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Tong'an Butterfly Valley is a delight, even when there are no butterflies .Butterfly Valley Photos of Tong'an Xiamen FujianTong'an Pics  Sue's Valentine  Would you could you please be.....  ?Sue's Valentine!

Tong'an is Xiamen's remotest area, about half an hour north of J¨©m¨§i, but it is well worth a tour because for most of the past 1000 years, T¨®ng¡¯¨¡n, not Xiamen, was the area¡¯s economic, political and cultural center, as well as one of the most wildly beautiful scenic regions in F¨²ji¨¤n. with delightful attractions like Butterfly Valley, and the new Best Western Trithorn Hotsprings Resort.

Tong'an Tingxi Reservoir T¨®ng¡¯¨¡n was established in the Jin Dynasty in the 3rd year of Emperor Taikang¡¯s reign (the barbarian-befuddling way of saying 282 A.D.). It started out as part of N¨¢n¡¯¨¡n (ÄÏ°²,Koxinga¡¯s home), became Datong Square in 809 AD, and was renamed T¨®ng¡¯¨¡n in 933.  Tong¡¯an was home to the amazing inventor Su Song (below), and also where the philosopher Zhuxi, whose neoConfucianism transformed Asia, held his first official post. Downtown Old Tong'an at night

T¨®ng¡¯¨¡n eventually became part of Qu¨¢nzh¨­u, and Xiamen Town was established as part of T¨®ng¡¯¨¡n in 1387 A.D.

In 1953, T¨®ng¡¯¨¡n¡¯s J¨©m¨§i became part of Xi¨¤m¨¦n, and the rest of T¨®ng¡¯¨¡n came under Xi¨¤m¨¦n in August 1958. T¨®ng¡¯¨¡n was returned to Jinjiang's (½ú½­, part of Quanzhou) jurisdiction in Feb. 1970, and in June 1973 was put back under Xi¨¤m¨¦n again, where it still remains¡ªas of last week, anyway.

Tong'an fields are giving way to real estate developments and hot springs resortsSo why the tug of war between J¨¬nji¨¡ng and Xi¨¤m¨¦n? T¨®ng¡¯¨¡n¡¯s 1,079km2 not only has a rich cultural and historic heritage but also 500,000 acres of farmland (rare in mountainous F¨²ji¨¤n), 400,000 acres of mudflats (though our van has had too many flats in mud), 86km. of coastline, and 1.12 million acres of mountains. F¨²ji¨¤n is almost all mountains anyway, but not like those of T¨®ng¡¯¨¡n, with countless waterfalls, ancient temples atop precipitous peaks, our unique ¡°Valley of Butterflies,¡± etc.Beautiful countryside near Tong'an

T¨®ng¡¯¨¡n is beautiful above ground, and a treasure below ground, with ancient relics like the T¨©ngx¨© Kiln (T¨©ngx¨© Y¨¢ozh¨«Í¡ÏªÒ¤Ö·) that produced the prized pear-lescent porcelain prized all over ancient Asia, especially in Japan.


Tong'an Butterfly Valley pool--perfect place to cool offSo where to start? We¡¯ll begin with T¨­ng¡¯¨¡n¡¯s favorite son, S¨± S¨°ng (ËÕËÌ), and then visit the ancient Confucian Temple (K¨¯ngmi¨¤o¿×Ãí), the Brahma Temple (F¨¤nti¨¡n S¨¬, èóÌìËÂ), the ¡°12 Dragon Waterfalls¡± (Sh¨ª ¨¨r L¨®ng T¨¢nb¨¤ob¨´, Ê®¶þÁú̶ÆÙ²¼) of the North Mountain Scenic Region (B¨§ich¨¦nsh¨¡n Y¨®ul¨£n Q¨±, ±±³½É½ÓÎÀÀÇø), and after marveling at the surre-alistic beauty of the ¡°Valley of Butterflies,¡± (H¨²di¨¦g¨³ºûµû¹È), we¡¯ll feast on the inimitable native cuisine of the T¨­ng¡¯¨¡n Guesthouse (T¨®ng¡¯¨¡n B¨©n-Gu¨£n, ͬ°²±ö¹Ý). The homely d¨¦cor is misleading, because they serve some of M¨«nn¨¢n¡¯ finest dishes.

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