Dakaiyuan Temple

Quanzhou Top 11 in Can't Miss Attractions

The best thing of this temple is its location. It's in the center of the city and also there are very good other locations to visit in just few minutes walk. The temple is very beautiful and ancient. I really liked this place.

It is a religious place. Not much point of attraction for foreigners.If you are food lover it is good for you because it is located on the food street. If you like photography then there are some point of attractions for you

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If you can only recommend one attraction, I will not hesitate to recommend Kaiyuan Temple. First of all, the two towers are historic and can not be visited inside, but the sculptures on the facade are worth to be appreciated. Secondly, the temple building more, more red decoration, and different architectural shapes, the days when the sunny, quite out of the film. Moreover, although tourists, but not noisy, walking in the temple, there is a kind of inner peace. Perfect location for shooting the twin towers: one is the third floor rooftop of the West Street Visitor Center diagonally opposite the Temple Gate, free of charge, it is very close to the twin towers, so it needs to use a wide angle to take both towers into the picture at the same time. Or pull the panoramic view, but there will be slight distortion. This is suitable for horizontal shots. The second is the restaurant with terrace at the end of West Street, which is of course the most cost-effective milk tea shop, a cup of milk tea price, sits in a perfect angle. It is suitable for vertical shots, while pulling the old city streets and roofs into the camera.

Quanzhou is a very important place in Chinese history, and it is the link between China and the world. The cultural heritage is very deep. Speaking of the symbol of Quanzhou, the Kaiyuan Temple twin towers are the most famous. Kaiyuan Temple is located in Quanzhou famous West Street, named after the name of Tang Xuanzong, in fact, built in the Wuzetian era, is one of the oldest temples in the southeast coastal area. Unlike the northern temples, the southern part of Weinan temple architecture has its own characteristics, especially the roof, is long arc, very elegant. East and West towers are called Zhenguo Tower, Renshou Tower, it is said that after an 8 magnitude earthquake and hundreds of typhoons, still standing, is a miracle! The most amazing of the Grand Palace is the 24 "flying Happy Kabuki" under the roof, its strange appearance, in fact, the collection of Taoist flying Tian, Buddhist bird of paradise, Christian angels, from which can see the history of Quanzhou region and the integration of culture. Feitian Happy Play is both beautiful, and in fact played the role of bearing beam, also let us praise the wisdom of ancient craftsmen!