Xiamen is located in Southeast of Fujian province,it is considered as the cleanest port city in China thus people call Xiamen "the garden on the sea" or call it "green island". Back to Song dynasty it started its administrative founding until now.There are a great variety of sights to witness in Xiamen.Gulangyu Island, the most beautiful island near Xiamen, has won great reputation for its Sunlight Rock and Shuzhuang Garden.South Putuo Temple, which is located at the foot of Wulaofeng and is deemed to be the most renowned Buddhist temple in Xiamen.Xiamen Botanical Garden, known as the Wanshi Botanical Garden,which has scenic spots such as the Morning Bell of Heaven, the Reading and Music Playing Cave, the Cloud Locking Stones, the Jade Scepter Rock and the Peace Stone. In the past decade, Xiamen has changed a lot with rapid advancing in agriculture,industry,science technology and education areas.

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　　廈門位于福建省東南部，是中國被視為最干凈的港口城市，因此人們稱廈門為“海上花園”或叫“綠島”。早在宋代就開始其行政成立直到現在。有各種各樣的景點，見證了廈門。鼓浪嶼，靠近廈門最美麗的島嶼，已為其贏得了日光巖、菽莊花園盛名。南普陀寺，坐落在吳勞峰腳下，被認為是廈門最著名的佛教寺廟。廈門植物園，被稱為萬石植物園等景點，有天早晨的鐘聲，閱讀和音樂播放的山洞，云鎖石，玉杖巖和平石。在過去的十年里，廈門在農業、工業、科技和教育領域的快速發展發生了巨大的變化。