Meizhou Island is located in the south of Putian City, is a small island with a longitudinal narrow north-south direction, about 42 kilometers from the city. Meizhou Island is the birthplace of Mazu culture, the island is located in the majestic ancestral temple of Mazu, for thousands of years has been the place of pilgrimage of the Chinese coastal believers, has the reputation of the Oriental Mecca. The island is a vacation destination with beautiful scenery, a geological landscape with strange boulders everywhere, and wide, soft sandy beaches.
From downtown Putian, you can take a bus to Wenjia Pier and then take a ferry to the island. Meizhou Island is not too big, as long as you go early and arrange the tour time wisely, you can visit the main attractions in one day. On the island, there are Mazu Ancestral Temple, Mazu Cultural Park, Goose Tail Divine Stone Garden, Golden Beach, Mazu Film and Television City and other attractions, which can be conveniently reached by the island bus. Of course, you can also stay on the island for a night or two to enjoy the sunshine and sandy beaches here, or rent a bike and ride around the island to savor the terroir and beauty.
Walk a few dozen meters to the right from Maejo Pier and you'll see a stone stairway across the road, and five minutes up the hill from there is the A-Ma Temple. The Mazu Ancestral Temple in Meizhou was built in the fourth year of Yongxi of the Northern Song Dynasty (987), and is the ancestral temple of more than 5,000 Mazu temples in the world. The Ancestral Temple mainly consists of Tianhou Palace, Chaotian Pavilion, Bell and Drum Tower, and other buildings modeled after those of the Song Dynasty.
2, Putian
Putian City, known as Pukou in ancient times, was nicknamed Licheng because of the abundance of lychees. Putian has a long history, beautiful scenery, with many national key protection units and the famous South Shaolin Temple site, is one of the historical and cultural cities in Fujian Province.
Putian has the deep-water port of Xiuyu in Meizhou Bay, which is not many in the world and rare in China, and auxiliary ports such as Sanjiangkou and Fengting, as well as more than 150 islands of various sizes, such as Meizhou and Nanri. The Mazu Ancestral Temple on Meizhou Island is famous all over the world and is looked up to by the four seas***; the large-scale ancient weir Mulanpo, 5 kilometers away from the city, is one of the most complete ancient large-scale water conservancy projects existing in China.
Xuanmiao Guan Sanqing Hall is the province's best-preserved Tang Dynasty Taoist Xuanmiao Guan one of the architectural complexes; Putian Shaolin Temple is a famous Zen temple with a long history is also an important birthplace of Chinese southern boxing. Since the thirteen martial arts monks to help the Tang Emperor Taizong united China, successive generations in the country established ten sub-temples, which created the earliest, the most influential is Putian JiuLianShan South Shaolin Temple.
3, Jiu Carp Lake Scenic Area
Jiu Carp Lake Scenic Area is located in Xianyou County, Zhongshan Town, 31 kilometers away from the county, the scenic area is the most worthwhile to see the lakes and mountains, as well as the little-known nine _ waterfalls.
Entering the gate of the scenic area and crossing the Tongxian Bridge is the Jiuzhen Guan, which is dedicated to He's Nine Immortals and focuses on the culture of praying for dreams. Jiuzhen Guan was built near the water, incense, said to be very spiritual, you can see a lot of neighboring incense to come here to return the wish donated merit monument.
Following the canyon trail all the way down, you will pass several waterfalls, which is the famous Jiu_Fei waterfalls. These waterfalls are called Thunder Boom_, Waterfall_, Pearl Curtain_, Jade Pillar_, Stone Door_, Five Star_, Flying Phoenix_, Chessboard_, General_, each of which has its own unique characteristics, as big as more than a hundred meters, as small as three or four meters. Especially spectacular is the waterfall, pearl curtain, jade pillar three _. Waterfall _ up to 100 meters high, magnificent, the Pearl Curtain _ from the knife-cutting axe-like thousands of boulders slid down, forming ten thousand dendrobium water beads, like a curtain; Pearl Curtain _ of the east side, the water from the top of the Panlong Mountain sliding down the stone wall, the formation of two crystalline streams, like a jade double column, which is the Jade Pillar _.
General tourists after the most classic waterfalls will be able to walk to the wire bridge near the sightseeing bus (10 yuan) back to the entrance of the parking place, saving time and effort. If you have enough energy, you can also continue to go deeper, and the root of life, Dongfengzhai...
4, Nine Dragons Valley Scenic Area
Nine Dragons Valley Forest Park is located in the west of Putian City, the scenery to the mountains, streams, waterfalls, mainly bamboo rafts, rafting, boat trips and other extraordinarily rich recreational projects, there are also cabins to provide accommodation. It is a good choice for getting close to nature on weekends.
The scenic area of the walking trail is basically built along the stream, the visitor center to go in, not far is the Nine Dragon Pool and Polygon Pool, on both sides of the cottage can provide accommodation (standard room per capita of about 200 yuan), the conditions are good, and there are swings and other literary gadgets, y loved by the girls. Along the old Xiake Road, soon you can see a rope bridge, rope bridge across the stream on both sides, walking on the top to see the valley on both sides, the following is the boat, a little bit of "first love this little thing" inside the feeling.
5, Putian Arts and Crafts City
Putian Arts and Crafts City is a large-scale handicrafts market, divided into wood carving area, jade carving area, stone carving area, gold and silver jewelry center and other parts. Here are concentrated in a variety of grades of merchants, dozens of dollars to hundreds of thousands of artifacts can be found. You can just casually appreciate those beautifully crafted, valuable treasures, but also to find some favorite send friends and relatives or as a souvenir.
Taking the Pai Lou - Central Square - Leisure Square as the central axis, the Arts and Crafts City is divided into two roughly symmetrical parts, close to the left side of the Visitor Reception Center is the Jewelry Center, Jade Sculpture Area and Stone Sculpture Area, while the right side is dominated by wood carvings. From the visitor center, the order of the tour can be in order, the whole walk down about 2.5 kilometers. Ordinary tourists usually spend two to three hours to visit the highlights, about 1 kilometer trip.
The more recommended ones in the Arts and Crafts City are: the Jewelry Center, which not only gathers many famous jewelry brands, but also serves as the main trading platform for Putian's gold and silver jewelry. Jade carving a district on the second floor can visit the jade on-site processing performance, wood carving a district can see a lot of classical furniture, ivory carving, incense wood carving, etc., which is not a lack of masterpieces, sandalwood and incense scale in the country are one of the best.
6, South Shaolin Temple ruins
According to legend, the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan Province, 13 martial arts monks to help the Tang Taizong unification of China, the Tang Taizong gave the monks soldiers and permission to set up ten sub-temples around the country. The Lin Quan Yuan in Jiu Lien Mountain, Putian County, was one of the earlier branch temples created among the ten branch temples of the Shaolin Temple.
Tang Taizong ZhenGuan years, SongShan shaolin temple monks south, not far from thousands of miles to JiuLianShan, live in LinQuanYuan. After that, the Linquan Temple was renamed Linshan Shaolin Temple. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the temple is more prosperous, more than 500 monks, martial arts style is extremely prosperous, because of the scale (covers an area of about 30,000 square meters), martial arts style, the impact of the South China, so it is called the South Shaolin Temple, the formation of the South Shaolin Boxing, and the leg of the North Shaolin with the North leg of the South Boxing known as the leg of the North. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the temple still retained the trend of prosperity. Liu Kezhuang also praised the Euphrasia Songshan Shaolin.
Linquan Temple was destroyed in the early Qing Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, the South Shaolin Temple in the fight against the Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty have inextricably linked with the Tien-Di association, the Qing Dynasty y hate, sent troops to burn, South Shaolin Temple has been lost in the dust of history. Now the South Shaolin Temple ruins around only a number of affiliated temples, such as Zifu Temple, Safflower Pavilion, etc. 1986 to 1988, Putian County, in the cultural relics census, found the ruins of this annihilation of hundreds of years of temples, found five engraved with the monks and soldiers, the Luohan bath fried tea scattered text of the Northern Song Dynasty stone groove.
7, Ruiyun Mountain Forest Park
Putian Ruiyun Mountain red eco-tourism area is located in Fujian Province, Putian City, Hanjiang District, Ruiyun Township, and Yongtai, Fuqing junction, 60 kilometers away from Putian City, 46 kilometers away from the city of Hanjiang, and the Fujian Fujian Fujian Minzhong Revolutionary Base Site near the neighboring call corresponding. The natural landscape in the scenic area is one of the best, with a large view of eighteen small view of thirty-six of the beauty of the name. Tourism planning area of 21 square kilometers, the average elevation of 500 meters between 1000 meters, the main peak Ruiyun Mountain elevation of 1080 meters.
The forest coverage rate of the scenic area reaches 95.3%, the plants are lush and varied, there are more than 400 kinds of plants in more than 80 families, there are the most piece of sequoia, three-needle fir of 200 acres, and there are spinulose tree ferns, Tsubaki trees, bamboo cypresses, sequoia, Guanyin seat lilies, Guanyin bamboos and other valuable woods.
The scenic spot has been awarded the title of National Red Tourism Classic Scenic Spot Provincial Forest Park Three-star Rural Tourism Scenic Spot Putian City Peaceful Scenic Spot, etc. It is a famous red eco-tourism scenic spot which combines ecological sightseeing, religious pilgrimage (Zhang Gong culture), leisure and vacation, and experience in one.
8, Guanghua Temple (Sakyamuni Pagoda)
Guanghua Temple was first built in the Southern Dynasty Chen Yongding two years (558 AD), began to be known as the Jinxianan. It was later expanded into a temple. In the second year of Tang Jingyun (A.D. 711), Emperor Ruizong bestowed the name of Lingyan Temple, with the title written by the famous calligrapher Liu Gongquan, and in the first year of Song Taipingxingguo (A.D. 976), Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty renamed the temple Guanghua Temple.
The Song Dynasty was the heyday of Guanghua Temple, when there were 10 courtyards with 120 nunneries under their jurisdiction, and the monks amounted to more than a thousand. Now the complex is still in the early years of the Qing dynasty Guangxu remodeling. In recent years, Guanghua Temple is undergoing a comprehensive renovation and expansion. The total area of more than 32,000 square meters, the entire layout of the photo wall, pagoda, the gate, the release pool, the Hall of the Heavenly Kings, the Maharajah's Treasure Hall, the Dharma Hall (on the Pavilion of Tibetan scriptures), the ancestral hall (on the Pavilion of the Reclining Buddha) for the central axis, sitting north to south, the total length of 385 meters, magnificent.
The Daxiongbao Hall is built on a 2.7-meter-high abutment, a raised-beam hall structure. The hall is 22 meters high and covers an area of 837 square meters. In front of the Hall of Heavenly Kings, there are two stone path blocks built in the second year of Zhiping of the Northern Song Dynasty (1065), about 3 meters high, one of which is inscribed with the Mantra of the Buddha's Top Zongsheng Dharani Sutra, which is a precious physical material for studying the relationship between the Chinese translation of Sanskrit and the local dialect.
9, Royal Manor Hot Springs Resort
Royal Manor Hot Springs is located in the State of literature, seaside Zulu tourism culture is profound Putian, as early as in the Northern Song Dynasty, Qian Sinniang construction of Mulan Slope when surveying the Mulan Stream along the coast of the present Xia Lin street found in natural hot springs springs after mining to be used to this day; according to the geological experts to explore and laboratory analysis of physical and chemical analysis, the Royal _ Garden Hot Springs belong to the chloride type of medical care Hot springs, the hot spring water quality, the average water temperature of more than 60 ℃, the daily surge of 1,500 tons.
The hot springs contain essential trace elements (iron, zinc, iodine, copper, manganese, chromium, fluorine) and special ingredients (iron, iodine, bromine, strontium, etc.) with medical value. Chloride hot spring, not only has the effect of disinfection and healing, but also has the effect of stimulating the skin to make the skin blood vessels dilate, enhance the blood circulation of the body surface, accelerate the secretion of sweat and sebaceous glands; the treatment of neuralgia, rheumatism, arthritis, skin diseases, gout, high blood pressure, thrombosis veins, tracheitis, gastritis, and duodenitis and other effects. At the same time, the hot springs contain radon elements, more so that it has a better weight loss effect, skin care and cosmetic role.
10, Meifeng Temple
Meifeng Temple's predecessor was originally a Guanyin Pavilion. Song Yuanfeng eight years (1085), the local celebrity Li Fu's mother Huang sheds more than 100 acres of land, the pavilion will be expanded into a temple. In the seventh year of Shaoxing (1137), the name of the temple was given to the temple. The Yuan Dynasty set up official lectures in the temple. In the forty-first year of the Ming Dynasty (1562), the temple was burned down by Japanese invaders.
Ming Wanli rebuilt. In the Qing Dynasty, more than ten large and small halls were added, rising up along the mountain in a staggered manner. Inside the gate on both sides, towering four corners, three-story bell, drum tower. The third floor of the bell tower, the original suspension of a Song Dynasty master craftsman Cai Tong cast bronze bell, the sound can be divining the cloudy and sunny, can be transmitted to forty miles away.
Qing Guangxu thirteen years (1887), the Chu army stationed in the temple fire melted. Republic of China in the early years of the Song dynasty only to imitate the bell recast a, weighing about 1,500 kilograms, outside the casting of the scripture mantra text more than 500 words, the bell body is simple and elegant, pronunciation is extremely loud. Whenever the morning light, the sound of the bell at first, melodious and pleasing to the ear, known as the Plum Temple morning bell.
In recent years, in overseas compatriots enthusiastic sponsorship, large-scale renovation and expansion. The top of the mountain to build a new Guanyin Pavilion, up to dozens of meters, is the highest building in the city. Climbed the pavilion overlooking the city, near and far the scenery as far as the eye can see. The mountain is still planted all kinds of plum blossoms, Xiangguo Xuehai, for the city's unique landscape.
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