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Mount Qingyuan 清源山Qīngyuán Shān
5A scenic area · Quanzhou, Fujian
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Quanzhou
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area
About Mount Qingyuan
A granite hill range on the northern edge of Quanzhou, protected as a national scenic area and scattered with shrines, hundreds of cliff inscriptions and Song–Yuan stone statues. Besides the famous Laozi statue at its western foot (separate card), carved figures on its slopes include a Buddha in a stone shrine of 1364 at Mituo Rock and a rare group of three Tibetan-style Buddhas carved in 1292 at Bixiao Rock. The stupa of the monk Hongyi also stands on the mountain.
How to get to Mount Qingyuan
The scenic area begins on the northern edge of Quanzhou's city centre, about 3–4 km north of Kaiyuan Temple by city bus or taxi.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Laozi Statue (Laojun Rock) 老君岩 (under 10 km), China Museum for Fujian-Taiwan Kinship 中国闽台缘博物馆 (under 10 km), Quanzhou Museum 泉州博物馆 (under 10 km), Chongfu Temple, Quanzhou 崇福寺 (under 10 km), Lingshan Islamic Cemetery 灵山伊斯兰教圣墓 (under 10 km), Kaiyuan Temple (Quanzhou) 开元寺 (under 10 km).
On the map
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