[2024 Changting Attraction] Travel Guide for Changting Ancient City Wall (Updated Oct)
Historical Sites
Address:
Near No.1 Zhaozheng Road, Changting County, Longyan
Opening times:
Open year round, 24/7Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
0.5-0.6 hour
Changting Ancient City
There are two most beautiful small towns in China
One is Fenghuang in Hunan
The other is Changting in Fujian
⭐️How to get there: Self-driving or high-speed train
🚘Self-driving: Changting County
🚅High-speed train: Changting South Station → Taxi to Changting County (about 15 minutes)
Many homestay cars cannot drive directly to the door. If you are self-driving, you can park your car in a parking lot, then walk, take a taxi, or ride a small electric scooter to the place you are staying, because parking is really inconvenient!
⭐️Two-day tour route
Day: Jichuan Gate → Confucian Temple → Changting Museum → Sanyuan Pavilion → Wolong Academy → Diantou Street → Longtan → Dafu Di → Baxiguan → Shuidong Street
Day: Tingjiangyuan Longmen Rafting → Qu'aoli → Return
⭐️About the attractions:
🔆Jichuan Gate Changting Ancient City Wall
Recommend climbing the city gate at night to see the night view of Tingzhou. This row is the Changting Ancient City Wall, you can stroll around and take photos, very photogenic!
🔆Confucian Temple - Museum - Sanyuan Pavilion (through Jichuan Gate, the three attractions are on the same line, you can walk through and check in)
🔆Wolong Academy
A Hui-style building donated by Jackie Chan, very photogenic, better to visit during the day!
🔆Diantou Street (the main street is an ancient street mainly for specialty snacks, many small alleys, full of ancient charm when the weather is good, very photogenic)
🔆Longtan → Guizhi Sweet Soup → Dafu Di → Baxiguan
Longtan is suitable for cooling off and taking photos, Dafu Di is a carved building, Baxiguan has folk performances, Hakka people celebrate eight major happy events, utensil performances, etc.
🔆Shuidong Street (Hakka snack street)
⭐️About Hakka food and snacks:
❶Sanyuan Pavilion City Wall Fried Potato Cake, Fried Potato Bun is a must-try, you must come here to eat potato cake!
❷Shengquan Snacks: Pickled Pig Kidney, Fried Chicken Intestine Noodles, Stuffed Meat Powder
❸There is a restaurant, the taste was more authentic when I was a child, now it feels average, you can try and compare
❹There is a small alley on the right side of Sanyuan Pavilion with a shop selling fried spring rolls, fried meatballs, and other small snacks, very delicious😋
❺Commercial City Large Intestine Shop, eat boiled large intestine, very authentic taste~
❻For boiled chicken gizzard, go to Beise Snacks on Shuidong Street
❼For boiled pork and fried snacks, you can go to the entrance of Changting No. 2 Middle School, there is a small shop, an old man frying snacks at the door!
⭐️About accommodation
There are many hotels and homestays, as long as they are in the urban area, they are all fine!
MindfulResorts
Tingzhou Ancient City Wall: Exploring a Millennium of World History
Changting County, a place full of historical charm, adjacent to Jiangxi, is the center of politics, economy, and culture in the western Fujian region. It has a profound Hakka cultural heritage, with residents all being Hakka people. The Hakka mother river—Ting River—runs through the entire territory, nourishing this land.
The ancient city wall of Tingzhou is also a major feature of Changting. It winds down from the top of Wolong Mountain and the flanks of Jinsha Temple, encircling the entire city, forming a unique mountain city landscape of 'Guanyin hanging pearls' that is rare in the country. Standing on the city wall, you can overlook the beautiful scenery of the entire Tingzhou city, feeling the historical thickness and vicissitudes.
Historically, the city wall of Tingzhou has undergone multiple expansions and reinforcements, from the earthen walls of the Tang Dynasty to the brick and stone walls of the Song Dynasty; each brick and stone seems to be telling its own story. These walls have not only witnessed the rise and fall of Changting but also carry countless people's memories and emotions.
Walking through the streets and alleys of Changting, you can feel the simple and rich Hakka customs. Try some authentic Hakka cuisine, listen to the stories told by the elderly, and you can seem to integrate into the culture of this land.
Changting, a place worth exploring. Whether it's historical relics or cultural customs, they will make you linger and forget to return. Next time you have a chance, why not take a trip to Changting and experience its unique charm!
Scarlett.Rivera.51
Longyan, Fujian | Charming Travel Guide to Changting Ancient City
Changting Ancient City does sound enchanting! If you have the chance to visit Longyan in Fujian, you must not miss exploring Changting Ancient City. Hidden at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong, and Jiangxi provinces, it is the western gateway of Fujian. The ancient city is built along the mountains and water, originating from the Tang Dynasty. After a thousand years of vicissitudes, it is filled with a strong sense of human life and is also the birthplace of Chinese Hakka cuisine, with all kinds of delicious snacks available.
🚉If you arrive at Changting South Station by high-speed train, you can reach the ancient city in about 15 minutes by car, or you can also take the No. 3 bus. There are trains to Longyan from Changting South Station at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, making transportation very convenient.
⭐️Tour route in the ancient city:
Taiping Bridge➡️Baxi Pavilion➡️Dafudi➡️Tianhou Palace➡️East Street➡️Old Ancient Well➡️Wen Temple➡️Sanyuan Pavilion➡️Wolong Academy➡️Baozhu Gate➡️Fuyou Gate➡️Diantou Street➡️Jichuan Gate➡️Yunxiang Pavilion➡️Taiping Bridge.
🎫There is no admission fee to tour the ancient city, but if you want to visit attractions such as the ancient city tower, Baxi Pavilion, Dafudi, and Wolong Academy, you need to buy tickets, or you can choose to buy a pass.
🌃You must not miss the night tour when you come to the ancient city at night. There are flower bridge songs and dances and light shows on the Ting River, which are very dreamy. Taking an antique boat along the Ting River to tour the ancient city is even more enchanting than during the day, and the boat ride costs 80 yuan per person, with half-price student tickets.
⭐️Must-visit attractions in Changting Ancient City include:
1⃣️Tingzhou Ancient City Wall: The well-preserved city wall is about 3000 meters long and has 12 city gates.
2⃣️Diantou Street: An old street with many time-honored shops, full of heritage and stories.
3⃣️Wolong Academy: The garden landscape is beautiful, the environment is quiet, and it is full of ancient charm.
4⃣️Jichuan Gate: The face of the ancient city, majestic.
5⃣️Baxi Pavilion: Vividly describes the joys of a hundred years of life.
6⃣️Dafudi: A representative work of Hakka architecture, with exquisite wood and stone carvings.
⭐️Changting's snacks blend the flavors of Hakka and other regions, and are very popular, including Boji board, scallion beef, scallion oil noodles, beef bone soup, lantern cakes, Bozi rice, fried ripe cakes, fried potato balls, sweet soup, vegetarian Shao Mai, salt wine Hetian chicken, pearl balls, fried taro, taro dumplings, dried tofu, and other delicious dishes.
It seems that Changting Ancient City is a great place full of history and food, worth exploring! 🏰🍜
L0g@n M@rt.n3z
The most successful time I followed the trend was in Changting Ancient Town
International friend Louis Allee once said, 'China has the two most beautiful small towns, one is Fenghuang in Hunan and the other is Changting in Fujian.' Changting is really beautiful now! It's definitely worth a visit!!
⚠️But promise me!! Do not come to Changting during public holidays 😭😭 You must take this advice ⚠️
The holiday experience is really bad, accommodation is expensive, and it's crowded and packed!! Normal days accommodation is 100, holiday accommodation 5-700
Changting is small, a weekend of two days and one night is enough, next I will tell you how to play and what to eat!! A complete guide to food, transportation, accommodation, and attractions
🚗 About transportation
🔘Take a high-speed train to , then take a taxi or bus to the city area, about 10-15 minutes by taxi
🔘If driving, just go directly to the city area, find a place to park, then walk~
🔘The city area is very small, it's not easy to hail a taxi during festivals, but there are many shared electric bikes in the city which are very practical, I recommend riding these
🏨 About accommodation
The county town is very small, it's convenient to stay anywhere, as long as it's in the main urban area of the county town. Many homestays can't be reached directly by car, I personally suggest staying in a hotel, it's very convenient to take a taxi from the hotels in the city area, basically 10 yuan can get you anywhere
⛩️ About attractions
List of must-visit attractions in Changting
✅Jichuan Gate (view the night scene of Tingzhou from the city gate)
✅Dafudi (the first carved building in Fujian)
✅Tingzhou Baxi Hall (displays the eight major happy events of Hakka life)
✅Wolong Academy (has Huizhou-style architecture donated by Jackie Chan, better to visit during the day)
✅Diantou Street (a very charming ancient street with lots of snacks and specialties)
✅Sanyuan Pavilion-Museum-Tingzhou Examination Hall-Confucian Temple (all on one line, stroll and check in)
✅Dingwuling (a Hakka mountain fortress village with no mosquitoes for a thousand years)
✅Qu'aoli Wharf (Tingzhou wharf with a Jiangnan charm)
Anyway, Changting is just that big, except for Dingwuling and Qu'aoli Wharf, the other attractions are very concentrated~ you can see them just by walking around!
🎫 About tickets
Other places do not require tickets🎫, a combined ticket for four attractions is 88r/person
🍜 About food
Hakka cuisine, you can never get tired of it for a lifetime! Here are some of my favorite Hakka restaurants and snack shops,
✅Xunwei Tingzhou✅Shengquan Snacks✅Chengqiang Jian Shu Bing✅Xuancheng Boji Ban✅Laoke Wei✅Baxi Courtyard✅Qixing Restaurant✅A Xiu Qing Soup Noodles✅Laodian Dry Steamed Meat✅Qinhui Nan Food Restaurant
📝 About the route
✔️First day: Arrive in Changting at noon▶️Eat lunch on Shuidong Street▶️Afternoon Taiping Bridge▶️Attractions inside Dongda Street▶️Jichuan Gate▶️Diantou Street▶️Sanyuan Pavilion▶️Wolong Academy▶️Dinner on Diantou Street▶️Stroll again to see the night view
✔️Second day: Take a taxi to Dingwuling or Qu'aoli Wharf, return to the county town for lunch, and buy some Changting specialties like dried tofu in the afternoon
⚠️Friendly reminder: Do not drive yourself to Changting during holidays, if you do drive, park at the hotel and then ride a shared bike
Changting·Longyan
TravelerTales
Special Forces One-Day Tour in Changting
🚗 After driving to Changting South Station, enjoy a one-day tour of the ancient city of Changting: take photos in characteristic clothing at Sanyuan Pavilion, visit Wolong Academy, Changting County Museum, Diantou Street, the Ancient City Wall, Jichuan Gate (night scene recommended, enjoy a pleasant boat ride), stroll in Longtan Park, explore the Daifu Residence, Baxi Pavilion, Taiping Bridge, and Shuidong Street (taste delicious snacks). Walk or rent a shared bicycle, as each scenic spot is a short distance apart. The city area is not large, but it has a long history and culture, allowing you to leisurely walk and savor the experience.