Fuqing (福清; Hók-chiăng in Mindong, Fúqīng in Mandarin) is an industrial city within the administrative area of Fuzhou. It has a population of around half a million.
Get in
There are many buses from nearby Fuzhou to central Fuqing. The trip takes a bit over half an hour.
A few buses coming to Fuzhou from towns further South — Putian, Quanzhou or Xiamen — stop in Fuqing, but most just drop off passengers at a nearby highway exit where it is easy to grab a cab for the two km ride into town.
Get around
Talk
The local Fuqing dialect, also commonly known as Hokchia, is part of the Mindong family like the Fuzhou dialect, but is nevertheless still distinct and not completely mutually intelligible. However, most locals are bilingual in their local tongue and Mandarin.
See
- 灵石山国家森林公园 (LingShiShang National Forest Park), 东张镇的三星村内.
- 一都漂流 (Yi Du Drift), 福清一都镇南边, ☏ 86 591-83301060. 88/person.
Do
Buy
Eat
- 光饼 (Guang Bing).
- 番薯丸 (Fanshu Wan).
- 海蛎饼 (Oyster Cake).