What are the attractions in Xiamen?

Xiamen is a graceful “garden on the sea”. Overseas Chinese style, Fujian and Taiwan customs, seaside food, and exotic architecture are integrated into one. The spring-like climate all year round adds to the charm of the sea. It is one of the cities with the best environment in the country. So what are the popular attractions in Xiamen?

Popular attractions in Xiamen include Gulangyu Island, Nanputuo Temple, Xiamen University, Xiamen Huandao Road, Tongan Film and Television City, Beichen Mountain, Jinguang Lake, Huli Mountain Fort, Tianzhu Mountain Forest Park, Wuyuanwan Wetland Park, and Wild Valley Ecology Paradise, Guanyin Mountain Seaside Tourism and Leisure Area, Xiamen Bridge Museum.

Xiamen Attractions

1. Gulangyu Island

Gulangyu Island was officially approved as a national 5A tourist attraction on May 8, 2007. It was selected as "the first of the five most beautiful urban areas in China" by National Geographic magazine and is known as the "Garden on the Sea". Many buildings with Chinese and foreign architectural styles are well preserved on the island, and it is known as the "Architectural Exposition of All Nations". The residents on the island love music and have a high density of pianos, so it is praised as the Island of Pianos.

2. Nanputuo Temple

Nanputuo Temple was built in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and was originally called Sizhou Yuan. Monk Wen Cui in the Northern Song Dynasty renamed it Wuwuyan. Yuan waste. It was rebuilt in the early Ming Dynasty and renamed Puzhao Temple. In the late Ming Dynasty, the poet monk Jueguang moved to the temple and built it in front of the mountain. The temples and courtyards were well-equipped, and there were often more than a hundred monks living there. In the early Qing Dynasty, it was abandoned due to military disasters. In the 22nd year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Shi Lang, the Marquis of Jinghai, stationed in Xiamen, donated money to repair the old temple, and built a Dabei Pavilion to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva. He compared it with the Guanyin Dojo in Putuo Mountain, Zhejiang, and changed its name to Nanputuo Temple. Hundreds of years later, Over the years, it has been renovated and expanded many times by the presiding monks Jingfeng, Shengji, and Xican. By the early years of the Republic of China, it had formed a Zen temple pattern with three halls and seven halls, becoming the largest and most famous temple in southern Fujian in modern times.

3. Xiamen University

Xiamen University is known as "the most beautiful university in China". The campus is surrounded by mountains and lakes, facing the sea, backed by Wanshi Botanical Garden, and on one side is Nanputuo The temple, with Baicheng Beach on one side, faces Gulangyu Island, a world cultural heritage site, across the sea. The early buildings of Xiamen University, including the Qunxian Building Group, Jiannan Building Group, Furong Building Group and Xiamen University Anthropology Museum, are national key cultural relics protection units and were selected into the list of "the first batch of Chinese 20th Century Architectural Heritage".