Jiuri Mountain Wind-Praying Inscriptions
A celebrated cultural mountain in Nan'an on Quanzhou's western outskirts, named for the Central Plains migrants who climbed it every Double Ninth Festival to ease their homesickness ever since the Western Jin dynasty
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- 08:30-17:00
- Ticket
- approx. CNY 25
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
A celebrated cultural mountain in Nan'an on Quanzhou's western outskirts, named for the Central Plains migrants who climbed it every Double Ninth Festival to ease their homesickness ever since the Western Jin dynasty. The mountain preserves 78 Song-dynasty wind-praying inscriptions—every summer and winter the Quanzhou authorities held wind-praying ceremonies at Yanfu Temple on the western peak for merchant ships setting out to sea, with the prefect and his aides taking part and carving records of the events into stone, making this the only stone-inscription archive of the Song dynasty's official maritime trade system. The mountain is therefore hailed as the "sacred wind-praying site of the Maritime Silk Road"; Zhaohui Temple and Shifo Rock (Stone Buddha Rock) on the same mountain can also be visited.
Getting there: Self-drive to Fengzhou, Nan'an (approx. 12 km)
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