May Day off-the-beaten-path travel without congestion: Meizhou Island
✨ Explore the great value weekend trip to Meizhou Island
🏖️ A two-day and one-night in-depth tour of Meizhou Island, a weekend destination not to be missed by college students and office workers!
Destination: Meizhou Island, Xiuyu District, Putian City, Fujian Province, China
🚗【Transportation Guide】
🚄 First, take the high-speed train to Putian Station in Fujian, then transfer to bus route 363 or K09 to Wenjia Wharf, and finally take the ferry to the island.
🚢 By boat: Board at Wenjia Wharf, the regular ferry takes 15 minutes, and the ticket price for a single trip is 10 yuan; if you want to upgrade to the second-floor cabin, you need to pay an additional 2 yuan. The speedboat only takes 7 minutes, with a single trip ticket price of 30 yuan, departing every 15 minutes, and the first and last boat times are the same as the regular ferry.
🚗 By car: If you need to drive onto the island, you can take the car ferry at Wenjia Wharf, with a fare of 200 yuan/vehicle for residents outside the island with cars of 5 seats or less.
🎟 Ticket price: The round-trip ticket price for adults is 125 yuan, it is recommended to book online in advance.
Tip: Watch out for half-price discount tickets online~
🏠【Accommodation Recommendation】
Book a seaside B&B in advance, compare several, and choose the one with the best value for money.
🗺️【Itinerary】
🌞Day One:
🌊 Meiyu Tidal Sound - Open all day, famous for the sounds produced by its unique landforms and tidal action, one of the 24 scenic spots in Putian.
🏯 Mazu Ancestral Temple - 7:00 - 17:30, as the oldest Mazu temple, built against the mountain, known as the 'Potala Palace on the Sea', it takes about 40 minutes to reach the top.
🏡 Tianfei's Hometown - 8:00 - 17:30, displays Mazu's transformation from mortal to deity and the rich history and folk customs of Mazu culture.
🏢 World Mazu Culture Forum Venue - Located in the central part of Meizhou Island, it is the permanent venue for the World Mazu Culture Forum, covering an area of 34,670.78 square meters, with a building area of 48,026.04 square meters.
🌳 Lake Stone Park - Open all day, a leisure spot with natural beauty.
🏖️ Lianchi Ao Beach - Open all day, with clean and fine sand, a vast area, an ideal seaside leisure spot.
🌞🌞Day Two:
🏖️ Riwenkeng Beach - A quiet beach suitable for taking photos and making memories.
🎬 Mazu Culture Film and TV City - Once the filming location for the TV series 'Mazu' starring Liu Tao, evoking many people's childhood memories.
🌿 Mangrove Ecological Park - Located next to the coastal avenue, connected to the island's ecological park, facing the sparkling bay, a paradise for birds, a kingdom for plants, and an ideal place for people to enjoy spring outings, bird watching, sea viewing, and experiencing the beauty of nature.
🏖️ Jiubao Lan Golden Beach - Offers multiple beach options, you can decide based on personal preference.
🗻 Goose Tail Divine Rock Park - A sea erosion geomorphological landscape park by the sea, naturally sculpted, with famous spots like Feiji Cave. Not only is the seascape magnificent, but the sea erosion landforms are also very peculiar. Choose a clear day to go, and you can also enjoy a romantic sunset by the sea.
Mazuzu Temple Mountain is divided into Mazuzu Temple (West Axis), New Temple Building Group (South Axis), Mazu Culture Park. Mazuzu Temple Building Group is the previous temple for the central axis of the general planning layout, built on the mountain, formed a depth of 300 meters, the height difference of more than 40 meters of the main temple road. The complex consists of the archway, the mountain gate, the holy gate, the holy parents, the bell and drum tower, the bedroom hall, the Chaotian Pavilion (Prince Palace), the Ascension Building and other buildings.
The Mazu Temple on Weizhou Island was founded in 987 AD. It is both the ancestral temple of more than 3,000 Mazu temples in the world today and the spiritual home of more than 200 million Mazu believers worldwide. Not only that, but also, it is particularly worth mentioning that the Mazu Temple, hidden in Putian, Fujian, is the oldest Mazu Temple in the world.
Mazuzu Temple is located in the north of Weizhou Island. It takes a few minutes to walk from the pier. You can also take a bus or tour bus. There seems to be no taxi and Didi on Weizhou Island, but the bus can basically cover all attractions. The ancestral temple is built on the mountain, and it can also overlook the sea and the scenery is good.
Mazu was revered as a sea god, and the courts of all dynasties also awarded her honorary titles "Tianfei", "Tianhou", "the Virgin Mother of Heaven". Meizhou Island is the birthplace of Mazu and the birthplace of Mazu culture. The Mazu Temple on the island is the ancestral temple of more than 3,000 Mazu temples in the world today. It is also a common place of worship for Mazu believers at home and abroad. Every year, Mazu's birthday (March 23) and the ascension day (September 9) of the lunar calendar, there are grand pilgrimage activities on the island. The Mazu Temple on Meizhou Island was built in the Song Dynasty and has been renovated and expanded for generations. Now it is very magnificent and has the reputation of "the Potala Palace on the Sea". The main hall "Tianhou Palace" has a gold body of Mazu Zhangmu for thousands of years. The inscription "Shenzhaohai Table" hanging on it is the imperial pen of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty. Personal feeling - "Mazu Temple of Meizhou Island is the most worthwhile place to visit in Putian tourist attractions, which has a strong sense of history. Traffic - "Take a car to the dock, then take a speedboat or ferry to the island, the journey is about 15 minutes. The shuttle fare is 105 yuan and the ferry fare is 85 yuan. The Mazu Temple and the Tianfei Museum on the island no longer buy tickets. The Mazu Cultural Park costs 30 yuan. Purchase of tickets is a real-name system, which requires identity cards. If there is no ID card, the tickets can only be purchased by issuing identity certificates at the nearby police station. After purchasing tickets, I. D. check tickets directly and enter the waiting hall at 7:30, 8:30... every hour. When the ship arrives at the shore, there will be one way exit and two buses. The routes are : Meizhou Wharf-Mazuzu Temple-**********-Golden Beach-********-Goosetail Shrine Garden. The whole journey is two yuan per ticket.
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