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It sits on the top of the Dragons Head Hill (Longtoushan) in the mid-south of Gulangyu Island. Standing 92.68 meters abo...</font></div> </li><li><a href="/cityguide/xiamen/overview/cityguide_1533.shtml">The&nbsp;City&nbsp;Tree&nbsp;of&nbsp;Xiamen-Phoenix&nbsp;Tree</a><br/> <div align="justify"><font color="#666666" style="font-size:12px">The Standing Committee of the Eighth Peoples Congress of Xiamen City decided the matter on October 23, 1986 in its 23rd conference. Phoenix Tree is also called Red Pillars or Flamboyant Tree. It is a ...</font></div> </li><li><a href="/cityguide/xiamen/overview/cityguide_1532.shtml">The&nbsp;City&nbsp;Flower&nbsp;of&nbsp;Xiamen-Triangular&nbsp;Shaped&nbsp;Plum&nbsp;Blossom</a><br/> <div align="justify"><font color="#666666" style="font-size:12px">The Standing Committee of the Eighth Peoples Congress of Xiamen City decided the matter on October 23, 1986 in its 20th conference. The scientific name of the flower is Bougain Villeasp. It is an ever...</font></div> </li><li><a href="/cityguide/xiamen/overview/cityguide_1531.shtml">City&nbsp;Bird&nbsp;of&nbsp;Xiamen</a><br/> <div align="justify"><font color="#666666" style="font-size:12px">Egrets are the worlds rare birds. They belong to heron family of bird class. Xiamen boasts small egrets, middle egrets, large egrets, Chinese egrets and gray egrets, which dwell on the island as the o...</font></div> </li><li><a href="/cityguide/xiamen/overview/cityguide_1530.shtml">A&nbsp;Survey&nbsp;of&nbsp;Xiamen&nbsp;Tourist&nbsp;Industry</a><br/> <div align="justify"><font color="#666666" style="font-size:12px">Xiamen is a beautiful seaside garden. A city in the sea and sea in the city is a vivid description of Xiamen. Islands and islets, cliffs and crags, rocks and stones, temples, subtropical flowers and t...</font></div> </li><li><a href="/cityguide/xiamen/overview/cityguide_1529.shtml">Xiamen&nbsp;Culture</a><br/> <div align="justify"><font color="#666666" style="font-size:12px">Since the adoption of reform and opening-up policy, Xiamens cultural, broadcast and television undertakings have been forging ahead and bringing about changes day after day. Wireless and cable TV stat...</font></div> </li><li><a href="/cityguide/xiamen/overview/cityguide_1528.shtml">Xiamen&nbsp;Economy</a><br/> <div align="justify"><font color="#666666" style="font-size:12px">With the approval of the State Council, a special economic zone (SEZ) was established in an area of 2.5 square kilometers in the northwest of Xiamen City in October, 1980. in March, 1984, the SEZ was ...</font></div> </li><li><a href="/cityguide/xiamen/overview/cityguide_1527.shtml">Natural&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ecological&nbsp;Environment&nbsp;In&nbsp;Xiamen</a><br/> <div align="justify"><font color="#666666" style="font-size:12px">In recent years, Xiamen City has made great progress with marked achievements in terms of harnessing the ecological and natural environment in a comprehensive way. In 1995, Xiamen won the title of Chi...</font></div> </li><li><a href="/cityguide/xiamen/overview/cityguide_1526.shtml">Xiamen&nbsp;Climate</a><br/> <div align="justify"><font color="#666666" style="font-size:12px">Xiamen enjoys subtropical oceanic climate. In most time of the year, it has warm and rainy weather without extreme heat in summer nor extreme cold in winter. The annual temperature averages 21! and th...</font></div> </li><li><a href="/cityguide/xiamen/overview/cityguide_1525.shtml">Xiamen&nbsp;Geography</a><br/> <div align="justify"><font color="#666666" style="font-size:12px">Xiamen is a scenic coastal city in Southeast China. It is located at 24°22Ê-24°56Ê North Latitude and 117°53Ê -118°23Ê East Longitude in the southeastern part of Fujian Province. It is from there that...</font></div> </li><li><a href="/cityguide/xiamen/overview/cityguide_1524.shtml">Xiamen&nbsp;History</a><br/> <div align="justify"><font color="#666666" style="font-size:12px">It is said that in the ancient time, flocks of egrets (Bailu in Chinese) migrated to dwell on Xiamen Island from time to time and that is why people call Xiamen Ludao (Island of Egrets) and Xiagu Stra...</font></div> </li></ul></div> </div> <!--<div class="right_right"><div class="right_adv"> <ul> <li><a href="/EN/monthly.htm"><img src="/skin/kindnesstour/images/tv_03.jpg" alt="MONTHLY SPECIAL OFFER" width="206" height="214" border="0" /></a></li> <li> <a href="/EN/2008.htm" class="oliympic_adv"><h1>2008 Olympic<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Package Tour</h1></a> </li> <li> <a href="/MekongCruise" class="mc"><h1>Mekong Cruise</h1></a> </li> <li> <a href="/Yangtzecruise" class="yc"><h1>Yangtze cruise</h1></a> </li> </ul> </div></div>--> </div> <!--content end===========================================--> <!-- foot start --> <div class="bottom"> <div><A href="/EN/WhyWithUs.htm">Why With Us</A> | <a href="/EN/Book&Cancel.htm">Book & Cancel</a> | <A href="/EN/AboutUs.htm">About Us</A> | <a href="/EN/Contact.aspx">Contact</a> | <A href="/EN/Partners.htm">Partners</A> | <A href="/PrivacyPolicy.shtml">Privacy Policy</A> | <A href="/EN/sitemap.html">Sitemap</A></div> <div>ChinaKindnessTour.com -- Your reliable <a href="http://www.chinakindnesstour.com/">China travel</a> guide, we are specialized in China travel, city tour service. 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