240-Hour Visa-Free Transit in Quanzhou | QuanZhou for a day · Millennium World Heritage Site

The early morning in Quanzhou usually begins like this

It has begun like this for more than a thousand years

Seagoing ships set off from here

But setting off is for a better return

The breakfast at the seaport not only provides energy

But also offers fresh flavors

Between the mountains and the sea, the city wakes up

Another busy day in life begins

Time shines into the singing and postures

Experience passes through the embroidery threads and carving knives

Years always leave a special stage for themselves

The kiln fire condenses the fine soil into an oriental symbol

It condenses the past history into a thousand-year memory.

There is life, continuing in the heat.

The Confucian Temple is the quietest place in Quanzhou at noon.

Here one can access the wisdom of ancient masters.

And understand the moral principles of the East.

Burning incense and praying for blessings.

Respecting traditions and advocating righteousness and trustworthiness.

From Lord Guan to Mazu, people always, in beautiful visions, 

use different ways to find peace in the mundane world.

The sunlight engraves time into the stone walls.

The monsoon brings the erythrina flowers to all parts of the world.

The afternoon is for the joys of the mundane world.

The fiery cauldrons sway, and the chest-patting dance is passionate.

Uninhibited and flamboyant.

Youth is released in passion.

But there is also contemplation in tranquility,

And age-old stories in legends.

The delicacies of Quanzhou during the Song and Yuan Dynasties,

Clear but not insipid, fresh but not vulgar.

The ingredients from the mountains and the sea surely have the flavors of nature.

The night is the curtain of the city.

The lights are the city's finery.

The City of Light in the past, the light of the future today.

This dragon has been dancing for three hundred years to the gongs and drums in Jintang.

In the fireworks of the human world, this dragon has been dancing for five thousand years.