Jinjiang

By plane

• Quanzhou Jinjiang International AirportJinjiang is home to the main airport serving Quanzhou. However, it is a fairly minor airport; there are flights to Hong Kong and some mainland cities and some international flights to other Asian cities, but not a large choice of flights.

The usual way to fly into the region would be via Xiamen or Fuzhou, both of which have larger airports with a broader range of flight choices.

By train

• Jinjiang railway stationJinjiang is served by Fujian's coastal high-speed railway, with frequent service to points along the Fujian-Xiamen axis. Some trains continue north (to Hangzhou and Shanghai, or to the interior of China), or south (to Shenzhen).

By bus

From Quanzhou, you can make it Jinjiang by a city bus (801 and 802 are two of the numbers), or by taxi.
To get there by bus from Xiamen, take a Quanzhou bus and get off when it passes through Jinjiang.

Jinjiang shares city bus service with Quanzhou; in particular buses 801 and 802 go out to Jinjiang. However is a long narrow city, spread along a river valley, so half hour bus rides are not unusual even when traffic is light. Taxis are also readily available.
It is a good city for drivers, with lots of good new roads and some shopping areas with parking available. However, see driving in China for comments on traffic conditions.

• Cao'an TempleThe world's only surviving Manichean temple is on Huabiao Mountain in Jinjiang.

• Anping BridgeOne of the ancient bridges on the old coastal road. Well restored.

• Jinjiang Museum

  phone: +86 595 85681046
  address: 382 Shiji Avenue (世纪大道382号)

• Wudianshi Traditional Street Blocks

  phone: +86 595 36771558
  address: Meiyuan Road, Meiling Subdistrict (梅岭街道梅园路)
  The heart of old Jinjiang, with many well-preserved historical buildings.

Jinjiang is very much an industrial city, especially shoes and clothing. Naturally, there are quite a few shops for those items. Nearby Shishi, though, has better clothing markets.
The Filipino chain store SM have only a few locations in China. One is in Jinjiang, at the end of the 801 bus route furthest from Quanzhou. It is part of a very large modern mall.

While McDonalds and KFC are ubiquitous in China and Pizza Hut fairly common, Burger King has only a few locations so far. Oddly, Jinjiang has one, on the basement floor of the SM city Jinjiang, end of 801 bus route.

• Day's Inn

  phone: +86 595 36787777
  address: Quan An Amid Road, Meiling

• Quanzhou
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