Quanzhou Travel Guide

 piglet44 Says:  I don't know why this temple is not so famous as the Kaiyuan Si because we found it to be very interesting.The temple is very old and has an ornate roof in the typical style of South Fujian with colourful animals and dragons. Outside are many people selling incense and... 

 piglet44 Says:  We had heard that Arab traders used to live in Quanzhou in Marco Polo's time and hailing from the Middle East we were curious to see a Chinese Mosque. It was not quite as ornate or fascinating as the Buddhist temples we have seen but it was interesting and dates from over... 

 piglet44 Says:  We went round the little Overseas Chinese Museum which was free of charge and in my view rather interesting (maybe not for everyone)It describes the history of the Chinese who left Fujian Province to escape slave labour conditions as "coolies" for the Westerners and traveled... 

 multi Says:  The West Lake Park is located in the north-west part of the city. It was called the "North-west Ocean" which was composed of three famous bridges, three sections of water and four small isles. Inside of this park there is the biggest lake in Quanzhou city. Here a lot of... 

 multi Says:  The second tallest hill within in the city limits, crowned with a huge statue of a famous general riding a horse. A lot of people climb on the hill, there fanatstic view on Quanzhou city. 

 multi Says:  A very old and famous pair of giant stone pagodas surrounded by temples and wonderful gardens and trees. Very big territory so you can walk here a long time. Unfortunately it is not possible to go inside of towers.Closed at 17 o'clock. 

 multi Says:  One of the oldest Mosques in the world and the only one build in that century.Territory is very small, you will no see much there. Just some ruins, small mosque model, mango tree )asmission is 10 rmb 

 multi Says:  Qingyuan Mountain is main attraction in Quanzhou, it is one of the national park in China. It covers area more than 56 sq.m. The mountain situated at the north part of Quanzhou.Here you can see the biggest statue in China of philosopher Lao Tse (Laozi). There is a legend... 

 multi Says:  I haven't visited this museum, just got picture outside. Very interesting buiding.Free admission, open 9:00-16:00 

 ellyse Says:  To be more exact, it's called the China Museum for Fujian-Taiwan Kinship, in Chinese it's the Min3 Tai2 Yuan2 Bo2 Wu4 Guan3. This's the only museum in mainland China that focuses on Taiwan. It opened in end-May 2006 and there's also a new Quanzhou Museum beside it. Admission... 

 claude-andre Says:  One of the first bridges built over the sea, Luoyang Bridge is about 1000 years old. It has 834m long and 7m wide, with a lot of stone carvings.It's nearly half way between Quanzhou and Chongwu. The visit ould be done the same day as Chongwu. Eg. when returning to Quanzhou... 

 ellyse Says:  For breakfast, porridge with a selection of side dishes that you can point-and-pick. Before 1000 every morning they offer all-you-can-eat plain porridge and sweet potato porridge for FREE, so I took full advantage of the offer -- only expenditure was half a salted egg for... 

 ellyse Says:  Bus to Chongwu cost 10 RMB; there's no timing specified on the ticket, but rather a latest time that you must use the ticket by -- mine was 1830 so I assume that's the last departure time. If you have to go via a change of buses at Hui'an, it'll cost you a few more RMB. 

 Confucius Says:  About 3 kilometers north of Quanzhou is Qingyuan Mountain. Here you'll see an ancient statue of my fellow philandering philosopher Laozi. The five meter high statue was carved during the Song dynasty, making it over 1000 years old. Legend has it that if you rub his nose...