2025 Jianning Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in May)

We visited Jianning County and were amazed by its breathtaking landscapes, rich tea culture, and historic charm. Whether you love capturing natural beauty, traditional villages, or peaceful countryside scenes, this hidden gem has plenty to offer. Here are three must-visit spots we explored and highly recommend! Meihua Mountain ⛰️ We hiked up Meihua Mountain, a stunning destination famous for its sea of blooming plum blossoms in the winter and spring. The mountain is covered in soft pink and white flowers, creating an unbelievably beautiful and romantic atmosphere. The best time to visit is early in the morning when the mist surrounds the trees, making for magical photography. I would recommend bringing a zoom lens to capture close-up shots of the delicate blossoms. 📍 Address: Meihua Mountain, Jianning County, Sanming, Fujian, China Jianning Red Army Street 🏡 We explored Jianning Red Army Street, a historic area filled with well-preserved traditional buildings and revolutionary-era sites. Walking through the ancient alleys, we saw old brick houses, red flags, and historical plaques telling stories of the past. Sunset is the best time to visit, as the warm light enhances the nostalgic feel of the town. I would recommend taking a slow stroll and capturing the details of the architecture. 📍 Address: Red Army Street, Jianning County, Sanming, Fujian, China Jianning Tea Plantation 🍃 We visited Jianning’s lush tea plantations, where endless green fields stretched across the rolling hills. Watching local farmers pick tea leaves while the sun set behind the hills was a truly serene experience. The best time to visit is in the early morning when the mist rises above the tea fields, creating a dreamy scene. I would recommend joining a tea-tasting session to fully appreciate the rich flavors of Jianning’s famous tea. 📍 Address: Jianning Tea Plantation, Jianning County, Sanming, Fujian, China Jianning County is a perfect blend of natural beauty, cultural heritage, and peaceful countryside charm. Whether you’re looking for adventure, relaxation, or the perfect shot, these locations will leave you with unforgettable memories. Happy exploring! 📷✨ #discoverchina #travel #Vacation

📍Navigation: Minjiangyuan Ecotourism Scenic Area Jinrao Mountain is located in Jianning County, Sanming City, and is known as the first peak of Fujian Province. It is a niche attraction in Fujian. 🎟Buy a combo ticket (admission + cableway + cable car) 🚗Transportation: Take the scenic area shuttle bus. It takes about 40 minutes, then take the cable car for 30 minutes to the mountain, and then start climbing freely. The whole tour takes about 2–3 hours. ‼️It is recommended to travel light: backpack, sneakers, sunscreen in summer, down jacket in winter, water, and snacks (there are small shops in the scenic area)

Jinrao Mountain🏞️ is located in Jianning County, Sanming City, Fujian Province. It is the "ridge" of Fujian, with an altitude of 1,958 meters📈, and boasts stunning natural scenery and rich ecological resources.🌲🌼 🚩Hiking route plan • Starting point: Depart from Taining, and you can choose to take a bus🚌 or drive🚗 to Jinrao Mountain. • Route: Taining - Dabu Township - Raoshan Village - Jinrao Mountain. From Raoshan Village, there are two trails up the mountain, one is relatively gentle🛤️, and the other is more difficult, passing by a waterfall💧. Difficulty assessment The difficulty of climbing Jinrao Mountain is medium to high, I give it ★★★☆☆. But challenging yourself and conquering the peak is what we pursue, isn't it?🏆 🗒Equipment list • Head: Hat🧢, headlamp🔦, glasses👓, mask. • Upper body: Quick-drying clothes👕, mid-layer warm clothes🧥, windbreaker🧥, alpine down jacket🦺, gloves🧤. • Lower body: Quick-drying pants👖, down pants👖, windproof pants👖, wool socks🧦, snow gaiters. • Backpack: Summit pack🎒, duffel bag. • Accessories: Sleeping bag🛌, trekking poles🦯, compression bag, energy gel🍬. 🕗Time plan • Best season: Suitable for all seasons, but spring and autumn are the best hiking seasons due to the pleasant climate🌸🍂. • Itinerary: It is recommended to depart in the morning🌅 and return in the afternoon🌇, allowing a full day. 🚗Transportation information • Self-driving: After exiting the Jianning Expressway, navigate to "Jinrao Mountain Scenic Area or Minjiangyuan Ecotourism Area"🗺️. • High-speed train: Take a high-speed train to "Jianning County North Station" and then transfer to the tourist line directly to Jinrao Mountain, with a ticket price of CNY 5🚄. 💰Budget • Ticket: CNY 120 (including ticket, shuttle bus, and round-trip cable car)🎫. • Transportation fee: Depending on personal choice, estimated at CNY 50-200/person💸. • Dining fee: Depending on personal choice, estimated at CNY 50-200/person🍽️. • Others: Budget CNY 100-200/person for snacks, water, etc.🛍️. ⚠️Special reminder • Cable car maintenance: The last Monday of each month is the cable car maintenance day, and the scenic area is closed. Please don't make a wasted trip!🚫 Are you ready? Let's set off together to conquer Jinrao Mountain in Fujian and enjoy the magnificent natural scenery!🌄🌿🏞️

[Hidden Wonderland! Jianning Lianhai Yujia, a beautiful encounter between jade and nature] At the foot of Jinniu Mountain, Lianhai Yujia Resort is surrounded by mountains and rivers. In summer, lotus flowers bloom, clouds and mist rise in the morning, and the sunset slowly sinks on the top of the mountain. There are beautiful views here. What is even more amazing is that 3,000 tons of natural jade from all over the world are used here to build a jade building! Each piece of jade exudes a warm luster, as if it can wash away all the troubles of the world. 🏰 💦Walking in Lianhai Yujia Resort, you can enjoy various exquisite jade carvings. These works are lifelike, as if telling a touching story. Whether it is characters, animals or landscapes, they all show the superb skills of artists. 👏 Jianning Lianhai Yujia Resort also has rich cultural connotations. Here, you can learn about the long history of jade culture and feel the charm of traditional culture. 🛌Living in the jade-themed viewing room here, you can fall asleep every night with the moonlight and starlight, and wake up to the green and fresh. Every detail in the room reveals elegance and comfort, allowing people to relax completely. 🛌 🍽Don't forget to taste the food here, authentic Jianning flavor, every bite can make you feel the gift of nature. Here, you can taste delicious food while enjoying the beautiful scenery outside the window, which is a great joy in life! 🍲 📸This is also a great place to take photos and check in. Take a casual shot, it feels like a big movie. You can stand among the lotus leaves and feel the breath of nature; you can also leave a beautiful figure in front of the jade building and record this unforgettable moment. 🤳 🏞Are you tired of the hustle and bustle of the city and yearn for peace and beauty? Come on, at Lianhai Yujia Resort in Jianning, Fujian, this is a good place for leisure🌟

Jinrao Mountain, originally named Dalishan, also known as Taiyi Mountain Famous for its 'strange, precipitous, elegant, and secluded' features Located within the boundaries of Taining County and Jianning County in Fujian Province Known as 'the first peak of Fujian' The very source of the Min River, the mother river of Fujian A great destination for mountain climbing and sightseeing Watching the sunrise from the peak is a spectacular sight About transportation: 1. It takes 3 hours by high-speed train from Xiamen to Jianning North, then take the No. 7 bus outside the station to Jianning County, and then take a taxi to the scenic area 2. Take the scenic area shuttle bus for 30 minutes to reach the cable car station, the cable car takes about 20 minutes to reach the mid-mountain tunnel, walk through the 700-meter-long tunnel which is very cool inside! After exiting the tunnel, start hiking up the mountain, it takes about 1 hour to reach the Cloud-Top Coffee House. There is a small train from the coffee house to the wooden house accommodation, if the train is not operating it takes 20 minutes to walk to the wooden houses. 3. Book the wooden houses in advance, otherwise, you might not find a spot on weekends! About tickets: Ticket + scenic shuttle + round-trip cable car: 118 Scenic area entry time: (Summer Time) 7:30-14:30 Last scenic shuttle bus down the mountain at 19:00. (Winter Time) 8:00-13:30 Last scenic shuttle bus down the mountain at 18:00. Accommodated guests can enter the park 30 minutes after the latest time and the earliest scenic shuttle bus down the mountain the next day is at 10:30. Sky-high Cableway This dragon winding along the mountain ridges, sitting in the cable car, you can see the beautiful scenery of Jinrao Mountain! Secluded Plank Road This plank road hangs in the middle of the stone cliffs of the hundred-foot abyss, with cliffs cut open by axes above and the unfathomable abyss below. Millennium Stone Egg Cluster Jinrao Mountain has a unique feature, which is the many stone eggs on various mountain tops, some resembling turtle shells, some like turtle eggs, and others like whales or other sea creatures. Summit White Stone Top White Stone Top is the peak of Jinrao Mountain, standing here you can see the boundaries of 9 counties in Fujian and Jiangxi. Beautiful Fairy Pool The Fairy Pool is located on one side of White Stone Top, only a dozen meters lower than the main peak. What's peculiar is that there is a perennial pool on a huge rock, forming a two-meter-wide water pool that never dries up, no matter how cold or hot it is. Dragon Ridge Trail The Dragon Ridge Trail is the longest of the 'four trails' of Jinrao Mountain, with a total length of 5 kilometers Time Tunnel You can travel through the 770-meter time tunnel and the kilometer-long sky-high plank road for an adventure of exploration and seeking seclusion. Mountain Wooden Houses The wooden houses are located on the slope of White Stone Top at an altitude of 1780 meters, with 51 standard rooms, 2 villas, and 106 beds. It is the highest mountain wooden house in Fujian Province with NO.1 altitude, where you can count stars, watch the sunrise, view the sea of clouds, and enjoy different scenery throughout the four seasons. tips: The journey is long and requires mountain climbing The round trip takes about four and a half hours, it is recommended to carry a backpack Wear sports shoes for the trip

Known as the "No. 1 Peak in Fujian", it is famous for its "strange, unique, beautiful and secluded" features. The main peak, Baishiding, divides the mountain into two parts, the east and west. The east is mostly cliffs, while the west is mostly peaks. With an altitude of 1,858 meters, standing on the top of the mountain and looking out over the mountains, you will feel like you are looking down on all the other mountains. It is a national key scenic spot, the second batch of world geological parks, China Danxia World Natural Heritage Site, and a national 5A-level tourist attraction. It is also the source of the Minjiang River, the mother river of Fujian. It is wild, vast, dangerous, strange and high, and is a good place for mountaineering and sightseeing. 📝Note tips: Be sure to travel light, climb 1,600 meters above sea level, and reach the top of the mountain for 13 kilometers. Except for supplies, try not to bring anything you can.

Located in the northwestern part of Sanming City, Fujian Province, in the middle section of the Wuyi Mountains, it covers an area of 1716.34 square kilometers. It has a permanent population of 113,000 people. Mount Jinniu, with an elevation of 1858 meters, is a peak within Fujian territory and an important part of the World Geopark, featuring the Minjiang River Source National Nature Reserve and a National Forest Park; it ranks among the top ten counties (cities) in Fujian Province in terms of economic development. It is a national pilot unit for the quality improvement of farmers' cooperatives across the entire county. It has been awarded the title of the fourth batch of National Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration Counties. In 2022, the gross regional product reached 16.115 billion yuan.

⓵Why is it called Jinbo Mountain? Golden Cymbal Mountain was originally named Taiyi Mountain. It got its name because the Minyue King Wu Zhuxiao was hunting here and lost one of the golden cymbals. The scenic spot is located in the southeast of Jianning County, Sanming City, Fujian Province, within the Minjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, and is called the Minjiangyuan Ecological Tourism Zone. The main peak, Baishiding, is 1,858 meters above sea level. It has the reputation of "the highest peak in the southeast of Xiuqi" and is also known as the "first peak in Fujian". ⓶Tour route (about 4.5 hours round trip) The gate of the scenic spot - the starting point of the cableway - the time and space tunnel - the Qingyun Trail - the volleying plank road - the summit of the main peak - the Immortal Pond - the descent. First, you need to transfer to the "Scenery Bus" at the "Visitor Service Center" (30 minutes) to go around the mountain to the "Start of the Cableway", then take the cable car over 2.6 kilometers (30 minutes) to the cableway station, and pass through a 770-meter-long " "Time and Space Tunnel", the mountain climbing has officially begun. Well, this section of the hiking trail is also called the "Qingyun Trail". The climbing time depends on individual circumstances, and it takes about 1 hour to reach the top. However, if you have enough time, it is recommended to take your time and experience the magnificent scenery along the way. The mountains at your feet are rolling. On a clear day, it will look like a Chinese ink painting slowly unfolding, majestic. (At the "Lingyunting" fork, you can go up the mountain on the right and down the mountain on the left) Next is the "Sky Sky Plank Road" with a protruding glass viewing platform in the middle, which is very suitable for checking in and taking pictures. Further up, you will pass three provincial-level cultural protection units - the Jinbo Mountain Building Complex: Dragon King Temple, Tutu Temple, and Wugu Temple. Finally, we climbed up the Yingzuiyan boulder and successfully reached the top. On the top of the main peak, the white stone, the "No. 1 Peak in Fujian" stone tablet came into view. ⓷Photo spots not to be missed Qingyun Trail, Skywalk Glass Bridge, Dragon King Temple, Wugu Temple, White Rock Summit, Immortal Pond, etc. ⓸Travel season It can be enjoyed at any time of the year. You can enjoy the rhododendrons in spring, the sea of ​​clouds in summer, the sunrise in autumn, and the rime in winter. <1> Tourists who want to see the sea of ​​clouds and sunrise can stay in the mountains or camp. <2> For the beautiful scenery of rime, you need to pay attention to local weather changes or consult the scenic spot in advance. If you catch a sunny day, you need to stay on the mountain in advance, because the rime on the top of the mountain will melt quickly very early. ⓹Accommodation conditions The mountain can accommodate more than 100 people. Those who want to see the sea of ​​clouds or rime must book in advance to avoid overcrowding and missing the best viewing time. ⓺Where to eat There is a farmhouse at the entrance of the scenic spot for dining. You can also search for nearby restaurants to taste local delicacies or bring your own dry food to ensure you have enough energy for climbing. ⓻Ticket information The ticket price is 120 yuan per person (ticket + scenic bus + two-way cableway). Remember to bring your "ID card" and pass the inspection before taking the cable car before you can enter. ⓼Entry time Daylight Saving Time | May 1 to October 7, 7:30~14:30 (the last bus down the mountain is at 19:00) Winter time｜October 8th to April 30th of the following year 8:00~13:30 (the last bus down the mountain is at 18:00) ⓽Transportation Guide Self-driving｜Navigate to "Minjiangyuan Ecological Tourism Area", exit the expressway at "Jianning Toll Station", follow the navigation for 13 kilometers, and arrive at the scenic spot in about 20 minutes; EMU｜Take the bus to "Jianning County North Station" and then transfer to the scenic spot bus directly to Jinbo Mountain. It departs at 11:00 and the fare is 5 yuan. You can also take a taxi or carpool, which costs about 30 yuan. ⓾Notes (very important) In order to ensure the safe operation of the ropeway, the scenic spot stipulates that the last Monday of each month is the ropeway maintenance day. The park does not accept tourists, so please do not leave!