[2025 Quanzhou Attraction] Travel Guide for Quanzhou Intangible Culture Heritage Museum (Updated Mar)

The Quanzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum is located in the Quanzhou Overseas Chinese Sports Center, covering a building area of over 9,000 square meters and an exhibition area of over 6,500 square meters. It features exhibition areas on the second, third, fourth, and fifth floors, with 15 workshops and an interactive stage. ✅Intangible Cultural Heritage Projects: The Quanzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum houses numerous intangible cultural heritage projects. According to incomplete statistics, there are around 36 intangible cultural heritage projects, with 22 physical exhibits. The main categories and specific projects include: 1. Treasures of Nature and Folk Art: Hui'an stone carving, Quanzhou paper cutting, Jiangjia walking puppet head carving, Quanzhou wood carving, Yongchun paper weaving painting, Quanzhou paper crafting, Quanzhou color decoration, sugar figurine making, Quanzhou lanterns, pith paper painting, and Quanzhou pyrography. 2. Folk Customs and Southern Fujian Charm: Min-Taiwan cross-strait ferry, Anhai Suoluo chant, Xunpu women's customs, Hui'an women's customs, Laofan Zhi ballads, Lingyuan Wanying tea, Five Ancestors Fist, chest-beating dance, Lantern Festival customs, Qingshui Zushi beliefs, Nan'an Yingdu BABA lanterns, Min-Taiwan Dongshi lantern customs, Huodinggong and Huodingpo deities, and lion dance. 3. Sounds of Quanzhou, Echoes of Jin and Tang Dynasties: The Legend of Chen San Wu Niang, the legend of Quanzhou Southern Shaolin, Nanyin music, Beiguan music, Liyuan Opera, Gaojia Opera, Dacheng Opera, Southern Puppet Show, Quanzhou marionette show, and Minnan storytelling. 4. Ingenuity and Craftsmanship: Southern Fujian residential architecture techniques, Quanzhou lacquer thread carving, Quanzhou Buddha statue carving, watertight bulkhead Fuchuan shipbuilding techniques, Anxi oolong tea (Tieguanyin) making techniques, Quanzhou gold-painted thread painting, Dehua porcelain firing techniques, Quanzhou gold embroidery, Quanzhou tin carving, Yongchun lacquer baskets, Anxi bamboo and rattan weaving, Quanzhou bamboo weaving, and Yongchun incense making techniques. ❤Visiting Guide: - Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 09:00-17:00. - Ticket information: Free admission. - Transportation: Take bus No. 3, 19, 27, etc. to the Overseas Chinese Sports Center Station; or navigate to No. 648 Donghu Street, Fengze District, Quanzhou City, Overseas Chinese Sports Center. - Visiting route: Start from the second floor and visit the third and fourth floors in turn, following the theme sequence of "Treasures of Nature and Folk Art" - "Folk Customs and Southern Fujian Charm" - "Sounds of Quanzhou, Echoes of Jin and Tang Dynasties" - "Ingenuity and Craftsmanship" to systematically understand Quanzhou's intangible cultural heritage. - Interactive experience: Regular intangible cultural heritage interactive experiences and performances are available on weekends. Intangible cultural heritage inheritors will also demonstrate their craftsmanship on site from time to time. Visitors are encouraged to actively participate and experience the charm of intangible cultural heritage firsthand.

I visited Changting, Longyan, and the intangible cultural heritage town of Quanzhou during the Lantern Festival, and it was absolutely worth it❗️ Day 1 Dapu🚗Longyan 📍Gutian Conference Site 📍Peitian Ancient Village 📍Changting Ancient City ☕️Tea Mountain Party 🍱Dinner at a relative's house 🏨Crowne Plaza Hotel Changting Day 2 📍Lianhua Lake in Changting Changting🚗Longyan 📍Longyan City Museum 📍Longyan Wanbao Plaza 🍱Lin Xin Farmhouse Longda Restaurant 🏨Homestay near People's Square Day 3 📍Longjin Lake Longyan🚄Quanzhou South 📍Quanzhou Old Town Bell Tower and West Street area 📍Quanzhou Puppet Theater (special performance for Lantern Festival) 🍱Bingzhengtang, Ai A Shi Huagao, Dongjie Bell Tower Meat Zongzi 🏨All Seasons Hotel (Quanzhou Fengze Plaza Huxin Branch) Day 4 📍Quanzhou Museum 📍Quanzhou Maritime Museum 📍Quanzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum 📍Kaiyuan Temple ☕️Ye Song Cafe ☕️Youli Tiantai Coffee and Wine Bar 🍱Lizhiyuan Restaurant, Wushugong Tushun Jelly, Aunt Qin's Taro Cake 🏨All Seasons Hotel (Quanzhou Fengze Plaza Huxin Branch) Day 5 📍Wulin Ancient Village in Jinjiang - taking photos with hairpins (Nanyang costume) Quanzhou South🚄Shenzhen North

Quanzhou is a treasure trove of intangible cultural heritage in China, with five items included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. It is the only city in China with three types of intangible cultural heritage listed by UNESCO. 1. Location: Quanzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum 2. Time: 9:00–17:00 3. Duration: 1.5 hours 4. Price: Free Tips: 1️⃣. The museum is located inside the stadium and is quite hidden. You can make a reservation one day in advance or on the day of your visit. There are regular guided tours in the museum. The whole tour takes about 1.5 hours. 2️⃣. The museum is not large, but it houses many precious "intangible cultural heritage" exhibits. It has 36 national, provincial, and municipal intangible cultural heritage projects in Quanzhou, 22 physical displays, and a total of more than 400 exhibits. 3️⃣. The exhibition is concentrated on the 2nd to 5th floors. The second floor introduces various traditional crafts in Quanzhou, including Hui'an stone carving, paper cutting, Jiangjia puppet head carving, Hui'an wood carving, Yongchun paper weaving painting, Quanzhou paper art, Quanzhou cake decoration, Quanzhou colored paper art, Quanzhou lanterns, Quanzhou cloth carving painting, and Quanzhou tongcao art. Some crafts have live demonstrations and interactive participation. The third floor introduces Minnan customs and ancient culture, including clothing, architecture, traditional dance, sports, acrobatics, games, medicine, storytelling, Nanyin, Shaolin legends, string puppets, and glove puppets, with live performances at designated times. The fourth floor showcases various intangible cultural heritage achievements, including lacquer thread carving, Buddha statue carving, Minnan traditional residential construction, watertight compartment Fuzhou shipbuilding, Tieguanyin tea making, Dehua porcelain firing, Quanzhou Jin Cangxiu art, Quanzhou tin carving, Yongchun lacquer basket making, and Anxi bamboo and rattan weaving, all with superb craftsmanship. The fifth floor is a temporary exhibition, currently displaying New Year folk paintings. 4️⃣. You can ask about the performance times of various crafts when entering the museum, especially Nanyin, storytelling, and opera, to enjoy different forms of art.

On the day I went, it happened to be the Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience Day, with many intangible cultural heritage masters performing on the spot, and the audience could also experience. Tips 1. You can listen to the museum's volunteers at 9:30 to better understand the intangible cultural heritage, and then look at the exhibition yourself. (The explanation schedule is on the last page, friends who need it can record it themselves.) 2. There are many intangible cultural heritage projects in the museum that day, you can pay attention to the public number of "Quanzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum" first, to see the experience time of the intangible cultural heritage project. (That day I experienced the puppet show (not only watched a small performance, but also tried it, it was quite interesting), Nanyin (I don't understand it, but it doesn't matter if I listen to it), puppet show (although I didn't see the performance, but I took a photo with the puppet), and bead embroidery (because the master was off work, I only saw the master's production process, but you can queue up to let the master embroider a flower on your clothes).) 3. The Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum is very close to the Overseas Traffic History Museum, you can see them together. Here is a small suggestion, you can go to the Overseas Traffic History Museum first, and then go to the ancient city area city walk, so that you will have a deeper understanding of the ancient city area. You can also listen to the explanation in the Overseas Traffic History Museum. The guide I listened to that day was great, and he also introduced me to the Bai Gao ancient temple in the ancient city area, which is very interesting. If you are interested, you can go and see. 4. If you encounter a day with intangible cultural heritage project experience, you can reserve a day's time, because the experience day is generally on weekends, there are more people, remember to make an appointment. I said a lot, I hope everyone can feel the charm of Quanzhou as the "only world heritage city in China", feel the charm of intangible cultural heritage culture more, and feel the wisdom and beauty of the ancients.

🚗🚗🚗 Travel itinerary: Day1: Changfa Square → Xinchang Big Buddha Temple Scenic Area → Wanquan Resort Hotel Day2: Yuliao Scenic Area → Golden Coast Yuliao Golden Beach → Xiaguan Town → Fuzhou Gui'anxi Mountain Hot Spring Resort Hotel Day3: Quanzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum → Jinjiang Wulin Traditional Village → Puppet Show Heritage Protection Center → West Street → Nan'an Aosheng Yihao Hotel (International Slab Market Trading Center Store) Day4: Chuxi Tulou Cluster → Zhangzhou Ancient City → Nan'an Aosheng Yihao Hotel (International Slab Market Trading Center Store) Day5: Jimei School Village → Xiamen University (Siming Campus) - Zhonglin Meiguang Square → Shapowei Art West District → Nan'an Aosheng Yihao Hotel (International Slab Market Trading Center Store) Day6: Wuyi Mountain National Park → Shangrao Yushan Hilton Hotel Day7: Tonglu Shengxianli International Ski Resort → Changfa Square