Fujian Travel Guide: Plan Your Ultimate Trip to Fujian

Top Things to Do in Fujian

1. Explore the Unique Fujian Tulou 

Fujian Tulou is a cluster of rammed earth buildings often in round and square shapes with a large courtyard in the center. As a UNESCO World Heritage site, these centuries-old residences are not just a kind of architecture, but more like a cultural symbol conveying Hakka people’s way of living and traditional customs that have been practiced for generations.

Visitors are able to appreciate the best-preserved Tulou clusters at Yongding, Nanjing and Hua’an. Meanwhile, there are also colorful folk activities, such as tea art performances and traditional Hakka dances, and characteristic Hakka foods available to enrich your sightseeing tour.

2. Have A Relaxing Time at Gulangyu Island

Gulangyu is a car-free paradise lying off the coast of Xiamen Island and is always the no. 1 destination for a Xiamen tour. Visitors can enjoy the most beautiful seascape on the soft beach and even gain a panoramic view at the Sunlight Rock, which is the highest point of the whole island.

Take a leisurely walk around and you can experience the obvious exotic atmosphere of Gulangyu. Different styles of European mansions are lined up along the streets and shaded in lush trees. Some of them were rebuilt as museums displaying a large collection of antique pianos and organs, as well as classical records, earning Gulangyu the reputation as “the Island of Music”.

3. Admire Danxia Landform at Wuyi Mountains

Mount Wuyi is famed for its picturesque scenery and the rich Chinese tea culture. The greatest highlight is the Danxia landform. Here, exposed rocks are like giant canvas with multi-colored sandstones depicting irregular patterns on the surface. And turquoise streams and rivers snake through rolling mountains, adding a sense of vitality to this natural landscape painting.

Mt. Wuyi is also the main producer of two famous kinds of oolong tea, Wuyi Rock Tea and Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe). It could make for a special experience for tourists to visit tea plantations during their Mount Wuyi tours to learn about the tea-making process and also gain insight into the profound China tea culture.

4. Stroll Around Sanfang Qixiang

Sanfang Qixiang, translated as “Three Lanes and Seven Alleys”, is a historical block in downtown Fuzhou. The whole scenic area appears to be a museum of well-preserved buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911).

Visitors can walk down the flagstone path admiring the quaint dwellings, courtyards and gardens on both sides. There are also a lot of restaurants, food stalls and teahouses offering a culinary exploration of Fuzhou cuisines.

5. Feel the Culture Infusion in Quanzhou

This port city was where the great Maritime Silk Road started and where oriental and western civilizations met and interacted. During the Quanzhou tour, visitors can not only immerse in the profound Chinese culture by visiting ancient temples and courtyards, such as Kaiyuan Temple and Heavenly Empress Palace. There are also blocks gathering a great number of red brick houses with Southeast Asian style, old-fashioned Islamist mosques and Christian churches, adding an exotic ambience to this historical city.

6. Take A Trip to Meizhou Island

Meizhou Island, with a 30.4-kilometer-long coastline, is not just a destination to get close to the sea. Moreover, it is believed to be the birthplace of Mazu, the goddess of the sea, making it the best place to explore the unique Mazu culture in Fujian. The Mazu Temple is a place you should not miss on your visit. The temple is steeped in rich cultural ambience and the giant statue of Goddess Mazu inside is considered the iconic landmark of the whole island.

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