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Private Day Tour to Visit Guanghua Temple and Meizhou Island from Xiamen
Private Day Tour to Visit Guanghua Temple and Meizhou Island from Xiamen
Private Day Tour to Visit Guanghua Temple and Meizhou Island from Xiamen
Private Day Tour to Visit Guanghua Temple and Meizhou Island from Xiamen
Private Day Tour to Visit Guanghua Temple and Meizhou Island from Xiamen

Private Day Tour to Visit Guanghua Temple and Meizhou Island from Xiamen

By Elephant Tour
5 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is £410 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 9h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

This tour will take you to Meizhou Island which is known for being the birthplace of the goddess Matsu. Mazu is a very important and historic figure in Putian's people's heart. In Fujian, people here usually worships Godness Matsu instead of other gods or goddesses. Immerse yourself in the nature and Buddhist Culture while exploring Guanghua Temple whose layout is magnificent with the outer screen wall, Emperor Hall, and the Great Buddha's Hall forming the central axis running north to south.

Activity location

  • Putian
    • Putian, Fujian, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Putian
    • Putian, Fujian, China

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Private Day Tour to Visit Guanghua Temple and Meizhou Island from Xiamen
  • Activity duration is 9 hours9h9h
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
£410.35 x 1 Adult£410.35

Total
Price is £410.35
Until Tue, 7 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedExperienced tour guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's includedDriver with private car
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedFerry tickets
  • What's includedWhat's includedAdmission tickets
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge(optional)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch

Know before you book

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Putian
  • 2h 30m
Your guide and driver will pick you up in your hotel lobby at your chosen departure time and drive about 2.5 hours to Putian. You will visit Guanghua Temple first. It was built in the Southern Dynasties (420-589) and became well known in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). During the height of its glory in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), over one thousand monks and nuns practised Buddhism at this temple. Guanghua Temple covers an area of 33 hectares. The buildings are arranged around a central axis, 421 yards long: among these are Screen Wall, Mountain Gate, “Freeing Captive Animal’s Pond”, "Heavenly King Hall”, "Hall of Mahavira”, Depositary of Buddhist Books, and Wofo (Sleeping Buddha) Hall. The Hall of Mahavira is grand and majestic, being regarded as the top one among famous Buddhist temples in Fujian.
Meizhou Island
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Then come to Wenjia Wharf and then take a ferry to board Meizhou Island. Upon your arrival, you will reach the Meizhou Ancestral Temple of Goddess Matsu first. Mazu temple is one of the places you have to go when you're travelling in Fujian. Mazu is a very important and historic figure in Putian's people's heart. In Fujian, it usually worships Godness Matsu instead of other gods or goddesses. Meizhou Ancestral Temple of Goddess Matsu was originally built in 987 during the Northern Song Dynasty. There are many prayers coming and spending much of their time in prayer and supplication. Then head to Mazu Cultural Park is quite closed to the Ancestral Temple. On the top of the mountain in the park stands a huge stone statue in 14 metres high, as well as a stone carvings and temple building complex. If you take a boat and watch them from far away, these buildings and carvings kind of look like “the Potala Palace on the sea”, very magnificent. The Meizhou Ancestral Temple of Goddess Matsu and the Cultural Park are all sited in the northern part of the island, so you can visit them both together. The other major tourism items of the island include: the Tide Music of Meizhou Island, Erwei Holy Stone Park and Jiubaolan Golden Beach etc. If you have enough time, you can also visit some of them (own expense) . Then your private driver will drive you back to your hotel safely.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESPutian
    • Putian, Fujian, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEPutian
    • Putian, Fujian, China

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