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Our Favorite Province
In 1994,
we drove our van, "Toy Ota," over 40,000
km around China, from Xiamen on the coast up to Mongolida, through
the Gobi Desert, and to Tibet and back. (Read "Tibet
or Bust!") Since then we've driven another 100,000+ km. around
China, but Fujian is still our favorite province. Click links below
for intros to our favorite places!
Minnan
Golden Triangle
Xiamen : Gulangyu
Jimei
Tong'an
Quanzhou : Marco Polo’s fabled “Zaytun”).
Zhangzhou : Dongshan
Island Changtai
Hakka Roundhouses)
Fujian Bridges!
And
the rest of Fujian…
Wuyi Mountain : nature, culture, history
Hakka Roundhouses
Ningde
(Taimu Mountain Zhouning
(Carp Village, Waterfalls, Baishuiyang)
Yǒngtài : breathtaking scenery, Sanming (Nature, culture, history, food!)
Changting : Lil' Red Shanghai; Hakka
Architecture
Longyan Amoy Tigers,
Guanzai Mtn.
More Wooden Bridges
Water World (Sandu'ao)
Fishing Villages Upon the Sea!
Xiapu Rafting, Kukai's Temple (Japanese),
Seafood, deng deng!
Zhouning (my favorite!) Zhouning
Thumbnails Delightful place--China's largest waterfalls complex, Kungfu
fighting highlanders, carp worshippers...Putian
-- Home of Mazu, Xianyou woodworkers and sleep praying, etc.
Sanming's Mingxi--China's fourth largest gem bed (rubies, sapphires, etc.)
Quanzhou—Marco
Polo’s Fabled Zaytun
Start of the Maritime Silk
Road!
Home of Quanzhou
Marionettes
UNESCO “World Museum of Religions
Fuzhou
(aka Fuhchau, Foochow, Fuh-chau, etc.).
Fuzhou History
Fuzhou Downtown
(Pagodas, Ming Dynasty Wall, 3 Alleys & 7 Lanes, etc.)
Pagoda Anchorage (Sino-French
Battle, Mawei Memorial, Birthplace of Chinese Maritime)
Fuzhou
Mosque
Haunted Nantai Island
(Foreign Devils/Chinese Ghosts: Consulates, Churches, Seminary, etc.)
Fuzhou Cuisine
Fuzhou Specialties
and Shopping, etc.
Secret Valley of
Yongtai (one of my favorites)
Walled
City of Chongwu 崇武古城 (1 hr. north of Quanzhou)
Stonemasons,
Hui’an Maidens 惠安石雕与惠安女
Chóngwǔ’s
Forest of Statues 崇武的石雕园
Quanzhou's
City Proper
Maritime Museum
(China’s best!) 海上交通史博物馆
Ashab Mosque (1009
A.D.) 清净寺
Kāiyuán Temple
& Twin Pagodas 开元寺, 双塔
Qīngyuán Mountain
清源山
Southern Shaolin
Temple 南少林寺
China’s Largest
Taoist Statue 老君岩, 宋代道教石刻
Spirit Hill—Muslim
Tombs, Wind Stone灵山-伊斯兰教圣墓和风动石
Jìnjiāng—Home of Philippine
Hero Jose Rizal 晋江黎刹纪念广场
Earth’s
Last Manichaean Temple 摩尼教草庵 (1/2 hr. south of Quānzhōu)
Nán’ān—Hometown
of Koxinga 南安—郑成功的故乡
Jiǔrì
Hill, Maritime Silk Route 九日山,海上丝绸之路的“官方”起点
Mǐnnán
Village Cultural Landmark 蔡资深建筑群
Dehua
Town—Ancient Porcelain Capital 瓷都德化 (2 hrs. N.W.)
Qūdòugōng
Ancient Kiln 屈斗宫古窑址
Déhuà
Pottery Museum 陶瓷博物馆
Anxi
—China’s Tea Capital 茶都安溪 (1 hr. west)
ānxī’s
Potala Palace (Qīngshuǐ Temple)清水岩--安溪的布达拉宫
ānxī
Confucian Temple (1000-yrs.-old) 安溪文庙
Hútóu,
Ancient Home of Prime Lǐ Guāngdì 湖头, 李光地故居
Not
this year, Dear… Ancient
Huì’ān custom dictates that, until a child is born, newlyweds may sleep
together only on 3 nights a year : Spring Festival, Grave Sweeping Day,
and Mid-Autumn Festival. Until a child is born, if they meet one another
on the street, they must act as if they don’t even know each other.
They must really make hay on the holidays!
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Wuyi
Mtn Ningde
Putian
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Zhouning
Taimu
Mtn. Roundhouses
Bridges
Jiangxi
Guilin
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