When it comes to travel to Xiamen, many people can give you a few tricks. Gulangyu, Huandao Road, Xiamen University, etc. are all check-in spots that everyone talks about. In fact, these scenic spots are just the exterior of Xiamen. They are like shells wrapped outside the city, allowing every traveler to see the same appearance.

After several trips to Xiamen, Uncle shared his gameplay with everyone. Living in a hotel, drinking two cups of coffee, going out to the sea once, walking through ancient villages, and going to local markets may allow you to see the other side of Xiamen. This time, you might as well follow my uncle's footsteps and feel the inner vivid beauty of Xiamen. Please keep this version of the vacation guide!

In the past two years, Xiamen seems to have become a city built for hotels. There are dozens of five-star hotels on the small Xiamen Island. Almost all of the hotels are crowded into the most lively area of the city. However, only Qishang Hotel chooses to be alone in the quiet harbor, with a yacht club outside the window, just like a certain European seaside town.

Uncle loves Qishang Hotel very much because it takes only 15 minutes from the airport to the hotel to quickly enter vacation mode. Early check-in and late check-out services will not make you feel anxious about waiting at the front desk. A cup of welcome tea with a lychee tree pattern is the best drink to soothe the pace.

The long bar is both a front desk and a bar. The spacious hall space automatically adjusts the lighting according to the changes of light. On the wall are portraits of characters in the "landscape artistic conception" inspired by 20 sages.

After settling down, you don't have to rush out for sightseeing. Enjoy the facilities of a high-end hotel is the beginning of a perfect vacation.

Lunch was at the hotel's Amoy Western Restaurant. The name of the restaurant is the pronunciation of Xiamen in Fujian. The English writing originated from the Portugal people who lived in the ocean in the 15th and 16th centuries. It is still internationally said that Xiamen still uses Amoy instead of XiaMen. The lunch set menu tastes and looks very attractive.

The hotel's open-air swimming pool has always been my favorite place. I can spare the afternoon time here. You will not be disturbed by the noisy guests, and you can even have the opportunity to reserve the swimming pool.

Xiamen hides many seafood restaurants that are particularly worth checking in. You might as well start your first day of travel with seafood. I love restaurants hidden in fishing villages or ancient houses, and find them as fun as enjoying good food. This seafood restaurant called Dacuozhai is a restaurant located in a century-old house in Aotou Art Town.

It is said that in order to repair this ancient house, its owner spent more than a year to bring this century-old swallowtail building in southern Fujian to life. Walking into the gate of the ancient house is a courtyard. There is a garden in the courtyard, and several tables of local guests under the trees are enjoying delicious food. Our private room is on the second floor. Standing on the balcony and overlooking the entire courtyard, the lively living atmosphere of the local people is in front of us.

The serving speed is very fast, and the seafood feast is instantly covered on the table. The dishes may seem simple, but the taste is quite delicious. Although they are not as exquisite and delicate as the hotel's catering, they also make people can't help but use chopsticks frequently. I have a deep impression of them include fried oysters, crispy taro paste, mixed bamboo shrimp, etc.

I returned to the hotel after dinner and experienced a special song bowl healing. If you have been to Tibetan areas, you should be familiar with bowls. The bowls of praise are not only containers and implements, but also a musical instrument.

Sit opposite teacher Song Bo, close your eyes and feel the distant low audio and the fading frequency brought by beating the rolling Song Bo. In an instant, a sense of detachment of vacation arises spontaneously, allowing your state of mind to achieve release and balance.

It is said that this is a natural treatment that is gradually becoming popular nowadays. In just one hour of healing, one will quickly regain inner tranquility and relax the body and nerves.

Although the hotel's breakfast is very rich, Uncle suggested that everyone enjoy it with restraint. One Benedict egg with sausage is enough. Don't eat too much. After all, lunch time is coming soon, and after dinner, it is a wonderful trip to visit the ancient village.

When talking about Jimei Xuecun, I have to mention Chen Jiageng. He has a series of admirable titles: patriotic overseas Chinese leader, entrepreneur, educator, philanthropist, and he founded Xiamen University.

Jimei is the birthplace of Chen Jiageng. As an overseas Chinese in Nanyang, he raised funds to return to China to run a school. As a result, today's Jimei School Village has dozens of different customs, integrating various styles such as southern Fujian, Nanyang, Western Europe and other styles. Overseas Chinese building, people call it "Jiageng style building."

Jimei has a 700-year-old village-Dashe, which is one of the birthplaces of Jimei culture. It was once a small fishing village on the East China Sea, and later a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. Now it has become a place for young literary and artistic people to check in.

There are no noisy tourists in Dashe, but only the marks of the people living here and the times. Perhaps because of the comfortable and peaceful pace here, many young people with their own pursuits in life have opened studios and cafes here. Deep in the street, she met a photography studio. When she heard a friend call me "Uncle Ya", she asked me if I was Uncle Ya who lived in an "uncle style", so she used a cup of hand-brewed coffee to let us get acquainted with each other and let Uncle feel the warmth of the local people.

There are many ancient houses in Dashe. The iconic features of these buildings are swallowtail ridges and red brick walls. They are living specimens of southern Fujian architecture. In the center of the ancient village, you can see the Jimei Ancestral Hall, facing north to south, with two halls in front and back, separated by a patio and corridors on both sides. What is worth seeing is the story of characters inlaid on the drum stone and the walls by the porch, the stone carvings of unicorns and auspicious animals, as well as the wood carvings on the beams and the swallow-tail eaves.

Dashe is not a traditional tourist attraction. It has no strict borders and there are many roads to enter and exit from all directions. There is a Sanxi Light Food Shop next to the ancestral hall, which serves light meals and coffee.

The store is opened in an ancient house with a courtyard. The abundant green plants give the courtyard more vitality. During non-weekends, there is not much customer flow in the store. After a serving of basil rice and a cup of coffee, the space returns to a quiet state. This is indeed a good place to sit and read or stare blankly.

Back at the hotel, there was still an hour before going to sea, so I simply chose to take a nap in the tea room next to the hotel lobby, sip a cup of Wuyishan Rock Tea, and feel the flavor of Fujian.

The bay outside the Qishang Hotel is the Yacht and Sailing Club, which takes seven or eight minutes to walk to the sea outlet. Under the guidance of the coach, he boarded a sailboat and set sail with the wind and began an hour-long journey around the bay.

Riding a sailboat is very safe, but the coach likes to let the riders experience excitement. He will control the rudder according to the wind and waves and tilt the sailboat left and right. No matter which side you sit on, you may experience the joy of being "wet".

It should be noted that remember to apply sun protection!

In the evening, the hotel has its own beautiful scenery. When the sunset sun shines into the hotel lobby, you will feel the artistic atmosphere brought by the hotel in the strong contrast between light and dark. At this time, you may wish to raise your camera and take a set of beautiful photos.

It is very necessary to choose XIA Chinese Restaurant in the hotel for dinner, and the name XIA comes from Xiamen's pinyin.

When you walk into the restaurant, you will first be attracted by its architectural aesthetics. The 880,000 red bricks retain the simple feeling of Fujian culture, and the symmetrical structure, small bridges and flowing water, and embroidered stone decoration on the bottom of the water are displayed in a modern way.

I like the dishes here very much because in the entire menu, you can taste the taste of Fujian cuisine, and you can also taste the exquisiteness of Cantonese cuisine. In terms of sales, you can also show the cutting skills of Huaiyang cuisine. This kind of integration is particularly complex. The trend of contemporary catering food.

Powerful chefs, food lovers, and veteran travelers will definitely spend a morning to visit Xiamen's eight important landmarks when they arrive in Xiamen.

What exactly are eight cities? In layman's terms, it is a market that sells seafood, meat, vegetables, fruits, as well as local snacks and daily necessities. It carries the "memories of Xiamen" of countless people. In the past two years, with the popularity of in-depth tourism, it has gradually become one of the popular attractions.

When visiting Bashi, you can choose to give up the hotel breakfast and look for popular local shops in the small market. You can experience the local cuisine with a bowl of sand tea noodles with fried five-spice. In addition, you can taste horseshoe crispy, man-fried cake, water-fried buns, and all kinds of frying.

If you are a careful person, you will definitely encounter the traditional folk pastry red turtle cake. Isn't it familiar? Yes, the artistic orange glazed wall of Qishang Hotel is the mold for making turtle cake.

Taking a cup of coffee and enjoying the scenery of the whole city is the best arrangement before leaving Xiamen.

There are many coffee shops hidden in this city with scenery, but Uncle likes this Hand coffee, which can face Gulangyu Island and Xiamen's Laocheng District.

There were not many guests in the cafe in the morning, and all of them were regular guests. Everyone sat in their seats to handle the work at hand. A big brother watched me come with a camera on my back and seemed to feel something, so he chatted with me. It turned out that he was a university teacher who was temporarily unable to return to Beijing. There were the materials he was reviewing on the table because the epidemic gave him a period of life in Xiamen.

Accidents, encounters, exchanges, this is the journey, this is each other's journey stories.

The hotel can extend check-out until 4 p.m., pack your luggage, and head to the airport.

A trip to Xiamen is not as simple as visiting a hotel, having a cup of coffee, visiting Gulangyu, and walking around the city streets, but it seems to be so simple.

Everyone has their own Xiamen in their hearts, and I hope that the Xiamen in my eyes can become your Xiamen.