Undersea tunnels were products of the times. Oceans divided the land into a number of areas which had different geological...
Xiamen
1000+ Years of Christianity During the centuries preceding the 1841 Opium War merchants and missionaries worked with Chinese in other...
Xiamen's rich religious heritage includes countless Confucian，Buddhist，Taoist and Mazu temples，temples devoted to both Confucianism and Taoism（Confusionism and the fire walking...
Jimei-China's“College Town” Jimei Imagine a sleepy fishing hamlet transformed into a college town with over a dozen schools and over...
Xiamen has 139 protected cultural and historical sites，18 historical temples and churches，and dozens of museums. Xiamen even has 533 protected...
Good Sports Chinese ruffled feathers by claiming they'd invented golf and soccer（a claim even the FIFA lent credence to）.But most...
Besides being one of Fujian's major temples，Nanpituo Temple also backs on to a very attractive and path-riddled mountain called Five...
City HalIl（Foxtail Mn.im back） Hawei Shan is a continuation of Xianyue Mn. on the western side of the Haicang Bridge...
Xianyue Mountain is one of Xidmen's larger range of hills，being a barrier between downtown and the Huli District.It offers a...
Who has not wondered at the bare hills of Amoy，at the first glimpse he obtains on entering the harbor，and，seeing the...
Since the 18th century，Western naturalists have converged upon Fujian Province toexplore a biological diversity that probably rivals Eden itself.Fujian is...
Our“Garden Island”has hundreds of city，district and community gardens.My favorites include the Botanical Garden，Yundang Lake（the city's cultural center）the 3lkm.Island Ring Road...
A leisurely two hour stroll along Gulangyu's paved 4 km. ring road allows you to enjoy the beach on one...
Chinese New Year，2011，Xiamen was mainland China's top tourist spot，and Amoy's crown jewel is the 1.77 km2 Gulangyu Islet（“Drum Wave Islet"）.In...
Collections of 19th and early 20th century photos of Xidmen often include photos of magnificent stone memorial arches built over...
“Boredom is always counter-revolutionary.Always." Guy Debord，French philosopher 1988-Escape from Xiamen Xidmen was so boring in the early 1990s that we...
Nanyin Opera Nanyin Opera is the traditional opera in South Fujian.Its history can be tracedback to Jin and Tang Dynasty.Because...
When the doors to the 6th China Xiamen International Stone Fair（CXISF 2006）opened at the Xiamen International Conference&Exhibition Center，Xiamen，China，almost 17800（The figure...
Xiamen，China's cleanest，most beautiful，seaport city，is located on the southeastern coast of Fujian Province.Xiamen city，as an administrative unit，can be dated back as...
Nanputuo Temple is a famous Buddhist temple founded in the Tang Dynasty in Xiamen.It is so named because it is...