--- title: "Nanping – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Nanping, China: Nanping is a third-tier prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. Every way there from the…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nanping" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nanping.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Sunset_behind_temple_-_panoramio.jpg/3840px-Sunset_behind_temple_-_panoramio.jpg" --- Prefecture-level city in Fujian, People's Republic of China # Nanping Nanping is a third-tier prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. ![Nanping](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Sunset_behind_temple_-_panoramio.jpg/3840px-Sunset_behind_temple_-_panoramio.jpg) Nanping · Wikimedia Commons (see file page) The place Nanping is a third-tier prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde to the east, Sanming to the south, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi to the north and west respectively. Part of the famous Wuyi Mountains range is located in this prefecture. Its population was 2,680,645 as of the 2020 census, of whom 795,448 lived in the built-up area made up of Yanping and Jianyang urban districts. At the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, the permanent population will be 2.623 million. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanping), CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see Wuyishan: Climb up this mountain and enjoy the view from the top. It is worth it! It takes about an hour to reach the top and half an hour to come down. Enjoy the scenic bamboo raft ride down the river. You get to see huge rocks of different shapes and sizes - some of which resemble people or animals. 1. Nine Bend River Taking a bamboo raft downstream and enjoying the stunning Danxia landforms along the way is a classic experience in Wuyishan. From [Wikivoyage: Nanping](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nanping), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do Bamboo rafting on Nine Bend River (九曲溪竹筏漂流). Taking a bamboo raft downstream in the Wuyishan Scenic Area is the most classic and relaxing experience. From [Wikivoyage: Nanping](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nanping), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat Minbei wontons (南平扁肉). A local version of Fujian wontons, known for thin wrappers and generously seasoned pork filling, often eaten with noodles. Guangbing (光饼). A traditional baked flatbread with a crisp exterior, sometimes stuffed with meat or pork floss. Dried bamboo shoot dishes (笋干系列菜). Bamboo shoots cooked with pork or noodles are a local staple Smoked goose (熏鹅). From [Wikivoyage: Nanping](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nanping), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Nanping **Airports:** Fuzhou Changle (FOC), 169 km · Quanzhou Jinjiang (JJN), 209 km · Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN), 233 km\ **Stations:** Shuinan Railway Station, 1.9 km · Yanpingdong Railway Station, 3.5 km\ - Fuzhou (Changle) → Nanping Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/fuzhou-changle-to-nanping) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Fuzhou+%28Changle%29&to=Nanping) - Quanzhou → Nanping Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/quanzhou-to-nanping) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Quanzhou&to=Nanping) - Xiamen → Nanping Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/xiamen-to-nanping) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Xiamen&to=Nanping) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Nanping) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Nanping Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Nanping. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Matsu Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/matsu) TW 9 ways of moving, 34 sources 184 km 2. [Kinmen (Quemoy)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kinmen) TW 10 ways of moving, 12 sources 245 km 3. [Orchid Island (Lanyu)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/orchid-island) TW 10 ways of moving, 31 sources 614 km 4. [Taketomi and the Yaeyama islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/taketomi) JP 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 647 km 5. [Zamami and the Kerama Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zamami) JP 12 ways of moving, 19 sources 910 km If you know how people move in Nanping – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cnanping&title=Nanping&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fnanping), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Nanping - [Yanping District](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/yanping-district) district of China 600 m [The place page for Nanping](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/nanping) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on China](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-CN) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nanping, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt