Nan'an Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
Jiuri Mountain Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
Witness of the Maritime Trade Center during the Song and Yuan Dynasties
Jiuri Mountain is located in the west of Fengzhou Town, Nan'an City, and is a famous historical site of overseas traffic in China, listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit. There are many ancient relics in the mountain, most of which are concentrated on the eastern slope of the West Peak and the southern foot of the East Peak. The most precious are the Song and Yuan Dynasty praying for wind stone carvings, including more than 70 cliff carvings from the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the foreign ships that came to Quanzhou to engage in overseas trade had to rely on the wind to drive the ships. The foreign ships coming to Quanzhou would come with the southeast wind in spring and summer, and go with the northwest wind in autumn. At that time, the Quanzhou government and people attached great importance to friendly relations with foreign guests. Every year when the foreign ships set sail, the Quanzhou county guard and the market ship office (customs) related officials and well-known people in Quanzhou would go to the Zhaohui Temple on Jiuri Mountain and pray for the wind for the foreign ships at the Tongyuan Wang Temple, and carve stones for records.
City C Debut Plan | Climb a mountain and explore seven temples for free, Quanzhou is indeed a fairyland
| Climb a mountain and explore seven temples for free, Quanzhou is indeed a fairyland.
The World Heritage Site, Jiuri Mountain in Quanzhou, is less than a hundred meters above sea level, but it has seven temples. Understanding these seven temples is to understand Jiuri Mountain, which helps to understand why this small mountain has become a World Cultural Heritage.
The seven temples of Jiuri Mountain are two at the foot of the mountain (Yanfu Temple, Zhaohui Temple), three on the east peak (Mountain God Temple, Dengtai Temple, East Peak Taoist Temple), and two on the west peak (Land Temple, Stone Buddha Rock).
1. Yanfu Temple: The largest temple on Jiuri Mountain, built during the Western Jin Dynasty, more than 1700 years ago, is the earliest Buddhist temple in Quanzhou. The Indian monk Kuna Ratuo translated the Diamond Sutra here during the Southern Dynasty.
2. Zhaohui Temple: The Tongyuan King who is worshipped is the first sea god in China. The Quanzhou City Ship Office held a grand ceremony to pray for wind during the Song and Yuan Dynasties.
3. Mountain God Temple: The famous mountains in China are generally given a personified image of the mountain god. The Mountain God Temple of Jiuri Mountain is located on the waist of the east peak.
4. Dengtai Temple: Built during the Ming Dynasty, it mainly worships Jin Niangniang and Su Furen, locally known as "Dengtai Ma". This is also the place where Huang Yangmeng, a famous historical figure in Quanzhou, studied.
5. East Peak Taoist Temple: In the early Southern Song Dynasty, a Taoist priest set up a ceremony here to pray for blessings and disaster relief, hence the East Peak Taoist Temple. Today, there is a hall. Zhu Xi once lectured and preached here.
6. Land Temple: Worship the land god, worship the earth, pray for blessings and peace. Located on the waist of the west peak.
7. Stone Buddha Rock: There are stone Buddha statues from the Five Dynasties, which are the earliest stone carvings in Quanzhou. The stone pavilion of Stone Buddha Rock is a building added during the Qing Dynasty.
The temples of Jiuri Mountain coexist with Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, and contain the culture of the Maritime Silk Road, World Heritage, Southern Fujian, and folk culture. Come on a journey to explore the temples of Jiuri Mountain!
🎠Attractions: Jiuri Mountain (Yanfu Temple, Zhaohui Temple, Mountain God Temple, Dengtai Temple, East Peak Taoist Temple, Land Temple, Stone Buddha Rock)
📮Address: Jiuri Mountain Scenic Area, Fengzhou Town, Nan'an City, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province
💵Tickets: Free (Jiuri Mountain has cancelled the ticket)
🚌Transportation: Bus No. 6/602/K204, get off at Jiuri Mountain Station
💕Note: It is not appropriate to take pictures inside the temple hall
📌Nearby: Shiting Temple, Nan'an Wen Temple, Zheng Chenggong's Burning Qingyi Place Ruins, Chenghuang Temple, Beibinjiang Park Beifeng Garden, Quanzhou Station
Caizishen Ancient Dwellings Buildings Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
Min Nan residential houses
The Cai family ancient residential complex is located in Guanqiao Zhangli Village, Nan'an City, Fujian Province. It was built by the overseas Chinese Cai Qian from the Philippines. The construction started in the fifth year of the Xianfeng era of the Qing Dynasty (1855) and was completed in the thirty-third year of the Guangxu era (1907), spanning 52 years. It covers an area of 16,000 square meters and has a total of 400 rooms of various sizes. The Cai family ancient residential complex faces south with a northern orientation. Each residence has either two or three sections, with protective side buildings or east and west wing rooms. The main structures feature hip-and-gable and rolling shed style roofs, covered with red tiles and tubular tiles, swallowtail-shaped ridges, mortise and tenon wooden frames, and beautifully carved beams and painted rafters. Each large house is an independent unit, yet they are connected by stone paths made of granite strips. These stone paths serve as walkways, as well as places for drying grains and resting in the shade. The entire complex is orderly and transparent, with a clever layout, reflecting the main characteristics of traditional Min Nan residential architecture during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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Min Nan Architecture Grand View Garden, it would be a pity to miss this place when you go to Quanzhou
After leaving the Cizao Kiln site, I went straight to the most anticipated Cai's ancient residential building complex today. The residential complex is located in Zhangli Village, Guanqiao Town, built by Cai Qian, a Chinese overseas in the Philippines, from the fifth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1855) to the thirty-third year of Guangxu (1907), which took 52 years to complete.
According to the introduction, the builder of Cai's ancient residential buildings, Cai Zishen, set off from Nan'an, Quanzhou, went south to the Philippines to make a living, and after becoming the richest man in the Philippines, he returned to his hometown, led his clan to build the ancient houses, which is now the famous Cai's ancient residential buildings at home and abroad. It is said that at its peak, Cai's ancient residential buildings had five rooms and three courtyards, plus left and right guard houses, with more than 400 rooms in total.
Today's Cai's ancient residential building complex faces north to south, each residential building is two or three entrances, the main building is hard mountain and roll shed style roof, covered with red tiles and tube tiles, swallowtail shaped ridge, through bucket style wooden frame, carved beams and painted buildings. From the perspective of unmanned aerial vehicle, the huge red brick building complex is dotted with clusters of green shade, the whole scale is larger than imagined.
The residential complex was built from east to west, with 10 large houses on the east side of the core area, which is almost a vertical square structure; there are 8 large houses on the west side, which is almost a horizontal square layout; in the far north, there are world houses and world cut houses where the clan live.
Entering Cai's residential building complex is like entering a maze, walking through the lanes, often feel that the houses look similar, but if you observe carefully, their carved beams and painted buildings are different, not only preserving a large number of stone carvings, brick carvings, wood carvings, clay sculptures, but also many interesting calligraphy paintings on the stone blocks of the porch and the partition of the hall.
Especially the content of the plaque inscription is very worth savoring, some are excerpts from the works of predecessors, some are created by the inscriber himself, mainly involving ancestral origins, family teachings and maxims. Among them, many are praises left by literati and scholars after visiting Cai's ancient residential buildings. For example, on the east and west walls of Cai Qian's porch, you can see the stone tablet of 'Family education has a real source, Meng leads a book to inherit four sons; Village residence has many victories, famous mountains thousands of feet into five peaks'.
What makes me most happy is that there is still a rare life atmosphere in Cai's ancient residential building complex today, and the original residents are not relocated because it has been developed into a tourist attraction, and walking in such still living ancient buildings can better feel the traces of time passing, not just looking back at the past, but a kind of inheritance over the years.
🏠Name | Cai's Ancient Residential Building Complex
🎫Ticket | 15 yuan
⛳Address | Zhangli Village, Guanqiao Town, Nan'an City, Quanzhou City
🚗Transportation | Navigation 'Cai's Ancient Residential Building Complex'
Wulin Traditional Village Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
Before leaving Quanzhou, be sure to leave a day for this 600-year-old village
Don't just know to go to West Street and Zanhua when you go to Quanzhou~😆 If you want to avoid the crowd and feel the Minnan ancient house style, 🛖 you must go to this Nanyang ancient village in Quanzhou that has a history of 600 years‼️
📍Jinjiang Wulin Traditional Village
🎫No tickets required
🚗I took a taxi from the airport after getting off the plane, it only takes 15 minutes, and it takes about 50 minutes from Quanzhou city
The buildings here are very distinctive, 📷 there are many photo spots, and you can also experience the Nyonya costume, which can better integrate into the scene.
📷Share my machine position, but there are more beautiful places that you can discover while walking around✅
👉Chaodong Building, Five-story House, Pit Wall Building, Stage, Bridge Batch Hall, Gun Building, etc.
I personally suggest that you can rush here the day you get off the ✈️ plane or the day you are going to fly away, leaving 2-3h is enough, because it is very close to the airport and will not detour.
Quanzhou! Compared to West Street! I prefer this century-old village!
Compared to the crowded West Street,
I prefer this century-old village in Quanzhou.
With a history of over 600 years,
It combines Chinese, Western and Minnan architectural styles,
It's really photogenic here!
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📍Quanzhou Jinjiang Wulin Traditional Village
🚗About 20 minutes from the airport, about 40 minutes drive from West Street
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The Wulin traditional village was built by overseas Chinese who returned home years ago, so it has both Western style and Minnan characteristics.
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Travel Tips:
✔️The Chaodong Tower at the entrance is the most photogenic one, with a strong Western Roman style, both the front and the inside are very photogenic.
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✔️The wall and tree at the entrance of the visitor center, when the sun is out, the light and shadow are super beautiful!
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✔️The old houses and alleys, red walls and tiles, any corner is very photogenic!
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It is recommended to reserve half a day for a visit here, you can change into a Nyonya costume~ I just happened to have a hairpin flower that day, so I didn't change.
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Thank you for reading, see you next time👋🏻
Not in Europe! It's in Jinjiang, Quanzhou!! Experience the charm of century-old architecture
Come to Quanzhou for a tour and I suggest visiting this village.
It has preserved a century-old architectural complex with a diverse range of architectural styles.
Southeast Asian architecture and Minnan ancient houses are perfectly integrated in this overseas Chinese village.
A mature costume rental and photography service has been established.
Nyonya or hairpin flower costumes are available for a uniform price of 80 yuan per set.
Photography here is very photogenic, and it's not crowded on non-holidays.
Wulin Ancient Village in Jinjiang.
No admission fee and free parking.
10 minutes from 'Quanzhou South' high-speed train station, 20 minutes from Quanzhou Airport
The traditional village of Quanzhou that has been underestimated for centuries
Visiting Quanzhou, don't just wander around West Street‼️
It's about 🕙 half an hour's drive from West Street
A 600-year-old Nanyang style architectural complex
It's also the shooting location for Nyonya costume changes🎬
Worth spending half a day to take a look👏
About Wulin traditional village📝
This place was built by overseas Chinese returning to their hometowns, where you can feel the homesickness of the people at that time, as well as the fusion of Minnan culture and foreign architecture, which has a history of 600 years. Walking inside, any building you find is quite photogenic📸
Photo spots📷
▪️ Chaodong Building
Go straight into Wulin traditional village and you will find Chaodong Building. Besides the main entrance, the interior courtyard and long benches are also very beautiful
▪️ Gun Tower
Also known as Xiuyang Building, it is a three-story fort with steps in front of the platform for easy photography
▪️ Qiaopi Museum
A Spanish-style building with Minnan red bricks, Qiaopi was the institution for family letter delivery in the past
▪️ Five-story Mansion
Although the building has a Western appearance, the first and second floors are in the style of Minnan architecture
There are many special coffee shops in Wulin traditional village, and the unique space design combined with the surrounding environment is an additional pleasure
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Wan Quan Hotel Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
New Year's trip to Fujian
🚗🚗🚗 Travel itinerary:
Day1: Changfa Square → Xinchang Big Buddha Temple Scenic Area → Wanquan Resort Hotel
Day2: Yuliao Scenic Area → Golden Coast Yuliao Golden Beach → Xiaguan Town → Fuzhou Gui'anxi Mountain Hot Spring Resort Hotel
Day3: Quanzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum → Jinjiang Wulin Traditional Village → Puppet Show Heritage Protection Center → West Street → Nan'an Aosheng Yihao Hotel (International Slab Market Trading Center Store)
Day4: Chuxi Tulou Cluster → Zhangzhou Ancient City → Nan'an Aosheng Yihao Hotel (International Slab Market Trading Center Store)
Day5: Jimei School Village → Xiamen University (Siming Campus) - Zhonglin Meiguang Square → Shapowei Art West District → Nan'an Aosheng Yihao Hotel (International Slab Market Trading Center Store)
Day6: Wuyi Mountain National Park → Shangrao Yushan Hilton Hotel
Day7: Tonglu Shengxianli International Ski Resort → Changfa Square
Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
Quanzhou, Nan'an
4|Jiuxi Village. Cobblestone House. Salty Buffalo Milk.
|Jiuxi Village. Cobblestone House. Salty Buffalo Milk. Participate in local activities, the last stop of Nan'an trip, Jiuxi Village.
Located to the west of Guanqiao Town, Nan'an, Quanzhou, it is a relatively remote mountain village, very close to Xiamen, worth a visit.
Most of the villagers are surnamed Shen, Wu Xingchuanfang, not many people left, some natural villages only have more than 50 people, are trying to develop tourism.
Characteristic landscape, colorful stone houses, using stream stones, cobblestones.
Buffalo milk balls, local specialty, salty, locals say it can be paired with porridge, can also be used to make steamed eggs.
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