One of the smaller Xiamen sights, the White Deer Cave ( Bailu dong ), is considered by the Chinese as one of the 'eight minor sights of Xiamen'. There is now a temple here, built in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), which houses the cave.

The White Deer Cave itself contains a pair of clay white deer that are positioned with their mouths facing the rock. Often in hot summer white smoke or steam issues forth from the crevices of the rock, wafting past the face of the stationary deer and giving the impression that the deer are smoking. The great pulling point of this sight is in its views, giving a great spread of the town and the sea. Also of note is another temple, at the Tiger Stream Rock ( Huxiyan ), just behind the cave. This is a quaint little temple nestling in the rocks of the hillside.

How to get to White Deer Cave: At the North gate of the Botanical Gardens , near to the Revolutionary Martyrs' Memorial , a rail line runs East-West intersecting Siming Rd . Follow the eastward line to the Tiger Stream Rock . Number one and two buses run along Siming Rd .