Quanzhou can be said to be a city with historical background. More than 700 years ago, it was called "the city of light" by Italian Marco Polo. It had more than 400 years of glory in the middle ages. "Look at Xi'an from the ground and Quanzhou from the ground". Walking in the middle of the city, the ancient style will still flash many times inadvertently, which is simple and elegant, delicate and graceful, introverted and deep, relaxed and unrestrained. So, what are the interesting places in Quanzhou?
1. East Lake Park
East Lake Park site is the site of eight famous scenic spots' East Lake Lotus' in ancient Quanzhou. In Tang Dynasty, there were more than 40 hectares of lake, including East Lake Pavilion and ERGONG Pavilion; in Song Dynasty, there was Bonn Pavilion; in Ming Dynasty, there was LAN ancient pavilion. Plant lotus flowers, and become a star lake with lotus fragrance. It is famous for Tang Jiang Gongfu, Han Yu, ouyangzhan, etc. East Lake Park is characterized by the architectural culture of South Fujian, with the central lake as the main body and the cultural landscape around the lake.
The static areas such as star lake lotus fragrance, Qifeng Pavilion, seven stars gongyue, ERGONG Pavilion, East Lake Pavilion, Bonn Pavilion and Langgu Pavilion will be built; the children's Park, double boat Chaoyang and cruise ship wharf will be the moving areas. More than 20 plant mountain and stone landscapes, such as the refined construction of Erythrina and Ruilin, have taken the whole park of Cuicui, highlighting the stone culture of Southern Fujian with stone carving and stone carving. It has not only the historical and cultural connotation of Quanzhou, but also the new trend of the times, with unique style. He has won the provincial "environmental beauty Award" for three times, and was also rated as "top 10 buildings loved by the public" and "top 10 night scenes in Quanzhou". In 1998, it was selected as one of the 100 famous gardens in China for its elegant and beautiful landscape style in the south of the Yangtze River.
[transportation] bus routes: 1, 12, 15, 18, 2, 28, 30, 33, 39, 40, 46, 7, 9.
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2. Fuwen Temple
Fuwen temple is located in Pan palace, Zhongshan Road, Licheng District. It was first built in the early years of Taiping (976 A.D.) in the Northern Song Dynasty, and then moved to another place. In the third year of Daguan (1109 A.D.), it was moved back to the original place for reconstruction. The existing buildings still maintain the original appearance in the early Qing Dynasty, and it is the largest existing Confucian temple in China. In 2001, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.
[transportation] take bus No.3, 4, 6, 14, 19, 25, 26, 32, 47 to fuwenmiao station.
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3. Kaiyuan Temple
National key cultural relics protection units, the first 4A level tourist attractions in China. Located in the West Street of the city, it was built in 686, the second year of Tangwu Zetian's Sagong, formerly known as "Lotus Temple". In the 26th year of Tang Kaiyuan (AD 738), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ordered all States to build a Kaiyuan Temple, so it became its current name. The temple covers an area of 78000 square meters. Large scale, spectacular construction, beautiful scenery, once with Luoyang White Horse Temple, Hangzhou Lingyin Temple, Beijing Guangji temple. The main buildings are Mahavira hall, manna altar, East and West towers, etc.
Daxiong hall is the main building of the central axis, which was built in the second year of Tang Dynasty (686 AD). The existing buildings are relics of the 10th year of Chongzhen (1637 AD) in the Ming Dynasty. The main hall is 20 meters high, preserving the magnificent architectural style of the Tang Dynasty. Ganlu altar was built in the Song Dynasty. Now it is rebuilt in the early Ming Dynasty and is one of the three major altar in China.
Standing in the square on both sides of baiting, the octagonal and five story stone pagoda with wood like structure, which is about 200 meters away, is one of the four famous pagodas in Quanzhou. The East Tower is named as "Zhenguo tower", with a total height of 48.24 meters; the West Tower is named as "Renshou tower", with a total height of 44.06 meters, slightly lower than the East Tower, with almost the same scale as the East Tower. The two pagodas are the treasures of ancient stone architecture in China and the symbol of Quanzhou, a famous historical and cultural city.
[transportation] bus: take bus No.2, 961, tourist line 601, etc. and get off at kaiyuansi station.
[ticket] - free ticket
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L is a well-known temple in Quanzhou. You can come here to pray.
The East and West towers in Kaiyuan Temple are the signs and symbols of Quanzhou ancient city.
There are only three martial arts circles in China, which are very rare in China.
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4. Qingyuan mountain
National key scenic spots. It is the North barrier of Quanzhou City, with an altitude of 498 meters and an area of 62 square kilometers. The main scenic area is 3 kilometers away from the urban area. Stone is the wonder of Qingyuan, and spring is the spirit of Qingyuan. Yuan people praised "the first mountain of Penglai in Fujian sea". "Qingyuan Dingzhi" is one of the ten sceneries in old Quanzhou, which has always been a tourist attraction.
According to the records of Quanzhou official records, Qingyuan mountain was first developed in the Qin Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism competed to occupy land and operate. They also had the traces of Islam, Manichaeism and Hinduism, and gradually developed into a famous cultural mountain with multiple religions. In the scenic spot, there are flowing springs and waterfalls, strange rocks and different caves, overlapping peaks and green mountains, and thousands of trees competing for the show. The cultural landscape dominated by religious temples and temples, scholars and academies, stone carvings, stone carvings and other cultural relics is almost everywhere in Qingyuan mountain. There are 7 existing intact large-scale stone carvings of Taoism and Buddhism in song and Yuan Dynasties, 9 in total, and more than 600 cliff carvings in past dynasties. The Granite wood carvings in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties are made of imitation wood Three stone chambers of Buddha statues were constructed, as well as the stupa of Buddhist monk Hongyi (Li Shutong) and Guangqin.
Since ancient times, Qingyuan mountain has been famous for 36 caves and 18 scenic spots, especially laojunyan, qianshouyan, midaiyan, bixiaoyan, ruixiangyan, huliuquan, Nantai rock, Qingyuan cave and cienyan. Among them, six stone statues of Qingyuan mountain in song and Yuan Dynasties, represented by laojunyan, are listed as national cultural relics protection units.
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Take bus No.3, 10, 30, 45, 202, 209, 601 and K1 to Quanshan Road (Qingyuan mountain scenic spot).
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Quanzhou is the first and only 5A level scenic spot, a must visit landmark!
There are the largest and oldest Taoist stone sculptures in China, laojunyan!
It's a good place for mountain climbing and exercise. You can find a tea shop on the way to have a tea or have a snack at the edge of Tianhu after climbing to the top.
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5. West Lake Park
Located in the south of Qingyuan mountain in the northwest of the city, it is an important part of the northwest ocean flood detention and drainage project. This area is located in a low-lying plain area. In the past, when there was a large flood, it mainly relied on the natural water surface and paddy field for flood detention, commonly known as the "northwest ocean". Due to the serious flood disaster, the municipal Party committee and the municipal government attach great importance to the construction of the northwest ocean flood detention and drainage project, which has been listed as the first proposal of the fifth session of the 12th Municipal People's Congress.
Since June 1999, with an investment of 170 million yuan and a period of more than two years, the park has been built, which is composed of three famous bridges, three waters and four islands. The West Lake covers an area of 100 hectares, including 82.28 hectares of water area, 1.72 hectares of Square Road area, 16 hectares of green area and more than 200 species of trees.
The West Lake is full of flowers, brocade clusters, and waves. It borders Qingyuan mountain naturally. The beautiful and green mountain color of Qingyuan mountain complements the floating beauty of the West Lake. The lake, light and mountain are integrated into a whole, which is of great garden beauty. It is a lake garden with good ecological environment in the city. In December 2001, it was awarded the honorary title of "China Habitat Environment Model Award" by the Ministry of construction.
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Take bus 6, 17, 21, 22, 26, 27, 33, 37, 39, 201, 601, 602 to Jiannan Garden Station.
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6. Tianhou Palace
Founded in the second year of Qingyuan in Song Dynasty (1196 A.D.), Mazu temple is the oldest, largest and oldest of the existing Mazu temple, and it is listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.
In history, Putian, Mazu's hometown, was once under the jurisdiction of Quanzhou, the largest port in the East in ancient times. Due to the continuous emigration and trade activities of Quanzhou people, Mazu belief spread far and wide in the mainland of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.
In addition to the complete preservation of majestic ancient buildings such as the main hall and the back hall, Quanzhou Tianhou palace has successively repaired the mountain gate, the stage, the bell and Drum Tower, the East-West corridor and other buildings, and will continue to build the dressing building with the warm support of the government and the believers at home and abroad. The Museum of Fujian Taiwan relationship history built in the palace has a large number of precious historical and folk cultural relics. Quanzhou Tianhou palace was built in the Southern Song Dynasty when Quanzhou port gradually became the National Foreign Trade Center. It is an important historical record for studying the history of overseas transportation.
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Take the bus No. 31 to get off at the tianhuagong station.
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The earliest and larger Mazu temple in the southeast coast of China!
The incense is very strong here. You can come here to pray and worship empress Tian.
The building itself has the architectural characteristics of South Fujian.
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7. Panshan Park
Panshan park is located in the north of Jinpan section of Jiangbin North Road in the urban area, with a total area of about 70 mu. It is the only riverside Mountain Park in Quanzhou, built by Vanke. It has leisure tea pavilion, children's amusement park, basketball court and other facilities and equipment, which is equivalent to a natural fitness and leisure club, where you can climb mountains and drink tea.
On the basis of the original vegetation, Panshan park uses artistic methods to plant landscape. Based on the principle of ecological priority and overall priority, it reasonably configures planting, pays attention to seasonal changes and interspecific harmony, and creates a green eye. Respecting the cultural context of the base, keeping the original old sugar factory, ancient banyan tree, tree lined bluestone road and the perfect combination of later planning and construction, it is a unique ecological park. The footpath and Panshan park are closely linked to Panshan park's green ecological corridor.
In the urban space where mountains and rivers depend on each other, the continuity of ecological environment, context protection and local life style can effectively meet the demands of the development of contemporary urban space function, and form the overall expression of "context Quanzhou" and "contemporary Quanzhou".
[transportation] Panshan park is located in the center of four urban trunk lines, with smooth traffic. The north is Beiqing Road, the south is Jiangbin North Road, the west is Zhanqian North South Avenue, the East is Xixian Road, and the public transportation station is Panshan market station. The bus lines are 6, 22, 26, 33, 46, 208, 602, etc.
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8. Riverside Park
Quanzhou riverside park is located in the flood area outside the flood control dike at the lower reaches of Jinjiang River. The river is wide, with clear water quality, flat terrain and fertile soil. During this period, there are a large number of grasslands, ancient banyan trees, longan trees and cultural relics, which are very suitable for the growth of plants and the construction of landscape.
The park starts from Quanzhou bridge in the East and ends at zhunjiang bridge in the west, with a total length of about 3.5 square meters and a width of 800-950 meters, covering a total area of 4340 mu. Among them, the land area is 2530 Mu and the water area is about 1810 mu. It is divided into six theme parks for development and construction. It is located in Licheng section of flood passage area of lower reaches of Jinjiang River, with a planning area of 166.7 hectares.
The construction of Jiangbin Park strives to achieve four 'highlights': first, the restoration of the original stalagmite, mountain and river altar, linzhangmen, jieguanting and other historical and cultural landscapes in the park, highlighting the historical and cultural heritage; second, the layout of ecological landscapes such as Longyan garden, peach blossom garden, lotus pond and highlighting the natural ecological landscape according to the original trees; third, the planning and construction of sports fields, beach pools, music fountains and other rests in the park Leisure and entertainment projects highlight the concept of people-oriented; fourth, through investment promotion, to build Jiangbin Food City, flower market, yacht wharf, to realize the rolling appreciation of Park assets, highlighting the commercial operation.
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9. Quanzhou Forest Park
Quanzhou Forest Park is located in Donghai Town, Fengze District, reaching Daping mountain in the west, Quanzhou Bay in the East, Houzhu port in the East, Tonggang road in the south, and Luoyang River Estuary in the north, with a total control area of 547.1 hectares.
The park construction relies on the coastal resources such as big and small Taohua mountain, Quanzhou Bay Estuary Wetland Reserve, and the historical relics of Quanzhou ancient city, highlighting the famous historical and cultural city, the famous hometown of overseas Chinese, the starting point of the maritime Silk Road, and the world heritage