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Xiamen integrates traditional heritage into modern-day life with diverse cultural venues

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 3 min read

Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.

Xiamen integrates traditional heritage into modern-day life with diverse cultural venues
(230928) -- FUZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Two passengers from southeast China's Taiwan speak with their family in a video chat while taking the Fuxing bullet train G9801 on the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 28, 2023. China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with trains running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h along the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. A Fuxing bullet train G9801 departed from Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, at 9:15 a.m., marking the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway. This is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator. It has stops in the cities of Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The new rail slashes travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and tourist hotspot in the province, to just under an hour. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

People visit the China Film Music Exhibition Hall on Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Aug. 22, 2026.

Leveraging its rich historical and cultural heritage, the city of Xiamen has strived to bring traditional heritage into modern-day life and developed a range of cultural spaces that blend ancient traditions with modern styles. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

Visitors view a lacquer painting at the Jinsha Academy in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Aug. 21, 2026.

Leveraging its rich historical and cultural heritage, the city of Xiamen has strived to bring traditional heritage into modern-day life and developed a range of cultural spaces that blend ancient traditions with modern styles. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

This photo taken on Aug. 22, 2026 shows an exterior view of China Film Music Exhibition Hall on Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian Province.

Leveraging its rich historical and cultural heritage, the city of Xiamen has strived to bring traditional heritage into modern-day life and developed a range of cultural spaces that blend ancient traditions with modern styles. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

This photo taken on Aug. 21, 2026 shows a view of Jinsha Academy in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian Province.

Leveraging its rich historical and cultural heritage, the city of Xiamen has strived to bring traditional heritage into modern-day life and developed a range of cultural spaces that blend ancient traditions with modern styles. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

This photo taken on Aug. 22, 2026 shows an exterior view of Gulangyu Art Space of the National Art Museum of China on Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian Province.

Leveraging its rich historical and cultural heritage, the city of Xiamen has strived to bring traditional heritage into modern-day life and developed a range of cultural spaces that blend ancient traditions with modern styles. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

A docent explains a painting work by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso to visitors at Gulangyu Art Space of the National Art Museum of China on Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Aug. 22, 2026.

Leveraging its rich historical and cultural heritage, the city of Xiamen has strived to bring traditional heritage into modern-day life and developed a range of cultural spaces that blend ancient traditions with modern styles. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

People visit the China Film Music Exhibition Hall on Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Aug. 22, 2026.

Leveraging its rich historical and cultural heritage, the city of Xiamen has strived to bring traditional heritage into modern-day life and developed a range of cultural spaces that blend ancient traditions with modern styles. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

Visitors learn to make traditional handicrafts at the Jinsha Academy in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Aug. 21, 2026.

Leveraging its rich historical and cultural heritage, the city of Xiamen has strived to bring traditional heritage into modern-day life and developed a range of cultural spaces that blend ancient traditions with modern styles. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

Visitors view a painting displayed at Gulangyu Art Space of the National Art Museum of China on Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Aug. 22, 2026.

Leveraging its rich historical and cultural heritage, the city of Xiamen has strived to bring traditional heritage into modern-day life and developed a range of cultural spaces that blend ancient traditions with modern styles.

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20260824/a2c196c9a7904619bdabd2dd983c33ba/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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