China Travel Guide: Fujian

Taimu Mountain

Taimu Mountain National Scenic Area in Ningde city has been famed as "the great landscape of mountains and seas".

Standing on the coast of the East China Sea, it is surrounded by the sea on three sides and backed by mountains on the fourth, presenting a majestic and awe-inspiring landscape. The area is renowned for its unique and varied rock formations, with bizarre stones and peaks creating a spectacular and distinctive type of scenery.

Qingyuan Mountain

Qingyuan Mountain is located in the northern part of Quanzhou, a city with a rich historical and cultural heritage. The mountain is celebrated for its scenic beauty and abundance of cultural landmarks, bearing witness to centuries of human activity.

Over the ages, continuous development has endowed Qingyuan Mountain with numerous cultural relics and historical sites. Among the best-preserved are seven stone carvings from the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties and over 600 cliffside inscriptions from different periods.