Zhangzhou City One-Day City Walk Guide

Zhangzhou, a time-honored ancient city in southern Fujian, is a place where Tang and Song culture is hidden among red brick houses and the smell of traditional food wafts through the streets. Spend a day walking around the city to explore the texture and soul of this "coastal city of Confucius"✨  Most of the attractions are within walking distance and most are free. . . ✅ Route: Wenchang Gate → Zhongshan Park → Zhangzhou Department Store → Catholic Church  → Haixi Bowen Bookstore  → Zhangzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall  → Stone Archway  → Jialan Temple  → Literature Museum  → Zhangzhou Confucian Temple  → Dongqiaoting Buddha Temple  → Puppet Art Exhibition Hall  → Kuixing Pavilion  → Zhangzhou Ancient City Memory Museum  → Weizhen Pavilion. . . 1️⃣📍Wenchang Gate 🏯          A landmark city gate of the ancient city, it should be newly built and not a historical site. . 2️⃣🌳Zhongshan Park➕🛍️Zhangzhou Department Store         The 12th floor of Zhangzhou Department Store offers a free view of the ancient city. . 3️⃣ ⛪️ Catholic Church➕📖Haixi Bowen Bookstore        A large white church, but it is not open to the public. The third floor of the bookstore next to it is a good spot for photos. . 4️⃣ 🪦Stone Archway Group➕Jialan Temple      The "Imperial Edict" plaque on the top of the "Three Generations of Ministers" archway is a double-dragon play bead hollow carving; the "Kirin Offering Auspiciousness" on the base of the "Shangshu Tanhua" archway is a metaphor for the official career🐉  Turn into the small alley on the west side of the archway group to find Jialan Temple, a 3-square-meter miniature temple dedicated to the unique southern Fujian war god "Jialan Ye"  . . 5️⃣ 🎭Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall      - Zhangzhou puppet head carving (national intangible cultural heritage). Demonstration of Babao ink paste making, cinnabar + pearl powder formula  . . 6️⃣ 📚Zhangzhou Confucian Temple     The "Flying Musician" wood carving on the Song Dynasty stone pillars of the Dacheng Hall is one of only three in the country; the stele gallery in the backyard houses a rubbing of Zhu Xi's handwritten "Chengnan Changhe Poem"📜   . 7️⃣ 📖 Zhangzhou Literature Museum        Exhibits manuscripts of southern Fujian literary giants such as Lin Yutang and Xu Dishan📖   . 8️⃣ 🙏Dongqiaoting Buddha Temple     The incense is very strong, and the "Flying Musician" wood carving on the eaves of the ancient Ming Dynasty temple is a hundred-year-old banyan tree in front of the temple🌳. . 9️⃣ 🏯Weizhen Pavilion      The top floor of the octagonal pavilion displays the history of maritime trade🌊, and the corridor pillars are inscribed with the words "Guarding Southern Fujian".