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1、美丽厦门之英文介绍大全集(一)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
2、文介绍Xiamenisanislandcitywitharichanddramatichistory,repletewithpirates,rebelleaders,andEuropeanmerchants.NowlinkedtomainlandFujianbyacauseway,Xiamenretainsastronginternationalflavor.KnownintheWestasAmoy,Xiamenhasalonghistoryasaportcity,andlaterbecameacenterofBritishtradeinthe19thcentury.Theirf
3、oreignsettlements,latertakenoverbyJapaneseinvadersatthestartofWorldWarII,wereestablishedonthenearbysmallGulangyuIsland.Manyoftheoldtreaty-portandcolonialbuildingsinWesternstylessurvive.XiamenwasdeclaredoneofChina’sfirstSpecialEconomicZonesintheearly1980’s,takingadvantageofthecity’sheritageasa
4、tradingcenterandtheproximitytoTaiwan.TodayXiamenisoneofChina’smostattractiveandbest-maintainedresortcities.Xiamenwasfoundedin1394atthebeginningoftheMingdynastyasacenterofdefenseagainstcoastalpirates.Itsprosperitywasduetoitsdeepwatershelteredharbor,thatsupplantednearbyQuanzhou,theportthathadbe
5、enthecenterofthemaritimetradewiththeIndies.Inthemid-17thcentury,XiamenandGulangyuIslandbecameastrongholdofZhengChenggong,knownintheWestasKoxinga,aMingloyalistwhoheldoutagainsttheManchuinvadersuntilbeingdriventoTaiwan.BorninJapantoaChinesepiratefatherandaJapanesemother,Zhengbecamealliedwithhol
6、doutMingprincesinthesouthwhohopedforarestoration.Hebuiltuparesistanceforceofsome7,000junksandamixedforceofthree-quartersofamilliontroopsandpirates.In1661hedrovetheDutchfromTaiwanandsetupanotherbasethere,beforehisdeathin1662.AftertheOpiumWarsXiamenbecameoneofthefirsttreatyportstobeopenedtofore
7、igntradeandsettlementfollowingtheTreatyofNanjingin1842.GulangyuIslandwastransformedintoaninternationalsettlement,wheremanyVictorianandNeoclassicalstylebuildingsstillsurvive.Thecity’sprosperitywasduebothtotradeandtowealthsentbackbyXiamen’ssubs