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Xiamen tourist attractions
The main tourist attractions in Xiamen are: 1 and Gulangyu Island, a national 5A tourist attraction. It was selected as "the first of the five most beautiful urban areas in China" by National Geographic magazine, and was known as "the garden on the sea". Many Chinese and foreign architectural styles have been preserved on the island, and it has the reputation of "World Architecture Expo". On July 8, 20 17, "Gulangyu Island: Historical International Community" was included in the World Heritage List, becoming the 52nd World Heritage Site in China. 2. Nanputuo Temple, adjacent to Xiamen University and facing Bicheng Harbor, covers an area of 258,000 square meters and has a construction area of 212.7 million square meters. Founded in the late Tang Dynasty, it is called Sizhou Temple. Because it is dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva, it is similar to Guanyin Dojo in Putuo Mountain, Zhejiang Province. It is named "Nanputuo Temple" in the south of Putuo Mountain and is one of the Buddhist resorts in southern Fujian. Xiamen University, known as "the most beautiful university in China", faces the sea with the title of a mountain, backed by Shiwan Botanical Garden, with Nanputuo Temple on one side and Baicheng Beach on the other. Xiamen University's early buildings, including Qunxian Building Group, Jiannan Building Group, Furong Building Group and Xiamen University Anthropology Museum, are national key cultural relics protection units and selected as "the first batch of China 20th century architectural heritages". 4. Hu Lishan Fort, a state-level cultural relics protection unit and a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, was built in the 20th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, with a total area of over 70,000 square meters and a castle area of10.3 million square meters, which is divided into Zhanping District, Barracks District and Houshan District. The structure of the fortress is semi-bunker and semi-wall. Fort Hu Lishan, the product of the Westernization Movement in China, is known as "the door of eight Fujian, the key to the south" in history. 5. Xiamen Island Road is one of the main tourist routes around the sea in Xiamen. The whole road is natural and fresh, with elegant taste and elegant appearance. In 2000, "Looking at the sea in the East Ring Road" was rated as one of the new 20 scenic spots in Xiamen. Among them, a section of the coast from Xiamen University to Qianpu, about 9 kilometers long, is called the golden coastline, which is a coastal green corridor integrating tourism, sightseeing and leisure.