Sai Tai Caf é Coffee Street

This article is selected from Sina blog "Zansa's Land and Water Continent" by Zansa

In the middle of Xiamen Island, there is a very wide water surface named Lake. The lake covers an area of 1.7 square kilometers and is the largest lake in Xiamen Island. The lake was not created by nature, but by artificial reclamation. In the past, it was an inner bay in the north of old Xiamen, east to Jiangtou Society, south to Coastal Road and Village, north to Wushipu and Xianyue, with a water surface of more than 10 square kilometers. When night falls, the fishing boats moored in the harbor are illuminated, forming a picture of "fishing fire", which is one of the eight scenic spots in Xiamen in the old days. During the reign of Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty, land reclamation began on the south bank of the port. In the 1920s, several reclamation projects were carried out here, and the sea area was greatly reduced. In 1970, due to the policy of land reclamation from the sea at that time, Xiamen City built a 1700-meter-long "Haidian Seawall"(i.e."West Dike") on the west side of Haidian Port, and the former wide harbor was finally reclaimed as the inner lake of the city.

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A wide and quiet lake.

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Bailuzhou in the distant lake is connected with an arch bridge on the shore.

The port has been transformed from a bay into an inner lake, which has been isolated from the outside sea. It has not only lost its shipping traffic function, but also been seriously polluted due to the impassability of water flow in the dike and the discharge of industrial and domestic waste water, which has become a stain on the city. After effective management, the ecology of the lake area was finally improved. Today, the water surface of the lake is clear and the environment is quiet. From time to time, egrets soar on the water. At night, the colorful lights of the lakeside buildings reflected on the lake, forming a splendid picture. The summer heat was blown away in the evening wind, and more and more people walked, jogged and fished by the lake, and leisure life appeared.

At the north end of the West Causeway, a small world with a very leisure atmosphere has arisen, known as "West Causeway Villa Coffee Street". Luxury Western-style villas line the lake along the roadside of this short few hundred meters, and more than a dozen coffee restaurants are concentrated here, attracting travelers and leisure guests from all directions in their own unique ways. Most of the people who love this place are young men and women, but there are also people who come here for family gatherings. In the dim light of night, sipping coffee and delicacies in your mouth, looking at the beautiful lake through the trees, and hearing the soft melody, it is really a pleasant thing.

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Come to the north end of the west causeway, coffee street comes into view.

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Western-style villas are coffee restaurants.

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Shopkeepers have placed some tables and chairs in the open air on the street, where you can enjoy eating and enjoying the city lake view.

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Western-style leisure style is very rich.

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The dim night light set off a sense of intoxication.

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Flowers are pleasant to accompany.

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Enjoying the cool breeze from the lake, laughter filled the building beside the water. Such a fresh and romantic town is so happy and easy to enter the dream. This scene, probably no one will not be intoxicated by it? Good night, Mr. Smith: )

(Editor: Cafe)