Xiamen is a major city on the southeast coast of the People's Republic of China.It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province .
The local vernacular is Amoy,a dialect of Southern Min,also called Hokkien.Amoy is widely used and understood across the southern region of Fujian province as well as overseas.While it is widely spoken in and around Xiamen,the Amoy dialect has no official status,and the official language of all government business is Mandarin.
Xiamen and its surrounding countryside is known for its scenery and tree-lined beaches.Gulangyu,also known as Piano Island,is a popular weekend getaway with views of the city and features many Victorian-era style European edifices.Xiamen's Botanical Garden is a nature lover's paradise.The Buddhist Nanputuo Temple,dating back to the Tang Dynasty,is a national treasure.Xiamen is also famous for its history as a frontline in the Chinese Civil War with Taiwan over Jinmen (also known as Jinmen or Quemoy) 50 years ago.One attraction for tourists is to view Kinmen,a group of islands a few kilometres away and under Taiwanese control,from Xiamen island.
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廈門位於中華人民共和國東南沿海的一個主要城市。它是作為副省級城市，福建省的管理。
當地的方言是淘，閩南方言，也叫Hokkien。Amoy被廣泛的使用和理解在福建省南部地區以及海外。雖然它是在廈門被廣泛使用，廈門方言沒有官方地位，及所有政府業務的官方語言是國語。
廈門和它周圍的地區是聞名的風景和綠樹成蔭的海灘。顧朗宇，也被稱為鋼琴之島，是一個受歡迎的周末的城市美景和特點的許多維多利亞時代風格的歐洲建築。廈門植物園是一個自然愛好者的天堂。佛教南普陀寺，可以追溯到唐代，是國家的寶貴財富。廈門也是著名的歷史在中國內戰與台灣Jinmen一線(也被稱為Jinmen或金門島)50年前，一個吸引人的地方是遊客看金門，一組島嶼幾公里遠，在台灣的控制，從廈門島。