Xiamen
City Features
Foods
Seafood is all over the place in Xiamen, and especially in Gulangyu, and is a great introd ...
Shopping
The Qixiandiao (lacquer filament carving) is the handicraft article having the longest his ...
Art&Entertainment
At the Egret Alluvion City Park, there will be musical fountain show at 8:00pm every day a ...
Hotel
Add:No. 101 Yuehua Road, Huli District, Xiamen City, China, 361006 Surroundings: Lake Par ...
Travel
Xiamen Gulangyu Island covers an area of 1.87 square kilometers. Sunlight Rock, the highes ...
Geography
Xiamen comprises Xiamen Island (longitude 118° 04'04"E, latitude 24° 26'46" N.), Gulangyu Island, and larger region on the mainland stretching from the left bank of the Jiulong River in the west to the islands of Xiang'an in the north east. This region accounts for four of the municipality's six dis ...
History
Until 1840, Western "barbarians" were allowed to trade only in Guangzhou (which they called Canton), and only under strict controls. After China lost the First Opium War, Britain took Hong Kong and China was forced to open five Treaty Ports: Guangzhou, Xiamen (then known as Amoy), Fuzhou, Ningbo and ...