Gulangyu

Tickets for the opening hours:
    On the island free of charge. Sunlight Rock, Shu Zhuang Garden, lettering Hall, organ hall ticket 80. Hoi structure 60. All day
Transportation Overview:
    Ferry boat ferry terminal in Xiamen, to drive free, return 8. 20:00 4 yuan. The first flight in Xiamen station 05:45, 05:30 Gulangyu station's first flights, 06:00. 07:00 --- 19: 00, every ten minutes. 21:00-24:00, about 20 minutes. The ferry takes about 7 minutes, on the second floor viewing needs extra 1 yuan.
Attractions Description:
    Gulangyu in the sea surrounded by an area of 1.87 square kilometers, the island Shanghai reef rocks, meandering coastline, chain of mountains, peaks and crags ups, nature gods created a bright and meaningful Gulangyu island scenery, the main attractions are Sunlight Rock, Shu Zhuang Garden, Haoyue Park, Xiamen, both of King. Gulangyu a subtropical marine monsoon climate, abundant rainfall, mild seasons, more than 4,000 families on the island for more than 90 species of perennial plants lush, rare tree species are the only large domestic fruit red wood, red sandalwood from India the most coarse, Introduced from New Zealand and other countries all kinds of rare fruit trees, some vegetation on the island has been formed under the subtropical marine monsoon climate of the top community. Gulangyu Xiamen sea area for the main part of the protected areas, endangered Chinese white dolphin, amphioxus protected areas, protected areas, Lantau Island, egret, and Kinmen islands across the sea. From the mid-19th century onwards, with the spread of Christianity, Western music began to rush to Gulangyu, and elegant living environment Gulangyu integration, creating a Gulangyu today's musical tradition, train Zhou Shuan, Lin Junqing, Yin, Chen Zuo Huang, Xu Feiping, etc. a large number of outstanding musicians. Today, the piano has a per capita rate of Gulangyu first in the country, the island has more than 100 musical family, in 2002 the Chinese Musicians Association Gulangyu named "Island of Music." Gulangyu many famous historical sites. Here is the national hero Zheng Chenggong, the best preserved historical sites one of the regions, a large number of precious Cliff island, though after long trials and hardships, still well preserved. Obstetrics & Gynecology Lin Qiaozhi founder of modern China, Lu stupid pioneer of modern Chinese language chapter house Mayue Han Chinese and other modern sports enlightenment Gulangyu membership more than 60 former residences of celebrities, tombs are in Gulangyu island. Gulangyu graceful natural scenery and its deeply rooted cultural heritage, a national key scenic spots, scenic spots of the 35 trump cards, one of the top ten scenic spots in Fujian ranks first.
 
Gulangyu Attractions
Sunlight Rock
Sunlight Rock Sunlight Rock, also known as Huang Yan, the highest point for the Gulangyu, the top 96 meters above sea level. Towering rock mountains, quartet built Donghe. Lush trees, pavilions and shade. Ten Level and Teng, Xian Zhi Lotus Temple, "a tile" rock embedded space, the formation of halls near the hut, stone engraved "Gulang Cave", "Lujiang first"; Temple after "Lujiang Dragon Cave," "ancient summer hole "all win, leading the middle of the cottage and water Zheng Cao archaeological site, a Cai Tingkai, like Cai Zheng Ode. Board in excellent shape, mountain and sea wonders, fame, Xiamen, Gulangyu, big bear, two panoramic view of Tam islands.
Shuzhuang Garden
Riguangyan Shuzhuang gardens south beach. Taiwan businessman Liner Jia Qing dynasty, twenty one year (1895) regarding family members in transition, resident Gulangyu, this park was built in 1913, book in remembrance of Panchiao hometown, and its number "Uncle Zang" homonym for the Park name. Park main statue, now standing garden. Possession of the Park Hill by the sea, clever as the layout, moving in a static, static in action, it is away. Wang Qiu Court has, forty-fourth bridge, Stones, rockery, about Ying Xuan, Zhu Jing Shan Fang stone, the most famous gardens in Xiamen. After the left side of Aberdeen beach, clean sands, can accommodate thousands of people swimming. Yanping nearby park, built to commemorate Zheng Chenggong, which refers to the net spring, commonly known as "Kuohsing well", according to legend was created when the military Cheng Tun wells.
Haoyue Park
Park is located east of Haoyue Gulangyu tripod rock overlying beach, an area of 30,000 square meters, spread along the coast of Lujiang, this is a sandy beach, rocks, trees, pavilions and garden distribution. Founded in 1985, the park of "King of Yanping II Collection" in the "Si Jun sleep insomnia, bright moon through the prime tent," a poem called "bright moon garden." Park are 13.7 meters long, 4.7 meters high, consumption of 18 tonnes of copper and its Ministry of Zheng Chenggong, a giant copper statue. This giant bronze sculpture, in addition to the Ministry of Zheng Chenggong and the separation will be about Ze, Chen Guang, Chan Wing-wah, Chao-Tung Yang slightly larger than the real volume, the rest are from various quarters towards both sides of the extension of troops and horses, map width wide, quite cited of attention. The park is more prominent standing in the overlying rock ding on the huge granite statue of Zheng Chenggong, the Colossus at August 27, 1985 completed, 15.7 meters high and weighs 1,617 tons, from 23 layer 625 "Quanzhou white" granite carved and become very powerful.
Old summer hole
Ancient Cave is a very unique summer cave, stone walls on both sides of support from the granite boulder fell from the sky, giving a sense of relentless, very dangerous. Above the "ancient summer hole" before the late Qing Dynasty scholar Shi Shijie Taiwan inscribed. Cave bright and dry, fresh air. Hole through the ancient summer, to the left, there is a slim kiosk, thin backs propped up, the rock as a balcony, called "umbrella Pavilion" shade shelter for tourists. Rock next to the top, there is a fairy feet, stone basin, bowl full of water over many years, one side there are fairy footprints. In fact, the "fairy India", "Footbath" are wave erosion of the sea erosion, in the distant geological time, there is still in the wave erosion, and later increased the earth's crust, so they appeared on top of sea erosion on the.
 
Leading cottage
Sunlight Rock, also known as the leading mountain Hutoushan with Xiamen across the sea, guarded by a dragon, a tiger in Xiamen to Hong Kong, called "Dragon Tiger Shou River." Here the original one, "Xu Ting," Tanzania has long been destroyed. Stone to write a national sport in Taiwan, "Xu Ting Ji", describing the Sunlight Rock "Mountain Hoi-around, ahead in the Southeast-chun, amidst take days, Bo bath day, are all was odd brake Vatican." Dengdao rock Jia Zhi, guarded rise steeply, the sea breeze to wear Lane, Dayton has "nine students in summer cold," meaning cool naturally from "Lujiang Dragon Cave." "Nine Summer" that summer, "Dragon Cave" is a long place to live, lived for five Gulangyu legendary dragon. Zheng Chenggong Zhai Men are stationed themselves this year Gulangyu "leading cottage," the Village gate, a soldier rock scaffolding on the tent hole drilled, the former commander of the Kuomintang Nineteenth General Tsai Ting-wrong, see King hygiene conditions, Mingbi wrote Septasyllabic : "Sky work hand feel, Heritage and the same dimension Fujian Tuen; year old barrier still, under the memory Sunlight Rock Hero." praise the exception of Zheng Chenggong. Cai Yuanpei have a Septasyllabic: "wind shook the town of Long Beach, commanding array of high clouds. Worm sand ape Crane sometimes do, not Bin-Bin Amoy righteousness." "Worm Sand Crane ape" refers to the army the war dead.
Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall
Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall January 28, 1962 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Zheng Chenggong, the creation of recovering Taiwan. Zheng, formerly known as Johnson, the word big wood, Fujian Nanan Ishii who was born in 1624 in Japan Hirado waterfront. Nanming Long Wu ascended the throne in Fuzhou, loyal to the court to see him, gave him the surname "Zhu", renamed the "success", so people called him "Zheng name" emperor Yongli Wang Yanping him. His father secretly surrendered to the Qing Zheng Zhilong, Zheng leave Kinmen, vow to resist the Qing. He Kinmen and Xiamen as a base, and the war years of the Qing Hou, once hit the city of Nanjing, the result of arrogance and failure caused by soldiers. Huang day in April 1661, Zheng Chenggong well-prepared, the rate of hundreds of ships warships, 25,000 officers and men, starting from the Golden Gate Bay, Colorado, recovered by the Dutch occupied Taiwan for 38 years, and historical development of Taiwan Fen. Zheng died in July 1662 in Taiwan, at age 39. 300 years, is very respected people in Fujian Chenggong, a national hero to him as the people of Taiwan to him as "Founding sage." Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall is divided into seven sections, displaying a variety of artifacts, documents, pictures, models and other more than 300 pieces. Among them, the relevant defense, steel, military, Department of Zhangzhou then the original, is quite valuable. Visit the museum can be a more systematic understanding of the extraordinary life of Zheng Chenggong.
Operating units of water
Water exercise for the recovery of Taiwan is Taiwan, Zheng Chenggong, the site of naval exercises. Giant cliff, "Min Sea Treasures" words, mellow and full, earned the energetic. On the front right side of another stone, engraved Zheng Chenggong's a five unique handwritten: "ritual dressed first, the article of Confucius and Mencius home. Nanshan Life Open City, East China Liu Xia brewing." It is said that this poem is a copy of Zheng Chenggong's handwriting and moment, the bottom is also engraved "Sen-private Indian" and "success" seal the two sides, standing water, exercise sets, always reminiscent of the year Zheng Chenggong commanding here, by the river hung the flag fluttering, Baike competition travel, warrior are gearing up for the reunification of the motherland and the spectacular scenes.
Gulang Cave
Sunlight Rock is famous scenic spots, palace, has attracted many writers and poets, they revel in the wind on this day in Long Beach, stonewalls, leaving a lot of valuable manuscripts. Sunlight Rock Temple through the gate, look up you can look up to a huge cliff. Giant cliffs of the inscription - "Gulang Wonderland" as the fairy-like scenery Riguangyan done a wonderful summary of the first year of a Wanli in Ming Dynasty wrote; "Lujiang first" is to point out is Sunlight Rock The first attraction in Xiamen, is the first year of the Qing dynasty, the book Lin Cheng; "Heavenly Wind Haitao" just right that the characteristics of Sunlight Rock is written by the Republic of China Xu Shiying four years.
Heroes Park
Heroes Park to commemorate the liberation of Xiamen, the martyrs against Gulangyu built, including small Memorial Plaza to commemorate the three-part sculpture and memorial room. The end of September 1949, the Tenth People's Liberation Army Corps liberated the southern continent, the formation of Kinmen and Xiamen, the KMT army surrounded on three sides of the situation. October 15, the Army Corps thirty-one, twenty-nine Army began operations in Xiamen across the sea to launch, on 18 o'clock, thirty two hundred seventy-one an army regiment, two hundred seventy-seven two battalions of the regiment were the first fleet Haicang and other places by the two routes to the southwest Gulangyu embarked. In close cooperation with the boatman supporting the front, the PLA officers and men of the heroic fight the wind hit the waves, braving heavy artillery Shoudi and courageously forward, landing on a beach in this mountain. Temporary fire fly, the potential collapse of lightning; military acoustic chill, gas wins seamounts. Two hundred seventy-one team leader Wang Xingfang and other officers and soldiers and hundreds of other frontline Zhang Jin, a boatman Unfortunately, the glorious martyrdom in the battle. After two days and nights of bloody fighting, army finally liberated the buildings, drum island, made the final victory. Castle Peak bone disease Zhong, Yao annals of loyalty. Ha, drums after the liberation, this mountain people (formerly known as "Flag wei Mountain") is called the hero of Mt. Which is entrusted with the infinite memory of the people of the martyrs! Year 2000, Gulangyu People's Government in the mountains Building "Heroes Garden", so that the glorious revolutionary historical sites and beautiful scenery of southern blend together, so that people shower in the wind into the waves, the baptism of blood and fire, never forget past .
Piano Museum
Completed in January 2000 in the Shu Zhuang Gulangyu Piano Museum Garden "Tingtao Xuan", an area of 450 square meters, two storeys, the museum displays a collection of patriotic overseas Chinese Hu Youyi 40 clavichord, including rare luxury The gilded piano, piano four corners of the world's first and the earliest and largest vertical piano, piano with old hand, there are produced automatically from a hundred years ago, playing piano and eight foot pedal of the old piano. Visitors, whether ordinary or musicians, artists, Gulangyu Piano Museum of Art to bring their influence and musical inspiration are endless. Australia is well-known pianist 杰佛利托萨 Mr. Hu Youyi's very good friends, he said, "I am proud of my friend, he is a most special gift to the Chinese." To celebrate the opening,杰佛利托萨 Gulangyu Concert Hall is also a special concert. French pianist 米歇尔布尔敦 Koehler said after a visit to the museum: I hope one day to be here holding an international piano festival. "Our conductor Hanzhong Jie, Zheng Xiaoying, pianist Yin, also living in America was deeply captivated by the piano music museum.
After Aberdeen Beach
Aberdeen on the beach after the wide, sandy soft, Pohuan wave level, water flow rate is small, no sharks, 5 and a half months each year in the sea water temperature above 20 ℃, the swimming season up to half a year, twice daily tidal , should be more than six hours swimming time is a good view, good sand, good water quality, climate, good ideal natural bathing beach. Various service facilities, and have yachts and motor boats and other water entertainment. 98 held in the OP-level National Sailing Championships.
Meter high platform
One hundred meters peak of the high-profile as the Sunlight Rock, the elevation of 92.7 m, plus a round table, known as "the one hundred meters high platform." Shower days, the wind, listening Haitao, looking off, forming one of the many people forget the troubles on earth, threw himself into this world to the beautiful and harmonious. To Sunlight Rock tourism, Miao Miao; not only view with the naked eye, but rather with the heart to feel, to do some thorough fugue. Look at the foot of Gulangyu, patchwork of various styles of architecture, as if playing out from the islands of the piano notes, solidified into one the most romantic melodies. This is a magical island, where every one has an elegant building in a wonderful legend. Look to the north, red, round dome of the Ministry of Construction is clear, that is the most famous Gulangyu "gossip floor" near point slightly away from us, which vertically cross the building, is the southern most famous cathedral, "Trinity Church." Looking further ahead, Gulangyu Xiamen Lujiang separated the sea, where the characteristics of modern high-rise buildings and Xiamen different, as if time here stagnated, leaving us a strong impact in the Eastern and Western cultures in the late 19th and early 20th century history in. Look Seomang Songyu high arched chimney power plants, the famous Haicang zone in front, through the new bridge and the Xiamen Haicang fused. Look south, opposite the Bank of Zhangzhou Development Zone, undulating hills of the South Pacific force. Looking east, a distance of Wu island, Lantau, Tai Tam Tam small and large Kinmen and Little Kinmen islands, across the Strait is Taiwan.
Sunlight Rock Temple
Sunlight Rock Temple, commonly known as "tile" it is a natural cave, with a stone for the top, the temple built after the mountain-shaped topography, the specific time of the Ming Wanli Zhengde fourteen years. Origin of the name on the Sunlight Rock, there are two legends: one is natural and geographical legends, because every morning, after the sun rises from Xiamen Wulaofeng, Riguangyan first shower in the sun, it was called the Sunlight Rock, the temple said Sunlight Rock Temple; First, Legends and then went to Huang Yan Zheng Chenggong (Riguangyan alias), see the scenery here is much better than in Japan, Nikko mountains, Huang put the word apart, it becomes Riguangyan. Sunlight Rock Temple destroyed repeated many times at, wen years, Yuan Ming Palace was built, worship Maitreya, an octagonal building in front of the temple, hanging "solar temple" important. After liberation, the Yuan Ming Temple to Buddha Hall, Main Hall, built in 1917. After the reforms, the implementation of religious policy, the Sunlight Rock Temple, the Government's support, accepted the donation at home and abroad ten Fangxin Shan, massive construction projects, renovation of the Main Hall, a new gate, bell tower. Travel platform, Hodo, dormitories, canteen and canteen, the temples look. Sunlight Rock Temple is a delicate and exquisite temples, Main Hall, Maitreya Hall of cooperation as such, is the only one. Sunlight Rock Temple, a beautiful environment, ancient monks continued, the famous Master Hong Yi in June 1936 was 8 months in this retreat.
Organ Museum
The evening of 28 January 2005, subject to national attention only, the world's largest organ museum - Gulangyu organ museum open to the public and hold an organ concert. The first large-scale organ organ museum, "Bill Snow Man" "debut" to the tourists and the public official "debut." Received the first batch of more than 150 people watching the wonderful sound of the piano organ hundred years old the opportunity to organ player from Australia Reith. Burke (M) and Rui Erke. Moree couple to Egret Island to bring a new public enjoy the music.
Trinity Church
Seventy years ago, the New Street Church of Christ in China, Xiamen, bamboo Church, Church buildings in Hong Kong about a hundred followers gradually moved Gulangyu bit, typhoon, rainy weather is like crossing back to the worship of Xiamen Island is deeply inconvenient, so the three Church Gulangyu believers will jointly establish a church, it is known as "Trinity Church", but also contains the Father, Son and Holy Spirit Trinity doctrine. Sunday worship at first borrowed time Yude Girls Chapel (now the Xiamen Music School), and then build the church in 1934 (can accommodate a thousand people), continued construction in 1992, Pastor House (now the office), extension 2000 the main entrance of the church and the subsidiary buildings and walls railings and other unfinished projects, the overall project has lasted a total of sixty six years party was fully completed. Is the total area of 2138.62 square meters, total construction area of 1368 square meters. Trinity Church of the building a unique, was the rare three-dimensional shape of the cross, all sides Huangwa roof drainage, center stands the octagonal bell tower, the top cross towering into the sky. Triangle red walls decorated with smooth lines, four open the door twelve, sixteen very large windows, with ventilation, lighting, evacuation of the practical features. Halls the same length and width of the wall on the span of thirteen meters, clever use of column-free steel beam arch of the roof, ceiling with wooden ceilings, tall and stately look brings a very good sound science as the most characteristic of the church building a must. Viewing from any angle regardless of its majestic extraordinary momentum, are all amazing. 2006 was identified as the sixth state-level key protection units.
Hoi structure
Hoi structure Fujian Road in Gulangyu 38, was founded in 1921, in April 2002 was as a key historic features the Xiamen city government buildings. Now restored and open "sea paradise structure" of Western culture in the old house is a model for integration. Gatehouse is a typical traditional Chinese style, eaves brackets, cornices Qiaojiao. Around both sides of the building, commonly used by the ancient Greek column, Stocks mostly Western style, but it is a Chinese wall and corner carving. A foreigner in the original club building, and Huang Hsiu-Lang bought, it will build it into one big roof antique palace architecture, built by the craftsmen of Putian. It uses double eaves Xieshan Ding, high tilt Scroll corners. The front roof ingenuity to design a drill tip appeared to eaves of the "pavilion", the pavilion angle is also a gourd security; from the inside, it was a bar of wood makes up the octagonal caisson, well from the second floor directly roof, wall painted on Chinese bird. This "pavilion" purely decorative. Doors, windows, corridors and offices are decorated with hanging cement lintel engraved on the fly cover, all are decorated Yanjiao mosquito Floral Scroll, or water dragon, dragon and phoenix pick plastic beams were hanging off the QT, the show was very nationalization villa. The pillars for the square, red brick, natural and harmonious colors; and the main hall by four vertical columns and railings flower pots on the corresponding upper and lower, especially on the outer edge of the corridor decorated brackets, is extraordinarily stable. Hoi structure's architectural style buildings abound in the Western, Gulangyu, is rare.
Shopping
Gulangyu tourism can not only appreciate the miracle of Nature is beautiful, but there are many local products you purchase.
If visitors want shopping, you can go to Gulangyu leading way, everywhere in the small shop where you can buy local specialties. Such as: arts and crafts shops, calligraphy and painting shop, pearl embroidery, lacquer line carving, color bar, painted sculptures, ceramics and so on.
Gulangyu specialty: Gulangyu Department of Taiwanese traditional products of the pie, has 80 years of production history. The fascinating thing about it: it looks small and exquisite, golden color, crisp skin Weixiang, stuffing sweet taste, and has the cool jets of cold feeling. The product is not only tea, snacks taste good points, but also the home of friends and family specialty gifts. Every spring and autumn tourist season, traditional festivals or family celebrations Yash, more by consumers.
Mung bean cake production began in 1922, was first Datong Road "Xiaorui gingerbread house" operation, when the war moved to Gulangyu, followed by the Liu Jingjie inherit their traditional production process, and gradually be improved and enhanced. Now, the Gulangyu mung bean cake has become the refreshments and travel carry or gift to share.
Do not forget there are golden and fragrant dried meat floss, Tan Guan snail shells, and puffer fish. My favorite is the shopping street in the palm-sized dolls, three fingers to play live a doll figure.
Gulangyu Department of Taiwanese traditional products of the pie more than 80 years production history of its charm lies in: its small and exquisite appearance of the skin crisp golden color Weixiang sweet taste buds and filling the throat with a cool sense of the product is both cool refreshments and delicious snacks good point The tourist season during the Spring and Autumn festivals or family celebrations Yash more consumers prefer the green bean cake production began in early 1922, the Datong Road "Xiaorui gingerbread house" when war operations moved from the Liu Jingjie inherited after Gulangyu its traditional craftsmanship and gradually to improve and enhance the green bean cake now Gulangyu refreshments and travel has become a gift to share and carry or
Social Events
Mid-Autumn Festival Mid-Autumn Festival is an annual Bo cake the traditional activities to be held in Xiamen.
It is said that 300 years ago, according to Ha resist the Qing Zheng, Zheng Hong Xu Department would release the soldiers for wide melancholy, incentives to boost morale, help recover Taiwan expelled the Dutch colonialists, then with the current flood headquarters stationed in this post-33 ~ 44 Ya Tang is a member of the Department, after some deliberation, the ingenious design of Mid-Autumn Festival will be cake, so that all officers and men of the Mid-Autumn evening in the cool cheerful hard work.
Opera cake with "will" basis, generally for a "yes" to four or five people is appropriate. "Will," cake imitation of imperial examination system, based scholar cake (the largest) one, on the Church (second place) cake or two, three red (third overall) cake four, four into (Scholars) cake eight, two lift (lifts) cake 16, a show (scholar) pie 32. This is the ancient symbol of four examinations. Ancient House level examinations of child Health, said third scholar; Provincial Examination (provincial) who said the comprehensive examinations lifts; in the capital and third degree who will be called the Ministry of Rites tribute Health; by the emperor himself who presided over the temple, said third degree of Scholars, which was divided into top three : A a three, that champion, second place, third overall, commonly known as sanding or three a third; dimethyl more places, the top three for more. Point of the ancient emperors champion, not only to see it, but also look appearance, but also refined, elegant first and last name, such as two years of Yongle (1424) Jia Chen Division successful candidates, the scholar is said Christine Sun, Christine said that cooperation in the Yongle Emperor with a "violent" words, bad luck and bring him down to third place, will be the third wide and easy to champion Xing. This shows that is not necessarily the champion "of adequacy, Maoruo Pan," the generation, while the third is a genuine talent, so the cake in Xiamen will be the "three red" particularly good quality, the implication here. A total of 63 will be cake, is based on "more than three nine, such as" come, three, and nine is a lucky number of people.
From Xiamen, "Bo cake", with Zheng Chenggong recover Taiwan, more than 300 years is also very popular in Taiwan.
Local Tourism Notes
Xiamen is a national sanitary city, visitors have the responsibility of every citizen, including keeping the city clean. Government issued for this purpose the relevant provisions, littering, destruction of the city clean, and will be based on the severity of punishment. Municipal Government issued regulations, no smoking in public places, and offenders may be punished. Place all the provisions of smoking, have posted "No Smoking" sign. Walks are free to buy for short term travel accident insurance, my insurance company or online purchase, a 20 yuan.
Best Travel Time
In addition to the typhoon season in August, closed all the sea vessels can not enjoy beautiful sea views, the other time travel to Xiamen are good.