West Street is the most well-preserved ancient street in Quanzhou City, retaining a large number of buildings with original historical appearance. Currently, there are more than 20 cultural relics protection units at all levels in the West Street area, which belong to ancient buildings, ancient ruins,

There are various categories such as stone carvings, as well as 12 ancient buildings and ancient residences that are not classified but are well protected, including Kaiyuan Temple, East-West Pagoda, and other scenic spots.

1. What can you eat on West Street?

Runbian: Runbian is a homesick dish for people in southern Fujian.

Runcake dishes are special snacks in southern Fujian and Taiwan.

Speaking of traditional delicacies in Old Quanzhou, Runbian can be regarded as the vanguard.

The main raw materials of moist cake include ground peanuts, shredded carrots, shredded cabbage, coriander, mung bean sprouts, mushrooms, crispy seaweed, rice noodles, pork shanks, shrimps, garlic, etc. When eating, use the thin cooked dough (run

Pie crust) is rolled into a pillow shape with fillings made from various dishes, and then dipped in various sauces according to personal preference.

Yuanxiao Yuan: Recommend the traditional flavor with peanut and sesame fillings.

Each piece of Lantern Festival filling of the same size is put into a drum filled with glutinous rice flour. The electrified drum rotates continuously, driving the fillings to continuously roll back and forth in the drum, evenly coating the glutinous rice flour.

Then, the seller took out the embryonic Yuanxiao Yuan, dipped it in water, and then dipped it in powder. After repeating this for more than ten times, the Yuanxiao Yuan was ready.

Noodle paste: large intestine, braised egg, vinegar pork, pork liver, mushrooms? You can choose from a variety of ingredients. We recommend the classic combination of vinegar pork and large intestine, plus a side of fried dough sticks.

The noodles are battered but not rotten. Soak the fried dough sticks in the noodles batter before eating to make you full! Traditional fried food stalls: Recommended carrot cakes, pumpkin cakes, oyster cakes? Kangzhuang Manjian Cake (Address: West Street

No. 14, Pei Lane): Cool pan-fried cakes, cut into triangles for easy consumption, available in two flavors, the most common one with brown sugar, and an upgraded version with winter melon soup and ground peanuts to choose from.

New Year cake: Friends who like traditional food can try Quanzhou’s local specialty cake.

Garlic branches: Crispy garlic branches, with the aroma of garlic, it is very addictive to eat.

Bowl cakes: Bowl cakes come in two flavors: brown sugar and white sugar. The steaming containers are also available in paper cups and bowls.

I prefer the bowl cake. The bowl cake can better lock in the moisture of the bowl cake, and it will not taste dry and loose.

Wu's Handmade Mochi: The decoration of the shop is very simple, and so are the food items sold.

There is only one thing - handmade mochi.

Each one is freshly made, and there are no fancy flavors. The hand-kneaded glutinous rice dumplings are wrapped in sesame powder and crispy and wrapped tightly, then rolled in peanut powder and it's ready.

But there is a long queue outside the store every day.

2. West Street tourist attractions: Kaiyuan Temple: Kaiyuan Temple is located on West Street, Licheng District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. It is an important cultural relic on the southeast coast of China and the largest Buddhist temple in Fujian Province.

The temple was founded in the second year of Chui Gong (686) in the early Tang Dynasty. It was first named Lianhua Daochang and was renamed Kaiyuan Temple in the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan (738).

The layout of Kaiyuan Temple has the central axis from south to north: Ziyun Ping, Shanmen (Tianwang Hall), Baiting Pavilion, Main Hall, Manna Altar, and Sutra Pavilion.

In the east wing there are Tanyue Temple, Quanzhou Buddhist Museum (Master Hongyi Memorial Hall), and Zhunti Zen Temple; in the west wing there are Anyangyuan, Gongde Hall, and Shuilu Temple; on the east and west sides of the worship pavilion in front of the Main Hall are the Zhenguo Pagoda and the Renshou Pagoda.

The two stone pagodas are commonly known as the East and West pagodas.