Quanzhou has been known as "Seaside Zulu" and "City of Light". Quanzhou, Zhou for the seven Min land, over the years unearthed Western Zhou ritual musical instruments and primitive murals, reflecting the two or three thousand years ago, Quanzhou aboriginal ancient Min Yue people's primitive dance style. Since the middle of the Tang Dynasty, people from the Central Plains moved southward into Quanzhou; during the Tang and Fifth Dynasties, not only was there always a record of singing and dancing at the East Lake on the outskirts of the city, but there was also a permanent singing and dancing center under the Yuntai Mountain in Nan'an. In the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Quanzhou became a "rich" and "happy" state with "ten continents of people in the marketplace". The government even had to publish a list of people "do not want to swim, do not see a hundred plays". In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Quanzhou local opera, folk songs and dances developed to a new peak.
Quanzhou preserved cultural heritage of opera, there are Liyuan opera, Gaojia opera, playing the city theater, "Jia Li" theater and other types of theater, which is more famous: Nanyin, Beiguan, Liyuan opera and "string puppets". Quanzhou is known as the "Museum of World Religions". Quanzhou's religions include Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Nestorianism (a branch of ancient Catholicism), Catholicism, Hinduism (Brahmanism), Christianity, Manichaeism (Mingism), Japanese and Worshipping, Judaism and many others, with a long history of spreading their religions and a wealth of historical relics.
Islam was introduced to Quanzhou at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, one of the earliest areas where Islam was introduced to China, and seven mosques were built in Quanzhou in history. There is still an oldest surviving mosque in China, the Quanzhou Qingjing Temple, which has an Arabian architectural style; there is also a famous Islamic shrine, the Holy Sepulchre of Lingshan; and there are nearly 300 Islamic stone carvings, which are regarded as the treasures of the country. Nestorianism (a branch of ancient Catholicism), Manichaeism, and Hinduism gathered in Quanzhou one after another, and Christianity and Catholicism were reintroduced in the late 19th century. When Zhu Xi, a famous thinker of the Southern Song Dynasty, traveled to Quanzhou, he lamented, "This place was called the Buddha's country in ancient times, and it is full of saints," which is the best interpretation of Quanzhou's religion. Ancient houses
Quanzhou ancient architecture in the most local characteristics of the Quanzhou residential buildings, especially the aristocrats, bureaucrats, tycoons, the literati, painters in the class of the scholar, their houses are sizable, the form of exquisite, its shape, pattern, technology, materials, etc. are embedded in the cultural temperament of a particular era. For thousands of years, the inheritance of folk customs and traditions has made Quanzhou's residential architecture a natural style of its own. There are three-room or five-room red brick and white stone double-pole curved swallow-tail ridge of the ancient Han-style large houses, there are "handkerchief squatters" vertical housing, there are riding-style commercial and residential buildings, and there is also a very harmonious with the mountain village environment of the "hanging-footed building" (wooden buildings), they take materials from the ground, very simple, but unique style. They are simple and simple, but with a unique style. There is also a kind of peripheral protection with a high solid defense wall, adapted to the special form of large families living in a special form of Tulou construction of East-meets-West housing called "Yanglou, Fanzai building".
Representative places: Cai's ancient residence, Yang A Miao's former residence, Huang Zonghan's former residence, Li Guangdi's former residence, Lin Road Alley and so on.
Ancient Temples
Quanzhou is known as the "Buddhist Kingdom of Quannan" and the "Penglai of Southern Fujian". These religions not only built a large number of religious activities in Quanzhou, but also created many famous religious figures and experts and scholars, many monks, high priests were honored by the imperial court, and many writings have become valuable religious texts. At the same time, there are a large number of monuments and cultural relics, which have become important tourism resources and extremely valuable academic research materials. The spread of various religions has had a profound and extensive impact on the social life, culture and art, customs and folklore of Quanzhou. The rich and colorful religious culture of Quanzhou is one of the important connotations of the historical and cultural city of Quanzhou, and has become a rare miracle in the world, which shows that the people of Quanzhou are open-minded and have a wide range of inclusiveness.
Representative places: Kaiyuan Temple, Chengtian Temple, Qingjing Temple, Tianhou Palace, Caonan, etc.
Ancient streets and alleys
The ancient streets and alleys in Quanzhou's old town are like a vein, inhabiting the bustle of the traffic and extending from the depths of history to the present day. Walking in the ancient streets and lanes of the ancient stone pavement, more people back to the city's memory of the time-honored. Tumen Street, Nanjun Lane, Scholar Street ...... these names let you immediately understand the accumulation of history to give the city's elegant temperament, all written in the mottled brick and tile, the remnants of the temple between the columns, the old mansion patio, and even the branches and leaves of those thousands of years of ancient trees as if they also seem to memorize the Quanzhou students reciting the Four Books, Five Classics and the Tang Dynasty and Sung Dynasty poetry and lyrics. Representative places: Zhongshan Road, Nanjun Lane, Scholar Street, West Street, etc. Tumen Street is located in the center of Quanzhou City, starting from Wenling Road in the east and ending at Zhongshan Road in the west, with a total length of 1005 meters, which is a prosperous area integrating commerce, tourism and culture. On this street, which is only 1000 meters long, there are numerous "Hai Si" cultural relics groups, and there are 13 Song and Yuan cultural relics --- Qingjing Temple, Confucius Temple, Tonghuai Guanyue Temple, Dongguanxi Terrace, Zuluxu, Shijiazhuang, Dacuo, Gipan Garden, Donghuai Guanyue Temple, Dongguanxi Terrace, Zuluxu, Shiji, and other cultural relics. Dacuo, Chessboard Garden, Donglu Alley, and Thirty-two Alleys. The architectural style of Tumen Street reflects, to a certain extent, the prosperity of Quanzhou during the Song and Yuan dynasties. The remodeled Tumen Street adheres to the ancient architectural style of Quanzhou's southern Fujian Province and is organically combined with modern architecture. Tumen Street is one of the busiest streets in Quanzhou with the most business opportunities, and has been selected as one of the first batch of "Shopping Safety Street" in China. Quanzhou East Lake Park is located in the northeastern corner of Quanzhou city, looking north to Qingyuan Mountain, east to Lingshan Holy Sepulchre, south to the suburban villages, west to the commercial street, is known as the "carp city" of the carp beads location, but also the original Quanzhou Top Ten Scenic Spots of the "Star Lake Lotus Fragrance" site. Anping Bridge is China's longest existing stone bridge in ancient times, is located in Jinjiang Anhai Town, enjoys the reputation of "no bridge in the world long this bridge". It is a national key cultural relics protection unit. Anping Bridge is located in the bay between Anhai Town, Jinjiang City, Fujian Province, China and Shuitou Town, Nan'an City. Because of the ancient name of Anhai Town, Anping Road, thus named; and because the bridge is about 5 miles long, commonly known as the five-mile bridge. Anping Bridge belongs to the ancient Chinese Liang Liang type stone flat bridge, was built in the Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing eight years (1138), took fourteen years to complete. It was rebuilt several times in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The bridge is the world's longest beam stone bridge in the Middle Ages, is also China's longest surviving harbor stone bridge. 1961 Anping Bridge became one of the first national key cultural relics protection units announced by the state. Cai's Ancient Residence is located in Zhangli Village, Guanqiao Town, Nan'an City, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, Cai's Ancient Residence Complex was built by Cai Qichang and his son, Cai Sishen, from the Tongzhi Period of the Qing Dynasty to the third year of the Xuantong Period. The existing more complete house **** 16, is the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced. The building is mostly wooden structure, the main building for the hard mountain swallow-tail ridge five openings, the left and right for the roll shed type room, single building is mostly three or two five openings into the layout. Between the front and back of the seat paved more than 10 meters wide stone Cheng, between the walls of the mountain has a 2-meter-wide fire escape. There are various inscriptions of late Qing literati in the building. Mansion Temple is located in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, Leicheng District, Baiyuanchuan pool, also known as Mansion School, is a national key cultural relics protection units. It was built at the end of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty, and moved to the present site at the beginning of Taipingxingguo in Northern Song Dynasty (976-981 AD). Its long history, grand scale, magnificent halls, is a set of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties of architectural forms of Confucian temple complex, the largest temple complex in the southeast region, the architectural style in the country's existing Confucian temples are rare. Kaiyuan Temple is located in West Street, Li Cheng District, Quanzhou City. The temple was founded in the Tang Dynasty in the second year (686 years), has a history of more than 1,300 years, the first name of the Lotus Road, the Wuzhou days authorized three years (692 years) for the Xingjiao Temple, the first year of the Tang Shenlong (705 years) to change the name of the Dragon Xing, the twenty-sixth year of the beginning of the Yuan (738 years) renamed the Kaiyuan Temple. In the Song Dynasty, there were more than a hundred branch hospitals, and the Yuan Shizuizu Zhiyuan twenty-two years (1285) and for the Grand Kaiyuan Wanshou Zen Temple. Chongwu Ancient City is located in the southeastern coastal prominence of Fujian Province, between Quanzhou Bay and Meizhou Bay, 24 kilometers southeast of the territory of Hui'an County, the southern tip of the Chongwu Peninsula, bordering the Taiwan Strait, also known as "Lotus Island", was founded in 1387, is a collection of coastal scenery, historical relics, folk customs, carving art in one of the national AAAA level tourist attractions, known as the "natural natural heritage," and is also known as the "natural heritage," and is a national tourist attraction. It is a national AAAA level tourist attraction that combines coastal scenery, historical relics, folk customs and carving art, and is known as a "natural studio" and "Beidaihe in the south". Chongwu Ancient City is one of the only remaining relatively intact Ming Dynasty stone cities in China, and also a relatively complete historical site in the history of China's coastal defense, which is a "national key cultural relics protection unit". Luoyang Bridge, formerly known as Wan'an Bridge, one of the four major ancient bridges in China, is located at the mouth of Luoyang River, 5 kilometers away from Quanzhou City, which was built by Cai Xiang, the governor of Quanzhou, from the fifth year of the Northern Song Dynasty to the fourth year of the Jiayou era (1053 to 1059). It is listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit. The bridge is 834 meters long and 7 meters wide. Is China's earliest existing stone bridge across the sea, its "raft foundation", "kind of oyster solid foundation method", is China's and even the world's bridge-building technology innovation, known as: "north of Zhaozhou Bridge, south of Luoyang Bridge. " Yongchun Niomulin, known as the ecotourism area of Western Shuangbanna in Southern Fujian, is located in Xiayang Town, Yongchun County, west of Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, 70 kilometers away from the county town, and it is a national AAAA level tourist area. Qingshui Rock is located in Penglai Mountain in the northwest of Anxi County, which was built in the Northern Song Dynasty and has been in existence for more than 950 years, and is dedicated to one of China's 100 Immortals, Grandmaster Qingshui. It is a national AAAA-grade scenic spot and a renowned pilgrimage tourist destination at home and abroad. Qingyuan Mountain is located in the northern suburb of Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, commonly known as "North Mountain"; also known as "Qiyun Mountain" because of the clouds that often surround the peaks. Area of 62 square kilometers, the main scenic area from the Quanzhou city 3 kilometers.
Qingyuan Mountain is the Minzhong Daiyunshan remaining veins, undulating peaks, rocks all over, and is a natural interest, is a natural scenic spot. Qingyuan Mountain is 572 meters above sea level, the mountain range stretches for 20 kilometers, the elephant-shaped rocks, a thousand wanton, "Minhai Penglai first mountain" reputation, is one of the four famous mountains in Quanzhou. Quanzhou Tianhou Palace is located in Quanzhou City, South Gate, Tianhou Road No. 1, was built in Song Qingyuan two years (1196 AD), located in the south of the city on the Jinjiang River, "Tomato Hublot passenger shipping gathering place. The Palace is an early and large-scale A-Ma Temple among the sub-spiritual temples of the A-Ma Ancestral Temple in Meizhou, Putian, on the southeast coast of China. Quanzhou Tianhou Palace is located in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, Tianhou Road, has always been considered to be the higher specifications of the building at home and abroad, the larger scale of the temple dedicated to Mazu, but also the mainland A-Ma Temple in a few by the State Council announced the validation of the national key cultural relics protection units. Gold Coast Resort is located on the waterfront of Yongning Town, Shishi City, on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait, covering an area of 6,000 acres, with a coastline of 12 kilometers, across the sea from Taiwan. Minnan Gold Coast Resort is divided into three major areas: sea, shoreline and land, including Island World, Folk Culture Village, Southeast Asia Scenic Park, Grand View Resort Hotel (three-star), Amusement Park (covering an area of 240 acres), Golf Club, Yacht Club, Seaside Bathing Ground, Live-fire Shooting Ground, Commercial Street, Villa Area and Heliport, etc. The Gold Coast Resort is located in Shishi City, Shishi City, on the west coast of Taiwan Strait, with a shoreline of 12 kilometers. The Gold Coast, with its beautiful scenery and four seasons like spring, has become a coastal tourism resort area that integrates traveling, touring, eating, living, shopping, and entertainment, and is very rich in tourism connotation, and is one of the top ten key tourist attractions in Fujian Province. West Lake Park is located in the northwestern part of Quanzhou city, close to the national scenic area of Qingyuan Mountain, covering a total area of 100 hectares, 82.28 hectares of water, land area of 17.72 hectares. 1999, the municipal government has invested 230 million yuan RMB to build the city's northwestern area of the stagnant flooding and drainage project, Shenzhen and Shanghai Bay, a small town of the Jinjiang River in a beautiful landscape, one of the eighteen scenic spots of Quanzhou, known as the "Zhihai Golden Lion". It is one of the eighteen scenic spots in Quanzhou, and is known as the "Golden Lion in the Sea". Shenhu Bay is 6 kilometers long, located in the southeast coast of Jinjiang, from Shishi's Yongning to Jinjiang's Nga Kou, Shenhu to form a beautiful bay, like a silver necklace inlaid in the blue sky and blue sea between. In front of the beach, there are ten thousand hectares of blue waves. The beach surface is golden and open, and the scenery is spectacular. The beach is a clear color of fine pure sand, such as silver dust cloth, the texture of fine slope slow, sand soft tide flat. The beach bed is wide and expansive, and the tides are soft and gentle on the beach. The sea is clean and the water temperature is moderate, which makes it an ideal place for beach recreation, wave trekking and various marine beach activities. Xian Gong Mountain, also known as "Double Bun Mountain" and "Feng Mountain", is located in Mazia Town, Luogiang District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, about 25 kilometers away from the central city of Quanzhou. In the period of North and South Dynasties, it was named "Xian Gong Shan" because it was dedicated to "He's Nine Immortals". Its main peak is 758.5 meters above sea level, with a total area of 25 square kilometers. It is a scenic spot integrating religious pilgrimage, sightseeing, recreation, study and vacation. It is a national AAAA level scenic spot, Fujian provincial scenic spot, Quanzhou eighteen scenic spots, and Quanzhou cultural relics protection unit. Daixian Waterfall is located at the mouth of Chishikou in Shuiwei, Pungshang Village, Shukou Town, Dehua County, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. The stream from the peak of the gap straight down 139 meters, standing under the waterfall can be seen flying down, the water mist formed by the rainbow neon haze, so that you feel the mountain mist attack. Daixian Waterfall is known as "the first waterfall in East China", which originated in Shiniushan's Chishixi River, passing through the majestic Flying Fairy Peak, with a drop of 139 meters, divided into two streams cascading down the east for the Daixian Waterfalls, and the west for the Oil Leakage Waterfalls. The two places are intertwined, especially spectacular. Daixian Waterfall is one of the largest waterfalls in the province, and is listed among the "Eighteen Scenic Spots in Quanzhou". Yongchun Xueshan Rock was built in the Tang Dynasty during the Qiguang period (885 to 888 AD), and has a history of more than 1,100 years. Xueshan Rock is located in Yongchun mountains of the Zong - Xueshan, because the top of the concave a lake wide comfortable flat, ancient crater concave around the five by the volcanic set of blocks piled up and raised the mountain, the outer shape of the five-petal lotus seat and named, for the highest in southern Fujian, the building of the most distinctive Buddhist temples. Daiyun Mountain, also known as Yingxue Mountain, 1856 meters above sea level, majestic, magnificent, "the roof of Minzhong", is the second highest peak in Fujian Province, and Alishan, Taiwan, far away from each other. It is also the main peak of Daiyun Mountain Range, Daiyun Village, Chishui Town, Dehua County, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province.