Xiamen 廈門

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Xiàmén 廈門 Other names include: 下門 (former written form); Amoy (old romanization of mǐnnán pronunciation)

Nearby Locations: Fúzhōu 福州 Táiběi 台北

Southeast China Region

Geography Portal

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

• Amoy - Environs 1915, Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
• [Amoy] Hsia-Men 1945, Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin