Fuzhou tirp stories

cctv.com 04-19-2004 14:44

To get a better understanding of Fuzhou, a crash course on Chinese contemporary history is not necessary but definitely helpful. So that when local people proudly mention such names as Lin Zexu, Yanfu, you won't go like "Lin who?" blandly.

Another tip is don't just stay within the city proper, go further out to the surrounding counties, most of the interesting spots are scattered around such as the old house of Honglingcuo that I visited. Simply amazing. There are also lots of such ancient buildings that I didn't get time to go.

It is said the relics of southern Shaolin temple was excavated in Fuqing County, which made the total number of Southern Shaolin temple to three in the province. Hardcore martial arts fans may consider trying out their luck to see if there's any recovered scripture. Who knows?

By the way, in the program, we showed you around the dining hall during lunch time at Yongquan Temple; in the real world, it's advised against interfering the monks while they're are having meals. I guess nobody would be happy being gawked at while chewing his vegetables.

Editor:Zhang  Source:CCTV.com