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Xiamen only Gulangyu Island and Xiamen University bustling crowds? The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular products in the world. As a Xiamen local, I want to introduce you to some of the local people only know where to go, not to mention three days, is to stay for a week can let you have new discoveries and surprises every day, to avoid the crowds, and I walked with those quiet but not lose the taste of Xiamen niche travel

Hundred years of schooling culture?

The founder of Xiamen University? Chen Jiageng, built his hometown into a school village, a place called Jimei. Inside the village, from kindergarten to university, all kinds of living facilities are available, a century ago has been planned as a very good living area. When you come here, you must visit these places: the former residence of Chen Jiageng, the Hall of Returns, the Ao Yuan, Jimei Middle School, and the Dragon Boat Pond.

Mr. Chen Jiageng's old things + information

From Chen Jiageng's old things, manuscripts, to the display of his life, you can get a deeper understanding of the ups and downs of the life of this famous patriotic Chinese overseas Chinese honor and glory and splendor. Inside the former residence of Jiageng, there are a lot of manuscripts of the family letters of Chen Jiageng and his brother Chen Jingxian as well as the information of Jimei school village from scratch, which is very worth reading carefully.

Ouyuan

Ouyuan is the graveyard of Chen Jiageng, the porch on both sides of the chronicle of the life of Chen Jiageng, so that people can not help but read the nose, behind the glory of the sorrows and hardships. In addition, the carvings can be seen everywhere in the garden, but also the essence of the Ao Yuan, carving exquisite content, both a museum, but also the essence of the Minnan stone carving collection.

Documentary of Chen Jiageng's life on both sides of the porch in the Ao Yuan

On the way to the Ao Yuan, you will pass through the Dragon Boat Pond, which is very calm and cozy on a daily basis. When it comes to dragon boat races, the place turns into a jubilant one, with cheering and shouting and drumming!

Dragon Boat Pond

In addition to the precipitation of human history, Jimei school village everywhere in the Jiageng building, is also worth a closer look. Jimei High School's Nanxun Building as the main group of teaching buildings, very strong Minnan architectural heritage, blended in the campus vitality, so that people can not help but want to rewind the time, back to the time of study to feel. Sitting on the steps in front of Jimei High School, every angle is a photo with a story.

Nanxun Building

In addition, as a very living atmosphere of the school village, the characteristics of the food is naturally inevitable, located in the Jimei Dashe inside the Dashe Shacha Noodles, you should go to try, lean pork, dried beans, duck blood, shrimp, pig liver salt are a must add, Dashe Shacha Noodles soup is more light and sweet, will not be very thick, the entrance is sweeter. There are also various food courts that start in the evening, with a large number of students and affordable specialty snacks.

Shacha-men

Scenic opening hours: summer (May 1 ? October 7): 7:30?18:10 winter (October 8? April 30 of the following year) 7:30?17:30 Chen Jiageng Memorial Hall for Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00-16:30 (closed on Mondays)

Tips: It is recommended to sweep the code to ride a Mobay or hellobike bicycle, all the way will not miss the scenic humanities, and not too hot.

Recommended route: Dragon Boat Pond? Jiageng Residence? Jimei High School? Jimei Middle School? Ao Yuan? Chen Jiageng Memorial Hall? Dashe Shacha-men? Walking around the colleges and universities? Food Street Jimei area is very large, it is best to follow the guide, so that you can see the essence of Jimei, to understand some of the written anecdotes do not have, and more importantly, can be much less detour.

The forefront of the shelling of Kinmen? Dadeng Island

The mainland's only wind master (two in one ****, this one with the mirror is the female) + interesting containerized dining area

Da Dadeng Island, located in the sea southeast of Xiang'an District, Xiamen City, is a small fishing village. Later, it became a frontline battlefield because of the 823 National **** Artillery Battle in 1958, thus it was called together with Xiaodeng Island and Jiao Yu? Heroic Three Islands?

Heroic Three Islands Battlefield Sightseeing Park

There are many untold and touching stories of the 21-year war that took place on this small, originally remote fishing village because of the artillery battle. When visiting Dadeng Island, be sure to ask a local villager to be your guide, and you'll hear more about the human customs and interesting tidbits that can't be found in the written word.

There are many battery-operated vehicles on the island, driven by local villagers who also act as guides. They are not very fast, and the scenery along the way is also very suitable. The villagers are happy to introduce the local accent in Mandarin, very interesting and very real. Battery car: 30 yuan/person

In Dadeng, there is an 800-year-old banyan tree. During the war time, people believed that the banyan tree was spiritual, so they all hid under it for shelter. Many people who visit the area pray and make wishes under the banyan tree, and the red ribbons for blessings have been hung all over the tree. Although it has experienced Typhoon Moranti in 2016, which has left the banyan tree's branches not as dense as they used to be, it is still a spectacular sight.

Praying and wishing under the banyan tree

The island's Battlefield Sightseeing Park, home to the main battlefield of the 823rd Artillery Battle of that year, is near the sea, so there's a lot of sea breeze, but it's also the closest to Kinmen, at a distance of about 2.4 kilometers. Take a walk through the darkened pits, see the world's largest military horn, the memories of the frontline announcers who worked on the broadcast, and the history of those war years that didn't make it into the annals of history, but were alive and loving.

The world's largest military broadcasting speakers

Tips: How to get to Dadeng Island: public transportation: ① in Xiamen island train station, opposite the North Square (Wucun station, the negative floor of the outbound bus station) to take the Xiamen 756 Road Express direct line to ? Battlefield Sightseeing Park? station.

② Xiamen Island can also take the 750 bus to Xiangan Wenjiao Park station to transfer to the 760 bus to the? Battlefield Sightseeing Park? station. ③Tongan District in the? Xiamen Third Hospital? Take No. 760 bus to Xiamen Third Hospital. Get off at the Battlefield Sightseeing Park bus stop. Stop. Tourist line: In Xiamen Island Railway Station North Square opposite Wucun bus station? Xiamen Tourism Distribution Center Take the Da Dadeng Island Tourism and Shopping Bus to the Battlefield Sightseeing Park. Battlefield Sightseeing Park station.

Jimei and Dadeng two places can be synthesized into a day trip, but Jimei and Dadeng in two directions, take the bus will have to change 3-4 times, the cost of a taxi alone can be reported to the two pure play day trip, but also can save a lot of time.

Memories of Xiamen? Jimei + Dadeng Island one-day tour (Jimei school village + Chen Jiageng's former residence + return to the Hall + Dadeng Island + Fujian-Taiwan duty-free stores + island shuttle)

Overseas Chinese culture / remote look at the Kinmen / shopping duty-free stores / Taichai Artillery Battle Ruins /

Xiamen's quiet back garden? Wuyuan Bay

Xiamen's coastline along the island-ring road is where the tourists congregate, from Baicheng to Zengcuo'aun, and it's full of crowds all year round. But Wuyuan Bay, with its golden coastline and blue sea and sky, is much less crowded and a much better place to play! Take a walk along the beach or the wooden walkway, the sea breeze is warm and humid, leisurely and comfortable.

Wuyuan Bay Marina

Wuyuan Bay Lighthouse Park is the landmark of Wuyuan Bay, far from the towering lighthouse can be seen, the lighthouse park does not have a lot of recreational projects, but climbed on the observation deck of the lighthouse, looking out over the sea, the field of vision is very broad.

Wutong Lighthouse Park

Wutong Bay is known to mariners for its unique natural conditions? a rare harbor suitable for sailing?

Sailboat

Tips: ①Wuyuan Bay sailing time of about 1 hour, 8 people a sailboat ② need to carry an ID card ③ sailboat tour process, the package should be uniformly mailed in the sailboat on the storage box, so you need to take pictures of tourists can be ready to waterproof cell phone hanging sleeve, carry a cell phone.

Summer is the peak season for sailing, you can book tickets online in advance, lest you have to wait a long time at the pier, there is an outdoor waiting, less shade.

Xiamen yacht experience 60 minutes (the most beautiful attitude to the sea + in the most beautiful harbor to see the blue sea and blue sky + professional captain + complimentary travel accident insurance)

Meet the white dolphin / the most beautiful harbor / limited time special / top sailing boat to the sea /

The perfect combination of old Xiamen and small literature? Shapaowei

Xiamen Harbor is a famous harbor in the history of Xiamen, and ? Shapaowei is the most famous harbor in the history of Xiamen. is the area of Xiamen harbor by the sea, due to the natural geographical conditions, forming a corner of ? Sheltered harbor? Early Shapaowei, moored fishing boats of all sizes, the shore is a patchwork of old homes, most of the neighboring residents are fishermen around the Xiamen Harbor. The strong living atmosphere makes Shapaowei has a strong old Xiamen flavor. With the gradual injection of cultural and artistic flavor in recent years, Shapaowei gradually from an old Xiamen port area into a combination of the old Xiamen style + cultural and artistic flavor of the place.

Sha Po Wei

Sha Po Wei area is a place worth walking slowly and savoring, and if you have enough time, you can play from the morning until the evening. From food to bookstores, from Xiamen city style to literature and art, different styles are mixed in one small street.

If you want to try some of Xiamen's local flavors around Shapaowei, try the Wu Sugar Shacha Noodles on Minzu Road, which is only open until noon. The soup is sweet, made with fresh ingredients sourced daily, along with lye noodles, and topped with steaming hot sacha tea broth, and it's simply delicious.

Used Sugar Shacha Noodles

In addition to Shacha Noodles, as a fishing port of Shapaowei is naturally less seafood, but with other seaport seafood is different, Xiamen's seafood is the most delicious soy sauce water, at night, the harbor of the two authentic stalls, is the weekdays in Xiamen people most often go to the place, in twos and threes, ordering some seafood fried food, drink a little wine, blowing in the wind, it is very comfortable.

One, as if there is no name, in the side of the harbor in the old house, the location of the meal is placed outside, very lively. Another one, called the port seafood stalls, by the arts west side of the road into the road can be seen ~ are authentic fresh Xiamen flavor, soy sauce water is a must ~, the price is fair, it is well worth going.

Chello

In addition to the flavor of old Xiamen, Shapaowei a street everywhere you can see the art of food stores, all over the flavor of the food are there, there are a lot of Netflix! chello's afternoon tea cake, JUICY's bread and cheese, four people's pies, red pig marinated pork rice, million dollar burger, yakitori Japanese food, a lot of food, feel! I feel like I can't finish it all in 7 days and 7 nights.

In the evening, after the shopping, you can go to a small bar to have a drink, enjoy a good night.

JUICY's bread and cheese + four people

Tips: 1, transportation guide: bus, to ? China Children's Art Museum? : Bus No. 86, 71, to ? Xiamen University Hospital? The most important thing to remember is to take a look at the most popular Xiamen restaurants. Eight city stroll to buy seafood

Come to a city on a purely local, stroll through the eight city, you can feel the most Xiamen's ordinary life, at the same time, you can eat the most authentic Xiamen food ~

Eight city

Xiamen eight city is hidden in the Xiamen's traditional criss-crossed alleys, all around, spanning the Kaifa Road, Kaiyuan Road, Datong Road, the neighborhood of the old streets and old alleys! The old buildings are very much alive, and there is Xiamen's earliest surviving Catholic church? Bamboo Tree Chapel and Xiamen's earliest post office. Bagua Cheng, nine alleys, eleven rooms, Hezai Qian, iron street, just look at these names full of Xiamen flavor know that there are many stories.

Ba Shi seafood

Ba Shi is Xiamen? The freshest and cheapest seafood in Xiamen. The freshest and cheapest seafood in Xiamen. Every morning, Bashi is already bustling with the sounds of hawking, chopping meat, electric cars, fresh seafood, meat, chicken, duck and grocery vendors, and a number of food stalls.

Ajay's Five Spice, Zhu Ji's Hand-torn Chicken, Zhong Lijun's Pan-fried Cake, You Sheng's Flavored Snacks, Ajizai's Pie, Lai Chu Cheng's (formerly Flatbread Sister-in-law) Flatbread, Taro Bao Wang's Taro Bao, Furyu's Duck Meat Congee, Furyu's Noodle Thread Paste, Laosong's Flatbread and Xinsha's Shrimp Noodle..... Get up early and go to the Bashi Market to feel the old Xiamen's market flavor, watch the experienced aunts and uncles picking seafood, and learn a few tricks on the way.

Then stop for a breakfast of noodle paste or duck congee or a full fried cake and try a variety of snacks.

In the afternoon, make afternoon tea at the Old Theater Cultural Park and buy some of Ajijai's pastries for ? Tea with? , which is very relaxing. At night around the eight cities, there are a lot of big stalls are also local reputation is better, feel the most Xiamen night.

Wu Xiang Roll

Brew a tea + eat some tea with

Food Address: 1, Ajie Wu Xiang: Kaihe Road 111 (the junction of Zhushudang and Danshui Lane) 2, Zhu Ji hand-torn chicken: Kaihe Road 27 (within the Bashi City) 3, Zhong Lijun full of fried cakes: within the Bashi City 4, You Sheng flavorful snacks: Kaiyuan Road, No. 147 5, Ajijie Chai: Danyuan Road, No. 37 6, Lai Chuocheng flat food: No. 8, Dayuan Road7, Taro Bun King: No. 27, Dayuan Road8, Furyu's duck congee: No. 174, Xiamen Road9, Furyu's noodle and thread paste: No. 200, Xiamen Road10, Laosong Flatbread: No. 202, Xiamen Road11, Xinsha Shrimp Noodle: No. 51, No. 10, Renhe Road

There are a lot of good food in this area, but you should be able to point to the essence of the food, and it is best to be accompanied by a local guide, who can tell you a lot of secrets.

Shopping Xiamen traditional food tour (including 12 kinds of local snacks + private villa hand-brewed coffee + highly educated guide)

Shopping / old taste / boutique small group / Xiamen food /

Old Xiamen's time tour? Old Courtyard Scenic Area

It is fashionable to come to a city and watch a show. Old Courtyard Scenic Area is located near the Xiamen North Railway Station, 2.8 billion huge capital to build, "Minnan Legend" is a 360?large-scale live-action show, you can take you to understand all aspects of Xiamen's past and present.

"Minnan Legend Show" stills

The soul of the old courtyard, "Minnan Legend" show, super shocking choreography and audio-visual effects, the plot choreography is very full, it is worth a look. Fixed time performance, normal day two shows, during the Spring Festival will be added to the demand for four shows a day. The lights are dimmed, and with the sound of the whistle, it's as if you're sitting on a big ship setting sail, slowly sailing away, turning, and the journey of time begins.

Legendary show a **** 6 acts, there is the sky made heron island, island city war, adventure in the South Seas, fishing village people, the heir of the dragon, blessed China, etc., every switch a scene, the audience is like a big ship, slowly rotating to the next scene. The lighting, music and live-action acting, together with the narration between each scene, provide a stunning visual experience as well as an ordinary story that touches the heart.

The number of visitors to the Old Courtyard is high, especially for the Legendary Show, which is a relatively concentrated and large number of people watching the show because it is performed in a specified time slot, so it is recommended to buy tickets online in advance. Legends show time: the first: 13:30?14:30 (13:20 stop checking tickets) the second: 19:30?20:20 (19:20 stop checking tickets)

Tips: 1. Legends show and the Old Courtyard **** with a ticket, the two places separate checking tickets, so whether it is the first show or the first tour of the Old Courtyard scenic area, make sure to keep the ticket, the loss of the ticket will be No admission.

2. Ticket checking starts 1 hour before the show and stops 10 minutes before the show. If you are late for the show, you will not be able to return or exchange your ticket.

3. When entering the venue, except for cell phones and wallets brought into the venue, drinks and food can not be brought in, please allow time to store bags. 4. Children under 1.2m, Legendary Show free tickets, but will not be arranged for separate seating. Children over 1.2m will be ticketed as adults.

The Old Courtyard scenic area has a fishing village culture area, Mazu culture area, Nanyang culture area, folk culture area, the first ancestor culture area and architectural culture area. At the entrance, you can see the square of the fishing village pier, where there are welcome dances and kung fu performances of the Knife Mountain Tribe at three times a day. Performance Schedule: 9:30, 14:45, 16:00 Chinese Martial Spirit Performance: 9:36, 14:51, 16:06

Old Yard - Old Fishing Village

Fishing Village Culture Zone, with sculptures reproducing the scenery of the ordinary life of a fishing family.

Walking on the fishing village path, everywhere the look of the old streets of southern Fujian, stone houses, carved wooden windows, finely carved roofs, mottled old city gates, oyster shells Alley, Grandma's? The cook of Grandma's house? As if time traveled back to the streets of old Xiamen, on both sides of the old houses, light windows and doors to see the busy scene of each family.

Mazu cultural area, three A-Mazu statue of God solemn, three sides of each holding different treasures, respectively, represents a different meaning. At rest, the three A-Ma statue is a bust, and there are five times a day when the three A-Ma statue is revealed in the water, when the statue slowly rises and rotates with the music and fountains.

Together with the blue sky, the swallow-tail ridge behind it forms a solemn and sacred picture. On the steps opposite the A-Ma statue, there is a small platform, which is the best viewpoint for watching the show. Performance Arrangement: Three-Faced Mazu Water Epiphany Performance Time: 10:00, 11:00, 12:30, 15:40, 17:30

Three-Faced Mazu

The Hall of Surname Totems is a fun place to find the origins of one's surname and the totem that belongs to one's own family name. Inside the Hall of Surname Patriarchs, there are two altars of water, and many people who come to worship their surname patriarchs will throw coins into the water for blessings. The water inside the altar is flowing, so follow the direction of the water flow and walk around with your hands on the edge of the altar to bless smooth and well-being. Performance Arrangement: ? West side of the Surname Mandarin Court, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., there will be a puppet show every half hour.? The west side of the ancestral temple, stunt performance time: 11:20,17:00

Surname ancestral temple

Tips: 1) most of the scenic spots in the old courtyard are indoors, part of the outdoors, if you come to play in the summer, or to do a good job of sunscreen. 2) cultural garden tour time, depending on the person, if you want to slowly savor the history of the find a tour guide, about 2 hours; if you want to take pictures, 3 hours can slowly stroll around; walk around the cultural park, the time to take pictures, the time to take photos, the time to take a walk, the time to take a walk, the time to take a walk. (3) the old courtyard address: Huaxia Road, Jimei District, Xiamen City, No. 9 (400 meters south of Xiamen North Railway Station, Sun Ban South Road and Tianshui Road junction)

Local purchase of tickets to 268 yuan / person, you can order a discounted ticket on the Internet, you can also packages for pickup and drop-off, because the old courtyard in the North Xiamen Railway Station, a long way from the island, so a separate fare can be Save 100 yuan, very cost-effective.

Xiamen old courtyard scenic area tickets (including the old courtyard folk culture and style garden + show Minnan Legends of performing arts show)

Minnan culture / Minnan courtyard /

The most pleasant time? Afternoon Tea in Old Villa on Huaxin Road

Huaxin Road, is flavorful, elegant and poetic with a hint of lethargy. Walking on Huaxin Road, one can't help but feel that there is a quiet and leisurely old villa area in the hustle and bustle of neighboring Zhongshan Road.

Huaxin Road, also known as ? Overseas Chinese New Village? Like Gulangyu Island, villas with red bricks and white tiles can be seen everywhere, but compared to the hustle and bustle of Gulangyu Island, this place is more leisurely and quiet.

Huaxin Road - Not in the Bookstore

Also enjoying the quietness and idleness is? The country's most beautiful bookstore is not in the bookstore, and the heart of the cafe?32how. in the not in the bookstore, choose a good book, order a pot of tea, find a sunny corner, quietly reading an afternoon.

Or go to 32how, feel the aroma of coffee in the old villa, listen to the barista's detailed explanation, come to a cup of coffee, cozy sitting, it is worth wasting an afternoon. Huaxin Road is literary fresh, full of old villas. But there are few tourists, and it's a great place to take photos.

32how Coffee

Tips: Bus: You can take No. 1, 116, 127, 840, 940, 941, 950, 852, 994 at Douxi Road Junction Station, get off the bus and walk along Xaho Road toward Sibei Road Junction for 40 meters, turn left into Douxi Road, walk along Douxi Road for 210 meters, and then turn right to Huaxin Road.

New vitality for old factory buildings? Boiler Café

Boiler Café was formerly a disused boiler factory covering an area of 1,000 square meters, but now it is Xiamen's newest design space, and a location for many theater groups.

Boiler Coffee, which hasn't been open for very long, has already hosted dozens of distinctive events, large and small. The dark gray ceiling, which stretches 12 meters, looks down on beakers, test tubes and measuring flasks you'd only see in a high school chemistry lab class, filled with coffees that look as amazing as they taste, mojitos and tiramisu.

Boiler Coffee

Boiler Coffee is located in the Huamei Crowd Space, which is not very crowded. Those who like a quiet and relaxing environment may want to avoid the crowds and come to Boiler for a different kind of afternoon tea, and feel what it's like to sit in an old factory building and drink coffee from an experimental equipment carafe.

Boiler Coffee

Address: Huamei Space Cultural and Creative Park, No. 132, Huachang Road, Huli District, Xiamen, B2#

Tips: As the boiler coffee venue often held activities, so it is best to go to the best to make a phone call to confirm a number of, so as not to run empty Oh. Concerned about the boiler coffee micro-signal, you can check the activities held recently, interested in going to participate in the ~