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View Plans & PricingArea: 11,015 km²
Population: ~8.7 million (2020)
Quanzhou means "spring prefecture" in Chinese. It was one of the world's largest ports during the Song and Yuan dynasties and a starting point of the Maritime Silk Road.
7.0/10 — Residents enjoy a balanced lifestyle with modern amenities and cultural richness.
Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport (JJN) has domestic and international flights. Quanzhou Railway Station connects to Fuzhou and Xiamen on the Fuzhou–Xiamen railway. Buses and taxis serve the city.
Huaqiao University (Quanzhou campus), Quanzhou Normal University, and Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Quanzhou) are main institutions.
Quanzhou lies on the Fujian coast with a humid subtropical climate. It has coastline, mountains, and the Jinjiang River.
Visit Quanzhou Old City (UNESCO), Kaiyuan Temple, Qingjing Mosque, Luoyang Bridge, and the Maritime Museum.
Day 1: Kaiyuan Temple, Qingjing Mosque, and old city.
Day 2: Luoyang Bridge and Maritime Museum.
Quanzhou is famous for土笋冻 (sipunculid worm jelly),润饼 (spring rolls), peanut soup, oyster omelette, and面线糊 (vermicelli paste).
Buy Quanzhou lacquerware, Dehua porcelain, tea, and snacks. Main shopping is on Zhongshan Road and Xijie.
Local Vibe: Quanzhou is a port city with more layers of history than most Chinese cities. Locals are proud of their maritime Silk Road past, their temples, and their noodle shops. The city is relaxed, religiously diverse, and full of old stone streets and colonial-era houses.
Fun Facts:
• Quanzhou was one of the world's largest ports during the Song and Yuan dynasties and a key node on the maritime Silk Road.
• The city is home to temples of Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Manichaeism, and Christianity, all within a small area.
• Quanzhou is famous for its Zayton, a name used by Marco Polo and medieval travelers.
Quanzhou locals speak their own flavor of Mandarin. Try these phrases to earn a smile:
汝好 (nǐ hǎo) — Hello — Minnan dialect.
有影 (yǒu yǐng) — Really / true.
卡拉 (kǎ lā) — Very tired.
• Li Zhi — A Ming dynasty philosopher and rebel thinker from Quanzhou who challenged Confucian orthodoxy.
• Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) — The Ming loyalist who expelled the Dutch from Taiwan was born in nearby Nan'an, Quanzhou.
• Marco Polo — The Venetian traveler described Quanzhou as one of the greatest ports of the world.
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