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厦门之旅英文介绍

TravellinginXiamen

XiamenisacoastalcityinFujianProvinceofsoutheastern

andthesurroundingcountrysidearefamousfor

meoneof

China’was

recentlyvotedChina’scleanestcity,andhasmanyattractionsforthe

tourist.

Xiamenanditssurroundingcountrysideprovidesspectacular

tattractiveplace

shouldbetheGulangyuIsland.

No.01:GulangyuIsland

Gulangyu,or“DrumWaveIslet”,isacarfreeislandoffthe

coastofXiamenCity,whichisquitesmallandisacrossfromthe

ferryterminalonXiamenIslandnearXiamenUniversity.

GulangyuIslandcoversanareaof1.78squarekilometersand

metoabout

20,he

manyscenicspotsontheisland,themostattractiveareSunlight

RockandtheShuzhuangGarden.

GulangyuIslandisrenownedforitsbeachesandwinding

andisonChina’slistof

TheNanputuoTempleislocatedonthesoutheastofXiamen

rroundedbythegracefulaandtheWulaoPeaks

ldings

includeDevajaraHall(theHallofHeavenlyKings),MahaviraHall

(Daxiongbaodian),DabeiHall(theHallofGreatCompassion)anda

ksofNanputuoareoftenenonthe

putuoTempleisavery

famousBuddhisttemplefoundedintheTangera.

No.04:HulishanFortress

HulishanFortress,whichisaspectacularsitesurroundedby

wallsmadeofgraniteandimpressivegates,islocatedatthesouthern

anFortresswasbuiltin1891,occupying

anareaof13,000squaremeters.

Itsbuildingsaredistinctivelyprervedtothemilitarystyleof

tressis

compodofthebarracks,acrettunnel,atower,antryplatform,

theammunitiondepot,thetrench,andthecastle..

TheGerman-madeKruppCannonisthelargestexistingcoast

cannonofitskindintheworld.

No.07:ZhongshanRoadinXiamen

WalkingalongZhongshanPedestrianStreet(中山路步行街)in

XiamenisworthyourvaluabletimeforyourshorttriptoXiamen.

MostvisitorswouldcometoZhongshanWalkingStreeteitherbefore

oraftergoingtoGulangyuIslandsincetheweststartingpointof

ZhongshanRoadisjustacrosstheferryterminal.

AvoidgoingtotheZhongshanWalkingStreetonweekendsor

hanRoadisbrightandaliveatnightwith

hanRoadisteemingwithshopsandstreet

hanRoadismorethanjustacommercialstreet,it

isaleisure,entertainmentandfoodcenterinXiamen.

Over200shopslinesupthestreetwithclearchainstoreoutlets

thebuildingsalongtheZhongshanRoad

areacombinationofVictoria-eraandChinetraditional

architectures,akindoftwo-storeybuildingsknownas“QiLou”

(ridingacrossbuildings).QiLouisdesignedbothforcommerceand

living.

No.08SunlightRock

ighest

pointofGulangyuIsland,SunlightRockScenicAreaincludes

SunlightRockandPianoGarden.

Thereisasayingthatifyouhaven’tascendedSunlightRock,

youhaven’treallybeentoXiamenPerchedatopSunlightRockisa

giganticstonewithadiameterofover40meters.

SunlightRockTempleisoneofthefourtopBuddhisttemplesin

plewasfirstbuiltintheMingDynastyandwas

famedfarandwide,attractingaccomplishedmonksthroughoutthe

tedtoSunlightRockthroughthecablecar,Piano

Gardenisanotherattractionfortourists.

No.09:XiamenUniversity

XiamenUniversity,whichisoneofthecomprehensive

universitiesdirectlyaffiliatedwiththeEducationMinistry,islocated

inthecityofXiameninFujianProvince.

XiamenUniversitywasfoundedin1921byTanKahKee,the

University,a

picturesquecampusnestledbetweentheaandthe“FiveOldMen”

mountains,islargelyconsideredtobethemostbeautifulcampusin

China.

No.10:IslandRingRoadinXiamen

XiamenIslandRingRoadisa4-6laneasideroadtotally43km

inlength,agreenbeltthatofferstouristsaperfectplacetobikealong

tpartoftheislandringroadstartsfrom

theBaichengBeachfromXiamenUniversitytotheXiamen

InternationalConferenceandExhibitionCenter,a10kmringroad

rentabikeortamdentocyclethe

10kmislandringforabout2hours.

YoualsocanvisitsomeinterestingsightslikeHulishanFortress,

havestronglegs,youcanwalkthe10kmhighlightoftheislandring

road,aparadiforleisuretravelernjoyingthebluesky,beachand

greenbeltsalongtheashores.

Mostofthebikerentlshopsstartfrom08:00amandcloat

9:ainbikecostsabout10to15yuan/hourwitha

bicyclesarechargedatahigherrate.

Manybeautifulpictures: