Quanzhou
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By air
Quanzhou, or rather Jinjiang across the river, has an airport with flights to various mainland cities. Nearby Xiamen has a more important airport with good domestic connections, including flights to Hong Kong and Macau and quite a few international flights.
By train
A high-speed rail line is, as of mid-2009, quite visibly under construction, due to enter service around the end of the year. When done, that will link Quanzhou at least to Xiamen and Fuzhou, cutting travel times roughly in half. Likely it will also go much further in both directions; see High-speed rail in China for details.
By bus
There are frequent buses from Xiamen and Fuzhou.
There are also direct overnight buses to/from more distant places such as Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Zhuhai, in the range.
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Qingjing Mosque
Tumen Street. The only surviving mosque of the many that used to exist. It is over 1,000 years old, and was rebuilt in 2009 so the dome is now restored after a 200-year absence. Well worth a visit.
Taoist temple
(Guan Di Temple), (just east of the mosque). Large and impressive.
Confucian Temple
(A couple of blocks west of the Taoist Temple, just off Tumen Street). This is the main Confucian temple in town.
Puppet Museum
along Tumen Street, take the first right, go a short distance and take the first right again (if you reach a park on your right, you have gone too far), the museum is a short way along on your left (if you reach the French restaurant, you have gone too far)). * Quanzhou is famous for puppets and the museum is excellent.
Maritime Museum
Excellent museum. Quanzhou was, up to the 15th century, one of China's greatest trading cities and a major base for her powerful fleets.
January - March
October - December
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