I went to Quanzhou and now I suspect that dragons really exist

Quanzhou, a city half filled with fireworks and half with immortals, is a place you must visit at least once in your lifetime, as Bai Yansong has said. Here, there is a temple every five hundred meters, serving as the offices of the gods on earth, with the most beautiful coastline selected by National Geographic, and it is also a food paradise for solo diners. When you come to Quanzhou, remember to look up, as you can always discover new surprises. The most obvious are the various forms of dragons on the temple roofs. It can be said that Quanzhou has a very high 'dragon' content, and I even suspect that these skilled craftsmen have actually seen dragons. 🐉 I recommend the following places where you can catch a glimpse of the 'dragon': ✅ Kaiyuan Temple: The largest Buddhist temple in Fujian Province, founded in the early Tang Dynasty in the second year of Chuigong, the East and West Pagodas within the temple are the tallest stone pagodas from the Song Dynasty in China. The temple also hides the lion-human figure of the Moon Platform Sumeru Throne and Hindu stone pillars. ✅ Prefectural Confucian Temple: Founded at the end of the Tang Dynasty's Kaiyuan era, it is the largest Confucian temple complex in the southeast region, encompassing architectural styles from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. ✅ Guan Yue Temple: Commonly known as Guandi Temple, founded in the Song Dynasty, it is the largest martial temple in Fujian Province and also the most popular temple in Quanzhou. The locals often go to Guandi Temple to draw lots, which is said to be very efficacious. ✅ Yuanmiao Taoist Temple: Commonly known as Tiangong Temple, founded during the Western Jin Dynasty, it is the first Taoist temple in Fujian after the introduction of Taoism. ✅ Tianhou Palace: Founded in the second year of the Song Dynasty's Qingyuan era, it is the highest standard and largest temple dedicated to the worship of Mazu both at home and abroad. ✅ Chengtian Temple: Founded during the Southern Tang Dynasty, it is one of Quanzhou's three major monasteries alongside Kaiyuan Temple and Chongfu Temple. Its scale is second only to Kaiyuan Temple, where Master Hongyi also passed away. ✅ Zhenwu Temple: The first official palace of Xuantian Shangdi in Fujian, a spirit split from Wudang Mountain, known as 'Little Wudang' and 'Southern Wudang'. It was the site of the ancient Canglang Port sea sacrifice during the Song Dynasty and is one of the 22 World Heritage Sites in Quanzhou. ✅ Quanzhou Shaolin Temple: Officially known as Zhenguo East Zen Temple, commonly called Southern Shaolin, it is the birthplace of southern Chinese martial arts. Jin Yong once visited Quanzhou Shaolin, and later when revising his martial arts novels, he changed all references to Southern Shaolin to Quanzhou Shaolin Temple. ✅ Xunpu Shunji Palace: Also known as Xunpu Mazu Palace. Live with flowers in this life, and be beautiful in the next! After Zhao Liying's Xunpu girl became famous, this place also became a classic photography spot. ✅ Luoji Temple: A temple born from the sea, where you can view the sea from within the temple, known as the Buddhist land of sea and sky, surrounded by the sea on all sides, with one island and one temple, great for photography, and a check-in spot just like Li Xian. ✅ Longshan Temple: Founded during the Sui Dynasty, commonly known as Guanyin Hall, Anhai Longshan Temple is the ancestral temple of more than four hundred Longshan Temples in Taiwan.