Folk Customs & Local Products

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Women¡¯s garments and adornments and wedding in Southern Fujian¡¯s Hui¡¯an city, the adobe dwellings and the life style of living in a compact community there, the folk customs of the Hakka people in Western Fujian, as well as pestle tea of the She ethnic group in Eastern Fujiann are the most unique customs in Fujian.

Fujian abounds with local specialities. Lacquer ware in Fuzhou, stone sculpture in Shoushan, Dahongpao tea in Wuyishan Mountain and Tieguanyin tea, a kind of oolong tea in Anxi, the shadow sculpture in Hui¡¯an, chinaware in Dehua, narcissus and Pianzaihuang, a type of traditional Chinese medicine in Zhanzhou, edible mushrooms in Gutian, lychee and longan in Putian are famous both at home and abroad. Fujian cuisine is one of the eight major distinctive schools of culinary art in the country. This includes two of the most famous dishes like Bhudda-Jumping-Over-The-Wall and sand clam with chicken soup.

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