#Songkou Ancient Town Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
Ancient Towns
Address:
Songkou Town, Yongtai County, Fuzhou City
Opening times:
Open year round, 24/7Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
1 day
Fuzhou Suburban Tour | Great Weekend Destinations, Autumn Delicacies, Scenery, and Hot Springs
Great weekend destinations, autumn delicacies, scenery, and hot springs.🏞️ Within an hour's drive from downtown Fuzhou, there lies a county known for its 'three abundances' - plenty of mountains, fruits, and hot springs. This is Yongtai of Fuzhou, a treasure garden hidden behind the scenes.
⛰️ The farmhouses stand on cliffs, facing the sea of clouds. With modular box architecture, they resemble spaceships from another world. The large floor-to-ceiling windows allow you to push the door open to see the green mountains, listen to the wind in the rice fields, and sleep amidst the fragrance of rice and clouds.
💃 Experience the traditional costumes of the She ethnic group and the ethnic customs within the farmhouse.
🍴 Taste the regional delicacies that vary with the seasons, with the most representative being the smoked duck with camellia oil, where the rich duck meat meets the strong aroma of tea oil.
🚗 A half-hour drive will take you to attractions such as Yunhu Valley, Tong'an Aijing Zhuang, and Baiji Gou. Wander around the ancient town that has stood for a thousand years and experience the intangible cultural heritage crafts.
Attraction Guide:
Qingyun Mountain Cloud Eye Gallery
At this popular internet-famous spot, experience the cliff glass walkway with a vertical drop of 126m, and admire the magnificent landscape of Qingyun Mountain.
You can also experience the glass drifting with nine twists and eighteen turns, soak in hot springs, and enjoy a light show when night falls, having fun from day to night!
⏰ Open from 9:00-21:00 (entry stops at 20:00)
🎫 Single item tickets after discount range from 80-120 yuan, with children's tickets around 50 yuan.
Songkou Ancient Town
Ancient houses, ancestral halls, old streets, and the old way of life make this place seem as if it's flowing with time sealed for a thousand years. In the corners of the ancient town, artisans of persimmon dyeing techniques protect cultural heritage, and here you can experience the intangible cultural heritage firsthand.
Visit the ancient town's intangible cultural heritage snack shop at noon, taste Yongtai's special snacks like scallion pancakes, egg swallows, thread noodles, Jiuchong Gao, and enjoy a slow life on holidays!
⏰ Open all year round
🎫 Free admission
Aijing Zhuang
The name 'Aijing' means 'love for one's wife', and it is a countryside love story that has been passed down for a hundred years. Between the riverbank and the forest, in a huge manor, with swallowtail ridges, firewalls, ancient doors and windows, and 'creaking' stairs... it's ancient yet full of the breath of life.
⏰ Open all year round
🎫 Free admission
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"Travel Guide"
Songkou Ancient Town is an open scenic area with no admission fee! It's not overly commercialized, and the small shops along the street are mostly run by local residents, giving it a very authentic atmosphere.
When visiting the ancient town, you must try the scrambled egg swallow dish, then head to a teahouse for a cup of plum green tea, and take a look at the town's introductory publications.
✅Transportation🚗: Just set your destination to "Yongtai County Songkou Ancient Town".
✅Attractions:
"A Corner of the Ancient Town" ⛩
👉Folk Museum
Converted from an old pharmaceutical company, it houses farming tools and household items from the past, many of which are nostalgic.
👉Crane-shaped Road
Songkou's famous internet-famous spot, built during the Song Dynasty, with a peculiar and winding path. From above, it looks like a crane ready to take flight. The entrance study is the "crane's beak", the winding path is the "crane's neck", and the cobblestones used for the walls symbolize the rice eaten by the crane, signifying prosperity for every household.
The road leading to the Longkou ancestral house is inspired by the crane's symbolism of longevity and auspiciousness. The entrance is winding like a crane's neck, and the cobblestones are like grains of rice, wishing for the prosperity of the area.
👉Ancient Ferry
"The bridal sedan chair crossing the ferry only charges four pieces of festive money", the ferry boats at the ferry cross back and forth, taking generations of people across the Zhangxi River
✅"Food Recommendations": Egg swallow, Jiuchong Gao, Li Gan, Scallion Pancake, Mouse-shaped Gao...
👉Egg Swallow: A must-have dish for Songkou banquets, made of eggs and flour, symbolizing happiness, longevity, and health (Recommended - "Zheng Ji Egg Swallow" is quite famous locally and is one of the important food checkpoints in the ancient town.)
👉Jiuchong Gao: Rice is ground into a pulp, poured layer by layer, and steamed, symbolizing climbing higher year by year
👉Scallion Pancake and Li Gan: It seems that every household is selling them, worth a try
This weekend, invite them for a leisurely stroll through Songkou Ancient Town
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Songkou Ancient Town
A millennium-old town, the charming Songkou. Songkou Ancient Town is located in the southwestern part of Yongtai County, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and a simple and profound atmosphere. It is 82 kilometers away from Fuzhou City, and it takes more than an hour's drive. The transportation is convenient.
Songkou Ancient Town covers an area of 257 square kilometers, with a population of 32,000. On both sides of the main street of the ancient town, shops stand in great numbers, and the street is bustling with people coming and going. There are many snacks on the street, such as egg swallows, nine-layer cakes, pickled vegetable pancakes, and red mushroom chicken soup, all of which are very delicious!
Songkou Ancient Town formed a market during the Song Dynasty and has been established as a town since the Yuan Dynasty, with a history of a thousand years. The ancient town is a gathering place of culture, with many ancient residences, and is a famous historical and cultural town in China.
Strolling along the main street of the ancient town, you will see: the Time-Space Post Office, the old site of the Songkou People's Court, the Songkou Supply and Marketing Cooperative, the umbrella shop, the cloth shop, the grocery store, the watch shop, the bamboo weaving shop, etc. Leisurely walking to the ancient pier, watching the Zhangxi River flow slowly, the ancient village smoke curling up, the eyes full of lush greenery, a beautiful pastoral life painting unfolds before your eyes, touching your heart. Looking back, an ancient building 'Dexing Building' stands at the ancient pier, which is a wooden structure. Its design is very unique, built along the slope, with flying eaves and corners, especially imposing! Admiring the superb carpentry skills of the ancients!
Would you like to experience Songkou Ancient Town?
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Fuzhou, a comfortable, leisurely, and romantic historic cultural ancient town
🏨 Yongtai Songkou Ancient Town
❤Recommended reason:
Take a stroll in Songkou Ancient Town this weekend! Yongtai Songkou Ancient Town, a millennium-old town, is also the only Chinese historical and cultural famous town in Fuzhou!
The open ancient town, no tickets required! Feel free to sleep in and set off when you wake up naturally, have some fried egg Yan, then go to a teahouse for a cup of plum green tea, read some brochures about the ancient town, and at around 3 or 4 pm, head out to walk along the stone-paved roads and see the appearance of this thousand-year-old town.
🚉Transportation strategy:
1-2 hours by high-speed train from Quanzhou/Fuzhou, just locate 'Yongtai County Songkou Ancient Town'.
🗓Itinerary:
1. There is a folk museum in a corner of the ancient town, transformed from an old pharmaceutical company, filled with farming tools and household items from that time, many of which are old objects seen in childhood!
2. Crane-shaped Road
The road leading to Longkou Ancestral House, symbolizing the longevity and auspiciousness of cranes, with the entrance winding like a crane's neck and the cobblestones resembling grains of rice, wishing for the prosperity of the land!
3. Ancient Ferry
'Only four coins for the bridal sedan to cross,' the ferry boats at the ferry come and go, taking generations of people across the Zhangxi River!
🍽Dining recommendations:
1. Egg Yan: A must-try, an essential dish for feasts in Songkou, made of eggs and flour, symbolizing happiness, fulfillment, longevity, and health!
2. Jiuchong Gao: Rice is ground into a pulp, poured layer by layer, each layer steamed on top of the previous one, symbolizing climbing higher with each passing year.
3. Scallion pancakes and Li Gan: It seems like every household is selling them, so since you're here, why not give them a try!
👍Most recommended:
The ancient town after the rain should be even more comfortable! This weekend, make a date to take a leisurely walk in Songkou Ancient Town!
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Appendix Eight of the Twelve National Treasures of Yongtai, Songkou Ancient Town, Longkou Ancestral House
Appendix Eight of the Twelve National Treasures of Yongtai, Songkou Ancient Town, Longkou Ancestral House
This house is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Songkou Ancient Town, a provincial cultural relics protection unit, the largest ancient house in Songkou. The most famous thing in the house is the crane-shaped road. It is said that it was built by the old Zheng family during the Southern Song Dynasty, and was helped by Zhang Shengjun, the master of the Lushan School of the Five Thunder Sect, but it was actually built during the Kangxi and Jiaqing periods.
The introduction of the Zheng family is very few, just the local landlords in Songkou.
Zhang Cixi, a man from Songkou, Yongtai, during the reign of Emperor Zhaozong at the end of the Tang Dynasty, was born as a poor cowherd boy. He learned witchcraft from his uncle Jiang, a god. It is said that he had a fairy fate and ate half a peach. He practiced Taoism in Fanghu Rock, Yongtai, and ascended in Jinsha, Minqing. Later, he joined the Lushan School established by Xu Jingyang at the bottom of the Minjiang River, mainly for demon suppression, plague elimination, rain request, and wealth seeking. It is said that he was smoked into a black face in a fight with the Five Pass Ghosts, and was sealed as the Master of the Five Thunder Sect on July by the Jade Emperor after a fight with Lei Gong. Because there are ten million believers in Taiwan, it is listed as a cultural protection in Fujian and Taiwan.
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Fujian, this place is underestimated, comparable to a paradise
👉Tour route: Songkou Ancient Town-Spring Light Village (about 40 minutes drive between the two places
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⛳Yongtai County Songkou Ancient Town
Nowadays, most ancient towns are too commercialized
Songkou is a simple but full of life place
It has a history of thousands of years, peaceful and simple in the dust
Backed by green mountains, surrounded by green water, the old house is newly built but still green bricks and black tiles
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🥳Tour tips:
✨The main road of Songkou is a straight street, one side leads to the ancient ferry through the commercial street, and the other side leads to the ancient house; if you encounter a favorite alley, just go in, and you can feel the charm of the ancient town to the greatest extent by walking into the local life
✨You can try the local farmers' own egg swallows, candied fruit, plum wine, onion pancakes, etc.
✨Attractions: Crane-shaped Road, Ancient Ferry, Dexing Building, Folk Museum
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⛳Yongtai County Spring Light Village
Yongtai version of "Yunshui Ballad"
A dozen ancient banyan trees on the side of the ancient pier overlap
Reflected in the ripples of the green water
It seems to be in a ink painting
Camping on the shore, making a pot of tea, and finding the long-lost relaxation
There are cruise ships at the pier, you can take a boat to visit the mountains and rivers, and it looks good to take pictures at will
🥳It is a place suitable for relaxing or parent-child travel during the Spring Festival
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🏮Why not take advantage of the Spring Festival holiday and come to Yongtai to experience the slow time of living by the water
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The ancient town of Qikou is the only historical and cultural town in Fuzhou.