Editing Xiamen (section)

==Tourism==
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Xiamen and its surrounding countryside is known for its scenery and tree-lined beaches.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} The Xiamen's Botanical Garden is a showcase of this. The Buddhist [[Nanputuo Temple]], dating back to the Tang dynasty, is a national treasure. Xiamen is also well known as a continuing frontline in the [[Chinese Civil War]], with the nearby [[Kinmen]] Islands (Quemoy), [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan).The [[Water Garden Expo Park]] has a total area of about {{convert|6.76|km2|abbr=on}}, with a land area of {{convert|3.03|km2|abbr=on|disp=or}} consisting of five exhibition park islands, four ecological landscapes, islands, and two peninsulas, including the main pavilion, Chinese Education Park, Marine Culture Island, Spa Island, and other functional areas and related facilities.

=== Tourist attractions ===
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[[File:Xiamen 20140828.JPG|thumb|[[Gulangyu]] in the foreground]]

==== Gulangyu Island ====
[[Gulangyu Island|Gulangyu]], a former [[treaty port]] enclave, has views of the city and many Victorian-style buildings.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} The ticket price to the Gulangyu scenic spot is 50 yuan/person (including ferry costs and Haoyue Park ticket). There are small shops everywhere in Gulangyu where you can buy local products such as crafts, calligraphy, beads, carved lacquer, painted sculptures, ceramics and so on. It also leads the way in shopping streets full of restaurants and has numerous dishes apart from seafood.

It was included on the UNESCO World Heritage list in July 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com//world/2017-07/09/c_1121287210.htm|script-title=zh:详讯：中国福建省鼓浪屿正式列入世界遗产名录-新华网|work=[[Xinhua]]|access-date=30 September 2019|archive-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930094948/http://www.xinhuanet.com//world/2017-07/09/c_1121287210.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>[[File:Gulangyu store.jpg|thumb|A local store on Gulangyu]]

==== Sunlight rock ====
Sunlight Rock ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=日光岩}}), nicknamed as Huang Rock, lies on the top of Longtou Mountain in south-central Gulangyu Island. Two rocks, leaning against each other, are the highest on the island which stand at 92.7 meters above sea level.

There is a saying that goes "if you haven't ascended Sunlight Rock, you haven't really been to Xiamen".

==== Kulangsu Historic International Settlement ====
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[[File:Xiamen gold decorated lacquer plate.JPG|thumb|Xiamen local handicraft, gold plated lacquer ware]]Kulangsu is an example of the cultural fusion that emerged from international exchanges, which remain legible in its urban fabric.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} Buildings here have a mixture of different architectural styles including Traditional Southern Fujian Style, Western Classical Revival Style and Veranda Colonial Style. An example of the fusion of various stylistic influences is a new architectural movement, the Amoy Deco Style, a synthesis of the Modernist style of the early 20th century and Art Deco.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

==== Yundang Lake ====
Yundang Lake ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=筼筜湖}}) is originally called Yundang Harbor, which was named after a bamboo's name that have grown in forests there.

The lake, standing at the center of the new and old urban areas of Xiamen, boasts night views,{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} which has Bailuzhou in the center of the lake, the People's Hall at the back of the lake, a large number of high buildings and footpaths along the lake banks, and illuminated bridges.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

==== Hulishan Fortress ====
The Hulishan Fortress ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=胡里山炮台}}) is a concrete defensive outpost on the south side of Xiamen, just across the water from the historically contentious Kinmen Islands.

The highlight for present-day visitors is the [[28 cm MRK L/40|enormous cannon]] that still remains (there were originally two; one for east and west defense). Built by the German munitions company Krupp, the two 14&nbsp;m (46&nbsp;ft) cannons, when viewed in tandem with the dozens of other, smaller artillery.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

The Hulishan Fortress is located on the southern coast of Xiamen, just south of Xiamen University.

==== Zengcuoan ====
Located at Huandao Rd, Zengcuoan ({{lang-zh|labels=no|c=曾厝垵}}) used to be a small fishing village near the sea. People who live by the water made their livings on the water. Gradually, many ancient houses with red bricks were established one after another and small alleys came into being.

Nowadays, Zengcuoan has become the gathering place of literature and art. With its unique geographical advantage and artistic characteristic, Zengcuoan attracts many innovative artists to live here.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}{{tone inline|date=September 2019}} They operate shops here, which turns this small fishing village to be a cultural and recreational park.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

==== Shapowei ====
Hidden in the downtown, with docks and low houses, Shapowei ({{lang-zh|labels=no|c=沙坡尾}}) entails the scene of the old Xiamen.{{tone inline|date=September 2019}} The stone road baptized by the time and the rusty wharf both witness the growth of several generations of Xiamen people.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

The flavor of old Xiamen has become the reason why young people with artistic talents like to go to Shapowei.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}{{tone inline|date=September 2019}} In the past, there were many small and medium-sized wharfs, but now it is a destination for food and shopping.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

==== Aotou village ====
Aotou Village ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=澳头村}}), located in the Xindian town in Xiang'an district, is near the sea and mountain. It is opposite to Kinmen Island and Xiamen Island across the sea. It is not only a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in South Fujian, but also a harbor and fishing village.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

==== Arcade Building ====
Just like the broad quadrangle courtyard in Beijing, and the Shikumen with Chinese and western features in Shanghai, the arcade building ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=骑楼}}) is the symbol of Xiamen's traditional culture.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

The popularity of arcade buildings is due to the boom of "going overseas" at the beginning of the 20th century. Many overseas Chinese who made a great fortune in foreign countries came back home with new business ideas as well as foreign architectural ideas.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Within the arcade building, the upstairs has rooms where people live while the downstairs has corridors which are used as shops.

The arcade buildings along Lujiang Ave, which are on the opposite of Gulangyu Island, enjoy a history of more than 100 years.

==== Xiamen Horticulture Expo Garden ====
The Xiamen Horticulture Expo Garden ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=园林博览苑}}) is located in Xinglin Bay in Jimei district, Xiamen, Fujian province.

The park covers a total area of about 10 square kilometers, with land and water landscapes accounting for half of the total area.

As the venue for the sixth China International Garden and Flower Exposition, the park enjoys a natural and environmentally-friendly layout.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} It consists of nine islands and various gardens with different styles.

It serves as a venue for horticultural exhibitions, tourism, recreational activities, and educational activities for the public.

==== Chengyi Discovery Center ====
Themed on aerospace, navigation, natural disasters and information communication, Chengyi Discovery Center ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=诚毅科探中心}}) has seven exhibition areas, including dream seeking, space exploration, aeronautical laboratory, and navigation laboratory.

The center has five initiative key exhibition projects in China, including two special cinemas of X-Flight space exploration and pleasant trip, Tiangong-1, a huge slide, and light show. Besides, theme restaurants, coffee bar and shopping mall are available here. All these elements make the center China's first indoor large-scale science themed park.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

=== Museums ===

==== Xiamen Museum ====
Founded in 1983, Xiamen Museum ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=厦门博物馆}}) was located in [[Gulangyu]] Island, the most renowned scenic spot in the city,{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} and was relocated to the Xiamen Culture and Arts Center in Siming district in 2007.

Covering 25,300 square meters, the new museum is six times larger than the original, and displays 30,000 pieces of cultural relics, mostly featuring porcelain, paintings, calligraphy works, jades, and stone carvings.

==== Tan Kah Kee Memorial Museum ====
Tan Kah Kee Memorial ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=陈嘉庚纪念馆}}) Museum is a museum to memorialize social and historic celebrities. Its building inherits unique southern Fujian features, which integrate with Jimei Aoyuan Park and Kah Kee Park, forming a tourist destination.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

As holder of the cultural memorials of [[Tan Kah Kee]] (a well-known patriotic overseas Chinese leader), the museum is also an important patriotic education base in Xiamen.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

==== Overseas Chinese Museum ====
Founded by [[Tan Kah Kee]], an entrepreneur whose ancestral home is in Xiamen, the Overseas Chinese Museum ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=华侨博物院}}) shows the history of Chinese people living outside their home country, integrating collections of cultural relics, exhibitions and academic research.

By March 2017, the museum was displaying more than 1,200 photos, 2,000 cultural relics and 1,000 specimens of rare birds, animals and marine creatures.

==== Gulangyu Piano Museum ====
Gulangyu Island, listed as a [[World Heritage Site|world cultural heritage site]] in 2017, is also dubbed the Island of Pianos because more than 100 musical families once lived in the 1.87-square kilometer area.

The Piano Museum ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=鼓浪屿钢琴博物馆}}) exhibits more than 40 old pianos donated by the pianist Hu Youyi, including a gilded piano, a piano with four corners, the earliest one in the world, and a mechanical piano operated by pumping pedals.

==== Xiamen Olympic Museum ====
Xiamen Olympic Museum ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=厦门奥林匹克博物馆}}) is the first Olympic-themed museum in China approved by the [[International Olympic Committee]] and [[Chinese Olympic Committee]]. It houses a collection of Olympic-related relics.

==== Oriental Fish Bone Gallery ====
The Oriental Fish Bone Gallery ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=东方鱼骨博物馆}}) in Xiamen, Fujian province was founded by Chinese artist Lin Hanbing in April 2006 and is the first of its kind anywhere in the world.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Lin creates artworks by arranging raw materials, commonly [[food waste]] such as fish bones, fins, scales, eyes, shrimp antennae and crab shells, through 12 processing steps including separating bones and meat, washing, removing the fishy flavor, whitening, applying mildew proof, and dehydrating.

The raw materials, due to their various shapes and colors, are arranged by Lin into realistic paintings like flowers, birds and beasts, as well as abstract artworks imbued with a deeper meaning.

In recent years,{{when|date=September 2019}} Lin has changed his style from original landscape paintings to artwork that reflects environmental problems, including air, river, and sea pollution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xiamen.chinadaily.com.cn/2019-07/26/c_391021.htm |title=Oriental Fish Bone Gallery |date=July 26, 2019 |website=chinadaily.com.cn |access-date=26 February 2020 |archive-date=26 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226065614/http://xiamen.chinadaily.com.cn/2019-07/26/c_391021.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Museum of 'incessant' Xiamen memories ====
The museum ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=不辍旧物馆}}) at No 122 Minzu Rd in Xiamen, Fujian province, is home to a variety of old gadgets that hold the memories of the coastal city. Chen Zhaowei, the 48-year-old native Xiamen curator, said the museum is inspired by and named for ''[[Analects|The Analects of Confucius]]'' and means 'incessant' in Chinese.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zt.xmnn.cn/b/amoy/101/|script-title=zh:厦门网直播《厦门人的一天》："时光摆渡人"|website=zt.xmnn.cn|access-date=5 September 2019|archive-date=5 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905224606/http://zt.xmnn.cn/b/amoy/101/|url-status=live}}</ref>