Fuqing

Fuqing (福清; Hók-chiăng in Mindong, Fú​qīng​ in Mandarin) is an industrial city within the administrative area of Fuzhou. It has a population of around half a million.

Get in

By bus

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.

By train

Fuqing Railway Station

It takes about 15 to 30 minutes to reach Fuqing by train from Fuzhou.

There are two railway stations in Fuqing:

• 1 Fuqing Railway Station (福清站), Yingbin Avenue (迎宾大道) (bus nos. 633, 707, 805, 806, 808, 810, 820, 822, 830, 832 and 901). (updated Feb 2024)
• 2 Fuqing West Railway Station (福清西站), Shenhai Expressway (深海高速) (bus nos. 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 801, 806, 807, 823 and 910). (updated Feb 2024)

Talk

The local Fuqing dialect, also commonly known in Southeast Asia as Hokchia, is part of the Mindong family like the Fuzhou dialect, but is nevertheless still distinct only partially mutually intelligible. However, most locals are bilingual in their local tongue and Mandarin.

See

Museums

• 1 Fuqing Overseas Chinese Museum (福清侨乡博物馆), 166 Qingrong Avenue, Yinxi Subdistrict (音西街道清荣大道166号) (bus nos. 72, 702, 702A, 801, 807, 810, 811, 815, 819, 827 and 909), ☏ +86 591 85158246. 09:00-17:00, no entry after 16:30, closed on Mondays. Free. (updated Feb 2024)
• 2 Liem Sioe Liong Memorial Hall (林绍良陈列馆), Fuqing Overseas Chinese Park, north of the intersection of Yuanhua Road and National Highway G228 (元华路与228国道交叉口北侧华侨公园内) (bus nos. 531, 532, 533, 535, 537, 538, 539 and the Songxia Bus), ☏ +86 591 85537995, fqlslclg@163.com. 09:00-17:00, no entry after 16:30, closed on Mondays. Liem Sioe Liong (1917-2012) was born in a village in Fuqing. He migrated to Indonesia in the 1930s and later became a highly respected business person and philanthropist in that country’s Chinese community. This memorial hosts exhibitions on not only Liem Sioe Liong but also other prominent overseas Chinese entrepreneurs who originally hailed from Fuqing. Free. (updated Feb 2024)

Parks and nature

• 3 Houxi Tourism Area (后溪旅游区), Houxi Village, Yidu Town (一都镇后溪村) (best reached by car or tour bus; there is no public transport in the area), ☏ +86 591 85303777. Best known for its rafting river, the ‘No. 1 Rafting River of the East’ (东方第一漂流). The park also has walking trails. Rafting tickets are ¥158 per person. 
• 4 Lingshishan National Forest Park (灵石山国家森林公园), Sanxing Village, Dongzhang Town (东张镇三星村内) (take bus no. 9 from Fuqing West Railway Station), ☏ +86 591 85398337. 07:30-18:30. ¥15. 
• 5 Shizhushan Scenic Area (石竹山风景名胜区), Shizhu Subdistrict (石竹街道) (the park entrance is just over 1 km from Fuqing West Railway Station; you can also take bus no. 801 or 807), ☏ +86 591 85368288. 05:30-17:30 (park), 08:00-16:30 (Taoist temple), 07:00-17:00 (cable car). A scenic mountain park close to the city. ¥25. (updated Mar 2024)

Eat

• 光饼 (Guang Bing). 
• 番薯丸 (Fanshu Wan). 
• 海蛎饼 (Oyster Cake).