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XiamenTravel Budget Guide
Tier 2·IATA: XMN
When to visit
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Super-peak (national holiday)PeakShoulderOff-season
Holiday surges
- extremeSpring Festival· Lunar Jan 1–7 (late Jan / mid-Feb)
- highQingming (Tomb-Sweeping)· Apr 4–6
- extremeLabor Day· May 1–5
- highDragon Boat Festival· Lunar May 5 (~Jun)
- highMid-Autumn Festival· Lunar Aug 15 (~Sep/Oct)
- extremeNational Day Golden Week· Oct 1–7
- highXiamen International Marathon· Early Jan
Taxi flag-drop:¥10starting fare
Attractions
Hotels
Budget
$18.62 (CN¥126)
/night
Standard
$27.93 (CN¥189)
/night
Comfort
$61.34 (CN¥415)
/night
Tiers are grouped by hotel star rating — Budget ≈ 2★, Standard ≈ 3★, Comfort ≈ 4★ and up. Figures are citywide average nightly rates, so an individual hotel may sit above or below its tier.
Food
Budget meal
$3.40 (CN¥23)
/meal
Mid-range
$11.23 (CN¥76)
/meal
High-end
$39.91 (CN¥270)
/meal
Must try:
- Satay noodle soup沙茶面 · Shāchá miàn
- Oyster omelette海蛎煎 · Hǎilì jiān
- Ginger duck stew姜母鸭 · Jiāngmǔ yā
- Xiamen spring rolls厦门春卷 · Xiàmén chūnjuǎn
- Braised pork rice dumplings烧肉粽 · Shāoròu zòng
- Tong'an braised pork同安封肉 · Tóng'ān fēngròu
- Sea worm jelly土笋冻 · Tǔsǔn dòng
- Sweet peanut soup花生汤 · Huāshēng tāng
Styles:Street snacks · Fast food · Noodle house
Culture & Heritage
Time-Honored Brands (4)
MOFCOM-certified · cultural background, not a business endorsementHuang ZeheBatch 1
Est. 1945
A Xiamen snack house founded in 1945, famed for its peanut soup and recognized as a China Time-honored Brand.
GulongBatch 3
Est. 1907
A Xiamen food brand rooted in an old Gulangyu cannery, known for its canned goods and sauces, named a China Time-honored Brand in 2024.
Hao QingxiangBatch 1
A long-standing Xiamen restaurant brand known for traditional dim sum and snacks, retained as a China Time-honored Brand.
Wu ZaitianBatch 1
A decades-old Xiamen snack house (today often called Jiawei Zaitian) gathering the city's traditional snacks under one roof; a celebrated local name rather than a national registry brand.
Famous Snacks (5)
Satay Noodles (Shacha Mian)Famous Snacks
Xiamen's signature noodle dish: oil noodles in a rich broth built from Southeast Asian satay paste, topped with seafood and sides.
Oyster Omelette (O-a-chian)Famous Snacks
A Minnan specialty of small oysters bound in sweet-potato starch and egg, pan-fried into a crisp-edged, tender cake.
Vermicelli Paste (Mee Sua Hoo)Famous Snacks
A silky, thickened soup of ultra-fine wheat vermicelli common across Xiamen and Quanzhou, eaten for breakfast or supper.
Sandworm Jelly (Tu Sun Dong)Famous Snacks
A Minnan-only chilled delicacy of coastal sandworms simmered until their gelatin sets into a clear, cool jelly.
Xiamen Pastry Pie (Xian Bing)Famous Snacks
A heritage Xiamen pastry with flaky layers around mung-bean or savory fillings, sweet or salty—a classic local gift.
Intangible Cultural Heritage (5)
Gezai Opera (Xiang Opera)National ICH · Batch 1
A Minnan-dialect opera grown from Minnan ballads, born in Taiwan and spread to Xiamen—the only opera nurtured across the strait—and a national-level ICH.
Xiamen Lacquer-thread SculptureNational ICH · Batch 1
A Xiamen handicraft that coils fine lacquer threads into raised relief patterns—exquisite and gilded—and a national-level ICH.
Mid-Autumn Bobing (Mooncake Dice Game)National ICH · Batch 2
A Xiamen Mid-Autumn custom of rolling dice for mooncake prizes, rooted in Ming-Qing Xiamen Island—festive and communal—and a national-level ICH.
Minnan Children's RhymesNational ICH · Batch 2
Children's rhymes created and sung in the Minnan dialect, carrying local speech and custom—declared by Xiamen and a national-level ICH.
Nanyin (Nanguan Music)National ICH · Batch 1
An ancient, elegant Minnan music hailed as a living fossil of Chinese music; Xiamen is one of its national ICH declarants.
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