Fuzhou Family Trip: Bringing the Blessed to the Blessed City

Fuzhou Family Trip: Bringing the blessed to the blessed city🏮The second stop of our 2025 family trip was Fuzhou, a city with a strong Spring Festival atmosphere, during the Chinese New Year.🧨 Our six-day, five-night itinerary was as follows: D1: Arrive at the airport in the afternoon, dine at: Zhu Fugui D2: Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, Shangxiahang, dine at: Ziyang Seafood Restaurant D3: Yantaishan Park, Strait Culture and Art Centre (visit the Barbie Fish Hotel exhibition) D4: Fudao (Fuzhou Urban Greenway), dine at: Long Ji · Zhongshan Crispy Meat Wan Hot Pot D5: Watch the You Shen parade in Liren Village, watch the Mazu parade in Lianjiang County, dine at: Zhu Fugui (second visit) D6: Visit the 17-arch bridge in Changle, play on the beach and dig in the sand, return in the afternoon We had some concerns about taking our 21-month-old baby to see the You Shen parade. We were worried about the firecrackers🧨scaring her and that she might get bored and restless. However, she was very interested in the parade. We told her that these were gods from heaven, protecting mortals and keeping them safe and healthy, so she shouldn't be afraid. The firecrackers were really loud, but we just covered her ears tightly. Northerners are really shocked by the You Shen parade. Fuzhou's Spring Festival atmosphere is much richer than in the north!! We originally wanted to go to Pingtan Island to see the sea, but it was really cold and overcast in Fuzhou. Even though the weather forecast said it would be 20 degrees, it felt like around 5 degrees in the north. We don't recommend going to the beach in winter. The sea isn't as beautiful, and the wind is strong.🌬️ Fudao is really suitable for taking children for a walk. We saw many parents with one-year-old babies there. You can push a stroller the whole way, so it's not tiring for moms, and the little ones were also very well-behaved and could walk by themselves for a long time. The best part of this trip was Zhu Fugui. Our little one ate so much, like 10 mantis shrimps + 4 scallops in one go. The adults also ate seafood until we were full. The seafood here is much more affordable than in the north.🙋