A must-stay in Quanzhou, the Quanzhou C&D Hotel offers views of the Jin River.

In autumn, the Jin River flows like a poem. I watch the cars come and go on Chengzhou Bridge from the window of the Quanzhou C&D Hotel. The clouds have been there for thousands of years, and the world has changed, but there will always be someone coming to you. This romance and expectation is written for you by the Jin River and Hilton. The Quanzhou C&D Hotel is the 100th hotel opened by Hilton Hotels Group in Greater China, and it opened in 2017. The hotel not only has the sense of ceremony of 100, but also has a very ingenious design, inspired by the elements of the "Ancient Maritime Silk Road" and cleverly integrated with the local culture of southern Fujian, interpreting the cultural characteristics of Quanzhou, "half city of fireworks, half city of immortals, half ancient, half foreign." The shape of the ceiling in the hotel lobby is like undulating waves, or like sails fluttering in the wind, creating the magnificent atmosphere of the merchants of Citing City setting sail. The sunken design at the entrance of the hotel is also quite ingenious, like a group of dragons playing with pearls, with wealth rolling in. The rooms also continue the elements of the Maritime Silk Road in their design, with an overall elegant and stylish look, and the murals at the head of the bed and the blue carpet give a sense of calm and tranquility. When the lights come on, turn off the lights, soak in the bathtub and enjoy the colorful night view outside the window, as if you are wandering in the boundless universe. Or you can walk to the lobby bar, where the bookshelf on the wall has a sense of high mountains, and I think of the poem "The startled geese do not form words, the fallen leaves know autumn best," and I feel the wind gently blowing through my heart. The most important thing to do in Quanzhou is to taste the food here. Although I have been to Quanzhou many times, I was still amazed by the food at the Hometown Chinese Restaurant this time. Quanzhou is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, and the Chinese restaurant is named "Hometown," meaning the feeling of home, full of emotional value. The Hometown Restaurant inherits the ancient cooking tradition, and the traditional southern Fujian cuisine such as ginger duck, earth bamboo shoot jelly, fried five-spice, and fried vinegar meat, as well as other dishes, are all unforgettable. In "Hometown," I tasted "Hometown," and in the Quanzhou C&D Hotel, the Jin River quietly flowed in front of the window, telling a thousand-year-old legend and giving me this romance.