Cultural and Natural Heritages in Fujian•Putian
Mulan Dyke
The large-scale water conservancy engineering is a mixture of all-round utilization of spanning diversion, impounding, irrigation, drainage and retaining.
Sakyamuni Pagoda
Dating as early as about the 1st year of Qiandao of the Southern Song Dynasty (1165), the octagonal five-layered stone structure is of a pavilion-style in wood, hollow, 30.6m in height, standing over 256 square meters.
Sanqing Hall of Yuanmiao Temple
Debuted as “Tianqing Temple”, it was renamed as what it is today from the early Qing in the name of avoiding a taboo against the then emperor.
Tianzhong Wanshou Pagoda
Aka Tadou Mountain Pagoda, the “Pagoda of Asoka” originating from the Five Dynasties, was rebuilt in the fourth year of Jiayou of the Northern Song Dynasty (1059), with a revamp occurring during the reign of Emperor Jiaqing (1796-1820) of the Qing Dynasty.
Meizhou’s Mazu Temple
The initial Mazu Temple the world over, was hailed among the sixth batch of national key cultural relic protection sites in 2006, and into the roster of the first-batch Heritage Application Sites on “Maritime Silk Road＆Chinese Historical Relics”.
Xianyou Confucius Temple
The Temple made it into the seventh batch of national key cultural relic protection sites in 2013.
Guqiao Tower
In 1985, it made for one of the second batch of cultural relic protection sites of Fujian Province.
Wenfeng’s Sandai Temple
During the Yuan Dynasty, Baihu Shunji Temple erected in the Song Dynasty, was relocated where it is, called Wenfeng Tianhou Palace or Wenfeng Palace.
Putian Methodist Cathedral
It was initiated in 1915 by American Methodist brothers, Jacob. G and David.
Yanshou Bridge
Starting in Jianyan first year (1127) of the Southern Song Dynasty, the bridge collapsed during Xuande (1426-1435), with a makeover in the fifth year (1440) of Zhengtong, and a facelift in the 40th year (1612) of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty.