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Quanzhou's Maritime Silk Road Heritage

Quanzhou's Maritime Silk Road Heritage

Quanzhou · China

9 stops
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through the ancient port city to discover how diverse faiths converged on these shores. You will see towering Buddhist pagodas, historic mosques, and ornate Taoist shrines. This journey reveals the architectural legacy of Quanzhou's era as a global trading hub.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 9. The rest are in the app.

  1. Kaiyuan Temple

    Kaiyuan Temple

    A Tang dynasty legacy named by imperial decree to unify Buddhist worship across China.

  2. Kaiyuan Temple

    Kaiyuan Temple

    Kaiyuan Temple, a place of worship in Quanzhou, China.

  3. Zhenguo Temple Pagoda

    Zhenguo Temple Pagoda

    Zhenguota is an attraction in Quanzhou, China.

  4. 3 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Chengtian Temple

    Chengtian Temple

    A former royal garden turned Buddhist sanctuary that once minted the currency of the Min Kingdom.

  6. Qingjing Mosque

    Qingjing Mosque

    China's oldest surviving Arabic-style mosque, founded in ten zero nine.

  7. Tonghuai Guan Yue Temple

    Tonghuai Guan Yue Temple

    A Taoist place of worship in Quanzhou, China.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 3 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

3 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 9 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.