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=== Cultural features === The [[Fujian Tulou]] are Chinese rural dwellings unique to the Hakka in southwest Fujian. These 46 buildings<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fujian - My Tours Company |url=https://mytours.company/en/fujian/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |language=en-US}}</ref> were listed by the [[UNESCO]] as one of the [[World Heritage Site]]s in 2008. [[Gulangyu Island]], Xiamen, is notable for its beaches, winding lanes, and rich architecture. The island is on China's list of National Scenic Spots and is classified as a [[Tourist Attraction Rating Categories of China|5A tourist attraction]] by the [[China National Tourism Administration]] (CNTA). It was listed by the [[UNESCO]] as one of the [[World Heritage Site]] in 2017. Also in Xiamen is the [[South Putuo Temple]]. The [[Guanghua Temple (Putian)|Guanghua Temple]] is a Buddhist temple in [[Putian]]. It was built in the penultimate year of the [[Chen dynasty|Southern Chen dynasty]]. Located in the northern half of the mouth of Meizhou Bay, it is about 1.8 nautical miles from the mainland and faces the Strait of Taiwan to the southeast. Covering an area of six square miles, the island is swathed in luxuriant green foliage. The coastline is indented with over 12 miles of the beach area. Another Buddhist temple, [[Nanshan Temple (Zhangzhou)|Nanshan Temple]] is located in [[Zhangzhou]]. The [[Kaiyuan Temple (Quanzhou)|Kaiyuan Temple]] is a [[Buddhist temple]] in West Street, [[Quanzhou]], the largest in Fujian province, with an area of {{convert|78000|m2|abbr=off}}.<ref>"Kaiyuan Temple". Chinaculture.org. Retrieved 31 January 2012.</ref> Although it is known as both a Hindu and Buddhist temple, on account of added Tamil-Hindu influences, the main statue in the most important hall is that of Vairocana Buddha, the main Buddha according to [[Huayan Buddhism]]. In the capital of Fuzhou is the [[Yongquan Temple (Fuzhou)|Yongquan Temple]], a [[Buddhist temple]] built during the [[Tang dynasty]]. The [[Chongwu Army Temple]] honors twenty-seven fallen soldiers of the [[People's Liberation Army]] who died during an attack by Nationalist forces in 1949, including five who died shielding a teenage girl during the attack.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lary |first=Diana |url= |title=China's grandmothers : gender, family, and aging from late Qing to twenty-first century |date=2022 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-009-06478-1 |edition= |location=Cambridge, United Kingdom |pages=136 |oclc=1292532755}}</ref> The site is frequented by locals and tourists.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Liu |first=Jifeng |date=2021-11-24 |title=Deifying Communist Soldiers: The Coastal Defence Culture and the Continuation of Apotheosis in Contemporary China |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2021.1999904 |journal=Asian Studies Review |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=650β667 |doi=10.1080/10357823.2021.1999904 |s2cid=244674139 |issn=1035-7823|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Around Meizhou Islands is the [[Matsu (goddess)|Matsu]] [[pilgrimage]].
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