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Introduction to Gulangyu Scenic Area:

Gulangyu Island is located in the southwest of Xiamen Island, 600 meters away from Lujiang River, which can be reached by ferry in 5 minutes. Gulangyu Island was originally called "Round Shazhou", also called "Yuanzhouzai". It was renamed "Gulangyu" in Ming Dynasty. Because there is a reef in the southwest of the island, whenever the tide rises, the waves hit the reef and sound like drums. People call it "Gulangyu Stone", hence the name Gulangyu. Zheng Chenggong, a national hero in the late Ming Dynasty, was stationed here, and there are still former sites such as Shuicaotai and Shizhaimen on Sunguang Rock.

1842 After the Opium War, Britain, the United States, France, Japan, Germany, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries 13 set up consulates on the island. At the same time, businessmen, missionaries and traffickers set foot on Gulangyu Island, building luxury houses, churches, foreign firms, hospitals and schools, and speculating on land. Some overseas China businessmen have also come to build houses and villas and run telephone and running water services. 194265438+February, Japan monopolized Gulangyu; After the victory of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Gulangyu ended the colonial rule of 100 years. Gulangyu Island, with an area of only 1.9 1 km2, is the largest satellite island in Xiamen with a permanent population of 20,000.

The rocks on the island are majestic and tall, and many valleys and steep cliffs have been formed because of being beaten by waves for many years. Beaches, reefs, cliffs and rocky peaks set each other off. Gulangyu street is short, criss-crossing, clean and quiet, and the air is fresh. The trees on the island are green as flowers, especially the red tiles in the small building are particularly beautiful against the green trees. Rows of buildings in Gulangyu Island are hidden in tropical and subtropical forests, and the peaks of sunlight rock are protruding, and flocks of seagulls soar, forming a beautiful picture.

Gulangyu Island is the "cradle of musicians" and the "piano island". Little Gulangyu has 600 pianos, the highest density in the country. As long as you walk along the paths in every corner, you will hear melodious piano sound, melodious violin sound, brisk guitar sound and moving and beautiful singing voice from time to time, and the environment is particularly charming. Music has become a particularly beautiful scenery in Gulangyu. There are many piano families in Gulangyu. There are music schools, concert halls, symphony orchestras and piano museums. On holidays, family concerts are often held, and some families in it runs in the family make families, groups and society full of musical atmosphere.

There are many talented musicians on Gulangyu Island, among which pianists Yin Chengzong, Xu, Xu Feiping and Xu Xing 'ai are well-known at home and abroad. China's first female vocalist and conductor Zhou Shuan, vocalist, singer, bass singer Wu, famous conductor Chen Zuohuang, and so on. , are all stars. Gulangyu is an "architectural exhibition hall", and many buildings have a strong European style. Tolica, Onek and Corinth, the three pillars of ancient Greece, all showed their postures, including Roman columns, Gothic spires, Islamic domes, baroque reliefs, gatehouses, fireplaces, balconies, hook bars and protruding arch windows.

It is colorful and full of classicism and romanticism. Gulangyu built a highway around the island, with a total length of 6 kilometers. It consists of roads, tunnels and curved bridges, replaced by battery cars. Huandao Road starts from the ferry terminal and goes east to Hao Yueyuan-Dadeji Bath-Guan Hai Garden-New Manor-Gangzaihou Bath-Hero Mountain Tunnel-Gulangyu-Gulangyu Villa-Overseas Chinese Subtropical Plant Introduction Garden-Arts and Crafts School-Neicuoao-Swallowtail Mountain-Sanqiutian Tourism Terminal-Underwater World-Ferry Terminal; To the west and vice versa.

The night in Gulangyu looks quiet and elegant. Especially after the completion of the night scene project, Sun Guangyan, which represents the natural scenery, the Bagua Building, which represents the exotic architectural style, the piano-shaped waiting hall of Music Island, and the statue of Zheng Chenggong standing on Fuding Rock are all transparent and bright under various lights. In particular, a few laser rays crossed the sea of herons, changing and swaying, dazzling and chaotic. Looking across the river at the night view of Gulangyu Island, it looks like a big flowerpot with dazzling flowers, which complements the neon lights of Zhongshan Road, Xiamen, the spotlights of high-rise buildings and many colorful spotlights, making the three-dimensional space of the island colorful and charming.