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Xiàmén 廈門
Other names include: 下門 (former written form); Amoy (old romanization of mǐnnán pronunciation)
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Nearby Locations:
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Southeast China Region
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Geography Portal
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Xiàmén 廈門 is a port city in southeast China and in 1842 became one of the first treaty ports opened to foreign settlement.
Important Buddhist Sites
- Nanputuo Temple 南普陀寺
- The Mínnán Buddhist Seminary 閩南佛學院 was located within the temple
Other Notes
- Yú Déyuán 虞德元 was born here in 1909, and died here in 1989
- Huìjué 會覺 died here in 1971
References and Resources