Fujian blends coast, history and tea mountains. Days 1-2, Xiamen: Gulangyu Island for colonial architecture and the piano museum, cycle the island ring road, seafood at Shapowei.
Day 3, Quanzhou: the start of the Maritime Silk Road, the "museum of world religions" - Kaiyuan Temple, Qingjing Mosque and Tianhou Temple on one street; the flower-haired fisherwomen of Xunpu village are iconic.
Days 4-5, Wuyishan: bamboo rafting on Nine-Bend Stream through Danxia cliffs, climb Tianyou Peak, visit the Dahongpao mother tea trees, watch the "Impression Dahongpao" show at night.
Day 6, head home or continue to Fuzhou (Three Lanes and Seven Alleys).
Food: Xiamen satay noodles and sea-worm jelly; Quanzhou vermicelli soup and ginger duck; Wuyishan smoked goose and Wuyi tea.
Transport: Xiamen-Quanzhou high-speed rail in 30 minutes, Quanzhou-Wuyishan about 3 hours; summers in Xiamen and Quanzhou are hot - spring and autumn are best.
