Zhangzhou is not as famous as Xiamen and Fuzhou, but its area is three times larger than Xiamen, with nine counties and two districts, and its coastline is twice as long as Xiamen.
Zhangzhou's economy is not as good as Quanzhou's, but it has beautiful scenery, rich cultural landscape, beautiful coastline, ancient cities, earth buildings and delicious food. It is a scenic spot hidden behind Xiamen.
Zhangzhou is also a famous historical and cultural city. Our ancestors lived here ten thousand years ago. In 686, female emperor Wu Zetian built Zhangzhou County, which has a history of 1300. It can be regarded as one of the cradles of Minnan culture.
Zhangzhou ancient city
The ancient city of Zhangzhou is actually the old city of Zhangzhou, and it is also the bustling city center today. The stone archway in Ming Dynasty stands high on the street corner, and there are many shops and arcades on the street. There are old streets, old buildings, southern Fujian flavor and slow life here.
The buildings in the ancient city of Zhangzhou have not been extensively repaired. Original flavor, antique, and the ancient city at night is melodious.
Zhangzhou ancient buildings
Fujian tulou is unique in the world. This huge collective house surrounded by defensive earth walls embodies the deep-rooted Confucian traditional concept of living, which is integrated with mountains and rivers and heaven and earth, and is an outstanding example of human living.
Fujian earth buildings are mainly distributed in western and southern Fujian, with Yongding Earth Building and Zhangzhou Nanjing Earth Building being the most famous, including more than 20,000 Yongding Earth Buildings and Yongjing Earth Buildings 1.5 million. The most representative earth buildings in Zhangzhou are Tianluokeng Stone Buildings in Nanjing, Huaiyuan Building, He Jiong Building and Eryi Building in Hua 'an County.
Nanjing Tianluokeng Tulou Group
It is the landmark landscape of Fujian Tulou, which consists of square Buyun Tower, round Zhenchang Tower, Ruiyun Tower, Hechang Tower and oval Wenchang Tower, commonly known as "four dishes and one soup".
21 ST floor
Built in the fifth year of Qingganlong (1740), it is a representative of Fujian earth buildings and is famous for its large scale, scientific design, reasonable layout and well-preserved.
Huaiyuan building
Huaiyuan Building, built in 1905- 1909, is a second-ring building. There is a pool pattern on the ground in front of the building, lined with pebbles, and the design of the building is quite neat.
"stagger"
In Yuchang Building, Nanjing, after hundreds of years of erosion, the pillars of the cloister on the fourth floor are inclined in one direction, and the pillars of the cloister on the fifth floor are inclined in the other direction, with the maximum inclination of 15 degrees, commonly known as "staggered floors". After 700 years of wind and rain, it still stands safely.
Hekeng tulou group
Hekeng Tulou Group is located in Qujiang Village, Shuyang Town, Nanjing County. The planning and layout concept of the whole earth building group is "like heaven", and 14 large earth buildings are centrally arranged within the range of less than 1 square kilometer.
Shuiyunyao ancient town
Yunshuiyao ancient town is an ancient village with a long history. The scenery of the ancient town is natural and fresh, and the architecture is simple and exquisite, especially famous for streams and ancient banyan trees. There is an old cobblestone road 10 km in the village, and there are more than a dozen old banyan trees. The old banyan tree is thousands of years old.
Sitting under the big banyan tree, drinking a cup of green tea and watching the slowly rotating waterwheel is an exciting paradise.
Yunshuiyao Ancient Town, Shuyang Town, Nanjing County, Zhangzhou City
Tickets: 83 yuan (Ctrip)
Coastal Volcano National Geological Park of Zhangzhou
Located in the coastal areas of Zhangpu and Longhai, with an area of 100 square kilometers, it is a typical Tertiary volcanic geological park. China coastal volcanic landscape is the most complete, largest and most distinctive scenic spot.
Zhenhaijiao
Zhenhai Village is a seaside fishing village in Longhai City, 25 kilometers away from zhangzhou port. Surrounded by the sea on three sides, it has 270 invincible seascapes. There are blue sea and blue sky, flowers and shade, but there are no noisy people.
Sitting on the soft grass, facing the sea and blowing the sea breeze, you can feel the romantic atmosphere of spring flowers. A red and white lighthouse in the distance. Like a lonely old man, silently waiting for the return of travelers.
dongshan island
Shaped like a butterfly, also known as Butterfly Island, it is the second largest island in Fujian Province.
A beautiful seaside town full of fireworks and simple fisherman's style, the pale golden coast sets off colorful houses not far away.
It has not been overexploited, and the original flavor of the sea has been preserved. This is the location of the movie Left Ear.
Address: Dongshan Island, Dongshan County, Zhangzhou
Tickets: 52 yuan (Ctrip)
Lingtongyan Kong Xuan Temple
Tong Ling is famous for its dangerous peaks, strange rocks, clear springs and floating clouds.
Tong Ling Temple on Tonglingyan is built in a natural cave and is known as the most beautiful "Hanging Temple" in South China. There are rocks above and cliffs below. The peaks are towering and misty, just like a fairyland on earth.
Address: Pinghe County, Zhangzhou City
Admission: 20 yuan.
Zhangzhou gourmet
The most distinctive dishes in Zhangzhou are mainly seafood and various local lo mei. Cat porridge, noodles, Dongshan abalone, fried noodles, spiced rolls, Eastern Xia clams, salted chicken, braised pig's head, braised pig's tongue, braised duck, red-cooked chicken, oyster omelet, salted duck, etc.