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Quanzhou
Prefecture-level city in Fujian, China

Quanzhou

Quanzhou is a prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, People's Republic of China.

Plan a trip to Quanzhou→From Xiamen

It is Fujian's most populous metropolitan region, with an area of 11,245 square kilometers (4,342 sq mi) and a population of 8,782,285 as of the 2020 census. Its built-up area is home to 6,669,711 inhabitants, encompassing the Licheng, Fengze, and Luojiang urban districts; Jinjiang, Nan'an, and Shishi cities; Hui'an County; and the Quanzhou District for Taiwanese Investment. Quanzhou was China's 12th-largest extended metropolitan area in 2010.

Get in

Getting to Quanzhou

  1. 01
    Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport

    Quanzhou, or rather Jinjiang across the river, has an airport with flights to various mainland cities, as well as some international flights to Hong Kong and other Asian cities.

  2. 02
    Quanzhou Station
See

Worth seeing

The town has an assortment of religious buildings, some quite old. It has been called a museum of world religions. There are Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucian temples, as anywhere in China, plus Christian churches and one mosque. There are also Hindu and Zoroastrian temples. Neighboring Jinjiang has the world's only surviving Manichean temple.

  1. 01
    Kaiyuan Temple
  2. 02
    Qingjing Mosque

    The only surviving mosque of the many that used to exist.

  3. 03
    Guan-Yue Temple
  4. 04
    Confucian Temple
  5. 05
    Chongfu Temple

    A beautiful if small active Buddhist Temple.

  6. 06
    Tian Hou Gong
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Qingyuan Mountain
Eat

Where to eat

Bart's Kitchen (椰林阁娘惹私房菜), at Dong fang min zhu #115 (东方明珠) on Feng zi street (丰泽街),. 09:30-10:30. Southeast Asian and Western cuisine, with an English menu. Expect to ¥20-60 per head. The Mandarin Hotel (悦华酒店). Large lunch (¥160) and dinner (¥270) buffet with both eastern and western dishes. Amazon BBQ buffet (亚马逊烤肉), on Ci tong road (刺桐路). All-you-can-eat at moderate prices.

How locals move

Getting around Quanzhou the local way

  • Get inThere is a daily ferry service from Taiwan-controlled Kinmen (Quemoy) Island to the port of Shijing (石井), some 50 km south of downtown Quanzhou, with the journey taking about 1 hour.
  • Get inThe ferries to Xiamen run much more frequently, with multiple departures between 09:00 and 17:30 every day.

From Wikivoyage: Quanzhou, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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