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| | Tianzhong Wanshou Pagoda [edit this] | | This historical relic under state protection is located in Fengting Town, which is about 27 kilometers from Xianyou County, and can be accessed from the Fengting Town Exit of Fuzhou-Xiamen Expressway.
This pagoda is also called bucket tower, namely the “Asoka Pagoda” in Sanskrit. The square pagoda, consisting of five tiers, was built with solid stones and is 7.4-meter tall with a side length of 5.1 meters. The pedestal was neatly built with square stones. The first storey is the storey of Sumeru, with 4 hercules figures as well as 8 dragons carved on corners. With 4 Hercules figures on corners, there are flower relievos on the east, south and west side of the second storey, while the north side contains an inscription. The fourth storey contains a Buddhist statue in the center with thunder Hercules relievos on four pillars. There are grass, flower and lotus flower patterns engraved on the canopy of each storey, while pagoda top is just like banana leaves. The entire pagoda is of primitive simplicity. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| Sanqing Hall [edit this] | | This cultural relic under state protection is located in Putian City. Oriented north and south and maintaining the style of Song Dynasty, Sanqing Hall has totally five major halls with multiple-eave roofs. There are four statues of Heavenly King enshrined under the diagonal ridge of the hall roof, while the stone tablet garden on the left side of Sanqing Hall boasts numerous valuable carved stone inscriptions of different dynasties, which are all precious relics for studying the foreign trade history of Putian in Song Dynasty. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| Southern Shaolin Temple of Putian [edit this] | | Located about 16 kilometers to the northwest of Putian City, the Southern Shaolin Temple was built in the first year of Yongding of Chen in the Southern Dynasties (557 A.D.), only 61 years late than Mountain Songshan Shaolin Temple. The temple was burned down once by the Qing Regime during the reign of the Qing Emperor Kangxi. Major scenic spots include: the Southern Shaolin Temple, cultural relic exhibition hall, The Juyi Hall of Tiandi Uprising Group, Honghua Pavilion, Nine-Lotus Rock, One-Finger-Zen Stone, Purple Cloud Stone and Jiuhua-Diecui etc. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| Jiuli Lake [edit this] | | As a national water conservancy scenic zone and provincial-level famous scenic site, Jiuli Lake is located in the northeast of Xianyou County, Putian City, Fujian Province, and is about 31 kilometers from Xianyou County.
The scenic zone is renowned for its lake, cave, waterfall and rock, and the waterfalls are praised as “the wonder of waterfalls”, which are listed as “Thee Uniqueness of Fujian” with Mountain Wuyi and Yuhua Cave. The nine-folded waterfalls of Jiuli Lake, enjoying a good popularity at home and abroad, are the major natural scenery of Jiuli Lake. Furthermore, this area is also famous for its “Dream Praying Culture”. There are three major scenic zones as Jiuli Lake, Maixie Rock and Zhuoquan Rock, with such scenic spots including: nine-folded waterfalls, lake, petroglyphs, Jiuxian Abbey, Meihua Cave, Qiaogu Rock, the relic of Regiment 108 of Red Army and etc. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| Mulanbei [edit this] | | As a historical and cultural relic under state protection, Mulanbei is located at the foot of Mountain Mulan, the lower reaches of Mulan River (4 kilometers from Nanmen, Putian). It is an ancient barrage crossing Mulan River, as well as one of the best preserved ancient large hydraulic projects found in China.
Mulanbei is an ancient large hydraulic project integrating such functions as water diversion, water conservation, irrigation, drainage and flood tide control. This project is classified into the key water-control project, canal system project and the coastal embankment project. The key water-control project consists of overflow weir, water intake sluice for the south weir & north weir, flushing sluice and diversion dike. Those three parts are organically constructed into an integrative whole, so as to give full play to their respective functions. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
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