[2025 Wuyishan Attraction] Travel Guide for Yulinting Kiln Site (Updated May)

Second stop of our winter vacation: Wuyi Mountain, Nanping. As the attractions are scattered, we stayed for 3 nights and booked a family room at Peninsula Holiday Hotel in Sangu Resort Area on Trip.com. Food: There are two breakfast shops near the hotel, with a wide variety of food. The prices are slightly higher, for example, a boiled egg costs CNY 3, but not too expensive. The restaurants on the nearby old street have clearly marked prices. Shopping and dining are very convenient. Accommodation: Peninsula Holiday Hotel is newly decorated. The parking lot is small, and there are usually no parking spaces after dinner, but the security guard will help you find a parking space on the roadside. The room rate is cheap in the off-season. The rooms are large and well-lit. Transportation: Day 1: Shenxianju - Wuyi Mountain, check in to the hotel. Day 2: Buy a 2-day ticket for the shuttle bus at the visitor center in the morning, climb Tianyou Peak in the morning, and take a bamboo raft on Jiuqu Stream in the afternoon. Tianyou Peak is not high, but it is relatively steep. You can see the most beautiful Jiuqu Stream on the way. We ate the popular ice cream after reaching the top. The child likes to take the bamboo raft the most. The water flow is slow in winter, and the whole journey takes 2 hours. Don't forget to buy more fish food and bring a small fishing net, so the child won't be bored, and we can enjoy the scenery and take photos with peace of mind. You must also pay the CNY 20 explanation fee. The boatman will explain all the way and help take photos. Day 3: Huxiao Rock and Yixian Sky in the morning, have lunch at Song Street in Wuyi Palace, and go to Rock Valley Fragrance Trail, Dahongpao, and Water Curtain Cave in the afternoon. Song Street is a food and shopping street. There is a stream on the roadside to Dahongpao, with tea gardens and strange peaks and rocks on both sides. There is no water in Water Curtain Cave in winter. You can feed pigeons. The pigeon food costs CNY 10 per small bag, which is very expensive, but the child likes it, so we have no choice. The rocks on the back mountain of Sanxian Temple are very spectacular. Day 4: Yulinting Kiln Site and Ruiyan Temple, drive to Xiapu in the afternoon. Yulinting is much larger than the dragon kiln in Yaoli Raonan, and there is a small Song Bridge. There are not many people, so you can visit the exhibition hall quietly, climb to the top along the steps beside the dragon kiln, and observe the structure of the ancient kiln carefully. There are many tea tree terraces on the roadside to Ruiyan Temple. The temple is newly built and looks beautiful in photos. There is vegetarian food at noon, coffee at the entrance, and peacocks and pigeons. The pigeon food costs CNY 2 per bag. The child fed the pigeons again and was very happy!

After living in a bustling city for a long time, people always yearn to escape the concrete jungle and find a place of tranquility. Come to Wuyishan~ Step into the mountains and fields of your dreams 🍵 and savor an unforgettable tea aroma 🍃. With a light backpack, step on the bluestone road, and walk step by step into the depths of the mountains and forests. The air is filled with the fresh scent of earth and grass, and occasionally you can hear the crisp chirping of birds, as if it is the most beautiful melody of nature. Not loving the present people but the ancient people, not loving the city but the mountains and fields~ Wuyishan has several places suitable for outdoor tea brewing 🍵, here are some recommendations 🍃: ‌1. Baiyun Zen Temple‌⛩: Features: Every day, there are lay Buddhists meditating, retreating, and drinking wild tea here. The Yuxiantai on the top of the mountain is a good place for tea tasting, where you can enjoy the rolling sea of clouds while sipping tea and feeling the tranquility of your heart‌. ‌2. Yulinting‌⛩: Features: Once one of the sites of the official kiln of the Song Dynasty, this place is accompanied by flowing water, wind, and birdsong, with a serene environment. Yulinting is equipped with tea tables and chairs, making it very suitable for outdoor tea drinking and experiencing the harmony between humans and nature‌. ‌3. Bamboo Forest Creekside‌🏡: Features: Characterized by the rustling of bamboo and the babbling of the creek, it is one of the best places for leisurely tea drinking. Brewing tea here, you can listen to the sounds of nature and enjoy a leisurely time‌12. ‌4. Mid-Mountain Tea Pavilion‌🏞: Features: An outdoor tea drinking base located in the tea mountains. Standing halfway up the mountain, you can feel the aroma of tea in the mountain rain, which has a unique flavor‌. ‌5. Swallow's Nest Ecological Tea Garden‌🏕 (on the No. 1 Scenic Road of Wuyishan National Park): Features: The tea garden is full of blooming osmanthus, with fragrance filling the path. Visitors can take photos and check in here, while experiencing tea culture amidst the aroma of tea and flowers‌. These places not only provide a beautiful natural environment but also allow visitors to deeply experience the tea culture and natural beauty of Wuyishan while tasting tea.

Today, we rented a car to tour around Wuyishan. We picked up the car early in the morning and drove 20 km south along G237, then turned onto a country road to Minyue King City Museum. The Han Que (a type of ancient Chinese architecture) built at the visitor center is very impressive. The museum mainly introduces the history of the Minyue Kingdom and the urban layout of Minyue King City. There are four exhibition halls, which take more than an hour to visit. Walk 1 km forward from the museum to the Minyue King City Ruins. There is no guard, but there is a gate machine. You need to scan a code to enter, but no ticket is required. The ruins are in an irregular rectangle shape, and you can see the tamped cobblestone foundation and walls. After lunch, we walked along the west side of the Wuyishan Scenic Area, passing through Wuyishan No. 1 Scenic Road, Jiangdong Road, and Gaoxin Road, basically circling the scenic area. The scenery along the way is beautiful, with lush vegetation. We passed by the scenic area's bamboo raft wharf, Sancai Peak, Taoyuan Cave Taoist Temple, Tianshang Palace, the west entrance of Wuyishan Scenic Area, Baiyun Temple, Yanzike, Yulin Kiln Ruins, Lotus Peak, and other attractions. You can drive along this road and stop for a leisurely tour. Sancai Peak is suitable for bird watching, and Baiyun Temple is a good place to watch the sunrise and sea of clouds. The Yulin Kiln Ruins have a museum introducing Wuyishan's black-glazed porcelain, and two Song Dynasty dragon kiln ruins are well preserved. We arrived at Xiamei Ancient Residence at almost 18:00. Entering the ancient village requires a ticket of CNY 50 (free after 18:00). We paid CNY 10 each to a local to take us in from the back and give us a brief introduction. The most important ancient building is the Zou Family Ancestral Hall. We will leave Wuyishan tomorrow morning and take a box of Da Hong Pao home to taste.

In the TV series "Dream of Hualu", The plot of Zhao Pan'er competing with others in tea making and making tea, It can be regarded as the highlight scene in this drama. The people of the Song Dynasty were particular about elegant lifestyle, and tea was one of the indispensable elements in this lifestyle. Even Song Huizong Zhao Ji wrote a special treatise called "Daguan Tea Theory". When making tea or tasting tea, teacups are indispensable. Porcelain tea cups from the Song Dynasty. Elegant shape, exquisite workmanship, Among them, Jianzhan is a famous porcelain that has amazed people for nearly a thousand years. 🍵【Jianzhan, the black peony in porcelain】 Jianzhan is a typical representative of black-glazed porcelain. The glaze is deep and the body is thick, with a mysterious and quiet beauty. It is known as the "Black Peony", a treasure among porcelains. "New Rabbit Hair Purple Ou" "Partridge spots suck spring dew" Literati and poets of the Song Dynasty wrote many famous lines to praise the beauty of Jianzhan. There is a saying in the tea industry: Each famous kiln can produce top-grade porcelain and tea cups. But only Jian Kiln was created for tea cups! 🌿【Jian Kiln, deep in Wuyi Mountain】 It was first fired in Jian Kiln during the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. It reached its peak in the Song Dynasty, when black-glazed tea cups were produced in large quantities. Some green-glazed and blue-white-glazed porcelains were also produced. The existing Yulinting kiln site, Located in the valley north of Jiuqu River in Wuyi Mountain, Fujian. The period is from the late Northern Song Dynasty to the middle Southern Song Dynasty. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit. Not only were nearly complete remains of a porcelain workshop discovered here, A large number of porcelain specimens were unearthed. Two kilns for firing porcelain were also discovered. Built along the mountain, It winds like a dragon's spine, hidden among the lush greenery of Wuyi Mountain. There are countless ceramic fragments left in the kiln. Changyao mainly produces black glaze (rabbit hair cups). Short kilns produce green-glazed (pearlescent) tea bowls. Want to know more about Song Dynasty porcelain? The history of Jianzhan and the many kilns in Wuyi Mountain over the centuries. You can visit the exhibition hall in the scenic area. 🌸【Beautiful scenery, drink tea and enjoy the scenery】 In addition to increasing knowledge, You can also stroll through the valleys and streams. The scenery here is beautiful and the waterfalls are splashing. There were almost no tourists and it was very peaceful. Locals will bring their own tea and tea sets. Here we can use mountain spring water to make tea. In the sound of gurgling water and clear, cool air, Spend your leisure time leisurely. ----------- 📌Meet Lin Ting 📍Address: Beside Provincial Road 303, Wuyishan City, Nanping City, Fujian Province 💰Tickets: Free Yulinting Kiln Site