Places around Fuzhou suitable for one-day trips

Yongtai Songkou Ancient Town

Songkou Town is located in the southwest of Yongtai County. It is an ancient town with a history of nearly a thousand years and was called Songyang in ancient times. It is the only national-level historical and cultural town in Fuzhou. There are more than 100 ancient dwellings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties preserved in Songkou Town, which are praised by experts as “a miracle due to their large variety, quantity, good preservation, and high level of art.”

Qinjiang Manchu Village in Changle

Qinjiang Village is the only minority Manchu village in Fujian Province, and it is also the most concentrated Bannerman settlement in several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River in my country. This place has become the "living fossil" of the Eight Banners culture of China. Qinjiang was originally the "Fuzhou Sanjiangkou Division Flag Camp". It was one of the four eight-banner naval divisions in the country during the Qing Dynasty. It is also the only complete Qing Dynasty naval military castle remaining on the southeast coast of my country.

Houlong Village, Yunlong Township

Known as the "Little Wuyuan of Fuzhou", the old houses in the village show the characteristic architectural style of the Fujian and Qing Dynasties of "white walls, gray tiles and saddle walls". The century-old houses such as Dianlicuo and Gongliexuan are even more intact. Autumn is as beautiful as an ink painting against the backdrop of golden rice fields.

Dinghai Ancient City

It is located on the north bank of the mouth of the Minjiang River, known as the "Golden Waterway". It is known as the "North Throat of the Minjiang River". It has been a battleground for military strategists throughout the Ming and Qing Dynasties. An important border defense town along the coast during the period. Dinghai Village is small, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea. The ancient city is built on the mountains. If the Dragon Boat Festival comes, you can watch the dragon boat race on the sea that has lasted for more than 400 years.