Swallowtail roofs
On European halls.
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A quarter of schools and colleges in Jimei, across the sea from Xiamen Island, founded from 1913 by the businessman Tan Kah Kee (Chen Jiageng), a son of the village who made his fortune in Southeast Asia and came home to build a school; a kindergarten, a hospital, a library and colleges followed until it became a whole «school village». Tan planned its buildings himself in a style named after him, the «Jiageng style», which sets European bodies of stone and red brick, with columns and arcades, under curved southern Chinese roofs with swallowtail ridges; they have been protected at national level since 2006. The buildings look over a broad dragon-boat pool, and on the sea lies the Turtle Garden (Aoyuan), the memorial park where Tan is buried, with its stone carvings. Walking around the village is free, and the Turtle Garden is free and open from 6 am to 8 pm, per visitor guides. The schools are still in use, so do not enter the campuses without permission.
On European halls.
Before the halls.
By the sea.
Jimei District, across the water from Xiamen Island, about 30 minutes by car from the centre
It is on the mainland across from Xiamen Island, about half an hour from the island by metro or bus, and walking around is free.