Longyan, Fujian | Charming Travel Guide to 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! 🏰🍜