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What are the interesting places in Quanzhou? What are the scenic spots that must be visited?

There are Kaiyuan Temple, Wenfu Temple, Jing Qing Temple, Tianhou Temple and Qingyuan Mountain, all of which are worth visiting.

1, Kaiyuan Temple

Kaiyuan Temple is located in West Street, Licheng District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. It is an important cultural relic along the southeast coast of China and the largest Buddhist temple in Fujian Province.

The temple was founded in the second year of Tang Dynasty (686), formerly known as Lotus Dojo. In the 26th year of Kaiyuan (738), it was renamed Kaiyuan Temple. The existing main temples were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with a length of 260 meters from north to south and a width of 300 meters from east to west, covering an area of 78,000 square meters.

2. Wenfu Temple

Wenfu Temple, also known as Fu Xue, is located on the bank of Baiyuan Chuanchi, Licheng District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, and is a national key cultural relics protection unit. It was built at the end of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty, and moved to this site in Taiping and Xingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty (976-98 1).

Confucius Temple has a long history, large scale and magnificent halls. It is the largest Confucian temple complex in the southeast of China, and its architectural style is rare among the existing Confucian temples in China.

3. Jing Qing Temple

Jing Qing Temple, formerly known as Shengyou Temple, also known as Isuhab Grand Mosque, is located in Tumen Street, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. It is the oldest existing Islamic temple in China established by Arab Muslims. Founded in the second year of the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 1009), January 400 AD. ?

Jing Qing Temple covers an area of 265,438+084 square meters, and is made of stone as a whole. Imitating the Islamic chapel in Damascus, Syria, it has the characteristics of large dispersion and small concentration of Islamic mosques in functional space. The main buildings preserved are the gatehouse, the worship hall and the Mingshan Hall.

4. Tianhou Palace

Located atNo. 1, Tianhou Road, South Gate, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, it was built in the second year of Song Qingyuan (1 196), and is located on the bank of Jinjiang River in the south of Quanzhou, which is a "land where foreign ships and passengers gather".

This palace is an early and large-scale Mazu Tempel in Fenling Temple in Mazu Tempel, Meizhou, Putian, on the southeast coast of China.

Tianhou Palace in Quanzhou has always been regarded as the largest Mazu-specific temple with the highest building specifications at home and abroad, and it is also one of the few national key cultural relics protection units approved by the State Council in mainland Mazu Tempel.

5. Qingyuan Mountain

Qingyuan Mountain National Key Scenic Spot is one of the eighteen scenic spots in Quanzhou and also a national key scenic spot. It consists of Qingyuan Mountain, Jiuri Mountain and Lingshan Holy Tomb, with a total area of 62 square kilometers. Fiona Fang, a scenic spot of Qingyuan Mountain, is 40 Li Long, with its main peak 498 meters above sea level, close to Quanzhou Mountain City, attracting many overseas tourists.

Since ancient times, the national key scenic spot of Qingyuan Mountain has been famous for its 36 caves and 18 scenic spots, among which Laojun Rock, Qianshou Rock, Tomi Rock, Bixiao Rock, Ruixiang Rock, Tiger Ruquan, Nantai Rock, Qingyuan Cave and Ci 'en Rock are the best.