2023 Xiamen Botanical Garden Tour Route Guide with opening hours and ticket prices

The Xiamen Botanical Garden is a very popular tourist attraction, with many interesting tourist attractions, so let us take a look at what to do in the Xiamen Botanical Garden! See the Xiamen Botanical Garden travel guide below for details. 1. Opening hours

Warm reminder: Except for major natural disasters and other force majeure factors, the scenic spot is open all year round.

1. Scenic area business hours

06:30-18:00

2. Park tourist bus operating hours

First bus : 8:00; last shift: 17:20 (summer); 17:00 (winter)

3. Mountain and sea view escalator operating hours

7:30-18:30 2. Ticket prices

1. Scenic spot tickets: 30 yuan/person

2. Discounted tickets

(1) Enjoy half-price ticket discount (15 yuan/person) · times)

1. Seniors over 60 years old;

2. Full-time college students with valid student ID;

3. With Xiamen Trade Union card and present your ID card (limited to the cardholder);

Minors aged 4.6 years old (excluding 6 years old) to 18 years old (including 18 years old).

(2) Enjoy free ticket discount

Children under 1.6 years old (inclusive) or under 1.40 meters in height (inclusive)

2. Seniors over 70 years old (with ID card), Xiamen preferential treatment certificate holders

3. Fire rescue personnel (including active, retired, disabled and fire rescue school students)

4. Armed police officers and soldiers, Retired cadres, disabled people, and model workers above the municipal level must present valid certificates;

5. Those holding Xiamen’s “Golden Heron Talent Card” and “Yinlu Talent Card”;

6 , The National People's Police must hold the "People's Police Certificate" and ID card;

7. Student group activities organized by middle schools, primary schools, and kindergartens in Xiamen (need to report in advance and provide school certificate; The student group is a group of school students who organize activities uniformly. The accompanying adults in the group purchase tickets separately based on the adult price. )

The above groups can enter the park free of charge with relevant valid documents. 3. Transportation Guide

Xiamen Garden and Botanical Garden is located in the center of Xiamen, backed by Wulaofeng Nanputuo Temple and Xiamen University, and close to the Zhongshan Road business district. About 1 km from Zhongshan Road; about 2 km from the ferry terminal; about 3 km from Xiamen Railway Station; about 15 km from Gaoqi Airport

Transportation lines:

(1) Bus: Take bus No. 87 and get off at Botanical Garden Station; take bus No. 3, 12, 19, 21, 32 and 857, get off at Yizhong Station and walk about 300 meters.

(2) Subway: Get off at Zhongshan Park Station on Line 1 and walk about 300 meters toward the Zhonggushan Tunnel.

(3) Self-driving: Exit of the Botanical Garden of the Bell and Drum Tunnel on Chenggong Avenue (parking spaces in the scenic area are limited, please try to choose green transportation methods such as buses and subways).

Main entrance:

Huyuan Road West Gate: It is close to the main scenic spot and has convenient transportation. In order to visit more conveniently and efficiently, tourists should try to use the West Gate of Huyuan Road when entering and exiting. But please note: the parking lot at the west gate of the Botanical Garden has been demolished, and parking is not allowed in the Ximen Square!

South Gate of the Botanical Garden_Special Attraction Escalator-style Mountain and Sea Scenic Trail, where you can view the mountains and sea, and there is a parking lot.

South Gate Transportation (Address: No. 1, Longhu West Erli, Siming District):

(1) Take bus No. 87 at the Botanical Garden Station outside the west gate of the Botanical Garden (direction to Li) ), go to Cangli Station, transfer to bus No. 49 (direction to the South Gate of the Botanical Garden) at the same station, and end at the Botanical Garden South Gate Station.

(2) Parking lot: The parking lot has 270 parking spaces (including 28 large parking spaces). During the trial operation period, the parking lot is free of charge and is only accessible from 18:00 every day.

South Gate → West Gate Transportation: Bus No. 49 departs from the Botanical Garden South Gate Square and take the bus at the Huawu Garden South Gate Station to the Science and Technology Middle School Station. Transfer to the No. 87 Bus at the same station (Cruise Center (direction to the pier) and get off at the Botanical Garden Station.

Scenic area transportation bus

Route: Araucaria Forest Lawn Station (starting station) - Rainforest World Station - Succulent Plant Area Station - Huayuan Intersection Station - Xishan Park Station - South Gate No. 9 Station (Turn-back point charge: 5 yuan for one way, 10 yuan for round trip. You can buy tickets at the starting station, or you can get on the bus to replenish the tickets on the way. One ticket per seat, children over 1.20 meters tall need to buy Tickets.

Time: First train at 8:00, last train at 17:20 in summer. Additional trains are available during peak tourist seasons and holidays.

(Take the South Gate. Take the viewing escalator to the No. 9 viewing platform and transfer to the scenic bus to reach the main attractions in the park.

) 4. Tour routes

Essential attraction routes: West gate of the main entrance → Succulent plant area → Rainforest World → Popular Science Exhibition Hall → Dawn Bell of Heaven → Baihua Hall → Araucaria Lawn/Deng Xiaoping Tree Planting Site → Wanshi Hancui → West Gate Exit

Tour time: 2 hours

Tour distance: 1850 meters

Succulents area

Succulents are also called succulents Plant, succulent, means a plant with thick, succulent stems, leaves or roots.

The succulent plant area covers an area of ??about 4 hectares and was founded in 1999. It has three indoor exhibition halls: the cactus plant exhibition hall, the succulent plant exhibition hall, and the forest succulent plant exhibition hall, as well as a simulated desert. Environmental outdoor exhibition area. This area currently has a collection of nearly 3,000 species (including varieties) of succulent plants from more than 50 families. It is one of the most distinctive specialized parks in our garden and an important base for succulent plant cultivation and garden application demonstration, scientific research and popular science education in my country.

Rainforest World

The Rainforest World covers an area of ??about 16 hectares. In the park, there are the "Ziyunde Road" and "Gaodu Qindong" scenic spots of the old twenty-four scenic spots in Xiamen, as well as municipal cultural relics. Protected unit - Qiaoxi Bridge built in the Ming Dynasty.

On the basis of maintaining the original natural vegetation, the garden enriches species diversity by introducing and cultivating plants with rainforest characteristics, forming a rainforest vegetation with multiple community levels, showing strangulation phenomena, flowers on old stems, Rainforest features such as hanging gardens and root phenomena. A fog forest system is built in the park to atomize tap water and spray it out, confusing the space and looming, creating a fantasy world that is both illusory and real.

Spraying time of Rainforest World during National Day: 9:30-11:30, 14:30-16:30

Tianjie Temple

Tianjie Temple was built in the late Ming Dynasty In the early Qing Dynasty, monk Yuesong raised funds to build it. Since ancient times, the temple bell has been ringing 108 times every morning. The bell's melodious sound cleanses people's hearts and solves the "one hundred and eight troubled dreams". "The Dawn Bell of Heaven" is one of the old "Little Eight Scenic Spots" in Xiamen and one of the New Twenty Scenic Spots in Xiamen. Behind Tianjie Temple, there are huge rocks and caves. There are stone carvings in the caves, which were inscribed by Huang Riji during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. The two ends of the cave are connected. When the wind blows, the sound echoes in the cave, and the mountains roar and the valley echoes. The roar is endless, like a tiger roaring, hence the name. There are many inscriptions and dozens of poems on the stone walls inside and outside the cave. Among them, Huang Riji's "Four Scenes of Immortal Rock" is the most valuable, and the Ming Dynasty's poems by generals who conquered Japan are the most valuable. The latter is listed as a municipal cultural relic protection unit.

Hundred Flowers Hall

The Baihua Hall is in a garden-within-a-garden layout, with a lotus pond in the center, on which lotus, king lily and water lily are all in full bloom. The overall building is framed by a traditional Chinese garden. Five groups of exhibition halls are arranged along the pool, either connected by corridors or connected by roads. They are all well-proportioned with white walls, pink columns, and glazed tile roofs. Exhibitions with different themes are held throughout the year or during holidays.

In the Baihua Hall, along the corridor, you can see more than 100 kinds of plants, such as the old crow's mouth, the pole vine, the fog, the hanging melon tree, the worry-free tree, and the golden camellia. A unique corner of the shade plant area is dominated by ferns, with ancient vine paths and stones, green moss covering the stones, a close space, and infinite landscapes, forming a three-dimensional painting with a unique southern scenery. In the corner of the corridor, there are two stone carvings in running script called "Yanwu" by the famous Chinese gardener Chen Congzhou and "Rong Yin Xiaoshu" written by Gao Huai, a famous calligrapher from Xiamen.

Araucaria sparse forest lawn

Araucaria sparse forest lawn, referred to as Araucaria lawn, was built in the 1960s and designed by Professor Sun Xiaoxiang, a famous Chinese garden master. It is located on the south side of Wanshi Lake. The area is about 1 hectare.

There are 3 genera and 37 species in the Araucariaceae family. There are currently 15 species of 3 genera introduced in our garden. About 10 hectares of Araucaria heterophylla forest are planted on the southeast side of the Araucaria lawn. It is currently the largest pure Araucaria heterophylla forest in my country.

The party and state leaders planted many commemorative trees here, including a large-leaf camphor tree planted by Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of reform and opening up, when he inspected Xiamen in February 1984. It has become a place where people commemorate the great achievements of a generation of great men. Peng Zhen, Wan Li, Wang Zhen and other leaders also planted commemorative trees here.

Wanshi Lake

Wanshi Lake was originally Wanshiyan Reservoir. It was built in 1952. It was Xiamen City’s war preparation reservoir at that time. It is composed of Shuimokeng Creek and Shuimokeng Creek, two major water systems in the park. Formed by the confluence of Qiao Creek, it has now become the core of the botanical garden landscape. On the north side of Wanshi Lake are pine and fir gardens and bamboo paths, on the south side are Araucaria lawns, on the east side are Palm Island and Baihua Hall, and on the west side of the dam are rows of Washington palms, which are native to America and have a southern charm. The reflection of the lake light is a unique scenery.

The twin bridges of "Chunqiu" and "Tianqu" on the lake form an interesting place, and there are also water pavilions such as "Yangzhi Pavilion", "Cangqu Pavilion" and "Shiran Pavilion" dotted on it, with rippling waves. Extraordinary interest. The scenery of lakes, mountains and lush vegetation form one of Xiamen’s famous sceneries - “Ten Thousands of Stones and Green Green”. 5. Epidemic Prevention Policy

*All visitors must present a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 72 hours before entering the park!

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Should consciously abide by Xiamen City’s epidemic prevention and control regulations , wear a mask, keep a "one meter" distance, show a valid SMS reservation code, health code, and itinerary code, scan the "venue code", and accept the temperature measurement of the staff. People with normal body temperatures and green codes are allowed to pass. Those who do not meet the conditions Personnel are refused entry;

*Tourists with a history of residence in counties (cities, districts) located in domestic medium- and high-risk areas will not be accepted for the time being;

*The Botanical Garden will respond in real time to the instructions of the Municipal Prevention and Control Headquarters instructions and make timely adjustments to prevention and control policies.

Consultation hotline: 0592—2985935