High military ancient city Fujian Quanzhou of China

About scenic spot

The high military ancient city is a remaining more intact stone city in China, it is a piece of more intact relics in Chinese coast defence history too, the one that is located in 24 kilometers in southeast China of Huian county, Quanzhou is high in the south of military peninsula. High and military to lie in coastal salient of southeast China of Fujian Province, border on the sea in three the south, connect with the land in the west, with a varied topography, easy to would rather keep difficult, pieces of the intersection of strategical position and very much prominent national defence fortress, it has always been the strategic point.

Scenery characteristic

The high military ancient city is all built with white granite, the city wall is 2457 meters long altogether, the city base is 5 meters high, the wall is 7 meters high, and there is horse race of two storeys one. There are 1304 discs of wall on the wall, 1300 windows of arrow, the nest paves 26, set up the city gate, the mountain commanding point of lotus flower in the city on four sides, also there are lookout towers, there are nest paving, monthly city, pier and open to contain the ditch outside by the city on four sides, form a set of intact military defense project systems in China.

Folkways and customs

Dress and daily habits and customs of woman in Huian and woman in Pu of Xun are original in style in China, noticeable particularly. Walk on the high and military street, if you see the woman of Huian is doing heavy manual labour, heavy work, but their husband is seeing the shop bringing the child, then, you don t be startled certainly. Because this is custom there. Moreover, the woman in Huian does not move in the relatives by marriage either after getting married, but still live in her parent s home, until giving birth to the child, did not move to the husband.

Flavor local product

Salty rice pudding, salty zongzi, taro fruit, orange cake, tender cake dish, food taste such as pill, shelled peanut soup of the Lantern Festival are delicious, can let the people who love the food enjoy and try the gourmet s luck best. Especially salty zongzi and shelled peanut soup, seem to be common, in fact all have some fortes on the method.

Porcelain of Dehua, Huian stone carving, puppet head, material silk festive lantern, clear source tea cake, oolong tea of Anxi,etc. are rather famous, among them the head model of the puppet is graceful, work exquisitely, it is the rare little collection of travel.