Zhejiang, a tourist city full of fireworks, was once comparable to Hangzhou, hiding many special historical sites.

There are 10 historical and cultural cities in Zhejiang, namely Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Huzhou, Jiaxing and Quzhou. Quzhou is the lowest-key prefecture-level ancient city.

Quzhou, as the fourth national historical and cultural city in Zhejiang, can even be compared with Hangzhou for a long time, and its influence is outstanding in China. This is Quzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty. However, with the passage of time, this once famous ancient city was gradually forgotten by the world and became a minority tourist city in Zhejiang.

Although Quzhou is a small tourist destination, it hides Xiao Machao's favorite street life, and all kinds of ancient relics can be found walking in the streets.

So what are the places worth visiting in Quzhou?

Nanzong Confucius temple

As the Confucius Temple in Quzhou, which is comparable to the Confucius Temple in Qufu, its reputation is obviously much smaller now, but in fact, its position here has always been very prominent in ancient times. After all, as the saying goes, there is Qufu Confucius Temple in the north and Quzhou Confucius Temple in the south.

During your trip to Nanzong Confucius Temple in Quzhou, you can see many ancient buildings that have been preserved. These relics well combine the architectural styles of North and South, forming a unique flavor of Quzhou.

Quzhou Confucius Temple is mainly divided into Confucius Temple and living area. To the east is Dacheng Hall of Confucius Temple. This is an ancient building that imitates the architectural model of the Song Dynasty. There are sculptures of Confucius and statues of descendants of Confucius in the hall. If you want to know the history of Confucius' descendants, you must not miss it.

On the west side of Confucius Temple is the living area, where you can see the rich southern garden customs, rockeries, pools, gardens and pavilions, which are particularly charming to visit.

The focus of Nanzong Confucius Temple can be paid attention to: Confucius Temple, Chongshengmen, Chongshengci, Dachengmen, Yongdao, Dacheng Hall, Siluge, hereditary doctor's office, etc.

Quzhou museum

During Pony's trip, every city will first go to the city museum to learn about the basic culture here, so as to plan the next trip.

Although the collection of Quzhou Museum is very few between Nanjing Museum and Palace Museum, it has left some unique ancient cultural relics with its past glory. For example, we can see dinosaur fossils from 10,000 years ago, such as various porcelains unearthed from Wuzhou Kiln and Buddha statues unearthed from Tianwang Pagoda.

Quzhou city wall

It can be said that Quzhou City Wall is the most surprising scenic spot in Quzhou. After all, it is hard to imagine that it is a kind of luck to see such a spectacular city wall site in Jiangnan.

Although compared with Pingyao in China and Xi 'an's ancient city walls, the scale of Quzhou city walls is inferior, but in my opinion, there is a little more street life here.

If you are a lover of humanistic tourism, you will definitely like Quzhou City Wall. The focus is on the small south gate, the south gate, that is, Lixianmen and Doutan.

Walking in the street looking for old streets

If you like shopping, you can also find your own travel destination in Quzhou. If you like to visit the online red shop, you can focus on the Shuitingmen block, where you can see many handicraft shops. If you like the niche route, you can focus on the North Gate Historical District, where you can see many small shops with grounded gas and a strong street life.

If you are a foodie, you might as well go to Madi Station and spend half a day punching in a lot of authentic flavors. If you don't like to plan your route in advance, you can feel the fireworks in Quzhou as long as you visit the old city of Quzhou at will.

Quzhou may be such an extremely low-key city, and even many travelers have heard of it. But if you are a humanistic traveler, the ancient city of Quzhou with a strong smell of fireworks will definitely be your surprise.