Gulangyu Island
Gulangyu Island
Gulangyu Island，once named Yuansha continent and Yuansha zi, gained its current name in Ming Dynasty, because the Sea Cave, to the southwest of the sea, was lapped against by tides, with noise seemingly coming from striking drums. Because of history, the buildings of various styles home and abroad, gathered and persevered well here, has the name of "Gallery of World Architecture ". The small island, also the fertile soil for music, from which there are many famous people. It has got the beautiful name of "The island of music" and "The village of music", for it has the largest number of pianos.
Brief Introduction
Gulangyu Island
With Xiamen city across the sea, Gulangyu Island, Located in the southwest corner of xiamen Island, is separated only by a Lujiang of 600 meters. It costs 5 minutes to shipped from Xiamen Island to Gulangyu Island. With an area of 1.87 km square and a population of more than 20 thousand, it is governed by Siming District.
The island, with a pleasant climate, four spring-like seasons, no horses and blatance, has the reputation of "the garden on the sea". The main scenic spots are sunlight rock、Shuzhuang Garden、haoyue garden、Yu garden、ring island road、Gulang Rock、Museum、koxinga memorial hall、The world under the sea、Natural beach bathing place and hi heaven. It holds the history、culture and natural views together, and it is the place of interest in national level. It's the top of the "Top ten landscapes" in the Fujian province and it's one of the "35 places of interest" in our country.
As The Xiamen Special Economic Zone takes off, the service and equipment included in the travel to Gulangyu Island have improved. The Xiamen Special Economic Zone has become a comprehensive Cultural Tourism Scenic Area with spotting、holiday、travelling、shopping and entertainment. On May 8th, 2007, Gulangyu Island scenic spots in Xiamen City was ratified as the 5A state-level scenic spots by China National Tourism Administration。
Gulangyu Island, Located in the southwest corner of xiamen Island, is separated only by a Lujiang of 600 meters. It costs 5 minutes to shipped from Xiamen Island to Gulangyu Island. To the southwest of the island, there is a rock. When the tides rise, the tides strike the rock with big noise, so people call the rock "Gulang Rock". And Gulangyu Island gained its reputation for it.
In the end of MIng Dynasty, national hero Koxinga once stationed troops here, and there are still old addresses of control console and Shizhai Door in the sunlight rock. In 1842, after the Opium War, consulates were once built on the island by 13 countries, including the UK、America、France、Japan、Germany、Spain、 Portugal、Holland ，and so on. At the same time, businessmen、missionary and human trader set foot on Gulangyu island to set up residences、build churches、open banks、erect hospitals、open schools、speculate in building land、 market workers，build “consular corps”，open “municipal council” and “mixcourt”， and changed Gulangyu Island to "international settlement " . Some overseas Chinese rich men came here to build houses and villa，run the business of telephones and water. In December,1942, Japan occupied Gulangyu Island. Gulangyu Island didn't end a colonial domination of over 100 years until the win of the Anti-Japanese War.
Gulangyu Island, with an area of only 1.91 km square, is the biggest satellite island, and the number of permanent residents is 1 million six thousand. There are many beautiful rocks on the island. Because of the year-lasting striking of the tides, it forms many valleys and rocks, and sand beach, and they are well combined. Gulangyu street is short, crisscross, quiet, and the air is fresh, clean on the island, carpet, especially the lush green red tiles and trees chappaqua, appearing beautiful all set.
Gulangyu Island
Buildings along the gulangyu Island, set in a tropical, subtropical forest, RiGuangYan qifeng, yea, group of gulls takeoff... As part of a beautiful picture scroll. Gulangyu is "musician cradle," piano, small island "gulangyu piano is 600 sets, its density occupies the national coronal. As long as you stroll in each corners trails, can sometimes hear sweet a piano, violin, melodious sound airy guitar sound, moving beautiful song, try to waves beat, environmental special charming.
Gulangyu Island piano family, there are many music schools, a music hall, a symphony orchestra, the piano museum. Every false, holiday, often have a family concert, some a three generations performing together, make family, community, social filled with music atmosphere. Gulangyu music mahoganypanelled splendour, the music famous international YanChengZong, XuFeiXing, a pianist XuFeiPing, XuXingYi etc. China's first female vocalist and conductor ZhouShuAn, vocalist, singer LinJunQing, bass singer WuTianQiu, famous conductor ChenZuoHuang, and LiJiaLu, ZhuoYiLong etc, it stars brilliant.
Gulangyu Island is "building expo hall", many buildings have strong European style, ancient Greek three pillar type TaoLiKe, love Mr Nick, Collins, each exhibition its appearance of cylindrical, gothic Romanesque peaked, islamic dome, baroque anaglyph, two fireplace, balcony, hook column, tu arch Windows. Scrambling to dou yan, extraordinary splendour confused is shown, be permeated with classicism and romanticism colour. Gulangyu has repaired a huandao road, the span 6 km, by road, tunnel, music bridge composition to sanya instead of walking.
Gulangyu Island has repaired a huandao road, the span 6 km, by road, tunnel, music bridge composition to sanya instead of walking.
Huandao road as the starting point to ferry pier, east to the haoyue garden - bathing - view sea greatness remember garden - beans village garden - port after youngs YingXiongShan tunnel - bathing - stone - drum drum wave wave villa - overseas Chinese subtropical plants crafts school garden - introduced in Australia - coattails "mountain - historic house QiuTian traveling port - three underwater world - ferry pier; To the west and vice versa. Gulangyu night appear quiet quiet and tastefully laid out. Especially after night engineering construction, representing the natural scene RiGuangYan, representing the exotic architecture style of gossip floor, representing music island piano formative syndrome stands in the ship hall and the overburden tripod rock in all kinds of statue zheng chenggong transparent backdrop with brightness, light shines. Especially a few laser ray flickered across lujiang air, fluctuates, dazzling understand disorderly. Overlooking the river at night, like a big gulangyu ablaze orders gathered POTS of flowers, and xiamen gorgeous the neon lights, zhongshan high-rise building shoot the lamp and many colour spotlights, hand in photograph reflect, glaring and dazzing, make the island, sea and sky 3d space bright and charming.
The origin
The application won't be passed until 2013
Located in the southwest, and xiamen gulangyu downtown area of xiamen across the 500 meters) across. She is like a glittering and translucent jade, white with enchased in xiamen island sea, known as "southeast Asia a single sea pearl".
Gulangyu formerly known as "round bar", also called "round state, it was initially wang" half a fishing village. Half a plow Late yuan dynasty, just have a family gradually develop appropriate for lee. Because the beach a two meters high, in a cave, and a rock sound of slight impact, like the drum, and was called "drum wave stone", island are named for the gulangyu island "and" officially name in the Ming dynasty.The wanli three years, all the observation in RiGuangYan springs name one TiKe "drum wave hole". Owing to the Ming dynasty, in the TunBing national hero zheng, training, the infamous gulangyu navy to zhang cloth.
History
The exploration and development of gulandyu island in the Song, Yuan, Ming Dynasty
Gulangyu Island
Xiamen is one of the southeastern coast of China harbour city. Its southwest of fujian gulangyu, always belong to the administrative jurisdiction of xiamen. As early as 3,000 years ago in the neolithic age, xiamen have the human life.
In the 8th century quzici (before and after the from zhongyuan) xue Chen, the family has moved to the island as development and production, the island and has "new" "enterprise of" in place name.The song and yuan dynasties, sparsely inhabited gradually numerous, its island near quanzhou port on the north sea trade prosperity further promoted the xiamen (called enterprise lantau) the development of social economy.Kublai Khan designed to yuan sixteen years (1279) set up "for the first time in the island" by thousands of enterprise.Because the related cultural relics, literature material shortage, song, yuan before the history of gulandyu island already cannot take an examination. Because the outline of gulangyu around, so the folk legend nearly round the song and yuan dynasties for the name "circle" circle chau sandbars "wang". Today's coattails "mountain in the map was called" chau pups mountains ", can be used as a tail a textual research gulangyu according to ancient places.
Ming qing dynasty to opium war eve without the preliminary prosperity gulangyu
In late Ming and early qing dynasty, according to national hero zheng golden gate, xiamen two island is home to the fight against south in the practice, the army, navy, expel the Dutch army roster rate of the invaders, recover Taiwan. The initial zheng chenggong gulangyu is base areas.
The history of scaling nanjiang etc in nanan documented, zheng chenggong native who consumed tsing yi immediately after "with the thick ChenHui more than 90 people first trip to south Australia with the golden gate, impaling all collected, over thousands of", then the "shift in gulangyu", tuen mun when two years (1646 martial augmentation in). Zung up at the money, and military division in difficulty.
There happened to be a ship ZhengGu apart from Japan of ships berthed at gulangyu, zheng chenggong took this merchant ships to bring 10 100002 silver recruiting and purchasing system ordnance. Then RiGuangYan etc in gulangyu village, tuen mun rebel camp pierced water training sets a, and actively practice with led soldiers from KangQing gulangyu in quanzhou minnan strength and deep, the sea, and fight against the army chengcheng area.
Until the everlasting calendar years (1650), zheng chenggong plan ZhengCai, xiamen, merger took ZhengLian army, beginning formed, including the gold, xiamen gulangyu, KangQing base areas. Zheng chenggong rate in gulangyu, four years before and after the division for its future KangQing after Taiwan drawn and lay the foundation.
England Army Occupied Gulangyu in the time of Opium War
In the second half of the 18th century, with the development of capitalism, the western capitalists ceaselessly scrambled the commodity market and material supplying places in the outside world. Conservative old China became one aggression target of theirs. As an important shipping trade center in the southeast coastline of China in the Ming dynasty, Xiamen was coveted by the western capitalists and was regarded as one of the important aims of aggression and trading. In 1832 , the eastern company of England dispatched some messengers like H·H·Lindsay to reconnoiter China’s southeastern coastline including Xiamen by armed ship Later , H·H·Lindsay suggested foreign missions that , if they wage aggression war to China, they must close off and occupy Xiamen. When England government made aggression policies , they mentioned Xiamen again and again, pointed the aggression aim to Xiamen. England aggressors tried to open the door of China by using opium. In order to protect the dishonorable deal of selling narcotic drugs, they strengthen their strength to capture all kinds of privilege in
China. In 1840 June 3rd, England waged aggression opium war in China. At the beginning of the war, England army dispatch army ships to pry and defiance southeastern sea for several times. Then leader who lead to fight against England army was Deng Tingzhen. He was a representative of resistant patriotic personages. Because of his active war preparation, the strengthening of defiance power, and the solidarity and braveness of the people in Xiamen ,
The England army was defeated in the armed aggression in 1840 July 2nd and August 21st ,ending with fail. England armed ships went out of Xiamen, then went forward the north, trying to threaten the Qing government. The Qing leader were afraid of the situation ,so they tried to compromise .At he time of appointing Yan Botao as the governor-general of Fujian, Qing leader ordered to withdraw troops. In 1841 August, Englang aggressors again appointed H Pottinger as the full-fledged ambassador in aggression of China. He leaded the armed ships himself to aggress Xiamen and demanded the local government to give up their territory. In the violent war in the day of August 2nd of the same year, though Xiamen army hit several England armed ships, they still were in the position of minority. The leader of Jinmen county Jiang Jiyun and his army insisted to fight against the enemy to the end. At last, they all sacrificed for the country. Xiamen and Gulangyu were fell into the hand of England.
Climatic characteristics
Xiamen subtropical maritime monsoon climate. Warmer and wetter, solar-thermal condition is superior, abundant precipitation, winter is not too cold, summer is not too hot. Four something bright in phase change quite have the rule: spring by south, northeast monsoon turn by cold, warm, rain increase; Summer wind and the relief of a thunderstorm, to bring cool idea, there is a typhoon heat; How sunny autumn rainfall; Winter has northeast monsoon, cold and not cold. Annual average temperature for 21.2 xiamen ℃. The highest annual average temperature, average annual ℃ for 24.5 ℃, the lowest temperature for 18.7 ℃, the highest temperature extremes, 37.2 in extreme minimum temperatures 2 ℃. Most LengYue average temperature in 13 ℃ above, year-round frost free. Seawater surface years for 10 ℃, the lowest temperature ℃, the highest annual average $3.15 a career-high 21.6 ℃ temperature for 20.7 -. Xiamen sea LiuFeng extremely distinct till noon, often midnight up wind blowing west to (usually 1 to 2 hurricane, with maximum level 4), up until midnight afternoon before south to the southeast wind blow (general 3, 4 hurricane, with maximum level 6). Summer monsoon is commonly southeast to the southwest, since June, July, August prevalent soil. An average of only 2-3 grade. In late September, beginning to April of next year for the winter wind. In November, the biggest wind is generally。 The sea fog from November to produce the next year in March, June, most on the highest number 8 times for six times, times, 7 - October for pure fog period, if the fog, visibility in 1 km within 3 to 5 months, poor visibility, 7 - October visibility is best, heavy fog general produced in midnight and morning, the longest consecutive 3 days, the shortest 1 hour. The thunderstorm 5 - August, most from December to February next year without ray period, thunderstorms generate often torrential rain.
Cultural heritage
Since the gulangyu was awarded national 5A scenic area, gulangyu application after world cultural heritage has been put on the agenda. Relevant departments will declare to start gulangyu UNESCO world cultural heritage. What themes gulangyu this set declare world cultural heritage? This has been a major category of process gulangyu "" problem. The journalist learned from gulangyu, a theme relating to social changes have been confirmed in history for: testimony.Gulangyu the ac relevant controller introduces, 100 years after the opium war, China's social economy culture structure are tremendous impact, fundamental changes have happened in China, western culture, and constantly in the process of the fusion on island bosomy billow just got fully embody. "Looking at other domestic cities and countries around the world, there is no place to witness history change these things perfectly." And "independent suspension approval.
On the morning May 13th, 2011, WanShiShan scenic spot the ac gulangyu - director of xiamen people's government accepted the interview, introduce gulangyu declare net world cultural heritage, and the related information of online communication with Internet users. Gulangyu - WanShiShan scenic spot the ac, said deputy director of leaf meticulous gulangyu ", protection is always the first fling. Leaf meticulous said, gulangyu declare world cultural heritage need after two major steps: first, first declared national prepare list, only enter the standby list the heritage of eligible for declare world cultural heritage, the national bureau of cultural relic organizations by expert acceptance, promulgated by the state council of China enter the world cultural heritage list, and prepare the record; to UNESCO The second step is to UNESCO declare world cultural heritage.Last February, provincial government submitted to the state administration of gulangyu declaration on fujian provincial people's government to prepare the world cultural heritage list of China, and in the same year, the letter of April to the provincial government, national bureau of cultural relic of gulangyu, reply with the history, art and science value given the full affirmation, and said "will be published in standby list" update working to think positive." From the national bureau of cultural relic of the current situation is, will know in the second half of this year to determine the standby list this year, gulangyu will strive in the standby list.The reporter understands, at present, is surrounding "gulangyu sweeping historical relics du job, also planning to collect the form of community museum to reveal more abundant cultural connotation of gulangyu. Within this year, gulangyu also will complete a legislative and protection conventions formulated and related "of the planning of yishan, not only can better protect the old buildings, will adjust through control of the island, the commercial networks layout commercial atmosphere too thick cooling down.
Leaf meticulous said: "from across the country have so far in 14 projects in 2013 for can enter the world cultural heritage list of alternative, it should be said that our work or are more fully, conditions are relatively mature, gulangyu multicultural in global universal value of the refining is in place, conditional state administration declared to put forward."
Leaf meticulous, gulangyu "said the main du success depends on the strength of urban push the and renovation, gulangyu effect, which is already sure 56 renovation core heritage elements points. To avoid repetitive construction and waste and reduce "regulation, gulangyu - du workload WanShiShan scenic spot the ac wait five departments jointly issued on strengthening the construction of gulangyu" during the management work of yishan notice ", with "independent suspension du the planning approval and construction permits and construction project organization to rectify, ensure that next year renovation work has obvious effect.
Gulangyu sea heaven compose scenic spot
The original sea heaven compose old villa took more than a year cost based on more than 1,000 yuan to transform into the most fashionable on island bosomy billow of the old villa delicate cultural tourism, be rated as xiamen wholesome experience new world.
Beauty
Sunlight Rock
One corner of Gulangyu Island
RiGuangYan commonly known as "rock seed mountain", alias "sway rock," legend 1641, zheng chenggong came to sway rock, see here scenery than Japan's sun mountain, gave "sway" word apart, called "RiGuangYan". By RiGuangYan visits RiGuangYan and jean park two parts. RiGuangYan gulangyu south, in there is central by two boulders a vertical a horizontal photograph lean on the peak of hope and stand, become 92.7 meters, is the elevation of gulangyu's highest peak.Standing in the place, and saw a RiGuangYan more than 40 meters high giant rock in the stands, and air, a giant rock cliff XuShiYing TiKe in 1915 the "(the winds and the waves" four word horizontal books; Two rows TiKe underneath, the right side is "big drum wave," for "cave on the left, the former is the first" lujiang the wanli reign (A.D. 1573 years) book of jiangsu danyang household, this is one of the earliest RiGuangYan TiKe. The latter is clear light years changle in fujian people Lin, both written shows salty near, the handwriting quite, Lin shows signature particularly large, salty visitors often mistaken for two all is Lin salty by the title, actually shows the latter is far better than the former late carved 200 years. The three YaKe, is the RiGuangYan scenery of vivid wraparound, give visitors deep impression. This is the first RiGuangYan.
Shuzhuang garden
Beans village garden located in gulangyu port after youngs, built in 1913, master LinErJia, another name Zang YuanMing namely to uncle, named after the name of his themselves. The sino-japanese war of 1894 failure, Japan, following LinWeiYuan cut Taiwan Zang don't let uncle and its descendants, moved to gulangyu when fellow-countrymen refusing living. Thereafter, the uncle ZangJian the garden. In the sea, and the sea beans village built CangYuan, adjacent to mountain for hole, base for mountain, far and stone as foil, verdant muddy as one. LouTai differ TingXie made its form, the bridge, DiLan slender shape if. Park, watching the sea shore, according to bar waves pat delou, extremely use up the mountain, the cause of a cave complex nexus, green trees, flowers full size for rare lines, the wonderful scenery. Garden build coffined sea garden, fill mountain park two parts. Main is hidden in the garden, sea, and the sea garden act extension garden, with stone mountain, with holes for Tibetan days. Beans village garden 20328 square meters, of which total 3352 square meters, building waters 2451 square meters. With limited area, made limitless space, with small see big, intriguing. Originally the courtyard with static primarily, static in life, but eyes take ashore, every-where waves. The billows, forming in a static echoes of static and dynamic movement, in contrast, perfect complices commiting, full of humour and wit.
Haoyue garden
The haoyue garden is located in east of gulandyu island beach, covers an area of overburden tripod rocks along three million square meters, the coast of lujiang on the beach, which is spread, rock, green trees, pavilions exhibition cloth garden. Established in 1985, in the garden of WangJi yenping second lie "thinking jun insomnia, bright through grain drapery" call "the haoyue park" verse. Park has long 13.7 meters, high 4.7 meters, consumption of a copper 18 tons of copper statue and zheng chenggong department giant. The giant carpenter works, besides the department about its zheng chenggong separation, unlike many high achievers ChenGuang, Chen yunhua, YangChaoDong slightly larger than real dimension, the rest of the various military forces outside outspread, map toward both sides, quite compelling broad. Park is more prominent on the tripod stands in the overburden rock, the giant zheng chenggong granite statue colossus in 1985 August 27 completed, high 1.57 meters, heavy 1617 ?
Gubishu Cave
Ancient summer hole is a very distinctive cave, both sides of rock from the granite boulders team up, give a person the feeling of mount tai, very steep press. Summer hole "above" ancient four characters is inscribed ShiShiJie qing dynasty Taiwan scholar. The bright dry and ventilated and relaxed. Through the ancient summer hole, turn left, a gentle and graceful kiosk, props up fine waist bone, the rocks as veranda, named "umbrella pavilion" shelter for tourists shading. Flank of rock, there is a fairy top wash feet basin of rock, filled with water, undertakes side and the footsteps. Actually, "immortal print", "JiaoPen" are the waves washed into the erosion in distant, marine-abrasion topography of geological time, here is still in the waves of erosion, afterwards because crustal rise, so these anti-corrosion ?
Koxinga memorial hall
Zheng chenggong * memorial on January 28th in 1962 to commemorate Taiwan by zheng chenggong 300 anniversary of the creation. Zheng chenggong, formerly known as sen, word big wood, fujian nanan stone Wells was born in Japan, jehu 1624 flat beach. South MingLong sasha in fuzhou imperial throne, saw his faithful, gave him surname "zhu," renamed "success", so people called him "ZhengGuoXing", always calendar emperor yenping raised him to the king. His father ZhengZhiLong secretly drop clear, golden gate, pledges to KangQing away zheng chenggong.
He to the golden gate, xiamen is home, and the army for many years, once thick war play to nanjing, because the army to defeat the arrogant. In April, the bright 1661, zheng chenggong after adequate preparation, hundreds of ships, officers and men rate warships from kinmen families, 25,000 people start and recovered by Holland Thailand 38 years of occupation of Taiwan, and calendar courageously development in Taiwan. Zheng chenggong braganza at died in July in Taiwan, was only 39. For 300 years, fujian and Taiwan people deeply respected, zheng chenggong for national hero worships him, the Taiwan people look up to him as "founding holy king". Zheng chenggong * memorial is divided into seven parts, display all kinds of cultural relics, material, photographs, model and so on more than 300 pieces. Among them, through, zhangzhou army of steel in the original and very precious. JinGuan visit, but more systematically understand the extraordinary life of zheng chenggong.
Control console
Water training platform is zheng chenggong for recovered Taiwan, practice navy sites. Giant up the cliff "fujian sea wind four word, mellow and sweet full, virile heartily. The right front, another boulder engraved zheng chenggong calligraphy of a WuJue: "first, the article Confucius &harmony scruffy home. Nanshan open city, east China sea life." making flow chardonnay Reportedly, this poem is copying zheng chenggong handwriting and engrave "are inscribed, the bottom ZhengSen private Yin" and "successful" two square seals, standing in water, there is always a lenovo Taiwan holds that in this place zheng chenggong by jiang if decide, command the flag hanging on the unfinished, 100 Ge mighty, against the swimming for the unity of the motherland and muscled splendour.
Langyudongtian
Though the ages, Sunlight Rock is so famous that it attracts lots of scholars come there. Attracted in the beauty, those scholars write poetries , leaving many precious handwritings. Passing the gate of Sunlight Rock temple, you can see a huge rock when you look up. The words carved on the rock ---Langyudongtian summarize the beautiful scene which just likes wonderland. “The first of Lu River” indicates Sunlight Rock is the first interest of Xiamen. “Tianfenghaitao” right points out the characteristics of Sunlight Rock.
Hero Park
Haoyue Park
In order to commemorate the liberation of Xiamen and those heroes who fight for Gulangyu, people build the Hero Park. The park is made up of three parts including little commemoration square , commemoration sculpture and commemoration room. In September of 1840 , the 10th troop of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army liberated the land of southern Fujian, making Kuomintang of Xiamen and Jinmen crowded in three directions . On October 15th , the 31st and 29th army of this troop waged war to Xiamen. At 6pm of that day, other two armies began fighting the southeastern of Gulangyu. With the cooperation of ship troops, facing the fierce fire of enemy , the brave Chinese People’s Liberation Army went forward and landed in the bottom of the mountain. At that time, the fire can be seen and the roar of guns can be heard everywhere. Hundreds of heroes such as Wang Xingfang and Zhang Shuijin sacrificed in the war unfortunately. After two nights’ fighting , our army liberated the whole island of Xiamen and Gulangyu finally, getting the final victory. After the liberation of Xiamen and Gulangyu, people called this mountain hero mountain, commodatumming the memory to those heroes. In 2000, the government of Gulangyu built the Hero Park on the mountain, making the great war story mixed in the beautiful southern scene. The Hero Park makes people never forget the story of fire and blood when enjoying the beautiful sea and gentle wind.
The Piano Museum
Gulangyu sand-beach
With the sound of ocean wave, 30 classical pianos stand quietly in the graceful showroom. People who with the surprise make gasp in admiration when they see them. This is Gulangyu piano museum. Gulangyu piano museum, which is located Shuzhuang Park, covers 450 square meters. It has two floors. There are over 40 classical pianos which are collected by patriotic overseas Chinese Hu Youyi. Among them , we can see the world rear piano, the world’s earliest four-leg piano, the earliest and biggest standing piano, the old hand-shaving piano and the pedal automatic piano made 100years ago and the eight foot pedal piano. No matter the general tourists, or musicians and artists, they all get endless art edification and music inspiration in the Gulangyu piano museum. Maybe using “thousands of postures” to describe the pianos in the museum is exaggerate. But if we look back the nearly 200 years of history of the development of piano, the description is not exaggerate at all. The famous Australian pianist Fuly.Tuosa, who is close friend of Hu Youyi, says” I am proud of my friend because he devotes the most special present to China.” In order to celebrate the opening of the museum, Mr. Fuly.Tuosa held a special piano concert in Gulangyu odium. French pianist Micheal. Buerdenkel says he wants to hole a international concert there after he lookaround the museum. Chinese famous canters Han Zhongjie and Zheng Xiaoying, and American pianist Yin Chengzong are also subdue by the attraction of the museum. With the sound of ocean wave, 30 classical pianos stand quietly in the graceful showroom. People who with the surprise make gasp in admiration when they see them. This is Gulangyu piano museum.
Port after youngs seaside resort
Port after youngs, sandy beach broad, soft and slope slow waves flat, sea water velocity is small, no sharks stalking, each year 5 and a half months in 20 ℃ above sea water temperature, swimming season can reach for six months, daily twice the tide, appropriate swimming time more than six hours, is king, sand, good quality, climate good ideal natural seaside resort. Various service facilities, and is equipped with the yacht and motorboat on-water amusement. In 1998 the held the national OP level sailing championships.
100 meters tower
100 meters RiGuangYan peak, this stronghold for 92.7 meters altitude, plus the frustum of a cone, known as the "stronghold" 100 meters. Shower days the wind, listen, overlooking the distance, the waves, the world is forget quietude troubles, completely immersed in many of the world harmonious beautiful. To RiGuangYan tourism, is clever because in; Not invisible to the naked eye alone, and should use landscape, heart of doing something completely fascinated. Look at the foot of the gulangyu, various style of architecture strewn at random have send, as if from this piano playing out island of notes, the most romantic ChengYiQu solidification melody. This is a magical island, in every a elegant here in all the buildings have a wonderful saga. Northward look, red, circular dome of the department of architecture quite obvious, that is most ? gulangyu
Sunlight Rock
Spots inside island
RiGuangYan temple, commonly known as "a tile" is actually a natural caves, with a boulder in yamagata prefecture, for the top after built temples, concrete ground time is the Ming dynasty zhengde years wanli of fourteen years. The origin of the relevant RiGuangYan name two legends: one is the natural geographical legend, every morning because, chaoyang from xiamen after RiGuangYan nature rises, the first shower in the sunshine, so named for the RiGuangYan temple RiGuangYan, temples says; One is the historical legend, when zheng chenggong came to sway rock (RiGuangYan alias), see the scenery here than Japan's sun mountain, gave sway word apart, became RiGuangYan. RiGuangYan temple, built repeatedly repeatedly destroyed originate in qing dynasty, yuan Ming temple, built in sacrificial maitreya, before the temple BaJiaoTing, build a hanging sun temple "plaque. After liberation, ?
The Piano Museum
On January 28, 2005, publicized domestic later only, the world's largest organ museum - gulangyu organ museum began to open to citizens, and hold a pipe organ concert. The first large organ museum's organ "tendril bill" "encore" formally crow to visitors and citizens "appearance". More than 150 civilians get the first batch of ornamental hundred years old organ of wonderful piano opportunities, the organ player red from Australia thought. Bork (male) and norell grams. Murray couples LuDao citizens to bring a completely new music enjoyment. At present, the library to deposit 5,000 stage piano.
Three-one church
Seventy years ago, because of xiamen Chinese new Christian street hall, the bamboo tree hall, xiamen port around 100 in a hall of believers, meet the typhoon, gulangyu moved back to the weather such as rainy island week circle of xiamen, so deeply feel the believers in three tanghui church joint gulangyu, so named for the "three a", especially the father, the son and the holy spirit the doctrine of the trinity. Hall inside the same 13 meters span width, use opportunely wall of steel roof truss GongQuan without column, plus the smallpox board condole supports, appears tall luxury and bring very scientific ideal sound effects, become the parish building's most distinctive special skill. No matter from any Angle viewing, its grand special imposing manner, all without exception is most impressive. 2006 was identified as the sixth batch of national key rodman
Hi heaven
Sea heaven compose gulangyu fujian road in 38, founded in 1921, April 2002 by xiamen government as an important historic buildings. Now after the restoration of open "sea heaven compose" old villa combination of Chinese and western culture is a masterpiece. Two Chinese traditional style, is a typical QiaoJiao double-hipped roof Romanesque capitals which should, cornice. On either side of the building before, widespread use of the ancient Greek pillar type, tracery mostly for western style, but metope and corner is the Chinese carve.
The original a foreigner in the floor, after Lang HuangXiu club purchased a house, the DaWuDing palatial mansion built by building, archaize artisans built. Putian It USES double-hipped roof rests the summit, four high qiaoqi tangled branches. The roof do not provide craftsmanship, designed a front seemingly double-hipped roof drill pointed appearance, "booth" pavilion pointed put a treasure gourd yet; Seen from within, is a bar wood Mosaic BaBianXing sunk panel, from the top, direct Wells walls painted with Chinese paintings. This "pavilion" is purely decorative. The door, window, gallery, hall MeiShang all the cement valuable.such handiwork fly cover hang adorn, all eaves Angle are decorative tangled branches flowers or bibulous midge dragon, pick beams for all plastic dragon sparrow, hang fall the villa ornament very nationalization. Its pillar as square, red brick build by laying bricks or stones becomes, tonal harmony of nature; It is ?
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The Best Time For Travel
You can have a feast for the beauty in Xiamen all the time, except in August,because it's the typhoon time and all the boats in the sea aren't available.
Shopping
If you travel to Gulangyu Island, you can not only enjoy the amazing natural beauty,but also buy many special local products. If travellers want to go shopping, they can go to the Longtou Road in Gulangyu Island, where in every small storesyou you can buy special local products, such as, handiwork、writings、Bead embroiders、 lacquer engravings were、color pierced、colour porcelain，and so on.Special local products in Gulangyu Island:Gulangyu pie is one of minnan traditional product, had 80 years of production history. It's fascinating lies in: its exterior small and exquisite, golden colour and flavour perfume skin is crisp, filling, and have a sweet, including the throat feels. Cold. This product is of coca tea, snacks, but also good point of friends and relatives hometown speciality. Every spring and autumn tourism season, traditional festivals or family festival good days, was more consumer favorite.LuDouGao production began in 1922, the earliest is XiaoRui ginger bread datong way "home" operating, Anti-Japanese War, moved by LiuJingJie gulangyu after its traditional craftsmanship, inherited and gradually improved. Now, LuDouGao gulandyu island has become refreshments and travel carry or relatives and friends of the market.Don't forget HuangJinXiang shredded meat and sputum CHC screw and fugu shells tank. My favorite is the shopping street the handheld devices dolls, three fingers can play live a doll characters.
Attentions
Xiamen is the national clean city, all citizens, including travellers have the responsibility to keep it clean. The government has especially issued some concerning rules for it, that is, those who litter randomly and damage the tidiness of the city will be punished according to the degree of the seriousness. The government has issued that those who smoke in public will be likely to be punished. Once it's the place where smoking is forbidden, it will be posted the sign"No smoking". For the DIY travellers, they can buy the short-term accident insurance, seek the insurance company or buy it on the internet. The good insurance net in XIamen is about 20 yuan each.
Ticket
Adult 100 yuan child 60 yuan boat ticket 8 yuan(Huangu boat 15yuan) Free for crossing by boat after 22:00 from 5.1 to 9.30, and 21:00 from 10.1to 4.30, but holidays not. The tickets for spots viewing in GUlangyu Island: Sunlight Rock 60 yuan Shuzhuang Garden 30 yuan Haoyue Garden30 yuan.(and 100 for all these three together) Haitian Tang 60 yuan the Piano Museum 20 yaun
Transportation
1、ferry It's less than 5km to the railway station, and you can get there by bus 3、19、25、28、50、51、55、56、67. 10 yuan if you take a taxi. It's about 16km to the airport, you can get there by bus 27; and 50 yuan、25minutes for a taxi.It's less than 3km to the bus station in Xiamen， and you can get there by bus 10、23、30 , and 8 yuan for a taxi. 2、Gulangyu Island is an island without automobiles, so everyone should travel on foot on the island. After the car to ferry pier, you can take sanya around the island. 3、The transition from the ferry boat to process shall not pay money, return the boat fee into 8 yuan. On the second floor on a boat should add 1 yuan, but not so crowded, also have position to sit, still can capture more good photos. 4、The only can take on island bosomy billow of sanya abraao, but it is expensive to 50 yuan, and only in several important scenic spot doorway to stop. Suggest or on foot. 5、Gulangyu ferry from xiamen to flight, is available 24 hours a day every 10 minutes, a flight, evening 21-24 o 'clock every 4 yuan, 22-24 point free by ferry. Is very convenient. 5 minutes to the gulangyu wharf. Also can sit 15 yuan, the ship around a circle, see gulangyu scenery.
Surrounding view spots
Xiamen haicang bridge, xiamen yu garden, tianzhu mountain forest park, zhongshan road walking street, xiamen university, south putuo temple, huandao road, huli mountain fort, the kuanyinshan business street, deep studio
Tips
1、Ferry: one-way charge, free from xiamen to the Gulangyu Island; for return eight yuan each(free at night 22:00-24:00) - But if you come to the second floor, you will have to add 1 yuan 2、Traffic: xiamen taxi starting price is 8 yuan（now 1 yuan more for fuel）, after 3 kilometers, 0.5 yuan for every 0.25 km; Whether the buses are air conditioned or not, as long as you take it from inside the island, you will spend 1 yuan; you can still take BRT K1 (railway station, airport), K2 (station), erp (station) to the first terminal stop, then change to L1 road link line to ferry, it might stand faster (BRT train station at first wharf and L connections fares are half yuan).
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