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What's a good name for Xiamen?

Xiamen, known as Ludao in ancient times, is a sub-provincial city and special economic zone in Fujian Province, an important central city, port and scenic tourist city along the southeast coast.

1986 10 On the basis of voting by the general public, it was officially confirmed at the 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth People's Congress of Xiamen that bougainvillea is the flower of Xiamen, Platanus orientalis is the tree of Xiamen and Egret is the bird of Xiamen.

The picture shows Xiamen Bailuzhou Park, which is a natural oxygen bar in the city center. In the evening, you can enjoy the beautiful sunset, the elegant and light posture of egrets, and you can also enjoy the night view of Xiamen when you go at night.

Egret is a rare bird in the world. There are little egrets, middle egrets, great egrets, Chinese egrets and rock egrets in Xiamen, which are the only five recorded species in China.

Because their feathers are all white except dark gray, people usually call these five kinds of herons egrets. Among them, the number of small egrets and middle egrets is the largest and more common.

Source of information: Xiamen Municipal People's Government-Entering Xiamen Flower Market Tree

Extended data Xiamen is located in the middle of the west coast of Taiwan Strait, in the center of the Golden Triangle in southern Fujian, between 24 23' and 24 54' north latitude and between117 52' and1/8 26' east longitude.

It borders Jinmen Island in the east and Longhai City in the south, and the land borders Nan 'an City, Anxi County, Changtai County and Longhai City. The territory of Xiamen consists of the mainland area along Xiamen Bay in the southeast of Fujian Province, Xiamen Island, Gulangyu Island and Xiamen Bay.