Fujian Provincial Museum

The Fujian Provincial Museum is located in the provincial city of Fuzhou in East China. "A Treasury of Fujian Drama" is one of the museum's eight permanent displays, and is also the most prominent.Fujian, boasting rich and profound cultural and historical connotations, is especially famous for its centuries-old drama culture, with abundant traditional repertoires. These works reflect the local life and folk customs, occupying an important status in the research on China's ... View Detail

Revolution Museum

96 years ago, the revolutionary political party of Fuzhou launched recovery campaign in front of Avalikitesvara Hall of Yu Hill. After the campaign, Fuzhou became one of seventeen earliest recovered cities. Now the 1911 Revolution Memorial Museum has move to Avalikitesvara Hall of Yu Hill from Lin Juemin's former residence. It is free for visitors. In those days, the revolutionary army general command was set in the Avalikitesvara Hall, and Yu Hill was the general offensive position. The ... View Detail

Damo King eighth

It is so called 18 Hole, locates in the west of Yongquan Temple in Gu Mountain and at the foot of the Lion Peak. There is a statue of Bodhidharma which is asout 2 meters high inside the hole. There is a pure spring inside the hole, one stone wall is in front of the hole, the ancients took the righteousness that Bodhidharma faces the wall, called the Bodhidharma Hole. Wei Jie was a poet in the period of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty, accorded to the natural scenery and folk tales here, packed up and ... View Detail

Ancient mountain path

It is the road to board the Drum Mountain in the old time. Boarding more than 2,000 steps from Xie Couryard, you will get to the mountain gate of Yongquan Temple pass "seven pavilions and seven miles".The first pavilion is Dongji Pavilion. It is Dongji Bridge when you pass Xie Couryard. When you pass the bridge and pavilion, you start to board the mountain.The second pavilion is Shimen Pavilion. Its old name is "Listen to the dota and view the waterfall". It is distance 367 ... View Detail

Zen West

There has been a temple on this site to the west of Fuzhou since the Tang Dynasty but most of the buildings in the current temple were rebuilt during the Qing Dynasty. The 15-story Bao'en Tower is the tallest existing stone tower in China, reaching 61 meters in height. The Xichan temple complex is arranged symmetrically and consists of 36 halls, temples and pagodas. These include the Great Hall, the Hall of Deities, and the Hall of Arhats, which is one of the older structures in the area ... View Detail

Kaiyuan Temple (Tiefo Si)

Located in the yard of Drum Tower District, Kaiyuan Temple was built in the third year of Emperor Tai Qing of the Nan Dynasty. It was initially named Dayun temple. At the beginning of Tang, it was called Longxing temple. In the year 738, xuangzong Li longji order to built a temple in each state, take the year as the name. So it is renamed Kaiyuan temple. It is the largest Buddhist Temple in Fuzhou; now about o-ne-tenth of its former size. It is the oldest Buddhist Temple in Fuzhou which has a ... View Detail

Yongquan Temple

Yongquan Temple is located on the mountaintop of Gu Mountain in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. It was built in 908 A.D. and has an area of more than 4 acres. It has 25 halls, big or small. The temple maintains its original Ming-Qing architectural style. The main hall is magnificent and majestic. In the middle of the hall, there stand three Buddha. Beside the Buddha stand the Eighteen Arhats. They are different in facial expression and gesture. In the back of the hall, there is a three-sage statue ... View Detail

Luo Star Tower

Luoxing Tower stands tall and upright o-n the top of the luoxing mountain which is 21 km away from fuzhou urban.In 1985, it was listed as the provincial level cultural relic preservation organ. Luoxing mountain is originally an island in the middle of the river, it is also called Moxin island. The seven-layer tower is octagonal and made of stone. It stands 31.5 m high at the Majiang River port. It has a legend that it is built by Liuqiliang who comes from Guangdong and beautiful. In order to ... View Detail

Hosts Hualin Temple

Hualin Temple has more than 1000 years of history ( it was firstly built in 964 A.D.). It is considered as a unique architecture. According to some Chinese and Japanese experts, the temple exerted great influence to the Japanese architecture at the end of the 12th century. So, the temple is also seen as an important symbol of Sino-Japanese cultural communication. The main hall is especially unique. It is 15.5 meters high, covering 574 square meters. The whole hall is supported by 18 columns ... View Detail

Fixed light pagoda (White Pagoda)

Dingguang Pagoda is located at the foot of the western part of Mount Yu. As it was painted white, it is known as the White Pagoda. According to an inscription on a stone tablet there, when ground was broken to lay the foundation for the pagoda, a glittering bead was unearthed. Hence the name Dingguang (Light Keeping) Pagoda. The pagoda was built in 904 in the Tang Dynasty. However, except for its stone base, no part of the original pagoda remains. The original pagoda was built of brick and had ... View Detail