Gulangyu Island

Gulangyu is a car-free island off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian province in southern China, about 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi) in area. It is home to about 20,000 people and is a domestic tourist destination.Visitors can reach it by ferry from Xiamen Island in about 5 minutes. Gulangyu Island is renowned for its beaches and winding lanes and its varied architecture.The island is on China's list of National Scenic Spots and also ranks at the top of the list of the ten most-scenic areas in the province

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Fujian Tulou

Fujian Tulou is a type of Chinese rural dwellings of the Hakka is in the mountainous areas in southeastern, China. They were mostly built between the 12th and the 20th centuries.

A tulou is usually a large, enclosed and fortified earth building, most commonly rectangular or circular in configuration, with very thick load-bearing rammed earth walls between three and five stories high and housing up to 80 families. Smaller interior buildings are often enclosed by these huge peripheral walls which can contain halls, storehouses, wells and living areas, the whole structure resembling a small fortified city.

The fortified outer structures are formed by compacting earth, mixed with stone, bamboo, wood and other readily available materials, to form walls up to 6 feet (1.8 m) thick. Branches, strips of wood and bamboo chips are often laid in the wall as additional reinforcement. The result is a well-lit, well-ventilated, windproof and earthquake-proof building that is warm in winter and cool in summer. Tulous usually have only one main gate, guarded by 4–5-inch-thick (100–130 mm) wooden doors reinforced with an outer shell of iron plate. The top level of these earth buildings has gun holes for defensive purposes.

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Zhangzhou National Geopark

One of the first batch of the national geoparks approved by the Ministry of Land and Resources of P.R.C., is located in coastal region in the border area between Longhai City and Zhangpu County of Zhangzhou City. The park covers a total area of 318.64 sq km, and has the most unique and the best reserved seaside volcanic landscape with the largest-scale in China.

The area has a coastline of 18 km. There are two spectacular volcanic islands in the sea area: Linjin Island and Nanding Island. Natural landscape here is the production of many times of volcanic eruptions in Cenozoic Era. There are various types of abrasion geomorphy and lots of fine sandbeach, as well as stratum containing ancient carbide woods formed 8,000 years ago. It gives tourists an amazing tour to swim in the sea world, and explore the submarine volcano.

 

What to See?

Linjin Island：The island is uninhabited, full of rootless fumarole group, abrasion lakes, and lava caves. It is the precious landscape resource of paleo volcano geomorphy.

Nanding Volcanic Island：There are 1,400,000 huge basalt columns on the island, which are rare volcanic geomorphic wonder in the world, as well as more than 10 marvelous marine corrosion caves, fathomless.

Nanshan Temple：It was first built in 736, the 24th year of Kaiyuan Reign of the Tang Dynasty, and rebuilt in Guangxu's Reign (1875-1908) of the Qing Dynasty. Large number of historic relics are kept in the temple, among which there are five most famous treasures: the big bronze bell over 650 kilograms weight, the 6-metre-high stone Buddha carved from natural stalagmite, Huayan Sutra written in blood, Tibet Sutra bestowed by Guangxu, one of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, and Myanmar Jade Buddha Statue.

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