway Station
Address: Hongtang Village, Yanzi Town, Longhai City
Arrival mode: Take bus no. 11, 28, 29, A3, B3

Zhangzhou East Railway Station
Address: No. 427, Guokeng Village, Guokeng Town Arrival: Take Bus No. 8 to arrive
Tel: 0596-6366782

Luzhou North Station
Address: Nankeng Road, Quzhou City

Long-distance bus

Cangzhou Long-distance Bus Station
Address: No. 27, Xinhua North Road, Licheng District, Zhangzhou City
Phone: 0596-2022010

Cangzhou Passenger Transport Center Station
Tel: 0596-2169351

Zhangzhou Passenger West Station
Address: No. 153, Xiyangping Section, Shengli West Road, Licheng District, Zhangzhou City
Tel: 0596-2522801

Traffic in the city

Taxi

The starting price is 7 yuan (2 kilometers) and the unit price is 1.8 yuan / km.

Attractions

Tianluokeng Earth Towers Cluster

Tianluokeng earth building cluster is one of the better known Fujian Tulou, about four hours’ drive from city Xiamen. It consists of a square earth building in the center, surrounded by four round earth buildings. These earth buildings have only one entrance, guarded by 4–5-inch-thick wooden doors re-enforced with an outer shell of iron plate.
It is three storeys high, each storey has 26 rooms, four sets of stairs, and a go around The square Buyunlou (Reaching the Cloud building) at the center of the quincunx. It was the first tulou at this site, built in 1796. The corridor in front of the rooms at each level. The Buyun building was burnt down by bandits in 1936, rebuilt in 1953 according to the original plan.
The Hechang building, a three-storey-high round earth building,
Zhenchang building, three storeys, round shape, 26 rooms per storey, built in 1930
Ruiyun building, built in 1936, three storeys, 26 rooms per floor.
The oval shape Wenchang building of 1966, three storeys, 32 rooms per floor.

Yuchang Earth Tower

Yuchang Earth Building is double-ring five-line structure built in the middle of the Yuan Dynasty (1308-1338) by five clans, the Liu, Luo, Zhang, Tang and Fan. There are 270 rooms in the 18 meter high building, And there are still 21 families living inside.

Yuchanglou has been nicknamed the “zigzag building”, because the vertical wooden post structure is not straight and perpendicular, but zigzags left and right (some even at 15 degree angle). It was built that way due to an error measuring the building materials. But in spite of this apparent infirmity, this tall tulou withstood 700 years of natural elements and social turmoil. Yuchanglou’s outer ring is 36 m in diameter and boasts five storeys, with 50 rooms on each floor.

Each of the 25 kitchens on the ground floor at the back half of the circle has a private water well beside its stove. This is the only tulou in all Fujian with such convenient water supply.

There was a one storey inner-ring house surrounding the ancestral hall as late as 2003. This part of the building stood nearly 700 years outstanding until, unfortunately, it was dismantled after 2003.
Tickets: 100 yuan (including Tianluo Gutulou Group, Yuchang Building and Taxia Village)

Yunshuiyao Ancient Town

The reason why Yunshuiyao has attracted so many tourists is because of its tranquil and peaceful ambience of Old time Chinese village. Here they have the highest concentration of thousands-years-old banyan tree group in Fujian province. They are standing here as a historical witness of the changing lives. Walking through the cobbled path under those ancient trees which will lead you To the heart of those ancient villagers’ houses, you would feel like as if it is walking into a mysterious long lived history alive.
Tickets: 90 yuan (including Yunshuiyu Ancient Town, Heguilou and Huaiyuan Building)

The Binhai Volcano National Geological Park

The scenic area is a typical tertiary volcanic geographic park, which covers 100 square kilometers. The well preserved remaining crater of Niutou Mountain has an entire eruption vestige and clear structure. The volcano fumaroles group in Linjin Island are rarely seen anywhere in the world. Column-shaped basalts on Nanding Island and scale-like stone pits are majestic and spectacular. There are about 1,400,000 huge peristeles on the Nanding Island, lying on the cliffs of the island at 20 to 50 meters high. They look like a row of black Thread drooping over the sea water, making you feel too many good things to be fully appreciated all at once.
Address: Volcanic Island Natural Ecological Scenic Area, Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou City
Arrival method: You can see the bus station from the port of Zhangzhou, and find the car to Shitang (the words of the volcano park on the back window of the car). The fare is 12 yuan. The journey takes about 1 hour and can be sent to the park gate.
Opening hours: 8:00-18:00
Tickets: Lin Jinyu shipping fee and boarding fee of 64 yuan / person (full 8 people to sail, want to board the island, be sure to understand the tide situation on the day of the park), Nanzhao Island Nanxun Island is more expensive, are 8 people or more, the ticket for Xiangshan Scenic Area is 50 yuan/person; the ticket for the ancient crater of Niutoushan is 10 yuan.
Tel: 0596-3649100

Nanshan Temple

It is a Buddhist temple located in the foothills of Mount Danxia to the south of Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China. It is one of the most important Chinese Buddhism temples on the Chinese mainland.

Memorial Archways in the Ming and Qing Dynasties

Four memorial archways are now accessible in Zhangzhou. The double archway from the Ming Dynasty, “Shang Shu Tan Hua” (the Minister who is number three in national civil examinations) Memorial Archway, and “San Jin Zai Er” (Three times served as “Deputy minister” Memorial Archway, located north of Hong Kong Road. Another two archways, “Yong Shi Jian Yi” (Simple warrior) Memorial Archway and “Min Yue Xiong Sheng” (Powerful voice from Min State and Yue State) Memorial Archway, were Built in the Qing Dynasty and are located in Yuekou Street, East Xinhua Road. All of the four archways are stone-wood structures, consisting of 3 doors, 5 stories and 12 posts. The double archways from the Ming Dynasty stand on the opposite side Of the street in a north-south direction, which reflects the traditional features of ancient chip scenery with the old streets in Southern Suburb. Their counterparts, the Yuekou Street memorial archways were constructed by the Shengzu King of the Qing Dyn The architecture of the two archways is full of power and grandeur. And the 5 carved images of foreigners reflect the friendly contacts between Zhangzhou and foreign countries. The asss of a reward for the famous generals Lan Li and Xu Fengli for the suppression of Taiwan. The carving flowers, birds, human beings, and beasts have their respective verve and are true to life, which demonstrate the delicacy, elegance, unconstrained and smooth characters In Zhangzhou traditional stone carving art.
Address: Hongkou Road, Xinhua East Road, Yucheng District, Zhangzhou City
Arrival method: Take bus No.1 and No.9 from Cangzhou City and get off at Jiulong Park Station.

Activity

Zhangzhou Changtai Rafting
Address: Changtai County, Cangzhou City
Arrival: Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Shishi, Putian and other cities will arrive in Changtai County by long-distance bus.
Opening hours: 8:30-10:00, 13:00-15:00, slightly adjusted with the seasons
Tickets: Adult tickets are 188 yuan. Students, teachers and military officers can purchase discount tickets of 120 yuan with valid documents. It is forbidden for children under 1.2 meters and elderly people over 60 years old to drift, so there is no relevant discount ticket.

Food

Yam stewed chicken
Dried radish

Accommodation

After visiting the Nanjing Tulou, you can choose to stay in the scenic area of the earth building, the price does not exceed 100 yuan, but the accommodation conditions can not be compared with the county city hotel. In the village of Taxia or Yunshui, the town also offers special homestays. If you have time, you can return to the county or city to stay at the star hotel and hot spring hotel.

Shopping

This city abounds with flowers and fruit. Daffodil, camellia and orchid growing here are good quality. Fruits prolific are Mandarin Orange, lithe, banana, longan, grapefruit and pineapple. Boasting a spacious sea area, the city is also teeming with various sea Products.