The following is a guide to traveling in Fuzhou, hoping to help you have a wonderful trip to Fuzhou🥳
🧚🏻Recommended attractions
1️⃣ Sanfang Qixiang: Known as the "Ming and Qing Architecture Museum", there are many celebrity residences and traditional buildings, and you can also taste special snacks such as meat dumplings and fish balls.
2️⃣ Shipbuilding Science and Technology Park: Mawei is the birthplace of China's shipbuilding, and Shipbuilding Science and Technology Park can give you an in-depth understanding of the development history of China's modern navy.
3️⃣ Xichan Ancient Temple: A thousand-year-old ancient temple in Fuzhou, with strong incense and magnificent buildings. There are 500 Arhats in the Arhat Pavilion. You can overlook the entire ancient temple from the top of the main hall.
• Natural scenery🌬️
1️⃣ Pingtan Island: The largest island in Fujian, with primitive island style, blue water and offshore windmills. You can drive or ride an electric bike around the island. The Fairy Well and Beibu Gulf Ecological Corridor on the north line, and the Monkey Research Island and Tannan Bay on the south line are all worth visiting.
2️⃣Fudao: A forest trail with a hollow steel frame design that runs through the five major parks in Fuzhou. Along the way, you can enjoy the city scenery and natural landscape, and you can also have a drink in a teahouse.
3️⃣Gushan: A well-known scenic spot in Fuzhou, you can climb the mountain to exercise. The thousand-year-old Yongquan Temple on the mountain is very popular, and you can also take a cable car to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Fuzhou.
City Leisure🦋
1️⃣ Fuzhou West Lake Park: A relatively complete classical garden park in Fuzhou, with attractions such as Liudi and Kaihua Temple in the park. You can take a boat to tour the lake and visit the Fujian Museum.
2️⃣ Shangxiahang Historical and Cultural District: Known as the "Fuzhou Traditional Commercial Museum", the ancient streets and bridges are matched with the feeling of Jiangnan bridges and flowing water. The lights are on at night and it is very photogenic.
3️⃣Yantai Mountain: Suitable for citywalk, with the International Architecture Expo and the fashionable commercial district, you can enjoy the night view of the Minjiang River and Fuzhou.
🍛Food recommendations
1️⃣Meat dumpling: I recommend Tongli Meat Duck Shop. Its original meat dumpling is full of ingredients, the skin is tender and tough, and the filling is delicious.
2️⃣ Buddha Jumps Over the Wall: Zheng Chunfa Buddha Jumps Over the Wall (Sandi Center Store)'s Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is inherited from the Qing Dynasty. It has a jar of flavors and the soup is rich and mellow.
3️⃣ Fish balls: Yonghe Fish Balls' eel balls are fragrant and taste good, with a chewy skin wrapped in tender meat filling.
4️⃣ Peanut soup: The peanut soup of Meiyabo Peanut Soup Shop, the peanuts are cooked soft, glutinous and sweet, the soup is rich, and sweet but not greasy.
5️⃣ Lychee meat: You can taste it in Fuzhou restaurants such as Lao Fuzhou. It is ruddy in color, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and sweet and sour.
🏠Accommodation suggestions
We stayed at the Meixiyue Hotel, which had good service. The old house was not soundproofed well. The front desk would tell us in advance that the bedside was equipped with earplugs and eye masks, and the afternoon tea was also delicious🍵
🚶Itinerary
• Three-day tour
◦ Day 1: Sanfang Qixiang→Fujian Museum→West Lake Park. Visit Sanfang Qixiang in the morning, go to Fujian Museum in the afternoon to learn about Fuzhou's history and culture, and take a walk in West Lake Park and take a boat tour in the evening.
◦ Day 2: Xichan Ancient Temple→Shangxiahang Historical and Cultural District→QMC Square→Yantai Mountain→Zhongzhou Island→Night View of the Heart of Minjiang River. Visit Xichan Ancient Temple in the morning, visit Shangxiahang in the afternoon, and then visit QMC Square, Yantai Mountain, and Zhongzhou Island in turn, and enjoy the night view of the Heart of Minjiang River in the evening.
◦ Day 3: Gushan→Pingtan Island. Go to Gushan in the morning, climb the mountain or take a cable car, and go to Pingtan Island in the afternoon to enjoy the island scenery.