"The city is on the sea, and the sea is in the city." Xiamen is a graceful "garden on the sea." Islands, reefs, rocks, temples, flowers, and trees set off each other, and the hometown 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. The scenery is beautiful and the climate is pleasant. It can be said that this is one of the cities with the best environment in the country. It is surrounded by sea water, has vast beaches, and has warm sunshine. Due to its good ecological environment, Xiamen has fresh air. , inhabited by thousands of egrets, forms Xiamen's unique natural landscape. And because Xiamen's terrain resembles an egret, it is called "Egret Island". In addition to the beautiful natural scenery, Xiamen's urban environment is also very Xiamen is a famous tourist city in my country. The main tourist attractions in Xiamen are Taiwan Folk Village - Jingzhou Paradise, Xiamen Gulang Island, Gulang Island Huandao Road, Xiamen University, Haicang Bridge, Nanputuo Temple, Xiamen Garden and Botanical Garden, Xiamen Jimei Jiageng Garden, Shu Zhuang Garden, Huli Mountain Fort (Rongguang Treasure Museum), Jimei School Village, Xiamen Underwater World, Sunlight Rock, Huli Mountain Fort, Gulangyu Concert Hall, Jinbang Park, Gulang Island Road, Aoyuan Garden, Xiamen Bridge, Bailuzhou Park, Zhongshan Road, Huandao Road, Nanhu Park, Bailu Cave, Xiamen Zhongshan Park, Tzu Chi Palace, Qin Garden, International Convention and Exhibition Center, Lianqian Street, Overseas Chinese Subtropical Plant Introduction Garden, Huo Shaoyu Ecological Paradise, Tianzhu Mountain National Forest Park, Riyue Valley Hot Spring, Dragon Boat Pool, Xiamen's No. 1 Village - Matang Village, Jimei University, Xinglin Bay Hot Spring, Dalun Mountain, Wanshiyan, Haoyue Garden, Zheng Chenggong's martial arts training ground ruins, Huandao Beach, International Architecture Expo, Twelve Dragon Pools, The best time to visit the Song Dynasty porcelain kiln ruins, Xiamen Wulao Peak, Guilaitang (former residence of Mr. Tan Kah Kee), and Huli Park. Xiamen has long sunshine hours and abundant sunshine, so flowers and trees are prosperous all year round, except for the typhoon season in August, due to the seaside. Apart from the fact that all the boats are stopped and you cannot enjoy the beautiful sea view, it is good to travel to Xiamen at other times. It is recommended to go to Xiamen in September. The autumn colors in Xiamen are like spring all year round, so you have no way to choose the best time to travel. , then, the autumn colors of Xiamen in September are for your reference. In Xiamen in September, you can wander on the long road around the island, break into this picture composed of coastline, banyan trees, and ancient buildings, and let the past and chaos disappear. The smoke disappears and your mind becomes spotless. You can also choose to lie alone on the sloping grass slope of the botanical garden and count the names of familiar and unfamiliar plants: narcissus, kapok, metasequoia... and, in Shu Ting's poem, "I". "Bougainvillea in Emotion". You can also go to Nanputuo Temple in the early morning of September to see the cliff carvings and listen to Bodhi's humility and speechlessness. Dinner must be spent in the snack street. Special dining peanut soup, oyster fried, noodles Thread paste, sand tea noodles... If you travel to Xiamen, experienced friends will always remind you: you must eat these snacks. But if you can't find a restaurant with pure craftsmanship, you won't be able to taste the real Xiamen snacks. The oldest restaurants in Xiamen are "Hao Qingxiang" and "Wu Zaitian", but they are always crowded with diners and it is difficult to get a seat. In fact, the southern Fujian cuisine represented by Xiamen belongs to the eight major cuisines. Fujian cuisine, the dishes are fresh and crispy, focusing on the soup, light taste, sweet and sour.
Xiamen is a port that has developed over the past century. Historically, Xiamen's cuisine has been dominated by Quanzhou cuisine and Zhangzhou cuisine, with flavors from Cantonese and Western food.
Since the early 1970s, a large number of young Xiamen chefs have traveled around the world and absorbed a large amount of the essence of Western cuisine. As a result, Xiamen cuisine has developed more on the main theme of "fresh and crispy" original southern Fujian cuisine.
With innovation, it has become the representative of southern Fujian cuisine.
For example, the traditional dish "Gali Fish (a seafood abundant in southern Fujian in winter) Fired Cabbage" used to be cooked with Gari fish head and Chinese cabbage over high heat and then slow fire. Nowadays, Chinese cabbage is used to simmer it.
The fish meat is wrapped, put into the fish bone broth prepared in advance, then put into a small porcelain cup, steamed over high heat and served to the table, which enhances the flavor.
Southern Fujian cuisine is famous for its good preparation of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and its light taste, so some people say that it has similarities with Cantonese cuisine.
In fact, Southern Fujian cuisine has its own characteristics in soup and flavor. Sugar, vinegar, sauce and other seasonings are commonly used. Almost every dish is paired with two or three sauces, allowing diners to taste different flavors at once.
It pays attention to the cooking of soup, which is characterized by freshness, mellowness and meaty aroma. It has the reputation of "one soup with ten changes".
Spring rolls are a must-have dish for Xiamen people during the Spring Festival. The traditional delicacy "nender pancake" originated from Quanzhou. It is a dish that everyone makes and eats together, symbolizing the happy reunion of the whole family.
The filling of this dish is very simple, including carrots, cabbage, fresh shrimps, shredded pork, oysters, shredded snow peas and more than ten kinds of ingredients.
When eating, first unroll the spring roll wrapper, smear it with sweet chili sauce, then sprinkle with fried seaweed, "tribute sugar" (peanut cakes presented as tribute to the emperor in ancient times), meat floss, coriander and other ingredients, and then add dozens of them.
A clay pot dish made of shredded and cooked ingredients and rolled into rolls. There are more than five kinds of flavors in it?
The large rolls with sour, sweet, spicy, salty and fresh flavors can only taste in one word: delicious.
Ginger duck is a popular dish in Xiamen and Taiwan.
It is made from red-headed Muscovy duck, local old ginger and more than ten kinds of Chinese medicinal materials.
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