What are the places of interest in Xiamen? Sunlight Rock, with an altitude of 92.68 meters, is the highest peak of Gulangyu Island. There is a round platform built on the top of the rock. Standing on the top of the peak and leaning on the railing, you can have a panoramic view of Ludao Island.
When we set foot at the foot of Longtou Mountain, we saw a cliff with engraved characters such as "Gulang Cave Sky", "Lujiang No. 1", "Tianfeng Haitao", etc. This was one of the eight scenic spots in Xiamen in the old days.
Entering the mountain gate, there is Lianhua Temple covered by huge rocks.
Along the winding path, you can see many cliff stone carvings by poets on both sides of the cliff.
There are many strange rocks on the mountainside. Among the sparse woods, there are ruins such as "Shui Caotai" and "Longtou Village" built by the national hero Zheng Chenggong when he stationed troops on Gulangyu Island, as well as the newly built "Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall" and other buildings.
, Thinking about the past and thinking about the present, it makes people sigh with emotion.
Visitors can enter the attraction after disembarking from the island's ferry terminal and walking for ten minutes.
Hulishan Fort is located on the coast of Hulishan in the southwest of Xiamen Island. It was built in the 17th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1891). It took five years to build the fort.
The foundation of the village wall is made of camphor tree sap, lime, glutinous rice and sand. The most famous thing on the fort is a huge cannon purchased from the Krupp Arsenal in Germany at that time. It is still well preserved and has an effective range of up to 6460 meters.
, it cost 50,000 taels of silver to buy.
The gun also hit an invading Japanese warship in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War.
Xiamen Botanical Garden, commonly known as "Wanshi Botanical Garden", is a carefully designed botanical garden surrounding Wanshiyan Reservoir.
According to the needs of scientific research and tourism, the park has arranged more than 20 specialized gardens and plantings, including pine and fir gardens, rose gardens, palm gardens, shade sheds, introduced plant areas, medicinal botanical gardens, large-scale cactus gardens, flower halls, and orchid gardens.
More than 3,000 tropical and subtropical plants are cultivated in the area, including metasequoia and ginkgo, known as "living fossils", the world's three largest ornamental trees - Chinese golden pine, Japanese golden pine, Araucaria, as well as rare cacti and other exotic flowers.
Yimu is a beautiful and colorful tourist garden with fragrance in all seasons.
Bailu Cave is located behind Huxi Rock.
The temple was first built in the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Sanbao Hall, Chaotian Cave, Liuhe Cave, etc. were added.
Behind the Sanbao Hall is Wanzai Cave. In the cave lies a pair of clay sculptures of white deer, with their mouths facing the stone.
When the summer is hot, smoke often pours out of the crevices, and wisps of smoke can be seen, so it is called "White Deer Containing Smoke" and is one of the Eight Small Scenic Spots in Xiamen.
It was rebuilt in 1993 and opened to tourists.
Five showrooms with more than 1,000 exhibits.
This comprehensive local museum is a window to understand Xiamen.
Brahma Temple is located at the southern foot of Dalun Mountain in Tong'an. It was founded in the first year of Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (AD 581) and was originally named Xingjiao Temple. It is one of the earliest Buddhist temples in Fujian.
It took shape during the Xianheng period of the Tang Dynasty, with 72 large and small nunneries.
In the second year of Xining in Song Dynasty (AD 1069), they were combined into one place and renamed "Brahma Temple".
It was destroyed by war in the 14th year of Zhizheng (1354 AD) in the Yuan Dynasty.
In the 13th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1380), it was rebuilt by Wuwei, a mountain-dwelling monk, to form a complete Buddhist temple, with main buildings such as the mountain gate, King Kong Hall, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, and Sutra Pavilion, all concentrated on a central axis from bottom to top.
, magnificent scale.
The Miaoshi Temple in Xiamen and the Riguang Temple in Gulangyu Island are its branches.
Behind the temple are the Ming Dynasty buildings Wen Gong Academy, Yangzhi Pavilion, Shizhan Pavilion, Qianfo Pavilion, Kuixing Pavilion and other buildings built in commemoration of Zhu Xi. The environment is elegant with lush forests and bamboos.
Tong'an Confucius Temple is located on the west bank of the Chengdong River in Tong'an District. It was built in the Five Dynasties. The existing building is the Dacheng Hall rebuilt during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
Today's Confucius Temple has become the Tong'an District Museum, displaying historical sites and cultural relics of Tong'an since the Western Han Dynasty.
On the site on the north side of the temple, there are more than 200 stone carvings and inscriptions collected from all over the region. They have different expressions and lifelike shapes. They are known as the "Tong'an Terracotta Warriors and Horses".
What are the scenic spots in Xiamen?
As for the Taiwanese Folk Village, my personal advice is, don’t go there, it’s boring and very old.
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There is no tourist value.
By the way, I forgot to add the scenic spots outside the island. It’s a shame.
There is a Garden Expo in Jimei, Xiamen, which is very beautiful and can be played for a whole day (highly recommended). In addition, there is also Ao Garden in Jimei. Although it is said to be the cemetery of our school principal, it doesn't seem to be anything particularly interesting.
If you still have time after going to the Garden Expo, you can stop by.
There is also a zoo in Haicang, which I heard is generally good. If you have a lot of time, you can consider it.
In Tong'an Film and Television City, Lai Changxing left it there, and I think it's not bad. In addition, Tong'an also has the Three Heroes Islands. We went there when we were working on the branch project, and the feeling was just average. There is a Taiwan Commercial Street, which sells duty-free goods.
You can buy a lot of Taiwanese products, but there are also a lot of fake ones, haha.
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To sum up, my opinion is: for a one-day trip, you can visit Nanputuo and Xiamen University in the morning, go to Zhongshan Road for some snacks and go shopping at noon, and go to Gulangyu Island in the afternoon.
For a two-day tour, on the first day you can visit Nan Putuo and Xiamen University in the morning, go to Zhongshan Road for some snacks and go shopping in the afternoon, and go to Gulangyu Island in the afternoon; on the second day, you can visit the Garden Expo Park + Ao Garden for more than three days, then you can do it by yourself
Let’s add a few more to the attractions I mentioned above.
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There is not much to do in Xiamen. I feel that two or three days is enough.
What are the scenic spots in Xiamen? Gulangyu Island, Xiamen University, Sunlight Rock, Nanputuo Temple, Xiamen Underwater World, Guanyin Mountain, Wulaofeng, Bay Park, Riyue Valley Hot Spring, etc.