Places

Shapowei (沙坡尾) was Xiamen's natural sheltered fishing harbour for centuries — literally "end of the sandy incline." The fishing fleet moved out in the 2010s, and what's left is one of China's most successfully repurposed dockside neighbourhoods: painted fishing boats still moored in the basin, wa

Zhongshan Road (中山路) is the old commercial spine of Xiamen Island, running east–west between Siming South Road and the Gulangyu ferry terminal.

Gulangyu (鼓浪屿) sits 700 metres off the southwest tip of Xiamen Island and is the single reason most first-time visitors come to Fujian.

Gushi Cliff Coffee (鼓石崖咖啡) opened on 1 October 2025 in a former fishing village in Lianjiang County, about 90 minutes from central Fuzhou. By early 2026, it was the single most-posted Fujian destination on Xiaohongshu and Douyin — and it's as real as the photos suggest.

Meiqi Student Street (梅岐学生街) is the night-market you go to when Sanfang Qixiang feels too curated.

Daming Food Street (达明美食街) reopened at the end of 2024 as a themed "Maritime Silk Road" food lane directly across from Sanfang Qixiang — and it's been the single biggest Xiaohongshu (小红书) upgrade to Fuzhou's night-eat scene since.

Yantai Hill (烟台山) on the south bank of the Min River was, from the 1860s onwards, Fuzhou's treaty-port concession quarter.

Gu Shan (鼓山, "Drum Hill") rises directly east of central Fuzhou, overlooking the Min River. It gets its name from a large drum-shaped rock at the summit that is said to resonate in the wind. Two attractions make it worth a half-day:

West Lake Park (西湖公园, Xihu Gongyuan) is Fuzhou's oldest public garden — a classical Chinese landscape designed around an artificial lake first excavated in 282 AD.

The Min River (闽江) cuts Fuzhou in two and gives the city its most photogenic open space.

Sanfang Qixiang (三坊七巷, "Three Lanes and Seven Alleys") is the reason most first-time visitors come to Fuzhou.