Three-time summary: Please copy this route directly when going to Xiamen during the Spring Festival
by NomadicSoul#
Feb 2, 2025
Xiamen's attractions are like a colorful picture book, with new surprises on every page~🥳
🚲 Huandao Road・Sea Breeze Cycling
Rent a mint green bike and ride along the tidal flats, the sea breeze blowing your hair into a messy bird's nest, but you can't help laughing even louder🌬️ On the beach at Coconut Wind Village, kids hold small shovels digging sand pits, waves "splash" in, startling them to jump and dodge, their laughter louder than the waves. Riding to the Music Square, an uncle plays guitar, chords mixed with the sound of waves, passersby can't help humming along🎸
🏛️ Jimei School Village・Jia Geng Style
Red brick walls paired with green glazed tiles, like a candy box lid on the buildings. The water surface of the Dragon Boat Pond reflects the Twin Towers, white birds skim by creating silver ripples, sitting by the pond eating a piece of mochi, the glutinous rice ball rolled in crushed peanuts, sweet fragrance drifting with the evening breeze🍡 Stone Drum Road is bustling at dusk, students holding milk tea stroll through creative shops, when the lantern strings light up, the whole street looks like it’s sprinkled with stars~
🌉 Railway Park・Time Flows Slowly
Phoenix flowers bloom brightly beside the abandoned railway tracks, fallen on the sleepers like scattered red stars. The old train carriage converted into a tea house, an elderly lady tells old stories in Minnan dialect, the Tieguanyin tea in her hand emits a fresh fragrance🌼 The tunnel lights are warm and cozy, walking in feels like entering a time capsule, echoes mixed with distant waves, even footsteps slow down by half a beat.
🍢 Bajie Market・Fireworks Maze
Under the arcade, the Tusu jelly stall exhales cold air, an uncle scoops the slippery jelly with a small spoon, pouring garlic vinegar on it, the sour, spicy, and fresh flavor hits your head like a blast🐚 Around the corner, the wheel cake stall smells of butter, biting into the taro filling oozes liquid, so hot you stick out your tongue but can’t stop. Watching grandmas pick sea fish, their fingers tapping the scales “bang bang” like bargaining with seafood~
🍧 Little Joys on the Tongue
✔️ Oyster omelet with ketchup, crispy outside, tender inside, so fresh it makes you squint
✔️ Refreshing four-fruit soup with grass jelly, cool and super refreshing
✔️ Peanut soup with fried dough sticks, sweet and glutinous wrapped in crispiness, super wonderful
💡 Roaming Tips
Wear light-colored clothes, super photogenic with the coconut trees on Huandao Road~ Bring a small notebook, the old bookstore in Jimei School Village can stamp a souvenir seal. Pack tissues in your backpack, you might get some jelly on your mouth corners when eating Tusu jelly~
Xiamen’s attractions are just the right amount of gentle, from morning light to starry night, every step tastes sweet. Come and fill your pockets with happiness~💖
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