Xiamen Attractions

The Five Old Men peaks are situated at the back of the Nanputuo Temple in Xiamen City. High up o¬n the mountain erects five peaks decorated by verdant trees in the dim mist or in the clouds, if you are looking from far away, they are just like five old people with white beards watching the vast ocean attentively. So they are called "Five Old Men stretching into the Clouds," which is o¬ne of the most intriguing eight attractions of Xiamen.Read More

Xiamen University, located in the south Road of Siming District in Xiamen City of China, with the Nanputuo Temple and Hulishan Fortress on each side, was founded by Tan Kah Kee in 1921, a patriotic overseas Chinese leader, which is the first university that is founded by the overseas Chinese in the history of Chinese Education. As a matter of fact, Xiamen University has 3 campuses in Jimei and zhuangzhou besides the one located in the southern part of Xiamen Island, facing the blue ocean. Up to now Xiamen University has been regarded as o¬ne of the most prestigious and selective universities in China, which is also famous for its beautiful campus with impressive sceneries and romantic atmosphere.Read More

Yuanboyuan Garden, situated in Xinglin Gulf of Jimei District in Xiamen City, half of it is the sea area, making it the only unique "a garden on the water” as well as ” the water in the garden". With the vast water area of Xinglinwan as background, it is composed of 5 exhibition islands, 4 ecological landscape islands and 2 peninsulas. It is an AAAA scenic spot in Xiamen, which attracts visitors from all over the world each year. It is open to the public in 2007.Read More

Tong'an Tourist Area, located in the north of Xiamen City, is opposite to Jinmen and Taiwan across the sea and 2.26 kilometers (1.4 miles) away from Jinmen, which is surrounded by forests on the other three sides. As the biggest district in Xiamen City today, Tong’an is rich in natural resources and culture relics for tourism with a long history over 1,700 years, among which Fantian Temple, Tong'an Movie and TV City and Tong'an Confucius Temple as well as Tingxi Hot Spring Holiday and Amusement Zone and Wild Valley Eco-park are included. At the same time, Tong’an is also the ancestral homes for the overseas Chinese, where there are more than 300,000 overseas Chinese, there are many politicians, thinkers and entrepreneurs such as Susong, a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty (960 A.D.-1127 A.D.) and Chen Tan Kah Kee, a famous overseas leader.Read More

As a famous Buddhist temple in Xiamen, Nanputuo Temple, built during the Tang Dynasty (618 A.D.-907 A.D.), is located at the foot of Five Old Men Peaks in the south of Xiamen of China and neighboring Xiamen University in the south. It is in the south of Putuo Temple of Zhejiang, so it is called Nanputuo Temple.Read More

Gulangyu Island is located in the southwest of Xiamen City, covering an area of 1.87 square kilometers, surrounded by the vast sea with reef rocks and meandering coastline. It is the Mother Nature itself that creates the bright and timeless inland sceneries, and the main scenic spots in Gulangyu Island are the Sunlight Rock, Shuzhuang Garden, the Piano Museum and Bright Moon Park.Read More