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| Attraction-South Putuo
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Praying
at South Putuo Temple.
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Situated at the foot of Wulao Peak on the southern
end of Xiamen is South Putuo Temple, first built during
the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Later rebuilt during the Qing
Dynasty (1644-1911), it is now an imposing multi-layered trapezoidal
structure that overlooks the sea. The Shrine of Buddhist Scriptures
houses a huge collection of Buddhist cultural relics, including
a Burmese jade carving of the Buddha and many important Buddhist
texts. The temple's Heavenly King Hall, the main prayer hall,
the Hall of Great Compassion and the Shrine of Buddhist Scriptures
are all graced with painted brackets and upturned eaves. Its
rare artifacts include four giant stone turtles lying on the
right side of the front gate, a rock with holes in the shape
of a Chinese ancient coin, a large Song-dynasty bronze bell
and a white porcelain sculpture of Guanyin, the Goddess of
Mercy. The South Fujian Buddhist Institute is located to the
left of the temple. Established in 1925, it enjoys great prestige
among Buddhists in China.
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The Lu Xun Memorial Hall at
Xiamen University Housed in the Jimei Building where Lu
Xun stayed when he taught in the Chinese Department of Xiamen
University from September 1926 to January 1927, the hall displays
some of the objects from his old residence as well as cultural
relics, pictures and documents about his life.
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The
last remaining cannon at Huli Hill Fortress.
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The Museum of Anthropology This is located in Xiamen
University's Museum Building where archaeology and ethnology
are studied. The museum has 30-odd display rooms which contain
artifacts and relics from prehistoric to modern times.
Huli Hill Fodress This fortress was built in Huli Village
in the southern part of Xiamen Island in 1891 during the Qing
Dynasty. It was built of sand and clay which is held together
with camphor tree juice, lime and glutinous rice. During its
heyday in the Opium War the fort had more than 100 cannons.
Now only a German-made Krupp cannon which cost 50,000 taels
of silver to build remains intact on the eastern platform. Weighing
60 tons, measuring 14 metres long and with a muzzle big enough
for a person to fit inside, it is the only well-preserved coastal
cannon in China.
The Overseas Chinese Museum At the foot of Fengchao (Beehive)
Hill is the six-hectare Overseas Chinese Museum. Founded by
the eminent overseas Chinese philanthropist Tan Kah-kee, it
has three exhibition halls which have on display 1,200 pictures
and documents, 2,000 rare cultural relics and l,000 objects
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