10 Days in Longyan
Ten days in the Hakka heartland - Yongding's World Heritage tulou, 1929 Gutian, Guanzhai's cliffs, Peitian and Sibao, two Changting days, Meihuashan forest and a side day at Nanjing's tulou.
Quick Answer
Is 10 days enough for Longyan?
10 days lets you go beyond Longyan's core into neighborhoods, food markets, and one or two day trips at a relaxed pace.
Source: NihaoVisit Longyan guide
10-day Longyan itinerary at a glance
Use our full Longyan travel guide as the base and adapt it to 10 days. Keep the city's three signature attractions as the backbone; fill the rest with neighborhood walks, food markets, and an easy day trip.
Arrival & Riverside Evening
Land softly in Longyan — the Longjin river walk, an early noodle bowl, and a good night before the tulou run.
- longyan longjin riverfront
Yongding — Hongkeng & Chengqi Lou
About an hour to Yongding, core of the 2008-listed Fujian tulou — the 1912 bagua-planned Zhencheng Lou and Chengqi Lou's four concentric rings of some 400 rooms; sleep inside a tulou.
- longyan hongkeng tulou cluster
- longyan chengqi lou
Chuxi & Gutian
Dawn at Chuxi's riverside cluster, oldest hall dating to 1419 by most datings, then the protected Gutian site of the December 1929 meeting; back to Longyan for the night.
- longyan chuxi tulou cluster
- longyan gutian site
Guanzhai & Shimen Lake
About 1.5 hours to Liancheng — cliffs straight out of the water, ridge walk and boat loop; overnight in Liancheng town.
- longyan guanzhai mountain
- longyan shimen lake
Peitian & Sibao
Peitian's 800-year Hakka lanes and Ming-Qing courtyards, then Sibao, the woodblock-printing valley of the Ming-Qing south, its old workshops still standing; second night in Liancheng.
- longyan peitian village
- longyan sibao printing village
Changting — Old Tingzhou
Under an hour by rail to Changting, a national historic city since 1994 — restored wall above the Ting river, shop-lined old street, riverside tea; overnight in the old town.
- longyan changting ancient city
Changting Slow Day
The Tingzhou examination hall, later reused in the early 1930s as a Soviet-era provincial government office — a protected historic building — plus the old street's workshops and a slow riverside afternoon; rail back to Longyan by evening.
- longyan tingzhou shiyuan
Meihuashan & Longkong Cave
The forests of the Meihuashan national nature reserve, home to a South China tiger research-and-breeding centre, then the karst chambers of Longkong cave on the return loop.
- longyan meihuashan reserve
- longyan longkong cave
Zhangzhou Side Day — Nanjing Tulou
An honest neighbor-city day — Nanjing's cluster belongs to Zhangzhou, another face of the same 2008 listing; Yunshuiyao's banyan lanes and Tianluokeng's four-round-one-square lineup, back to Longyan for the night.
- zhangzhou yunshuiyao ancient town
- zhangzhou tianluokeng tulou cluster
Market Breakfast & Departure
A market breakfast, a last river walk, gifts of the local red glutinous rice wine steeped in centuries of brewing, then the train from Longyan station.
- longyan longjin riverfront
Budget for 10 days in Longyan
| Tier | Per day | 10 days total |
|---|---|---|
| Backpacker | USD $50–$80 | USD $500–$800 |
| Mid-range | USD $100–$200 | USD $1,000–$2,000 |
| Luxury | USD $300+ | USD $3,000+ |
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