What must-see attractions are there in Xiamen?

On May 8, 2007, Gulangyu Island was officially approved as a national 5A-level tourist attraction. It was selected as "the first of the five most beautiful urban areas in China" by National Geographic magazine, and was known as "the garden on the sea". Many Chinese and foreign architectural styles have been preserved on the island, and it has the reputation of "World Architecture Expo".

The residents of the island love music and have a high density of pianos, so they are known as Qindao. The main attractions are: Sunlight Rock, Xinzhuang Garden, Beach, Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall, etc. Millions of Chinese and foreign tourists come here for sightseeing every year. On July 8, 20 17, "Gulangyu Island: Historical International Community" was included in the World Heritage List, becoming the 52nd World Heritage Site in China.

2. Xiamen Fangte Dream Kingdom

Xiamen Fangte Dream King is a large-scale high-tech theme park independently developed by Huaqiang Fangte Group.

Xiamen Fante Dream Kingdom is located in Tongan, a beautiful seaside ancient city. It is a large-scale high-tech fourth-generation theme park invested and built by shenzhen huaqiang Group. Its greatest feature is sci-fi and interactive experience, which skillfully combines international fashion entertainment elements such as comics and movie stunts with traditional cultural symbols in China, creating a magical world full of fantasy and creativity.

3. Wuyuanwan Wetland Park

Covering an area of 85 hectares, equivalent to half of Gulangyu Island, it is the largest park in Xiamen and the largest wetland ecological park.

Protect some aquatic and wet plant belts, aquatic plant communities, reed and wetland plant communities, and plant acacia, hibiscus, Leucaena, water lilies, mangroves and other plants in Taiwan Province; At present, 25 species of wetland waterbirds belonging to 9 families and 29 species of forest and farmland birds belonging to 17 families will continue to live and sing here.

4. Guangjin Lake

Located in Neitian Village, Lianhua Town, Tongan City, Xiamen, it is 23 kilometers away from Tongan City and 60 kilometers away from Xiamen City. The mountain shape of the forest area is like a "lake", surrounded by six mountains and two hills, forming a "golden" shape. When the sun rises, the leaves are crystal clear and sparkling, hence the name "Guang Jinhu".

Guangjin Lake is known as "Xishuangbanna in southern Fujian", with a vast forest and a wide variety of wild animals and plants, with a total forest area of 7768 mu and the highest elevation of 845 meters.

5. Nanputuo Temple

Founded in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, it was originally named Sizhou Academy. Cui Wen, a monk in the Northern Song Dynasty, was rebuilt as an endless rock. Yuan Fei. It was rebuilt in the early Ming Dynasty and renamed Zhao Pu Temple. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the poet and monk Jueguang moved to the front of the mountain, and the hall and courtyard were complete. More than 100 monks often lived there and were abandoned in the war disaster in the early Qing Dynasty.

In the 22nd year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1684), Hou Shilang returned to Xiamen after recovering Taiwan Province Province, donated money to repair the old temple, and built the Great Compassion Pavilion to serve Guanyin Bodhisattva, which was renamed Nanputuo Temple by analogy with Guanyin Dojo in Putuo Mountain, Zhejiang Province.

In the following hundreds of years, the monks who presided over Jingfeng, saved themselves and participated in the ceremony were rebuilt and expanded many times. By the early years of the Republic of China, a Buddhist temple pattern with three halls and seven halls had been formed, becoming the largest famous temple in southern Fujian in modern times.

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Cultural Communication in Gulangyu Island

From the middle of19th century, with the spread of Christianity, western music began to pour into Gulangyu, blending with the elegant living environment of Gulangyu, creating the music tradition of Gulangyu today and cultivating a large number of outstanding musicians such as Zhou Shuan, Lin Junqing, Yin Chengzong, Chen Zuohuang and Xu Fei Ping.

Today, Gulangyu has the highest per capita piano ownership rate in China, with more than 65,438+000 music families. In 2002, Gulangyu Island was named "Music Island" by China Musicians Association.

There is the only world-class piano museum in China, which holds major music events such as Gulangyu Piano Festival, National Youth Piano Competition and American Music Week all the year round.

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Baidu encyclopedia-Xiamen