What are the most famous attractions in Gulangyu Island?

Gulangyu Island is also a fertile ground for music, with talents emerging in large numbers. The density of pianos is the highest in the country, and it is also known as the "Piano Island" and the "Hometown of Music".

Sunlight Rock

A corner of Gulangyu Island

Sunlight Rock is commonly known as "Yanzaishan" and also known as "Huangyan". According to legend, Zheng Chenggong came to Huangyan in 1641. Seeing that the scenery here is better than Japan's Sunlight Mountain, I split the word "Akira" and called it "Sunlight Rock". Sunlight Rock Tourist Area consists of two parts: Sunlight Rock and Qinyuan. Sunlight Rock stands in the south of the central part of Gulangyu Island. It is composed of two huge rocks, one vertical and one horizontal, standing against each other. It becomes the peak of Longtou Mountain. With an altitude of 92.7 meters, it is the highest peak of Gulangyu Island. Standing at the gate of Sunlight Rock, I saw a huge rock more than 40 meters high, standing in the sky. On the cliff of the huge rock, there was the four-character "Tianfeng Haitao" inscribed by Xu Shiying in 1915; there were two lines below it. Inscribed with large characters, the right side is "Gulang Cave Sky" and the left side is "Lujiang No. 1". The former was written by Ding Yizhong, a native of Danyang, Jiangsu Province in the first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1573 AD). This is the earliest inscription on Sunlight Rock. carve. The latter was written by Lin Xianxian from Changle, Fujian during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. The two are close to each other and have the same handwriting. Lin Xianxian's signature is particularly large. Visitors often mistakenly think that both were written by Lin Xianxian. In fact, the latter was inscribed later than the former. More than two hundred years. The above three major cliff carvings can be said to vividly summarize the scenery of Sunlight Rock, leaving a deep impression on visitors. This is the first view of Sunlight Rock. [6]

Shuzhuang Garden

Shuzhuang Garden is located behind Hong Kong Aberdeen on Gulangyu Island. It was built in 1913. The owner Lin Erjia, also known as Shu Zang, is named after His name is a homophonic name. In 1894, the Qing government failed in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, and Taiwan was ceded to Japan the following year. Lin Weiyuan and his son-in-law Zang moved to Gulangyu Island to live in Gulangyu Island, unwilling to be slaves to the country's subjugation. Later, Shu Zang built this garden. Shuzhuang built a garden next to the sea. In the sea garden, there is a cave next to the mountain, and the mountains are built with rocks. It contrasts with the scenery of the mountains and water in the distance and forms an integrated whole. The towers, pavilions and pavilions built have different shapes. The bridges and bridges have low railings, shaped like swimming dragons. In the garden, you can look at the sea, with the waves lapping at the shore, and leaning on the railings to see the mountains and the sea. There are also the secluded caves, paths full of flowers, and rows of green trees. It is a rare scenic spot. The garden construction is divided into two parts: Zanghai Garden and Bushan Garden. They mainly use gardens to hide the sea, use gardens to decorate the sea, use the sea to expand the gardens, use stones to mend mountains, and use caves to hide the sky. The total area of ??Shuzhuang Garden is 20,328 square meters, including 3,352 square meters of water and 2,451 square meters of buildings. Using a limited area to create infinite space, the small makes the big appear bigger, which is thought-provoking. Originally, this courtyard was mainly about tranquility, which created interest, but in front of me, there were waves crashing on the shore and splashing waves. The sound of the waves echoes, creating movement within silence, stillness within movement. The contrast between movement and stillness complements each other, creating a perfect combination and full of fun. [7]

Haoyue Garden

Haoyue Garden is located on Fudingyan Beach in the east of Gulangyu Island. It covers an area of ??30,000 square meters and spreads along the shore of Lujiang River. It is composed of beach, rocks and , green trees, pavilions spread out in the garden. Founded in 1985, the garden is named "Haoyue Garden" after the poem "I can't sleep thinking of you, the bright moon shines through the plain curtains" in "The Collection of Two Kings of Yanping". There is a giant bronze statue of Zheng Chenggong and his generals in the park, which is 13.7 meters long, 4.7 meters high and consumes 18 tons of copper. This giant bronze sculpture, except for Zheng Chenggong and his left and right generals Chen Ze, Chen Guang, Chen Yonghua, and Yang Chaodong, is slightly larger than the real size. The other soldiers and horses extend towards both sides. The picture is broad and quite attractive. Attention. What is more prominent in the park is the giant granite statue of Zheng Chenggong standing on Fuding Rock. This giant statue was completed on August 27, 1985. It is 15.7 meters high and weighs 1,617 tons. It is carved from 23 layers of 625 pieces of "Quanzhou White" granite. , very powerful. [8]

Ancient Summer Cave

The Ancient Summer Cave is a very unique cave. The stone walls on both sides support granite boulders falling from the sky, giving people the feeling of being overwhelmed by Mount Tai. It is very steep. The four words "ancient summer cave" above were inscribed by Shi Shijie, a Taiwanese scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. The cave is bright, dry, ventilated and refreshing. Passing through the ancient summer cave and turning left, there is a slim pavilion, which supports the slender waist and uses the rock as a balcony. It is called "Umbrella Pavilion" for tourists to shelter from the sun and rain. On the top of the rock next to it, there is a stone basin where the immortal washed his feet. It has been filled with water for many years. There are also the footprints of the immortal on the side. In fact, the "Immortal Seal" and the "Foot Washing Basin" are sea erosion landforms eroded by waves. In the distant geological era, this place was still under the erosion of waves. Later, due to the rise of the earth's crust, these sea erosion landforms appeared in the On the top of the mountain.

Longtou Mountain Village

Sunlight Rock, also known as Longtou Mountain, faces Hutou Mountain in Xiamen across the sea. One dragon and one tiger guard Xiamen Port, which is called "Dragon and Tiger Guarding the River". The original "Xu Pavilion" here has been destroyed long ago. Shi Guoqiu of Taiwan wrote an article "Xuting Ji", describing Sunlight Rock as "Shanluo Gulang Stone"

Surrounded by the sea, the first lake in the southeast as far as the eye can see, the light of the water touches the sky, and the torrential waves bathe in the sun, all of which are presented by Buddhist temples. strange". Dengdao is flanked by boulders and dense walls, and the sea breeze blows through it, which means that "nine summers bring coldness", and the coolness naturally comes from the "Lujiang Dragon Cave". "Nine Summers" means summer, and "Dragon Cave" is the place where dragons live, because it is said that five dragons once lived on Gulangyu Island. This village gate is the gate of the "Longtou Mountain Village" where Zheng Chenggong stationed troops on Gulangyu Island. The round hole on the rock was dug by soldiers setting up tents. General Cai Tingcuo, the former commander of the 19th Route Army of the Kuomintang, was so moved by the scene that he wrote this Qilu: "I have only one hand to mend the sky, and the eight Fujian villages maintain the unity of the present and the past; the ancient fortress is still there, and the heroes are recalled under the Sunlight Rock." The praise for Zheng Chenggong is extraordinary.

Mr. Cai Yuanpei also has a poem with seven rhymes: "The strong wind suppresses the sea waves, and the command is as high as the formation. Sometimes the insects, sand monkeys and cranes are exhausted, and the righteousness cannot be lost." "Chongsha monkeys and cranes" refer to those who died in the army.

Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall

The Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall was established on January 28, 1962 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan. Zheng Chenggong, whose original name was Sen and whose courtesy name was Damu, was born in Ishii, Nan'an, Fujian Province in 1624 on the coast of Hirado, Japan. Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty came to the throne in Fuzhou. Seeing that he was loyal to the court, he gave him the surname "Zhu" and changed his name to "Shenggong", so the people called him "Zheng Guo's surname". Emperor Yongli named him King Yanping. His father Zheng Zhilong secretly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and Zheng Chenggong left Kinmen and vowed to fight to the death against the Qing Dynasty. He used Kinmen and Xiamen as his bases and fought fiercely with the Qing army for many years. He once reached the gates of Nanjing, but was defeated due to arrogance. On the bright day of April 1661, Zheng Chenggong was fully prepared and led hundreds of warships and 25,000 officers and soldiers from Koro Bay in Kinmen to recover Taiwan, which had been occupied by the Dutch for 38 years, and worked hard to develop Taiwan. Zheng Chenggong died of illness in Taiwan in July 1662 at the age of 39. For more than 300 years, the people of Fujian and Taiwan have admired Zheng Chenggong very much and respected him as a national hero. The people of Taiwan respected him as the "Sage King who founded Taiwan". The Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall is divided into seven parts, displaying more than 300 pieces of various cultural relics, materials, photos, models, etc. Among them, Guanfang and Zhangzhou Military Steel are original items from that time and are quite precious. Visiting the museum can give you a more systematic understanding of Zheng Chenggong’s extraordinary life. This data comes from Baidu Map, and the final result is subject to Baidu Map data.

Shui Cao Tai

Shui Cao Tai is the site where Zheng Chenggong trained his navy in order to regain Taiwan. The four characters "Fujian Sea Mighty Wind" on the giant cliff are round, full, hearty and vigorous. On another boulder on the right front side, there is a poem written by Zheng Chenggong written by Wu Jue: "Rites, music, clothes, status, articles about Confucius and Mencius. Nanshan opens Shoucheng, and the East China Sea brews flowing clouds." It is said that this poem was copied from Zheng Chenggong's handwriting. , there are two seals "Zheng Sen's Private Seal" and "Success" engraved on the bottom. Standing on the water platform, people will always think of Zheng Chenggong commanding Ruoding here, being hunted by hanging flags on the river, and hundreds of companies competing for swimming. A spectacular scene of warriors gearing up for the reunification of the motherland.

Gulang Cave Sky

The scenic spot of Sunlight Rock is famous all over the world. It has attracted many literati throughout the ages. They were intoxicated by the wind and waves of the sky, recited poems and composed poems, leaving many Precious handwriting. After walking through the gate of Sunlight Rock Temple, you can look up at a huge cliff. The inscription on the giant cliff - "Gulang Cave Sky" provides a wonderful summary of the fairyland-like scenery of Sunlight Rock. It was written by No. 1 Middle School in the first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty; "Lujiang No. 1" highlights Sunlight Rock. It is the most scenic spot in Xiamen and was written by Lin Cheng in the first year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty; "Tian Feng Haitao" just pointed out the characteristics of Sunlight Rock and was written by Xu Shiying in the fourth year of the Republic of China.

Heroes Park

Heroes Park was built to commemorate the martyrs who liberated Xiamen and attacked Gulangyu Island. It consists of three parts: a small memorial square, a memorial sculpture and a memorial room. At the end of September 1949, the Tenth Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army liberated the southern Fujian mainland, forming a situation of encircling the Kuomintang troops in Kinmen and Xiamen on three sides. On October 15, the 31st Army and the 29th Army of the Corps began to launch cross-sea operations against Xiamen. At 18:00 that day, the fleets of two battalions each from the 271st Regiment and the 277th Regiment of the 31st Army took the lead. There are two routes from Haicang and other places to the Haoyue Garden in the southwest of Gulangyu Island. With the close cooperation of the boatmen in front of the support, the heroic PLA officers and soldiers fought against the wind and waves, braved the fierce enemy artillery fire, marched forward bravely, and landed on the beach at the foot of the mountain. For a moment, artillery fire was flying, thunder and lightning collapsed; the sound of soldiers was killing them, and their anger was overwhelming the sea and mountains. Unfortunately, Wang Xingfang, the leader of the 271st Regiment, and hundreds of other commanders and combatants, as well as Zhang Shuijin's family and other ex-support boatmen, died gloriously in the battle. After two days and nights of bloody fighting, our army finally liberated the entire islands of Xiamen and Guzhou and achieved final victory. Loyal bones are buried in the green mountains, and loyal hearts shine in the annals of history. After the liberation of Xiamen and Guzhou, the people called this mountain (originally called "Qizaiwei Mountain") Hero Mountain. This expresses people’s infinite memory for the revolutionary martyrs! In 2000 AD, the Gulangyu People's Government built the "Heroes Garden" on the mountain, blending this glorious revolutionary historical site with the beautiful scenery of the South, so that people can never forget the baptism of blood and fire in the past amidst the strong winds and sea waves. .

Piano Museum

Accompanied by the sound of the waves on Gulangyu Island, 30 fortepianos stand quietly in a showroom full of elegant atmosphere, making visitors with surprised eyes exclaim. Waves of admiration. There is the Gulangyu Piano Museum. The Gulangyu Piano Museum, completed in January 2000, is located in the "Tingtao Pavilion" in Shuzhuang Garden. It covers an area of ??450 square meters and is divided into two buildings, AB and two floors. The museum displays more than 40 ancient pianos collected by the patriotic overseas Chinese Hu Youyi. Among them are rare and precious gold-plated pianos, the world's earliest square piano and the earliest and largest upright piano, ancient hand-operated pianos, a pedal self-playing piano made a hundred years ago and an ancient eight-pedal piano. Piano etc. Whether they are ordinary tourists, musicians or artists, the Gulangyu Piano Museum brings them endless artistic influence and musical inspiration. It may be an exaggeration to describe the pianos in the museum as being in various shapes, but it is not an exaggeration at all if visitors are allowed to walk through the evolution of pianos over the past 200 years along with the exhibits. The famous Australian pianist Jeffrey Tossa is a close friend of Mr. Hu Youyi. He said, "I am proud of my friend. He gave the most special gift to China."

"To celebrate the opening of the museum, Jeffrey Tossa also held a special concert at the Gulangyu Concert Hall. French piano master Michel Bourdoncle visited the museum and said: I hope to hold an international concert here one day. "The famous Chinese conductors Han Zhongjie and Zheng Xiaoying, and the American pianist Yin Chengzong were also deeply impressed by the musical charm of the Piano Museum. Accompanied by the sound of the waves on Gulangyu Island, 30 clavichords stood quietly in the showroom full of elegant atmosphere, making the visitors with surprised eyes burst into admiration. There is the Gulangyu Piano Museum.

Aberdeen Back Beach Bathing Beach

On the wide beach behind Aberdeen, the sand is soft, the slope is gentle and the waves are smooth, the water flow is slow, there are no sharks, and the sea water temperature is 5 and a half months every year When the temperature is above 20℃, the swimming season can last up to half a year. There are two tides every day, and swimming time is more than six hours. It is an ideal natural beach with good scenery, good sand, good water quality and good climate. A variety of service facilities are available, as well as water entertainment projects such as yachts and motorboats. In 1998, the National OP Class Sailing Championship was held here.

The 100-meter high platform

The 100-meter high platform is the top of Sunlight Rock, which is 92.7 meters above sea level. Together with the round platform, it is known as the "100-meter high platform". Showering in the sky breeze, listening to the waves, and looking into the distance, the water and sky are the same color, which makes people forget the many worries in the world and integrate themselves into this beautiful and harmonious world. The wonderful thing about traveling to Sunlight Rock is that you don’t just see the scenery with your naked eyes, but you should feel it with your heart and have a complete spiritual journey. Looking at Gulangyu Island at your feet, the buildings of various styles are scattered in an orderly manner, as if the notes were played from this piano island and solidified into the most romantic melody. This is a magical island, and every elegant building here has a wonderful legendary story. Looking to the north, the red building with the dome top is very obvious. It is the most famous "Bagua Tower" on Gulangyu Island. A little closer to us, the building with the cross on it is the "Trinity Hall", the most famous cathedral in southern Fujian. . Looking further ahead, Gulangyu Island faces Xiamen across the Lujiang River. The characteristic buildings here are completely different from the modern high-rise buildings in Xiamen. It seems that time has stopped here, leaving us in the history of the late 19th and early 20th centuries when Eastern and Western cultures collided. middle. Looking to the west, the chimneys of the Songyu Power Plant rise high, and the famous Haicang Development Zone is right in front of you, connected to Xiamen through the newly built Haicang Bridge. Looking south, opposite is the Bank of China Development Zone in Zhangzhou and the rolling hills of Nantaiwu. Looking eastward, in the distance there are Wuyu, Qingyu, Dadan Xiaodan, Greater Kinmen, and Little Kinmen islands. Across the strait is Taiwan.

Riguangyan Temple

Riguangyan Temple, commonly known as "a piece of tile", is actually a natural stone cave with a huge stone as the top. The temple was built according to the mountain topography. The specific time It was the fourteenth year of Wanli during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty. There are two legends about the origin of the name of Sunlight Rock: one is the natural scenery of the island. According to the legend, because every morning, the morning sun rises from behind the Wulaofeng Peak in Xiamen, and Sunlight Rock is the first to be showered in the sun. , so it was named Sunlight Rock, and the temple was called Sunlight Rock Temple; first, it is a historical legend that Zheng Chenggong came to Huangyan (also known as Sunlight Rock) and saw that the scenery here was far better than Sunlight Mountain in Japan, so he took apart the word "Huangyan" and It became Sunlight Rock. The Riguangyan Temple has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the Yuanming Hall was built to worship Maitreya. An octagonal pavilion was built in front of the temple with a plaque reading "Riguang Temple" on it. After liberation, the Yuanming Hall was changed into a Buddhist chanting hall, and the Main Hall was built in 1917. After the reform and opening up and the implementation of religious policies, Riguangyan Temple received government support and accepted donations from believers at home and abroad. It carried out extensive construction work, renovated the Main Hall, and built new mountain gates and bell and drum towers. The temple has a new look with its tourist platform, Dharma hall, monk's residence, canteen and dining hall. Sunlight Rock Temple is an exquisite and exquisite temple. The Main Hall and Maitreya Hall are built side by side. It is the only one in the country. The Riguangyan Temple has a beautiful environment and is home to eminent monks from all dynasties. The famous Master Hongyi retreated here for eight months in June 1936.

Organ Museum

On the evening of January 28, 2005, the Gulangyu Organ Museum, the only organ museum in China and the largest in the world that attracted much attention, was opened to the public and a pipe organ ceremony was held. concert. The Organ Museum's first large-scale pipe organ, the "Normanbier", officially "debuted" to tourists and citizens with its "preliminary cry". More than 150 citizens got the first opportunity to enjoy the wonderful sound of the century-old ancient organ. Organists Reese Bock (male) and Rick Murray from Australia brought brand-new music to the citizens of Ludao enjoy. Currently, there are more than 5,000 pianos stored in the museum.

Trinity Church

More than seventy years ago, as about a hundred believers from Xiamen Chinese New Street Church, Zhushu Church, and Xiamen Church moved to Gulangyu Island one after another, they encountered a typhoon. It was inconvenient to cross the sea and return to the main island of Xiamen for worship due to rain, rain and other weather conditions, so believers from the three churches jointly established a church on Gulangyu Island, hence the name "Trinity Church", which also contains the doctrine of the Trinity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. At first, the Sunday worship was borrowed from the then Yude Girls' Middle School Chapel (now Xiamen Music School), and then the church was built in 1934 (can accommodate more than 1,000 people). In 1992, the pastor's building was built (now converted into an office building), and it was expanded in 2000. The main entrance of the church, ancillary buildings, walls and railings and other unfinished projects took 66 years to complete. The total area now is 2138.62㎡ and the total construction area is 1368㎡.

The architecture of Trinity Hall is unique, with a rare three-dimensional shape of a cross. On the roof of yellow tiles drained from all directions, an octagonal bell tower stands in the center, and the top cross towers into the sky. The red wall is decorated with smooth triangular lines, with twelve doors and sixteen windows open on all sides, which are extremely wide and have the practical characteristics of ventilation, lighting and evacuation. On the 13-meter-span wall with the same length and width in the hall, the roof truss of column-less steel beam arches is cleverly used, coupled with the wooden ceiling, which makes it appear tall and majestic and brings extremely scientific and ideal sound effects. It has become the most distinctive feature of this hall building. A must. No matter it is viewed from any angle, its majestic and extraordinary momentum is breathtaking. In 2006, it was identified as the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Haitiang Structure

Haitangtang Structure is located at No. 38 Fujian Road, Gulangyu Island. It was built in 1921 and was listed as a key historical building by the Xiamen Municipal Government in April 2002. The old villa "Haitiangou" that is currently open after restoration is a model of the combination of Chinese and Western cultures. The gatehouse is a typical traditional Chinese style, with double eaves, brackets and cornices. The buildings on the front and back sides generally adopt the ancient Greek column style, and the window decorations are mostly in Western style, but the walls and corners are decorated with Chinese carvings. There was originally a club for foreigners in the middle building. After Huang Xiuxang purchased it, he built it into an antique palace-style building with a large roof, built by Putian craftsmen. It adopts double eaves to rest on the top of the mountain, and the four corners are wrapped with branches that are raised high. The front part of the roof is unique, with a "pavilion" that looks like a double-eaved spire on the outside, and a treasure gourd installed on the top of the pavilion; from the inside, it is an octagonal caisson made of strips of wood, which leads directly to the well from the second floor. On the top, there are Chinese paintings of flowers and birds painted on the walls of the well. This "pavilion" is purely decorative. The lintels of doors, windows, corridors and halls are all decorated with cement openwork flying canopies, and all eaves corners are decorated with twining flowers or water-absorbing mosquito dragons. Dragons and phoenixes are hung in place of pickers, making the villa very nationally decorated. The corridor columns are square and made of red bricks, with natural and harmonious colors; while the main hall has four vertical column flower baskets corresponding to the flower pots on the railings, especially the brackets decorating the outer edge of the corridor, which looks particularly stable. The architectural style of Haitian Tower is rare in Gulangyu, where Western-style buildings abound.