Located in the southeastern coastal area of China, Xiamen is an ideal holiday resort and a paradise for tourists. It boasts breathtaking coastal scenery, a year-round spring-like climate, the opportunity to partake in folk customs native to Fujian and Taiwan, beachfront cuisine, exotic architecture and a healthy ecological environment, home to an abundance of flowers and large flocks of egrets.

In Xiamen, tourists can get a sense of the sweeping changes being brought forth daily by modernization, experience a romantic atmosphere and the warmth and kindness of locals, and at their leisure, enjoy tranquility in a land of peace tucked quietly away from the world and free of all its concerns.

"Sending away the king shipm," a folk custom observed in Fujian Province, is underway on a beach (WANG XINQI)

Huandao Road or "Island Ring Road" (LI LUANHAN)

Summer draws holidaymakers to the city's beaches (LIN QIAOSEN)

The Xiamen Garden Expo on Zhongzhou Island, Jimei District (GAO AIMIN)

A flock of egrets perch and fly over the Lujiang River (CHEN MENGZHE)

A symphony concert is in progress on the Huandao Road, or "Island Ring Road" (CHEN YADU)