Fuzhou 抚州Fǔzhōu

About Fuzhou

Fuzhou in Jiangxi, not to be confused with the capital of Fujian, lies south of Nanchang and is known for its writers: the Song reformer Wang Anshi and Tang Xianzu, author of The Peony Pavilion, both came from Linchuan. Liukeng Village, founded in the 10th century, and the 23-arch Wannian Bridge, finished in 1647, are among its older sights, and Mount Dajue offers rafting through a forested canyon.

What to eat in Fuzhou

• Huwan oil noodles (浒湾油面)
• Magu wine (南城麻姑酒)

Listed sites in Fuzhou

33 sites in Fuzhou are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.

• Mount Dajue 大觉山 5A scenic area · on the map
  Mount Dajue is a forested mountain and canyon area of about 204 sq km on the western side of the Wuyi range in Zixi County, Fuzhou (Jiangxi).
• Caoshan Scenic Area 曹山景区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Mount Cao is where the Tang monk Benji taught, and he is counted as the second patriarch of the Caodong school of Chan Buddhism, which spread to Japan as Soto Zen.
• China Lotus Scenic Area, Yaoxi 中国莲花景区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Yaoxi village in Yiqian town is one of the main lotus-growing areas of Guangchang, a county known as China's home of the white lotus.
• Dajue Stream Tourist Zone 大觉溪旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Dajue Stream Tourist Zone is a 7.3 km countryside corridor along a stream in Zixi County, built by the county in 2018.
• Foling International Park 佛岭国际公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  Foling International Park is a landscaped park on wooded hills beside a reservoir south of Xiaogang, the district town of Dongxiang.
• Ganzhu Old Street (Xuyuan Shouzhen), Guangchang 旴源首镇 4A scenic area · on the map
  Ganzhu Old Street is the historic street of Ganzhu, a small town in Guangchang county, and the centre of the Xuyuan Shouzhen scenic area.
• Jinzhu Waterfalls 金竹飞瀑 4A scenic area · on the map
  Jinzhu Waterfalls is a forested valley of waterfalls in Jinzhu She ethnic township in the southern mountains of Le'an County, and was named one of Jiangxi's hundred scenic spots.
• Jiupu Gorge 九瀑峡 4A scenic area · on the map
  Jiupu Gorge, meaning Nine Waterfalls Gorge, is a forested mountain valley of streams and waterfalls in Zhaoxie town in the south of Le'an County, listed as a 4A scenic area in 2020.
• Lichuan Old Town 黎川古城 4A scenic area · on the map
  Lichuan Old Town is the historic centre of Lichuan, a river town in the south-east of Fuzhou (Jiangxi), with a network of narrow lanes of old houses and shops beside the water.
• Lingu Peak 灵谷峰 4A scenic area · on the map
  Lingu Peak is a wooded hill of a little over 300 m on the eastern outskirts of Fuzhou (Jiangxi), laid out with footpaths and listed as a 4A scenic area in 2018.
• Liukeng Village 流坑古村 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  Liukeng is a large village of Ming and Qing houses and ancestral halls between a lake and the Niutian river in Le'an County, founded under the Southern Tang in the 10th century and home mostly to the Dong clan.
• Magu Mountain 麻姑山 4A scenic area · on the map
  Magu Mountain is a wooded mountain area west of Nancheng that Taoist tradition counts as the 28th of the 36 lesser cave-heavens, linked with the immortal Magu.
• Qiawan Ancient Village 洽湾船形古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
  Qiawan is a river village on the Canglang River in Nanfeng County whose core is Makou Street, the old river-port street, with more than twenty well-preserved Ming and Qing buildings, among them ancestral halls and old houses, and about a dozen small temples.
• Sanweng Garden 三翁花园 4A scenic area · on the map
  Sanweng Garden is a riverside park in the urban area of Fuzhou (Jiangxi), laid out on both banks of the Fenggang River as seven themed gardens: an amusement park, azalea, Yuming, aquatic-flower, cherry, perennial-flower and rose gardens.
• Tongsheng Jiuqu Dongli Scenic Area 同胜九曲东黎景区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Tongsheng Jiuqu Dongli is a privately funded leisure and holiday area on the shore of Liaoyuan Reservoir in Rifeng town, Lichuan County.
• Wenchang Li 文昌里 4A scenic area · on the map
  Wenchang Li is a Ming–Qing-style historic district on the east bank of the Fu River in Fuzhou's old town, a provincially protected quarter with 11 listed buildings and 9 historic buildings among its lanes, shops and food stalls.
• Xian'gai Mountain Agricultural Park 仙盖山农业观光园 4A scenic area · on the map
  Xian'gai Mountain Agricultural Park is a hillside leisure park south of Fuzhou (Jiangxi) that combines farming, sightseeing, traditional Chinese medicine and wellness-retirement facilities across more than 200 projects.
• Yelang Valley 野狼谷 4A scenic area · on the map
  Yelang Valley, meaning Wild Wolf Valley, is a commercial outdoor-themed park in Caoping village, built around a wolf theme and offering wolf-culture experiences.
• Yulongwan Resort 资溪御龙湾国际旅游度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Yulongwan International Resort is a leisure resort in Yongsheng village, Matoushan town, in the north of Zixi County, rated a 4A scenic area in 2018.
• Zeng Gong Cultural Park 曾巩文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
  Zeng Gong Cultural Park on the southern edge of Nanfeng is built around the memory of Zeng Gong, the Northern Song prose writer counted among the Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song.
• Zhenxiang Countryside 真相乡村旅游景区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Zhenxiang Countryside is a belt of villages in Wushi town in the south of Zixi County, promoted as one valley and four households: Yelang Valley plus the villages of Changxing, Chenfang, Caoping and Xinyue.
• Zhuqiao Ancient Village 竹桥古村 4A scenic area · on the map
  Zhuqiao is a Jiangxi village founded in the late Yuan or early Ming that keeps the layout of Ming and Qing Gan-style houses, ancestral halls and memorial archways.
• Dasima Memorial Archway 大司马牌坊 National heritage site · on the map
  Dasima Archway is a six-column, three-bay memorial archway put up in 1574 to honour Tan Lun, a Ming minister of war who fought the wokou pirates.
• Fourth Counter-Encirclement Campaign Sites, Hougong 中央苏区第四次反“围剿”战役遗址 National heritage site · on the map
  Hougong is a village in Zuofang town, Jinxi County, where the Red First Front Army had its headquarters in 1933, during the fourth of the Nationalist government's encirclement campaigns against the Central Soviet Area.
• Huwan Book-Printing Quarter 浒湾书坊建筑群 National heritage site · on the map
  Huwan was a major commercial woodblock-printing centre in the Ming and Qing periods, and 14 historic buildings of its book trade are protected as one national heritage unit.
• Kuibi Lianhui Residence, Yiqian 奎璧联辉民宅 National heritage site · on the map
  Kuibi Lianhui is a Qing-dynasty residence and the largest surviving old house in Yiqian village, entered through a gatehouse inscribed with its name.
• Longtu Xueshi and Cishi Chuanfang Gateways 龙图学士和刺史传芳牌楼门 National heritage site
  Two memorial gateways stand side by side, separated by a narrow lane, in Shuikou village in Le'an County.
• Min-Gan Provincial Committee Site, Hufang 湖坊闽赣省委旧址 National heritage site · on the map
  In May 1933 the Min-Gan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party and its revolutionary committee were set up in the Gong family house at Hufang, and in June the Min-Gan military district was established in the Wu clan ancestral hall.
• Shiwuli Stone House, Yiqian 驿前石屋里民宅 National heritage site · on the map
  Shiwuli is a Qing house of 1716 in Yiqian old village, built entirely of polished stone.
• Tangyin Old Town 棠阴古建筑群 National heritage site · on the map
  Tangyin is a market town founded in 1031 that grew rich on summer cloth woven from ramie in the Ming and Qing periods.
• Tomb of Tan Lun 谭纶墓 National heritage site · on the map
  The tomb of Tan Lun, the Ming minister of war who fought the wokou pirates, was built in 1579 and covers about 3,000 sq m in Lianqian village, near Erdu town.
• Wannian Bridge 万年桥和聚星塔 National heritage site · on the map
  Wannian Bridge is a stone arch bridge over the Xu River at Nancheng, begun in 1635 and finished in 1647.
• Yulong Wanshou Palace 抚州玉隆万寿宫 National heritage site · on the map
  Yulong Wanshou Palace is a temple complex of Ming origin, rebuilt in the Qing, laid out along an east-facing axis of forecourt, gate, opera tower, front hall, Jingyang Shrine and pavilion.

On the map

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Learn more

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