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用英语介绍厦门Xiamen is a well-known tourist port city in the Southeast coast of China. It is one of the Cleanest Cities of China, the Garden Cities of China, the National Environmental Protection Model Cities, and the best sightseeing cities in China. Not only being wealthy with travel resources, Xiamen has also temperate weather, fast and convenient transport and communication, and complete travel establishments. All makes Xiamen one of the most suitable cities for investors and tourists in China.厦门鼓浪屿英文简介 （图）Gulangyu， separated from Xiamen by the 500-metre-wide Egret River， with an area of 1.77 square kilometres， enjoys a lauditory title Garden on the Sea. The original name of the islet was Yuan Zhou Zi. In the Ming Dynasty it was renamed Gulang， meaning drum waves， because the holes in the southwestern reefs hit by the waves make sounds like the drum beating.Overlapping peaks foil the blue water， white clouds， green trees and bright flowers. The air in the islet is fresh. The entire place is free from any sorts of vehicles and is particularly quiet. All these render an atmosphere of a fairyland.The roar of the waves breaks on the rocks. Impressive melodies surrounding and lingering on this island make famous for its piano-laden past. As a place of residence for Westerners during Xiamens colonial past， Gulangyu is famous for its architecture and for being home to Chinas largest piano museum. It is known as the piano island because people here love the piano. As early as 1913， students in schools run by foreigners started learning the piano. The enthusiasm for music later spread to more ordinary people on the island. Many piano families have since then come into being and produced accomplished musicians. And the number of the pianos possessed is in the leading place in the nation， though there is only a population of 20，000 people.No tourist can afford to miss one attraction located on the island the nations largest piano museum. Divided into two exhibition halls， the museum guides visitors through a vivid history of the instrument with displays and illustrations. All different types of pianos such as miniature pianos， automatic pianos， accordion pianos and round-shaped pianos， are on display.The architecture in the islet varies greatly in style， Chinese and foreign. Thus the islet has a laudatory title the World Architecture Museum Covered in green all the year round， its charming， elegant， secluded and serene. A great variety of villas stand shrouded by lush wood resembling numerous jadeites embellished upon a piece of verdant silk brocade. Hundreds of flowers grown on the Riguang Rock （Sunlight Rock） vie with one another for beauty. With the caressing sea breeze， its a quite cool place in hot summer. At the foot of the rock， theres the Memorial Hall to honor the national Hero Zheng Chenggong.Today， Gulangyu is listed as one of the nations major scenic spots. The main sites of interest here include the Sunlit Rock， Shuzhuang Park， Gangzihou Bathing Beach and Memorial Hall to Zheng Chenggong， which are visited annually by millions of people from all parts of the country and the world. For people living in the hustle and bustle of todays metropolis， citizens on this island seem to live in a paradise with a relaxing， healthy and placid lifestyle. Find more in our detailed introduction of the major attractions in Gulangyu Tourist Area.Xiamen, which is actually an island linked to the mainland by a long causeway of road and railway, is, like Shenzhen, a Special Economic Zone. Xiamen is flush with Taiwanese investment. The local dialect, known as minnanyu, is nearly identical to the dialect spoken in Taiwan, and the nearest Taiwanese-controlled islands - Matsu and Quemoy (Kinmen) - are just a couple of kilometers (a mile, or so) off shore from Xiamen. Historically, Xiamen was established as a major seaport in the Ming Dynasty, in the seventeenth century to stem the southward influence of the Manchu Qing dynasty and restore the Ming rule. Xiamen was also an unofficial trading depot, doing a thriving under-the-counter business in silks with the Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch, until a British naval force stormed ashore after their victory in the first Opium War in 1841 and opened it up as a full Treaty Port. There is evidence today of its role as an international settlement in the surviving colonial architecture of parts of its skyline. Xiamen has a subtropical oceanic climate. From July to September the summer is warm with temperatures reaching 37C. Winter is cool with average temperature around 11C. The best season for visiting Xiamen is from May to July.The 1.78-square-kilometre Gulangyu Islet in the southwestern corner of Xiamen is a major scenic spot in Fujian, with serene beauty, a tranquil atmosphere and buildings in various architectural styles tucked away in the shadows of green trees. The air is fresh, the din of traffic is a sound practically unknown to local islanders, and there is plenty to see and do on this small island. The four-kilometre-long ring road is flanked on one side by the beach and on the other by a string of bungalows built in English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish and Chinese styles. Strolling along the road one can see islets, bays, flowers, trees, pavilions and terraces.This is on the highest point of Gulangyu and is accessible only by a sky ladder - a steep trail which also takes one to Riguang Temple, the Ancient Summer Cave and the platform where General Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) reviewed his naval force. Sunlit Rock provides a panoramic view of the booming metropolis of Xiamen. Right below Sunlit Rock stands the Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall, where the life of the general is relived through more than 300 cultural relics, historical documents, photos, sculptures and scale models, on display in seven showrooms. Shuzhuang (Bean Plantation) Garden was built by a Taiwan business tycoon who moved his family here during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894- 1895. The terrain and the sea were perfectly incorporated into the layout of the entire garden. The Nine-Bend Forty-Four Bridge is delicately poised above the seal and consists of Guandiao (Angling Watching) Terrace, Duyue Pavilion and interesting rockwork. The Subtropical Botanical Garden, whose full name is the Overseas Chinese Garden for the Introduction of Subtropical Plants, sprawls at the foot of Sunlit Rock. It is not only designed for developing fine breeds of subtropical plants, but is also a beautiful place for sightseeing. Boasting more than 1,000 species of plants, the garden is divided into one nursery for the introduction of new strains, one nursery for experimental purposes, a flower garden, a greenhouse for cultivation purposes and a refrigerated room. Located inside Bagua (Eight Trigrams) Tower on the northern slope of Bijia (Pen- holder) Hill in the centre of Gulangyu, Xiamen Museum has 1,000-odd exhibits on display in five halls showing the history of Xiamen and its development as a special economic zone. One hall contains the museums collection of porcelain and jade carvings. With its wealth of historical records and relics, the museum serves as a window through which one can get a glimpse into both the past and present of Xiamen. Gangzaihou Beach Resort This beach resort runs along the edge of Bean Plantation Garden and has fine, clean sand, a gently sloping landscape, plentiful sunlight and pollution-free sea water.Guanhai Garden Villa A charming collection of villas and guesthouses are spread over a ten-hectare area of Gulangyu. Complete with dining rooms, meeting halls and clubs, these villas are separated by tree-lined roads, zigzagging paths and luxuriant plants. Many tourists who come here for sightseeing, holidays or meetings stay in these Western-style lodgings. There is frequent ferry service between Xiamen City and Gulangyu. Situated at the foot of Wulao Peak on the southern end of Xiamen is South Putuo Temple, first built during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Later rebuilt during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), it is now an imposing multi-layered trapezoidal structure that overlooks the sea. The Shrine of Buddhist Scriptures houses a huge collection of Buddhist cultural relics, including a Burmese jade carving of the Buddha and many important Buddhist texts. The temples Heavenly King Hall, the main prayer hall, the Hall of Great Compassion and the Shrine of Buddhist Scriptures are all graced with painted brackets and upturned eaves. Its rare artifacts include four giant stone turtles lying on the right side of the front gate, a rock with holes in the shape of a Chinese ancient coin, a large Song-dynasty bronze bell and a white porcelain sculpture of Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy. The South Fujian Buddhist Institute is located to the left of the temple. Established in 1925, it enjoys great prestige among Buddhists in China. The Lu Xun Memorial Hall at Xiamen University Housed in the Jimei Building where Lu Xun stayed when he taught in the Chinese Department of Xiamen University from September 1926 to January 1927, the hall displays some of the objects from his old residence as well as cultural relics, pictures and documents about his life.The Museum of Anthropology This is located in Xiamen Universitys Museum Building where archaeology and ethnology are studied. The museum has 30-odd display rooms which contain artifacts and relics from prehistoric to modern times. Huli Hill Fodress This fortress was built in Huli Village in the southern part of Xiamen Island in 1891 during the Qing Dynasty. It was built of sand and clay which is held together with camphor tree juice, lime and glutinous rice. During its heyday in the Opium War the fort had more than 100 cannons. Now only a German-made Krupp cannon which cost 50,000 taels of silver to build remains intact on the eastern platform. Weighing 60 tons, measuring 14 metres long and with a muzzle big enough for a person to fit inside, it is the only well-preserved coastal cannon in China.The Overseas Chinese Museum At the foot of Fengchao (Beehive) Hill is the six-hectare Overseas Chinese Museum. Founded by the eminent overseas Chinese philanthropist Tan Kah-kee, it has three exhibition halls which have on display 1,200 pictures and documents, 2,000 rare cultural relics and l,000 objects related to the history of Chinese who emigrated overseas.Nature is at its most impressive in this picturesque area. Only 500 metres southeast of the city proper, it is a major scenic spot known for its caves and egg-shaped granite rocks, which blend in harmoniously with the flowers and trees of the botanical garden near Wanshi Lake. The botanical garden features more than 4,000 species of tropical and subtropical plants kept in more than 20 nurseries. The Hongshan Amusement Park is also located here at the southwestern foot of the hill. This tourist area can be reached by bus from downtown Xiamen. About Xiamen厦门英文介绍 Xiamen is an island city with a rich and dramatic history,replete with pirates, rebel leaders, and European merchants. Now linked to mainland Fujian by a causeway, Xiamen retains a strong international flavor. Known in the West as Amoy, Xiamen has a long history as a port city, and later became a center of British trade in the 19th century. Their foreign settlements, later taken over by Japanese invaders at the start of World War II, were established on the nearby small Gulangyu Island. Many of the old treaty-port and colonial buildings in Western styles survive. Xiamen was declared one of Chinas first Special Economic Zones in the early 1980s, taking advantage of the citys heritage as a trading center and the proximity to Taiwan. Today Xiamen is one of Chinas most attractive and best-maintained resort cities. Xiamen was founded in 1394 at the beginning of the Ming dynasty as a center of defense against coastal pirates. Its prosperity was due to its deepwater sheltered harbor, that supplanted nearby Quanzhou, the port that had been the center of the maritime trade with the Indies. In the mid-17th century, Xiamen and Gulangyu Island became a stronghold of Zheng Chenggong, known in the West as Koxinga, a Ming loyalist who held out against the Manchu invaders until being driven to Taiwan. Born in Japan to a Chinese pirate father and a Japanese mother, Zheng became allied with holdout Ming princes in the south who hoped for a restoration. He built up a resistance force of some 7,000 junks and a mixed force of three-quarters of a million troops and pirates. In 1661 he drove the Dutch from Taiwan and set up another base there, before his death in 1662. After the Opium Wars Xiamen became one of the first treaty ports to be opened to foreign trade and settlement following the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842. Gulangyu Island was transformed into an international settlement, where many Victorian and Neoclassical style buildings still survive. The citys prosperity was due both to trade and to wealth sent back by Xiamens substantial emigrant community of overseas Chinese. Prosperity returned to Xiamen in the early 1980s when Xiamen was designated one of the four Special Economic Zones 厦门市市花三角梅英文介绍City Flower-Bougainvillea glabraThe City Flower was decided by the Standing Committee of the Eighth Peoples Congress of Xiamen City on October 23, 1986 in its 20th conference. The scientific name of the flower is Bougain Villeasp. The City Flower is an evergreen clamber bush or a hanging down shrub, which belongs to the category of bougain of the bongainvillea family. It is a wood nature liana. The nature of its leaves has the luster. Its flower is small and blooms on the top. The flower usually grows in clusters in the bud plate. The three big bud plates are very distinctive, constructing a major object sight for enjoying. In ancient times, it was called Nine Layers of Vine. It is called Leaves Tiny Flower and Triangular Flower in North China and it was called Bougain as translated in sound from English in Hongkong. It was originally planted in Brazil of South America and it is a long time since it was imported and planted in China in 1972.It has a great number of varieties, and large amount of colors. It has the nurture color of red, orange, yellow, white and purple, and it has the shape of single petal flower, double petal flower and mottled plate flower etc. It couples hardness with softness, and it is simple and unadorned. It is easy to plant and possesses such variety of colors, so it can be used to make potted landscape. As a result, to use the Triangular Shaped Plum Blossom as the city flower, to plant it broadly and to take care of it will not only afforest and beautify Xiamen, but also better show the style and features of Xiamen, the character of Xiamen people and the rapid development of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone.厦门南普陀英文介绍 Nanputuo TempleSituated at the foot of Wulao Peak on the southern end of Xiamen is nanputuo Temple. The temples Heavenly King Hall, the main prayer hall, the Hall of Great Compassion and the Shrine of Buddhist Scriptures are all graced with painted brackets.The temple was first built during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). And rebuilt during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), it is now an imposing multi-layered trapezoidal structure that overlooks the sea. The Shrine of Buddhist Scriptures houses a huge collection of Buddhist cultural relics, including a Burmese jade carving of the Buddha and many important Buddhist literature. It is one of the sacred places of Buddhism in Southern Fujian. Inside the temple there are the Heaven Kings Hall, the Daxiong Hall, the Great Compassion Hall, all of which are built in an exquisite and grand style. Enshrined in these halls are the statues of Maitreya, Sanshi Reverend Buddha, Thousand-handed Guanyin (Bodhisattva), Four Kings of Heaven, and the eighteen arhats. Although all are serious and solemn in appearance, each is distinctly different from another. The temple attracts a large number of pilgrims at home and abroad. The excellent craftsmanship of the Thousand-handed Guanyin is marked by its thousand hands and thousand eyes and glistening golden color. As to the Pavilion where Buddhist scriptures are kept, it has a rich collection of the historical articles of Buddhism. such as classics, statues of Buddhas, bronze bells from the Song Dynasty, calligraphic works and paintings from the ancient times. Among them, Intriguing Lotus Scripture written in blood in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and the statue of Guanyin in white porcelain, a masterpiece of He Chaosong, are most valuable.In the temple are preserved many inscriptions, among which the stone inscriptions written by Chen Di and Sheng Yourong in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and the one on a stone stele written by Emperor of t