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The CRH (China Railway High-speed) bullet trains on the Fuzhou-Xiamen High-speed Railway are scheduled to open to public on 26th April. By then, it will only take about 1.5 hours to travel from Xiamen to Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian. Many popular tourist spots which are used to take longer to reach are becoming closer along the rail tracks.

The 274.9-km-long railway, linking Xiamen, Quanzhou, Putian and Fuzhou, has 14 stations. They are Fuzhou Nan (South), Fuqing, Yuxi, Hanjiang, Putian, Fengting, Hui’an Xi (West), New Quanzhou, Quanzhou Nan (South), Xiang’an, Xiamen Xi (West), Xinglin and Xiamen Bei (North). It’s a piece of exciting news for tourists for the safe and speedy bullet train will greatly facilitate inter-city travel between Xiamen, Quanzhou, Putian and Fuzhou. The following are some of the key tourist attractions in these four cities: - Gulangyu Island Gulangyu Island is unique in mainland China as the only traffic free island. The predominant mode of transport is foot. It is an island of calm in an otherwise busy, noisy city. Previously a foreign enclave during the colonial era, Gulangyu Island is bursting with European buildings. The island is also famous as “Piano Island”. It’s said that there are over 500 pianos on the little island, much more than in most Chinese cities. Piano playing is taught widely among local islanders. Kaiyuan Temple was first built in 686 A.D, covering an area of 78,000 square meters. It lies in West Street, and is the largest Buddhist temple in Fujian Province. Thus Kaiyuan Temple has attracted many domestic and international travelers. Most buildings in Kaiyuan Temple have special features of the Tang (618-907), the Song (960- 1279), the Yuan (1271-1368), the Ming (1368-1644), and the Qing (1644-1911) Dynasties. Major buildings in Kaiyuan Temple include Tianwang Hall (天王殿), Daxiong Palace (大雄宝殿, also known as Purple Could Hall 紫云殿), the Sweet Dew Temple (甘露寺) and the Sutra Depository (藏经阁). Read more...http://www.appletravel.cn