What are the four big islands of China?

Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, Fujian, Dongmenyu Island in Dongshan County, Zhejiang, Jiang Xinyu Island in Wenzhou and Lan Yu Island in Taitung County, Taiwan are all famous. Because Zheng Chenggong trained in these four islands, they are also called "Four Famous Islands in China".

I am in Gulangyu Island in Xiamen.

Gulangyu Island (in English: Kulangsu) was originally called "Round Shazhou" and was also called "Yuanzhouzai". It was named "Wulong Island" in the Southern Song Dynasty and renamed "Gulangyu Island" in the Ming Dynasty. Because there is a two-meter-high rock on the beach in the southwest of the island, and there is a cave in the middle, whenever the tide rises, the waves hit the rock, which sounds like drums. People call it "Gulangyu Stone", hence the name Gulangyu. Gulangyu street is short and criss-crossed, and it is the largest island in Xiamen.

Gulangyu has a green coverage rate of over 40% and a rich plant population. There are more than 90 families and 65,438+0,000 species of trees, shrubs, vines and ground cover plants. Representative scenic spots include: Sunlight Rock, Lu Manor, Haoyue Garden, Yuyuan Garden, Gulangyu Stone, Gulangyu Piano Museum, Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall, Underwater World, Natural Bathing Beach, Sea Paradise Structure, etc.

Gulangyu Scenic Area has successively won the honors of national 5A-level tourist attractions, national key cultural relics protection units, and the most beautiful five cities in China. 20 17 On July 8th, "Gulangyu Island: International Historic Community" was listed in the World Heritage List, becoming the 52nd World Heritage Project in China.

2. Dongmenyu, Dongshan County

Dongmenyu, also known as Tayu, covers an area of nearly 1 square kilometer, and is an island with an approximate "earth" shape. She is located outside the east gate of Tongshan Ancient City, Dongshan Island, Zhangzhou City. She is famous for its peculiar rocks, mellow caves and numerous historical sites, and is listed as one of the top ten scenic spots in Fujian Province.

Dongshan County, where Dongmenyu is located, is surrounded by the sea and has a subtropical maritime monsoon climate, which is warm in winter and cool in summer. There is no frost all year round (1 monthly average temperature 13. 1℃, and the average temperature in July is 27.3℃). The island is shaded by trees, with a greening rate of 93.2%. It is known as the "East China Sea Oasis". Dongshan is rich in tourism resources and has unique advantages.

Seven crescent-shaped bays, including South Gate, Maluan, Shen Dong, Donggu, Island Reef, Aojiao and Gongqian, have clean beaches, endless forest belts, gorgeous sunshine and blue sea water, as well as beautiful coastal scenery unique to South China. They are tourist attractions, entertainment, leisure, sports and health resorts. There are 32 small islands around the island, each with its own flavor. The images of dragons, tigers and lions are lifelike, and the coastal reefs are grotesque and spectacular, such as pneumatic stones, stone monks worshipping pagodas, and "tiger drops jade liquid". Tongshan Ancient City, Guandi Temple, Tianhou Palace, Huangshi Village, Ji Shuchu, Zheng Chenggong Shuicaotai and other places of interest are unforgettable.

Third, Wenzhou Jiang Xinyu

Jiang Xinyu, located in the middle reaches of Oujiang River in the north of Wenzhou, is long from east to west and narrow from north to south, belonging to the four famous islands in China. The beautiful scenery on the island and the towering East-West Twin Towers set off the Jiangxin Temple, which has always been called "Penglai of Oujiang River". Famous poets of past dynasties, such as Xie Lingyun, Meng Haoran, Han Yu, Lu You and Wen Tianxiang. , have stayed in Jiang Xinyu.

Jiang Xinyu was two small islands in ancient times. Xie Lingyun, the chief of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Southern Dynasties and early Song Dynasty, once boarded an isolated island and wrote: "Turbulence tends to be positive, and the isolated island is charming in the middle of the river." Clouds and the sun set each other off, and the water was clear. In the Tang Dynasty, Fan Yu and Pagoda were gradually built on the island.

4. Lan Yu, Taitung County

Lan Yu is the land of enlightenment for Taiwan Province aborigines. This 45-square-kilometer island in Fiona Fang is full of lush green plants, with rolling hills, rocky beaches and various shapes. Lan Yu is a small island in the western Pacific Ocean. It is 49 nautical miles from Taitung City in the northwest, 45 nautical miles from Green Island, and 4 1 nautical mile from Goose Guanbi in the southwest.

The island has beautiful scenery, coconut wind and banana rain, and a tropical scenery, which is known as a paradise. Due to the strong monsoon in winter and frequent typhoons in summer and autumn, the surrounding coast is eroded by waves, forming many special marine erosion landscapes, all over natural caves and strange rocks and cliffs. The famous ones are warship rock island, tank rock, Jade Girl Rock, Double Lion Rock, Dragon Head Rock and Lover Cave.

Lan Yu Island is located on the southeast coast of Taitung, about 90 kilometers away from the coast. The whole island consists of andesite and tuffaceous lump. Andesite is exposed in the middle of the island, surrounded by pyroclastic rocks. There are four administrative villages in rural Lan Yu, including six tribes: Dong Qing, Wild Silver, Dao Lang, Coconut Oil, Fisherman and Red Head.

Extended data

Gulangyu Island is irregular in shape; 2.85 miles in circumference, 1. 1 mile in length and 0.72 miles in width; It is worth noting that there are a lot of granite stones scattered on it, among which the rock south of the central part of the island is the highest, with an altitude of 302 feet. With rich coastlines and water bodies as the boundaries, hills and mountains such as Sunguangyan, Bijiashan and Qishan formed by natural landform changes as the main natural forms, it integrates different types of artificial landscape complexes such as architecture and gardens. Buildings stand on platforms, or are built by mountains or water.

Dongmenyu is known as the fairy mountain on the sea. Located on the sea two kilometers away from the east gate of Tongshan ancient city, it is called Dongmenyu, and because of the Wenfeng Pagoda on the island, Dongmenyu covers an area of nearly 1 square kilometer, which is an island with an approximate "earth" shape. The highest point, Wenfeng, is 9 1.3m above sea level. Dongmenyu, which combines the beauty of natural scenery and human landscape, is called the sea fairy mountain. Dongmenyu is located in Dongshan County (Island). Dongshan Island is adjacent to the Taiwan Province Strait in the east, between Xiamen and Shantou. The county consists of 33 islands with a total area of 194 square kilometers. The coast of the main island is curved, with a total length of 14 1 km, which looks like a butterfly, also known as "butterfly island".

For thousands of years, scholars have left nearly 800 famous poems in memory of Jiang Xinyu. There are many places of interest on the island, including Song Wenxin Guogong Temple, Haoran Building, Xiegong Pavilion, Chengxian Pavilion and Museum, Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Hall, Workers' Sanatorium, etc., all of which are provincial and municipal cultural protection buildings. There are children's amusement parks, amusement parks, lover island, bonsai gardens, outdoor gardens, Cannes Celebrity Photography Mansion and * * * Cuihu.

Due to the strong monsoon in winter and frequent typhoons in summer and autumn, the coastal areas around Lan Yu are eroded by waves, forming many special marine erosion landscapes, all over natural caves and grotesque cliffs. The famous ones are warship rock island, tank rock, Jade Girl Rock, Double Lion Rock, Dragon Head Rock and Lover Cave. Uplifted coral reefs surround the island, forming a skirt coral reef landscape.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Famous Islands in China