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Quanzhou Maritime Museum

Quanzhou Maritime Museum

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Quanzhou Overseas Traffic History Museum is a museum in China with the theme of overseas traffic history. It is a national first-class museum. The museum was founded in 1959, and its original site is located on the east side of the Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou, a Buddhist temple. In February 1991, the main building of the new museum was completed on Donghu Street. In 2003, the "Quanzhou Islamic Culture Exhibition Hall" was built on the east side of the main building. These are all part of the Quanzhou Overseas Transportation History Museum. The theme of the Quanzhou Overseas Transportation History Museum is to reflect the ancient overseas transportation, the Maritime Silk Road, and various economic and cultural exchanges arising therefrom. The basic exhibitions in the museum include "Quanzhou Ancient Ship Museum", "Quanzhou and Ancient Overseas Transportation History Exhibition Hall", "China Boat World", "Islamic Culture Exhibition Hall" and "Quanzhou Haijiao Folk Culture Exhibition Hall". The ancient ship exhibition hall is the old museum located in Kaiyuan Temple. It is divided into 2 floors. It mainly displays the Song Dynasty sunken ship excavated from Houzhu Port in Quanzhou Bay in 1974 and its accompanying unearthed objects. The most worth seeing is the Song Dynasty ship model in the museum. . The Song Dynasty ship was unearthed at Houzhu Port in Quanzhou Bay in 1974. It was an early and large-scale overseas trade ship of the Song Dynasty discovered in China at that time. There are also a large number of cultural relics unearthed with the ship, which are very precious. The new museum is very knowledgeable and fun. Here you can see ten different crosses; you can know why Tamil is seen in many temples in Quanzhou; you can see the silk exported from the Silk Road at that time. and pottery; you can also know what weapons were used to resist Japanese pirates; you can also see many different religious tombstones. For those who like museums, study history, or like ship models, the Overseas Transportation History Museum is a must-see attraction. It fully shows the ancient Quanzhou commerce, religion and navigation. And there are very few people in the hall, very clean. If you are traveling with children, you can also bring your children here to gain more knowledge.

Quanzhou · 20 km from Shishi
Guanyue Temple
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Guanyue Temple

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Tonghuai Guanyue Temple is located on the prosperous Tumen Street in the ancient city of Quanzhou. You can see the green smoke and smell the strong incense from far away from Tumen Street. This should be the Guandi Temple with a lot of incense in southern Fujian. It is said to be very effective. It has a history of nearly a thousand years. It was originally called Guandi Temple, because the temple is dedicated to Guan Yu. It is one of the historic sites of the famous historical and cultural city in Quanzhou, and it is also a rare temple in China where Guan Yu and Yue Fei are worshipped together. The architectural style of Guanyue Temple reflects the artistic style of ancient buildings in southern Fujian, with exquisitely decorated wood carvings, stone carvings and clay sculptures, pagodas with dragon kisses on the roof ridge, and flowers, birds and animals in between. The beautiful architecture makes it worth photographing and viewing in itself. The sacrificial hall is not big, and you can hear a steady stream of tossing sounds when you enter the door. Entering the temple, Guan Yu is worshipped on the left and Yue Fei is worshipped on the right. The rest of the place is full of couplets and inscriptions, which are actually cultural relics: from "Rebuilding the Monument to Guandi Temple in Tonghuai Street, Quan County" written by Guan Xianyao in the 43rd year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty, to the stone inscriptions written by Lin Guangfu in the 24th year of Jiaqing He is the "True Classic of Emperor Guan Jue Shi" written by Su Tingyu in the 20th year of Daoguang. There are poems by Mi Fu and Dong Qichang on the left and right walls outside the temple gate. In the temple, there are also ancient plaques such as "Righteousness" handwritten by Zhu Xi, a great scholar in the Song Dynasty, and "Filling the World" handwritten by Zhang Ruitu, a calligrapher in the Ming Dynasty. These cultural relics make Tonghuai Guanyue Temple more historical and cultural.

Quanzhou · 19.7 km from Shishi
Quanzhou Tianhou Temple
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Quanzhou Tianhou Temple

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Tianhou, also known as Mazu, refers to the god of the sea - Lin Mo. She is a belief in the southern Fujian area. People at the seaside believe in the Queen of Heaven, so many people come to worship her. The Tianhou Temple in Quanzhou was built in the second year of Qingyuan (AD 1196). It is an early and large-scale Mazu temple on the southeast coast of my country. It is also an important visiting spot in Quanzhou. The incense here is very strong. The mountain gate of Tianhou Palace is very beautiful, with east and west buildings on both sides of the gate. After entering, you will find that although the main hall of Tianhou has experienced vicissitudes, the wooden buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties are still well preserved. The main hall is spectacular, the reliefs are also very beautiful, and the carvings and decorations on the eaves are really beautiful. The east and west corridors were originally equipped with the twenty-four divisions of the gods, and now they have been changed to the exhibition room of the Fujian-Taiwan Relations History Museum. The museum has a large collection of precious historical relics and folk cultural relics. Book Fair”, “Fujian and Taiwan Folk Customs Photography Exhibition” and other exhibitions. In front of the apse are two pillars with very unique shapes. The two inner pillars have a history and are themselves stone pillars of a Hindu temple in the Yuan Dynasty. There is a land master at the entrance, and there is a canopy with "Fuzheng Shen" on it, praying for success in school, and students from nearby schools come here to worship very diligently. Come here, believe that you may wish to worship the Queen of Heaven. If you don't have the corresponding beliefs, you might as well look at the buildings and take pictures in the mood of a tourist.

Quanzhou · 19.1 km from Shishi

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好鹏友工作室1 November 2021
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Hongta Bay is located in Yongning, Shishi, about 40 kilometers away from the ancient city of Quanzhou. It is a free natural bay with a nice beach and woods. There are few people here in winter and the sea breeze is particularly strong. There are many people in summer. Next to it is the Military Park and the Gold Coast.

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The guide was excellent and very dedicated. I was captivated for over two hours. Although the venue wasn't very large, the entire tour provided a comprehensive understanding of Quanzhou's maritime history and its various religious cultures. After the tour, the guide also led us to the adjacent religious stele museum, where we witnessed the harmonious coexistence of multiple religions. I learned a lot; Quanzhou truly deserves its title as a "religious museum."

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M46***896 January 2025
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The day we chose was really off-season, so we were the only family and enjoyed three performances, which was pretty good. The venue was a bit old. It was very close to Luojia Temple, so it was a good time to check in at the temple after strolling along the Gold Coast.

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汤团团团团14 October 2026
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There weren't many people here, and it wasn't very big. There was only one front hall and two side halls. In the back, there was a pond with some turtles and fish. The fish weren't goldfish; they were grayish and you couldn't tell what kind of fish they were. There was a small, lush, and cute little dog at the entrance.

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