Xiamen is located on the southeast coast of China, connected to Taiwan by water. According to legend, it was the habitat of egrets in ancient times.
Gulangyu Island complements the modern urban area opposite. Xiamen University is home to “the most beautiful university in China’s” "The most beautiful road around the sea" - Huandao Road. Xinglin Bay Greenway is the most beautiful sea bicycle path. The Fuzhou-XiamEN High-speed Railway is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour.