Xiamen Botanical Garden｜An excellent off-the-beaten-path destination for National Day in October

📍Detailed address: The botanical garden is located in Siming District, inside Xiamen Island, not far from the old city area and attractions such as the island road, Zengcuoan, Gulangyu, etc. The transportation is very convenient, and many buses can directly reach the entrance. ✅Must experience: 1️⃣Rainforest World The Rainforest World covers an area of about 16 hectares. Inside the park, there are "Ziyun Road" and "Gaodu Qindong" scenic spots from the old 24 scenes of Xiamen, and the city-level cultural relics protection unit - Qiaoxi Bridge built in the Ming Dynasty. The garden, while preserving the original natural vegetation, enriches species diversity by introducing and cultivating plants with rainforest characteristics, forming a rainforest vegetation with more community layers, showing strangulation phenomena, old stems flowering, aerial gardens, plank root phenomena and other rainforest characteristics. A fog forest system is built in the garden, which atomizes tap water and sprays it out, creating a misty space, creating a fantasy world that is both illusion and reality. 2️⃣Succulent Plant Area Succulent plants, also known as juicy plants or fleshy plants, refer to plants with thick and juicy stems, leaves or roots. The Succulent Plant Area covers an area of about 4 hectares. It was established in 1999 and has three indoor exhibition halls: the Cactus Plant Exhibition Hall, the Succulent Plant Exhibition Hall, and the Forest Succulent Plant Exhibition Hall, as well as an outdoor exhibition area simulating a desert environment. The area now collects more than 50 families and nearly 3,000 species (including varieties) of succulent plants. It is one of the most characteristic specialized garden areas in our garden and an important base for the cultivation and garden application demonstration, scientific research and science popularization education of succulent plants in China. 3️⃣Palm Plant Area The Palm Plant Area (Palm Island) is located on the east side of Wanshi Lake. It is a peninsula protruding into Wanshi Lake. The scenery is unique with coconut trees, lake light, mountain color, and green shadows, presenting a scene of a small island coconut grove in the south. There is a tea room built in the form of a Dai-style building, with a lotus leaf-shaped footbridge and a lotus pond next to it. Palm plants are mainly trees and shrubs, with a few vines, distributed in tropical America and tropical Asia. There are about 2,500 species in the world, and China has 18 genera and 117 species (including varieties) that are native, mainly produced in South China and Southwest China. Palm plants are excellent garden ornamental plants and can also be used for fiber, food, oil, starch, medicinal materials and many other purposes. Our garden has introduced palm plants from all over the world, ranking among the top botanical gardens in China. In November 2011, the State Forestry Administration established the "National Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Natural Reserve Construction Project - Palm Plant Conservation Center" in our garden. 4. Nanyang Fir Sparse Forest Lawn The Nanyang Fir Sparse Forest Lawn, also known as the Nanyang Fir Lawn, was established in the 1960s and was designed by Professor Sun Xiaoxiang, a famous Chinese garden master. It is located on the south side of Wanshi Lake and covers an area of about 1 hectare. The Nanyang Fir family has 3 genera and 37 species. Our garden currently introduces 3 genera and 15 species. About 10 hectares of heterophyllous Nanyang fir forest is planted on the southeast side of the Nanyang Fir Lawn, which is currently the largest heterophyllous Nanyang fir pure forest in China.