Meizhou Island is located in the center of Putian, Fujian Province. It is 42 kilometers southeast and only 1.82 nautical miles from the mainland, making it the second largest island in Putian. It is about 9.6 kilometers long from north to south and about 1.3 kilometers wide from east to west. The island is long and narrow from north to south, shaped like an eyebrow, so it is called Meizhou.
Meizhou Island is known as the "Penglai in the South", with more than 30 scenic spots, such as the exciting tidal sound, the blue golden beach, the "Little Stone Forest" and Mazu Tempel where 200 million Mazu believers haunt. During the period of Mazu's birthday on March 23rd and Mazu's ascension to heaven on September 9th, the annual pilgrimage is unprecedented, and it is known as "Oriental Mecca".
South Shaolin Temple
South Shaolin Temple is a temple in Putian City, Fujian Province. The site of South Shaolin Temple is located in Jiulian Mountain Village, Xitianwei Town, Putian County, about17km away from the urban area. Shaolin kungfu is well known. South Shaolin Temple in Putian, Fujian Province is a holy place of Wulin in history. Because "Nanquan North Leg" is in Songshan, Henan Province, it was once called "South Shaolin". It is the cultural heritage of Zen Buddhism in China and the birthplace of Shaolin Nanquan.
jiu li lake
Jiuli Lake Scenic Area is located in zhongshan town, Xianyou County, 3 1 km away from the county seat and 590 meters above sea level. Jiuli Lake is famous for its four wonders: lakes, caves, waterfalls and rocks, especially waterfalls. Known as "Lihu Waterfall is a wonder in the world", it is also known as "Fujian Three Wonders" with Wuyishan and Yuhua Cave.
Jiuli Lake is a beautiful natural lake with rippling blue waves and clear water quality. There are Brewmaster Temple, Yingxian Prefecture and other buildings beside the lake. Around the lake, there are thousands of rocks and rugged rocks, including Penglai stone, Yizhou stone, Zhu Xuan stone and pillow stone.
These strange stones were inscribed by many famous people in the past dynasties, such as Chen Shu's Ten Thousand Years of the Emperor, Lin Youheng's First Penglai in the Ming Dynasty, and Li Xiangshu's View of Waterfalls. The font is simple and elegant, natural and unrestrained.
Nine-level waterfall of Jiuli Lake is well-known at home and abroad, and it is the main body of the natural landscape of Jiuli Lake. The stream in the upper reaches rushed into the lake, thunderous, the waterfall overflowed, the bead curtain hung, the jade column hung, knocked on the stone gate, returned to the five stars, crossed the phoenix, crossed the chessboard and worshipped the general. The cliffs are towering and the ancient trees are towering, which is beyond description. Xu Xiake once swam here and praised: "Kuanglu, Yan and dragon three are all good at winning by their own strength, but this mountain has everything."
Jiuli Lake is now a provincial-level scenic spot in Fujian. Ten key construction projects, such as Jiuli Lake Tourism Economic Service Area, Top Ten Boutique Projects on the Lakeside, Jiuli Mountain Villa, Changjiu Cross-county Tourism Highway, Longfeng District Tourism Highway, Water Resources Comprehensive Development and Utilization Project, Yangmingshan Botanical Garden, Panlongshan Communication Base Station, Jiuli East Lake Shezu Style Garden and Jiuli Daoyuan Qimeng Garden, have been launched in an all-round way, and will be developed into sightseeing, vacation, entertainment, shopping and other functions.
It is famous for its four wonders of lakes, caves, ponds and rocks, especially Tan Fei, which has been known as "the wonders of the world where carp lake flies over ponds" since ancient times.
Xu Xiake, a great traveler in the Ming Dynasty, and Wuyishan and Yuhua Cave are also called "three wonders" in Fujian. According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Brother He Jiu made an alchemy here to help the world, and Dan Cheng rose from carp to immortality, hence the name Jiuli Lake.