美丽厦门之英文介绍美丽厦门之英文介绍大全集（一）01:厦门英文介绍AboutXiamen02:厦门八大景八小景TourXamen03:鼓浪屿英文介绍1GulangyuIsland04:鼓浪屿英文介绍2GulangyuIsland05:厦门市市鸟白鹭CityBird-Egrets06:厦门市市花三角梅英文介绍CityFlower-Bougainvilleaglabra07:厦门南普陀英文介绍NanputuoTemple08:集美旅游景点英文介绍JimeiTouristArea09:同安旅游景点英文介绍Tong’anTouristArea01.AboutXiamen厦门英文介绍Xiamenisanislandcitywitharichanddramatichistory,repletewithpirates,rebelleaders,andEuropeanmerchants.NowlinkedtomainlandFujianbyacauseway,Xiamenretainsastronginternationalflavor.KnownintheWestasAmoy,Xiamenhasalonghistoryasaportcity,andlaterbecameacenterofBritishtradeinthe19thcentury.Theirforeignsettlements,latertakenoverbyJapaneseinvadersatthestartofWorldWarII,wereestablishedonthenearbysmallGulangyuIsland.Manyoftheoldtreaty-portandcolonialbuildingsinWesternstylessurvive.XiamenwasdeclaredoneofChina’sfirstSpecialEconomicZonesintheearly1980’s,takingadvantageofthecity’sheritageasatradingcenterandtheproximitytoTaiwan.TodayXiamenisoneofChina’smostattractiveandbest-maintainedresortcities.Xiamenwasfoundedin1394atthebeginningoftheMingdynastyasacenterofdefenseagainstcoastalpirates.Itsprosperitywasduetoitsdeepwatershelteredharbor,thatsupplantednearbyQuanzhou,theportthathadbeenthecenterofthemaritimetradewiththeIndies.Inthemid-17thcentury,XiamenandGulangyuIslandbecameastrongholdofZhengChenggong,knownintheWestasKoxinga,aMingloyalistwhoheldoutagainsttheManchuinvadersuntilbeingdriventoTaiwan.BorninJapantoaChinesepiratefatherandaJapanesemother,ZhengbecamealliedwithholdoutMingprincesinthesouthwhohopedforarestoration.Hebuiltuparesistanceforceofsome7,000junksandamixedforceofthree-quartersofamilliontroopsandpirates.In1661hedrovetheDutchfromTaiwanandsetupanotherbasethere,beforehisdeathin1662.AftertheOpiumWarsXiamenbecameoneofthefirsttreatyportstobeopenedtoforeigntradeandsettlementfollowingtheTreatyofNanjingin1842.GulangyuIslandwastransformedintoaninternationalsettlement,wheremanyVictorianandNeoclassicalstylebuildingsstillsurvive.Thecity’sprosperitywasduebothtotradeandtowealthsentbackbyXiamen’ssubstantialemigrantcommunityofoverseasChinese.ProsperityreturnedtoXiamenintheearly1980’swhenXiamenwasdesignatedoneofthefourSpecialEconomicZones(SEZs).02.TourXiamen(旅游厦门，八大景八小景)Xiamenisawell-knowntouristportcityintheSoutheastcoastofChina.ItisoneoftheCleanestCitiesofChina,theGardenCitiesofChina,theNationalEnvironmentalProtectionModelCities,andthebestsightseeingcitiesinChina.Notonlybeingwealthywithtravelresources,Xiamenhasalsotemperateweather,fastandconvenienttransportandcommunication,andcompletetravelestablishments.Intheoldtimes,therewere"EightMajorLandscapes"and"EightMinorLandscapes""LandscapesBeyondLandscapes"inXiamenandaltogether24scenicspotswereincludedinthethreegeneralterms.Someofthe24sights,suchas"WonderlandofGulang","FiveOldGentlemenReachingtheClouds","WatchingSunriseonHongjiSummit","NightMoonbyTigerBrook","WhiteDeerSpurtingSmoke",stillcanbetracedtoday.Byreorganizingoldlandscapesanddevelopingnewsceneries,XiamenhasformedfivemainTouristareas--GulangyuIslandTouristArea,NanputuoTempleTouristArea,WangshiRockTouristArea,HuangcuoTouristAreaandJimeiTouristArea.Besideitsrichfultravelresourcesandpleasantweather,Xiamenalsoprovidesfastandconvenienttransportationandcommunication,andcompletetravelestablis...
