What’s fun in Gulangyu Island: 10 things you must do on the island

1. Collect personalized stamps on the island;

2. Stroll on the beach and enjoy the sea breeze;

3. Find a favorite shop;

4. Send a beautiful postcard;

5. Listen to a free concert;

6. Don’t stop talking about delicious snacks;

7. Stay in a special B&B for one night;

8. Meet a free island cat;

9. Find your favorite path;

10. Listen to the sound of a flower blooming.

1. Collect personalized stamps on the island?

On Gulangyu Island, stamping is something almost everyone has to do. Many interesting shops have stamps, and some are placed at the entrance for easy viewing. You can just pick them up and stamp them yourself, such as Zhang Sanfeng. Some of the stamps are relatively hidden, so you need to ask the boss, and they will usually cover them if available, such as rice candy. ?

It is recommended that before going to the island, you prepare a beautiful and easy-to-carry small book. When you go to shops, cafes and B&Bs, take it out and ask the store owner to stamp it. You can also buy your own notebook at some small grocery stores on the island, but it is likely that by the time you buy the notebook, you have already visited several stores and have to go back, so it is recommended to bring your own notebook.

2. Walking on the beach and enjoying the sea breeze?

Those who know Gulangyu Island will know that Gulangyu Island is synonymous with leisure. So here, you must slow down. If you are in a hurry, you will not be able to appreciate the beauty of this island. Therefore, on the beach near the sea on Gulangyu Island, there are many people reading, digging in the sand, walking, sunbathing, and sitting all afternoon holding coconuts.

3. Looking for a favorite shop?

The various small shops on Gulangyu Island are definitely a major feature of the island, and shopping in shops has become one of the essential items. Milk tea shop, grocery store, dessert shop, bakery, bookstore, etc. Which one is your favorite? You have to go shopping with your family before making a decision.

4. Send a beautiful postcard?

If you love Gulangyu, share this love with your friends. Send a postcard with the smell of sea water and write only Belonging to the mood of Gulangyu Island. It must be said that Gulangyu Island is probably the distribution center for the most beautiful postcards in the country. Here, all kinds of literary, petty bourgeoisie, fresh and personalized star films are very popular, which dazzled me. I bought a lot of them. In the end, some of them were even reluctant to send away, and they were all "smashed" in my hands. ?

Moreover, the postcards here can meet all requirements, and the methods of sending postcards are also used to the extreme. There are slow delivery, scheduled delivery, and regular delivery. It has simply established the standard for postcard delivery. An exemplary model!

5. Listen to a free concert?

In the early days of Gulangyu Island, there were many churches, missionary schools, and missionary hospitals, so there were many piano learners here, and organs and pianos were introduced in large numbers. By the early 1950s, there were more than 500 pianos on the island, thus cultivating many pianists and musicians, so Gulangyu also gained the reputation of "Piano Island". ?

To this day, music has always played an important role in Gulangyu Island. In addition to listening to the waves, the beautiful music is not to be missed when you come here. At Gulangyu Concert Hall, there are free concerts and performances almost every day. You can pay attention to the performance list at the door in advance. What could be more pleasant than listening to a concert on a wonderful island and listening to the pulse of the island. Besides, the concerts are free.

6. Don’t stop talking about delicious snacks?

Gulangyu’s delicious foods and snacks will satisfy everyone. In addition to local Fujian specialties, the food here also has many imported products, such as pizza, mango yogurt, and Zhang Sanfeng milk tea. The most classic local snacks on Gulangyu Island include fish balls, bamboo shoot jelly, sand tea noodles, fried oysters, pies, dried meat, and meat floss. Most of these shops are concentrated on Longtou Road, but they are also distributed in other places. If you are not in a hurry, you can take your time to look for them.

7. Stay in a special B&B for one night?

Gulangyu Island is full of family hotels, many of which are built in old houses. The interior exudes a small atmosphere, but the appearance remains the same. Full of traces of the vicissitudes of time. Stay on the island, wait for the hustle and bustle of the day to recede, and enjoy the tranquility of Gulangyu Island after nightfall.

8. Encounter a free island cat?

There are too many cats on Gulangyu Island, and most of them have great personalities. No wonder some people joke that there are so many cats in Gulangyu that you can’t count them on ten fingers.

To give a few examples: Zhang Sanfeng, babycat, Nora, Pieno, etc. If you don’t meet a cat on Gulangyu Island, how can you say you have been to Gulangyu Island? ?

9. Looking for a favorite path?

Finding the road on Gulangyu Island is really a happy thing. Those bluestone paths wind through the mountains, with old buildings and bougainvillea dotted on the roadside, high and low, twists and turns, but they contain the real leisurely temperament of Gulangyu Island. When walking on such a small road, you can't be in a hurry, there is no purpose, but there will definitely be surprises. There are no cars or horses on Gulangyu Island. There are no cars or bicycles, only battery carts for transporting goods, so it is absolutely safe to walk here.

10. Listen to the sound of a flower blooming?

The beauty of Gulangyu Island is surrounded by the sea and decorated with flowers. In Xiamen and Gulangyu Island, there are flowers all year round, and they are decorated with flowers all year round. Especially northern tourists like me are deeply attracted by the flowers on Gulangyu Island, looking for them one after another and pressing the shutter. So in Gulangyu, give yourself some time to appreciate a flower and listen quietly to the sound of a flower blooming. ?