厦门之旅——集美学村

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We arrived at Xiamen Gaoqi airport after almost two hours from Shanghai Hongqiao airport, when it is at around 12:00 o’clock. It is reported that Xiamen airport is one of the nearest ones far away from city center, which only takes fifteen minutes by bus.
Xiamen is very small, which accounts for 150 kilometers square. It is so much beautiful coastal city that more and more travelers would like to visit, so do the other citizens. The local house price is obvious higher than other cities.
Chen
Jiageng is one of the most famous overseas Chinese, who was born in
Xiamen in 1874, died at the age of 88 in 1961 and buried in Xiamen.
He went overseas when he was very young. He invested in Singapore
and then came back to build primary school in Jimei in 1913, which
is one of Xiamen Districts now. Afterwards, he was very eager to
build schools, and the school becomes bigger and bigger, including
primary school, University. Until now, there are twenty thousands
of graduates from Jimei University every year, which