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If you don’t wear flowers! What else can you do in Quanzhou Xiapu Village?

🌸Wear flowers in this life and be beautiful in the next life. When it comes to flowers, people in Quanzhou also have a say. In a city that loves flowers, people can plant flowers in the streets and alleys, and also wear flowers on their heads. · 🌺This is the birthplace of the hairpin flower circus The starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, with oysters as walls and flowers as decorations This is Quanzhou Xiapu Village In the past, Xiapu Village was a simple and small village with a profound culture. Today, Xiapu Village is surrounded by various hairpin shops. The village also broke the silence and became noisy. · 【Xiapu Village】 Located on the north bank of the Jinjiang estuary in Quanzhou Bay, there are two distinctive cultures here, the oyster shell house architecture and the Crab Girls wearing hairpins with flowers on their heads. The exotic clothing of the Xiapu women and the "oyster shell houses" are the profound cultural imprints left by the ancient Maritime Silk Road. Oysters have been cultivated here for nearly a hundred years, and local fishermen wait until the tide goes out to sea to catch red crabs, hence the name. · 👚Must experience: ▫️Come to Xiapu Village to experience the hairpin flower circus. Both men and women can experience it here. There are 40💰 different makeups. You can also take photos by yourself if there is a photographer. · 📷About taking photos: ▫️👲Many hairpin shops have photographers, you can make an appointment with one. If you take photos yourself, remember to visit these places: ▫️🚢At the pier opposite the village entrance, you can take photos with the cruise ship, and the back view looking into the distance is very impressive. ▫️👵Take photos with the local grandmas in the village, but remember to inform them in advance and be polite~ 🏠Looking for old houses in the village and taking photos with them, there is still a lot of atmosphere. ▫️ ✨️What to see in Xiapu Village: 1⃣Come to Xiapu Village and look for the everlasting Xiapu women. This is the birthplace of the three major fishing women in Fujian, Xiapu Women, who are known as Hui'an Women and Meizhou Women. The headdress of Xiapu women is commonly known as "hairpin flower surround". The jasmine flowers, Michelia flowers, and chaff flowers commonly used in headdresses were transplanted from the Western Regions and have continued to this day, exuding the strong atmosphere of exotic culture. · 2⃣Check in at the Oyster Shell House and see the product of the interweaving of Minnan red bricks and oyster shells. There is a saying in the local area that "bricks are a thousand years old, and oysters are ten thousand years old." Many people in Xiapu Village make a living from fishing. Every day there are fishermen returning from fishing. When you walk into the village, you can see women wearing flowery hairpins sitting at their doorsteps prying open oyster shells to get the oyster meat. Discarded oyster shells are used as bricks, which are white and look spectacular. · ‼ ️About how to go? 📍Address: Xiapu Village, Fengze District, Quanzhou City 🚌Transportation: Take bus No. 39, K301, or No. 44 to Xiapu Vegetable Market ⏰️Opening hours: All day, free
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Posted: Mar 18, 2025
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