Guling Summer Resort
In the sweltering summer of Fuzhou, Guling, with an average altitude of about 800 meters, is a perfect summer resort with lush trees and cool breezes. As early as the end of the 19th century, it became a summer resort for foreign expatriates. On the old street of Guling, there are more than 200 villas of various styles, as well as churches, hospitals, tennis courts, swimming pools, and other facilities or their sites, such as the International Public Welfare Society, a public activity center for foreign expatriates, the Guling Post Office, which opened in 1900, the Gardner Exhibition Hall, which shows the deep friendship between the Gardner family and Guling and even the friendship between China and the United States, the Yixia Villa, the Guling Christian Church, the Dream Book House (Li Shijia Villa), the Kodak Photo Studio, and so on, taking you through the century-old time of Guling. In addition, there are many other attractions in Guling that are worth experiencing in a slow life, such as the King of Cryptomeria Park with a 1,300-year-old cryptomeria, the Zhuli, which is suitable for camping and blowing wind, the Jiahu City Viewing Walkway, which overlooks Fuzhou City, and so on. You can also choose a homestay on Guling, watch the sunset over the mountains, listen to the chirping of insects at night, and wait for the first ray of sunshine in the morning.