Changting Ancient City

Changting Ancient City does sound enchanting! If you have the chance to visit Longyan in Fujian, you must not miss exploring Changting Ancient City. Hidden at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong, and Jiangxi provinces, it is the western gateway of Fujian. The ancient city is built along the mountains and water, originating from the Tang Dynasty. After a thousand years of vicissitudes, it is filled with a strong sense of human life and is also the birthplace of Chinese Hakka cuisine, with all kinds of delicious snacks available. 🚉If you arrive at Changting South Station by high-speed train, you can reach the ancient city in about 15 minutes by car, or you can also take the No. 3 bus. There are trains to Longyan from Changting South Station at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, making transportation very convenient. ⭐️Tour route in the ancient city: Taiping Bridge➡️Baxi Pavilion➡️Dafudi➡️Tianhou Palace➡️East Street➡️Old Ancient Well➡️Wen Temple➡️Sanyuan Pavilion➡️Wolong Academy➡️Baozhu Gate➡️Fuyou Gate➡️Diantou Street➡️Jichuan Gate➡️Yunxiang Pavilion➡️Taiping Bridge. 🎫There is no admission fee to tour the ancient city, but if you want to visit attractions such as the ancient city tower, Baxi Pavilion, Dafudi, and Wolong Academy, you need to buy tickets, or you can choose to buy a pass. 🌃You must not miss the night tour when you come to the ancient city at night. There are flower bridge songs and dances and light shows on the Ting River, which are very dreamy. Taking an antique boat along the Ting River to tour the ancient city is even more enchanting than during the day, and the boat ride costs 80 yuan per person, with half-price student tickets. ⭐️Must-visit attractions in Changting Ancient City include: 1⃣️Tingzhou Ancient City Wall: The well-preserved city wall is about 3000 meters long and has 12 city gates. 2⃣️Diantou Street: An old street with many time-honored shops, full of heritage and stories. 3⃣️Wolong Academy: The garden landscape is beautiful, the environment is quiet, and it is full of ancient charm. 4⃣️Jichuan Gate: The face of the ancient city, majestic. 5⃣️Baxi Pavilion: Vividly describes the joys of a hundred years of life. 6⃣️Dafudi: A representative work of Hakka architecture, with exquisite wood and stone carvings. ⭐️Changting's snacks blend the flavors of Hakka and other regions, and are very popular, including Boji board, scallion beef, scallion oil noodles, beef bone soup, lantern cakes, Bozi rice, fried ripe cakes, fried potato balls, sweet soup, vegetarian Shao Mai, salt wine Hetian chicken, pearl balls, fried taro, taro dumplings, dried tofu, and other delicious dishes. It seems that Changting Ancient City is a great place full of history and food, worth exploring! 🏰🍜

College students traveling on a budget, this is how to save a lot of money! Depart from Quanzhou Station, take the high-speed train🚅 directly to Changting South Station. After exiting the station, you can take a taxi or a bus, the commute time is about the same, taxi costs ¥20, bus🚌 costs two coins. 🏠For accommodation, we chose the Changting Wangjiang Residence Inn, which has a reasonable cost-performance ratio, and in the off-season, it's just over a hundred. They offer a complimentary scenic spot pass (the pass alone costs 95 yuan), which allows access to 5 attractions (Jichuanmen City Wall, Baxi Pavilion, Doctor's Residence, Wolong Academy, Woodworking Training Center). It's recommended to choose one that comes with a ticket, which is almost like getting accommodation for free. 🙋Jichuanmen is suitable for visiting at night. Go out around 7 pm, you can choose the Tingjiang Night Tour project (half price for students at 40 yuan), which lasts about 30min and includes a light show, quite nice. After the boat tour, you can walk to Jichuanmen City Wall, scan the code to enter, make sure to do so before 21:00, recommended visiting time is 30min. Afterwards, you can go to the vicinity of Wolong Academy to check in the famous quote by Louis Ai Lai. 🙋The next morning, go out around 8 am for a walk to feel the atmosphere of the ancient city, and you can see laundry being washed by the river. The morning itinerary is recommended to include Baxi Pavilion, Doctor's Residence, and Woodworking Training Center. Leave around 9 am, and after a ten-minute walk, you'll reach Baxi Building (Baxi Pavilion and Doctor's Residence are connected). The online information says it opens at 9 am, but it's actually 10 am, so if you arrive early, you can first visit the Woodworking Training Center, take a quick tour for about ten minutes, and learn about woodworking development and Hakka architecture. After that, you can visit the nearby Tianhou Palace, enter the attractions around 10 am, and Baxi Pavilion and Doctor's Residence can be visited in 30min, with a performance at Baxi Pavilion at 11 am (one of the Eight Joys). After exiting, you can go to Guizhi Sweet Soup Shop to check in and take photos with a great vibe. 🙋Afternoon itinerary, visit Wolong Academy. Wolong Academy is recommended for 1h of visiting time, and be careful❗️when walking, as it's easy to sprain your ankle if you're not used to the stairs. After exiting, you can go to Diantou Street and Sanyuan Pavilion. Food recommendations: Stewed pig kidney, boiled beef with an average price of 15-20 Boji Ba, near Sanyuan Pavilion, costs 5 yuan per serving, not particularly tasty Dengzhan Cake, vegetarian 2 yuan/piece, with meat 3 yuan/piece Changting dried tofu (this is delicious!) Ginger candy (lots of ginger candy shops) If there are no other plans, you can return! If you have plenty of time, you can choose the bus, Changting No. 3 route, no need for a Longyan bus card, just use the payment code to pay.

International friend Louis Ailler once said, 'China has the two most beautiful small towns, one is Hunan's Fenghuang and the other is Fujian's Changting.' Changting is really beautiful now! It's definitely worth a visit!! Let me, a native born and raised in Changting, tell you how to enjoy Changting, how to eat!! A collection of two-day and one-night travel strategies for Changting, this one article is enough!! A complete guide to delicacies, transportation, accommodations, and attractions - 🚗 About Transportation 🔘 Take a high-speed train to 【Changting South Station】, after exiting the station take a taxi or bus to the city area, it takes about 10-15 minutes by taxi 🔘 If driving, just go directly to the city area, find a place to park, then walk~ 🔘 The city area is very small, it's not easy to hail a taxi during festivals, but there are many shared electric bikes in the city area which are very practical, it's recommended to ride these - 🏨 About Accommodations The county town is very small, it's convenient to stay anywhere as long as it's in the city area, many guesthouses can't be reached directly by car, I personally suggest staying in a hotel, it's very convenient to take a taxi from the hotels in the city area, and it basically costs about 10 yuan to go anywhere - ⛩️ About Attractions Listing several must-visit attractions in Changting ✅ Jichuan Gate (overlooking the night view of Tingzhou from the city gate) ✅ Dafu Di (the number one carved building in Fujian) ✅ Tingzhou Baxi Hall (showcasing the eight great joys of Hakka life) ✅ Wolong Academy (with Huizhou-style architecture donated by Jackie Chan, it's better to visit during the day) ✅ Diantou Street (a very charming ancient street with lots of snacks and specialties) ✅ Sanyuan Pavilion - Museum - Tingzhou Examination Hall - Confucian Temple (all on one line, stroll and check in) ✅ Dingwuling (a Hakka mountain fortress village with no mosquitoes for a thousand years) ✅ Qucaoli Wharf (Tingzhou wharf with a Jiangnan charm) Anyway, Changting is just that big, except for Dingwuling and Qucaoli Wharf, the other attractions are very concentrated~ you can see them just by walking around! - 🎫 About Tickets Other places do not require tickets🎫, a combo ticket for four attractions is 88 RMB per person, now you can buy the 'Tingfu Ticket', which not only allows you to enjoy the eight attractions inside and outside the city area but also includes benefits from fifteen businesses, and the physical ticket is also super beautiful. - 🍜 About Food Hakka cuisine, you can eat it for a lifetime without getting tired! Here are a few of my favorite Hakka restaurants and snack shops, ✅ Xunwei Tingzhou ✅ Tingxiang Garden ✅ Shengquan Snacks ✅ City Wall Fried Potato Cakes ✅ Xuancheng Boji Board ✅ Laoke Taste ✅ Baxi Courtyard ✅ Qinhui Nan Food Restaurant ✅ Qixing Restaurant ✅ Fatty's Clear Soup Noodles ✅ Axiu's Clear Soup Noodles - 📝 About the Route ✔️ First day: Arrive in Changting at noon▶️ Have lunch on Shuidong Street▶️ Visit Taiping Bridge in the afternoon▶️ Attractions inside Dongda Street▶️ Jichuan Gate▶️ Diantou Street▶️ Sanyuan Pavilion▶️ Wolong Academy▶️ Have dinner on Diantou Street▶️ Stroll again to see the night view ✔️ Second day: Take a taxi to Dingwuling or Qucaoli Wharf, return to the county town for lunch, buy some Changting specialties like dried tofu in the afternoon (if not going, you can continue to stroll around the city area, the route is roughly the same, mainly focusing on eating)

Fujian Longyan City, Changting County, "Beautiful Tingzhou, the Capital of Hakka". It seems like everywhere claims to be the capital of Hakka; it's like South Africa, which has three capitals. During the Tang Dynasty, Fujian had five prefectures: Jianzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Tingzhou, which is how Fujian got its name. Changting is a national historical and cultural city, with the Southern Song Dynasty Wolong Academy (first four pictures), ancient city walls, etc. The last two pictures are of red cultural relics; Chairman Mao once stayed and drank well water here.

Following the trend on Little Ctrip has been the most successful ever😍😍, and it turns out to be in Changting🤩🤩! International friend Louis Aly once said: 'There are two of the most beautiful towns in China, one is Fenghuang in Hunan, and the other is Changting in Fujian.' Changting today is truly breathtaking😍, and definitely worth a visit!! ⚠️However, be aware❗❗ Do not come to Changting during public holidays😭😭. Take my advice😣! During the holidays, Changting is not only crowded👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, but accommodation prices are outrageously high!! What usually costs 100 yuan could go up to 500-700 yuan😱. Changting is small, and a two-day weekend trip is enough👒. Let me, a native of Changting, tell you how to play and eat here~🎉🎊. I've got all the strategies for food🥘, transportation🚌, accommodation🛏, and attractions✨! - 🚇Transportation: Take the high-speed train to , and from there you can take a taxi🚕 or a bus to the city center, which takes about 10-15 minutes. If you're driving🚗, just head to the city center, find a place to park, and then you can walk around. The city center is small, taxis are hard to get during holidays, but there are many shared electric scooters🛵, which are very practical, and I recommend cycling. - 🏠Accommodation: The county town is not big, and it's convenient to stay anywhere. As long as you are in the main urban area, a taxi ride to anywhere will basically cost you 10 yuan🤑. However, many homestays can't be reached directly by car, so I personally recommend staying in a hotel🏬. - 🏞Attractions: Here are a few must-visit spots. ✅Jichuan Gate: Climb the city gate and take in the night view of Tingzhou🎇. ✅Dafudi: The number one carved building in Fujian, truly lives up to its reputation👍. ✅Tingzhou Baxi Hall: Showcases the eight great joys of Hakka life🎊. ✅Wolong Academy: Features Huizhou-style architecture donated by Jackie Chan, better to visit during the day🌞. ✅Diantou Street: A charming ancient street with lots of snacks and specialties🛍. ✅Sanyuan Pavilion-Museum-Tingzhou Examination Hall-Confucian Temple: All on one line, you can stroll along and check in📸. ✅Dingwuling: A Hakka mountain fortress, a village without mosquitoes for a thousand years🦟. ✅Qu'aoli Wharf: The Tingzhou wharf, with a southern charm. - 🎫Tickets: Except for Dingwuling and Qu'aoli Wharf, other attractions do not require tickets. A combo ticket for four attractions is 88 yuan per person. - 🍱Food: Hakka cuisine is endlessly delicious😋! Here are a few of my favorite Hakka restaurants and snack shops. ✅Xunwei Tingzhou, ✅Shengquan Snacks, ✅Chengqiang Fried Potato Cakes, ✅Xuancheng Boji Board, ✅Laoke Wei, ✅Baxi Courtyard, ✅Qixing Restaurant, ✅Axiu Clear Soup Noodles, ✅Old Store Dry Steamed Meat, ✅Qinhui Nan Food Restaurant... - 🛣Itinerary: ✔Day 1: Arrive in Changting at noon→Have lunch on Shuidong Street→Visit attractions inside Taiping Bridge and Dongda Street in the afternoon→Jichuan Gate→Diantou Street→Sanyuan Pavilion→Wolong Academy→Diantou Street for dinner→Stroll again at night to enjoy the night view🌃. ✔Day 2: Take a taxi to Dingwuling or Qu'aoli Wharf, return to the county town for lunch, and buy some Changting specialties like dried tofu in the afternoon🎁. ⚠️Friendly Reminder: Do not drive yourself to Changting during holidays, park your car at the hotel, and then use shared bicycles for transportation🚲.

Ahhh!!! I was deceived by Changting's snow scenery!! How can it be so beautiful!! I heard this is the heaviest snow Changting has had in over a decade. The snow in the ancient city area melted by noon. I only arrived in the afternoon and went straight to Dingwuling. Friends who want to see the snow, hurry up

This is Changting, known as the 'Little Western Region'! Having witnessed the ingeniously crafted ancient city walls and the historic city towers with my own eyes, it's just incredibly antique! 🏰⏳ Everyone, when the night falls and the city lights come on, the hustle and bustle of the city disappears, replaced by the strong flavor of street life, and I feel like I've stepped into a modern version of the 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival'! It's poetic, as if I've traveled through time to the prosperous Tang Dynasty! 🏮🌆 The winding alleys are warm and inviting, look at those lanterns and dragon lights, so dazzling, and with the sound of gongs and drums filling the air, the dancing dragons and lions almost took me into the lively Lantern Festival of the Republic of China! 🐲🦁️ As for transportation, it's really quite convenient! Whether by your own car or by high-speed train, once you arrive at Changting South Station, just take a taxi or a bus and you'll reach the ancient city in no time, with beautiful scenery all along the way! 🚌🚕 If my friends ask where to stay, I'll tell you, anywhere in Changting is convenient, just settle down here! 🏨 Here are some travel tips: 🔍Dafudi: This carved building is incredible, each one more exquisite than the last, and just a few steps away you can see the beauty of the Ting River, stunning! 🔍Jichuan Gate: The night view here is unparalleled, looking at the Ting River from the city wall, it feels like the river is flowing right before your eyes. 🔍Wolong Academy: If you like the charm of a southern courtyard, this place will fulfill your artistic dreams! 🔍Baxi Pavilion: Want to understand Hakka culture? The performances are wonderful, and you can also see the traditional Hakka celebrations! 🔍Diantou Street: This is a super flavorful ancient street, eating and drinking, walking and shopping, simply too enjoyable! 🔍Sanyuan Pavilion, Museum, Tingzhou Examination Hall, Confucian Temple: This string of cultural landmarks, don't forget to check in, a line full of culture! When it comes to food, haha, that's my favorite! 🍜🍢 🍴Xuancheng Boji Ba, Shangguan Chestnut Four-Fruit Soup: Sweet, it melts your heart; 🍴Tea Mountain Style, Taste of Tingzhou: Experience the most authentic Tingzhou snacks, one bite at a time; 🍴Shengquan Snacks, City Wall Fried Potato Cakes: You'll miss out if you don't try these, they're hidden gems in the food world! 🍴Youyang Tea, Baxi Courtyard, Qinhui Nan Gourmet Restaurant: These places, they really have my heart, you simply must visit! Ah, talking about it is making me emotional, what are you waiting for? Come to Changting and join me in seeking out the ancient and indulging in the delights! 🎉👣

Hello everyone! I'm Little Fatty Duck! This series mainly introduces the travel guide for self-driving from Shenzhen to Fujian during the National Day holiday. This article introduces the ancient city of Changting in Longyan City. Changting Ancient City is one of the most complete, largest, and most representative ancient cities in China, with a history of more than 2,500 years. It preserves a large number of historical and cultural sites and architectural buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties. 📌Location: Changting Ancient City 🎫Ticket: The ancient city walls are free, but entering specific scenic areas requires a ticket. ⏰Time Route: day1: 21:00 Arrive at Changting Ancient City, Shoutou Street→22:00 Late-night snack at a restaurant→22:30 Stroll along the ancient city wall→24:00 Return to the hotel for rest day2: 12:00 Stroll in Changting Ancient City→13:50 Lunch→14:23 Electric donkey ride→15:30 Leave Changting ⛰️Tour Guide: ❗Sanyuan Pavilion: The city wall is well-maintained and still glorious after many years. ❗Shoutou Street: Mostly souvenir shops, quite commercialized and not very interesting to browse. ❗Ancient City Wall: The buildings light up at night and reflect on the river surface, creating a pretty scene. ❗Taiping Bridge: The weather blesses the scenery on both sides of the Ting River, which is beautiful and quaint. ⚠️It's hard to get a taxi in Changting. There are many shared electric donkeys on the streets, and there are not many pedestrians, so riding is smooth, especially a section that passes through the ancient city, giving a feeling of traveling through time. Riding an electric donkey turned out to be our happiest memory in Changting 🍚Cuisine: ❗Shoutou Street: 【Changting Stinky Tofu】 Changting's dried tofu is famous, and there are shops selling dried tofu souvenirs everywhere. But we wanted to eat freshly made ones, so we bought this stinky tofu, which doesn't smell bad, but is full of bean flavor! ❗【A Certain Restaurant】⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ →Environment: Spacious with plenty of seats, the overall environment is average but clean →Dishes: Features various local specialties, such as boiled beef, boiled pig tongue, etc. Unfortunately, the two of us couldn't eat them all, otherwise, we would have liked to try everything! Boiled Pig Kidney: The pig kidney slices are large and crisp, without any gamey taste, the soup is just salty enough, and very savory. Stuffed Meat Cooked Noodles: The beef is plentiful, and the soup is rich. 🏠Accommodation: 【Yijia Hotel】 Hotels in Changting were quite tight during the National Day holiday, mostly fully booked. We looked around and only found this one available for on-the-spot booking, which was fairly clean, but not very cost-effective. If you plan to visit during the National Day holiday, it is recommended to book in advance. 🎈Overall Review: ❗From a tourism perspective: ⭐⭐⭐ The attractions are quite scattered, mainly focusing on historical introductions, with relatively limited entertainment. ❗From a photography perspective: ⭐⭐⭐ Some parts of the ancient city are within the urban area, and modern residential buildings may appear in the frame. The daytime scenery of Taiping Bridge is quite nice!

Some say that not visiting Tingzhou is equivalent to not having been to Longyan City, so I decided to take a look. It turns out that this city is indeed filled with historical culture and is known as the 'Capital of the Hakka'. Seeing the leisurely and comfortable life of the people in the ancient city was very soothing. This ancient city truly deserves one to slow down and experience it. I happened to see a movie scene being filmed in the ancient city,

🚗 After driving to Changting South Station, enjoy a one-day tour of the ancient city of Changting: take photos in characteristic clothing at Sanyuan Pavilion, visit Wolong Academy, Changting County Museum, Diantou Street, the Ancient City Wall, Jichuan Gate (night scene recommended, enjoy a pleasant boat ride), stroll in Longtan Park, explore the Daifu Residence, Baxi Pavilion, Taiping Bridge, and Shuidong Street (taste delicious snacks). Walk or rent a shared bicycle, as each scenic spot is a short distance apart. The city area is not large, but it has a long history and culture, allowing you to leisurely walk and savor the experience.

Changting, once known as Tingzhou, is renowned for its majestic city gates, the historical feel of its mottled city walls, and its winding streets. As night falls and the lights come on, the human world intoxicates Tingzhou, taking one back to the days of Chang'an! Gone is the hustle and bustle of the city, replaced by the lively atmosphere of the market streets. Walking leisurely through the city is both pleasant and beautiful! Every casual snapshot is a painting! Throughout the ancient city, there are red lanterns and dragon lanterns everywhere, as well as the bustling Republican-era Lantern Festival market, with the sound of gongs and drums, and dragons and lions dancing! Full of festive atmosphere!! The Lantern Festival is not to be missed for its liveliness!! . 🚗Transportation: Self-drive or take a high-speed train to Changting South Station, then take a bus or taxi to the city, about 10-15 minutes by taxi 🏠Accommodation: The county town is not big, and it's convenient to stay anywhere in the city area. . 🏮Festive Spots to Check Out: 1️⃣Jichuan Gate, Xianglong Xianrui A large dragon lantern installation, looks amazing at night!! 2️⃣Wolong Academy, Wanshi Xinglong (full of lanterns, great for taking photos!) 3️⃣Shuidong Street Jinlong Songfu, a lively market 'leveling up to drive away the plague god' 4️⃣'Fireworks Tingzhou' live folk performance in the ancient city, brimming with the rich Hakka New Year flavor.

|||.3-day self-driving tour in Longyan! Nanny-level guide, collect it quickly!!|||Zhuhai-Longyan self-driving tour🚗, 700 kilometers. 🟢Attractions ✔️Ancient city - Baxi Hall, Doctor's House, Jichuan Gate & Ancient City Wall, Wolong Academy (🎫Understand Hakka culture, climb the city gate, Tingzhou Academy) ✔️Ancient city - Tianhou Palace, Baoen Temple, Yunxiang Pavilion, Confucius Temple (🆓You can go in and take a look along the way, they are all on the way) ✔️Diantou Street (A street with many snacks and souvenirs, you can eat and stroll) ✔️Taiping Bridge (The bridge connecting Shuidong Street and the ancient city, you can see the scenery on both sides here) ✔️Shuidong Street (A characteristic cultural street, old houses are renovated, mostly restaurants) ✔️Dingwuling (A Hakka mountain village with a history of 800 years, no mosquitoes, no cement original village) ✔️Tulouwang Scenic Area (Staying in Qiaofu Building is suitable for taking pictures, the neighboring Tulouwang Chengqi Building can be entered for photography after 20:30, it costs 💰5/person to go upstairs. You must go in and see Tulouwang, it is 4 stories high, there are several floors inside, we haven't figured it out yet) ✔️Tulouwangzi Scenic Area (The scenic area is very large, with many earth buildings. Zhencheng Building, Jingyang Building, Ruseng Building, Kuiju Building, it takes a few hours to stroll. Parking 🅿️10 once.) 🔴Food ✔️Yiting Courtyard (A Hakka dish with a better environment, Hetian chicken, taro dumplings, the taste is average) ✔️Happy Snacks (A breakfast shop with many people, boiled beef, soaked pig kidneys, mixed powder) ✔️Yipin Fresh Rice Noodle Shop (A small shop in the ancient city, I personally feel that the taste is good and not expensive, taro dumplings, Fuding meat slices are good) ✔️Zhu Youcai (Hetian chicken hot pot, the taste is quite good) ✔️Sanxiu Restaurant (A restaurant in Dingwuling, many, many people, the taste is average, but there are only two restaurants in the scenic area) ✔️Zhou Mapo (In the Yongding urban area, the location is better, delicious and not expensive) 🟣Coffee drinks ✔️Xiaobei Coffee (A good coffee in Changting Ancient City, too many people have no place to drink, next time) ✔️Tea Mountain School (Fujian native (tea color pleasing), quite good drink, just beside Taiping Bridge, you can see the river view) ✔️Touch Fish Coffee (A coffee shop in Dingwuling, it's good to have a coffee shop in the mountain village scenic area) ✔️Pot see (Drink pot see in Fujian, city glass cup is good, remember 3 sugar)