Why is Gulangyu Island, which has become a world cultural heritage, no longer the Gulangyu Island of Xiamen people?

When someone asked me about Gulangyu Island again last night, I chose to become invisible and stood on the balcony. Looking at Gulangyu Island with all-night lights on the other side, I felt a little "dazzling".

I stayed in Xiamen for several years when I was 8 years old, and then stayed in Xiamen for several years after graduation. I have been to Gulangyu Island twice. More than 20 years ago, I followed my father by boat to Gulangyu Island. At that time, there were not as many tourists as there are now, and many attractions were still free. There are not many places to eat on the island, so we can only bring steamed buns and soy milk and eat while shopping.

Many of these memories have been blurred, but in my impression Gulangyu Island is still quite interesting.

My friends came to Xiamen the year before last. Two rough old men queued for 20 minutes to buy tickets. Then a wave of tourists were pushed onto the boat. When we arrived at Gulangyu Island, I saw the huge crowds of people. , I screamed in my heart, "Grandma," and wondered how I could become like this.

Before I came, I told my friends that there were many good attractions, but when I arrived, I asked for tickets. Just like this, two grown men followed tourists to the food street on the coast. They bought two squid skewers and charged me 50 yuan. I pretended to be generous and said there was no shortage of money, but I had already scolded my mother in my heart, thinking that I was really an unscrupulous businessman.

Afterwards, I passed by Zhang Sanfeng Milk Tea Shop, and my friend’s eyes lit up and he said, wow, this is a very popular shop, let’s go there!

We ordered two cups of milk tea, and the price was indeed about eight yuan more expensive than other milk teas outside. After entering the mouth, I knew that I had been tricked again. The taste was just milk tea powder + water + ice cubes. The cost of a cup of milk tea is actually very low, but it can be sold at such a high price casually. I pay the price for my ignorance and fake literature.

The next meal cost three hundred yuan for two dishes and one soup. My old friend and I looked at the crowds of tourists and showed no patience. We opened our feet and it didn't look like we were taking a walk. We just walked quickly and finished the tour of Gulangyu Island.

I recall that a few years ago, a friend who had returned from studying in Europe opened a milk tea shop on Gulangyu Island. The business at first was neither good nor bad. Of course, my friend didn’t expect this store to make any money. This store was rather her personal resting space. But the store closed after two years, and she went to Finland and never came back. The reason for leaving is simple. The store rent has increased from the original 8,000 to almost 100,000.

The phenomenon of friends is not unknown in Gulangyu. Many conscientious merchants were forced to leave. In order to offset the high rent, the new merchants lowered the cost of products and raised prices. Tourists obediently pay for it.

In the past, local residents of Xiamen would take their children and families there for a walk on weekends and then return by boat at dusk, but now they stop at the shore.

Despite this, the island is bustling every day, and new businesses are still enjoying it, but the once peaceful island can never go back.

Thinking of this, I hurriedly updated my signature: If anyone comes to Xiamen again, let me take him to Gulangyu Island to play, I will break all ties! Especially May Day!

Gulangyu used to be synonymous with elegance and literature. What has become now?

Long queues in front of public toilets, frequent thefts, the smell of grilled squid filling the streets...

An island filled with the intersection of Chinese and Western cultures has now become a "one-day trip" Holy place. The elegance is gone and the smell of copper is everywhere. Especially after becoming a "World Cultural Heritage", this title will bring more business opportunities and tourists here.

Cheng Zi never had the opportunity to see the beautiful Gulangyu Island, and could only imagine it in the mouths of the original islanders.

An aunt who originally lived in the most prosperous area of ??Longtou Road said: "Although the economy is now better and life is considered rich, the island's carrying capacity is limited and many tourists are of low quality, which particularly affects life. 9 tourists a day It was very noisy and affected their lives, so they had to move away from the island.”

Many aborigines like her had to leave. Some people did not like the noisy environment of the island today, although they were reluctant to leave. , and indeed there is no way. Some people cannot stand the phenomenon of shops robbing customers and are unable to stop it, so they decide to choose another location.

Even if the indigenous people make such concessions, how do tourists evaluate it?

Faced with the dual pressures of excessive commercialization and world cultural heritage, it is time for Gulangyu Island to make changes. Standing on Sunlight Rock, I hope that those shaky old houses can regain their former glory and let the declining The building has been given a new look, making the air tidy and restoring the glory and elegance of Gulangyu Island in the past.

As long as any scenic spot in China becomes famous, it will be overcrowded, and the subsequent tourism experience will basically decline, and the same is true for Gulangyu Island. However, in recent years, in order to apply for World Heritage (it was successfully applied for World Heritage last year), the management and planning of Gulangyu Island are still relatively good. In order to protect the ecology and provide a better tourism experience, the daily visitor limit is now 50,000. If you want to go to the island, you can sometimes buy Ferry tickets are quite tight.

As for Gulangyu, which is not from Xiamen, I can only say that if you want to travel, come to Gulangyu, and live there, it is better not to live in Gulangyu. On the one hand, it is a tourist area, not so quiet, and there are people everywhere. There are B&Bs everywhere; on the other hand, life in Gulangyu is relatively inconvenient, with poor schooling, medical care, and housing quality, making it not suitable for long-term living; on the other hand, everyone has to work, and if you want to work, you have to go there. In Xiamen, it is not convenient to travel to and from Gulangyu Island every day. Therefore, there are not many Xiamen people living on the island, and they are mainly concentrated in the Neicuoao community. As for the Longtou community, it is a business district with many outsiders, so it is not Gulangyu Island for Xiamen people.

More than ten years ago, when tourism was not so developed, Gulangyu Island was quiet and quiet. For example, Shu Ting and Yin Chengzong’s family lived on the island, which was very comfortable, but now it is not as comfortable as before. In fact, this is a contradictory question. If you want to be comfortable, then tourists will not come to Gulangyu, and countless people will not be able to experience the slightest bit of Gulangyu. If no one comes to explore, no one will know this comfort, and they will not There is a topic of whether Gulangyu is comfortable, because that is not something you need to discuss. Now is an open world. Gulangyu is for everyone. There is no way to become Gulangyu for a small group of people.

I went to Gulangyu Island today. I really feel that Gulangyu Island is getting farther and farther away from us in Xiamen, and we will never return.

In the past, Gulangyu Island was Xiamen’s sea garden. During weekends or when I was free, my friends came to visit. The first thing I thought of was to go to Gulangyu Island, take a boat ride, enjoy the sea breeze, see the buildings from all over the world, and feel it. The artistic atmosphere is pretty good. It is very convenient to get there by ferry, and the ferry ticket is very affordable. It is also close to Zhongshan Street and Baicheng. It is very fulfilling and colorful in a day. It’s really a trip that comes and goes!

Now the pier has been changed, ferry tickets have skyrocketed, flights are still very tight, and you must bring your ID card to buy tickets. Go to the pier to buy a ticket at 12 o'clock today. The ticket is 50 yuan each, and the boat leaves after 2 o'clock. Children also need identification documents. If you don't have an ID card, you need a household registration book. It's troublesome, it's really troublesome!

It was already three o'clock when we took a more than ten-minute boat ride to the island. Except for those selling things, the streets were expensive and deceptive, and there was no literary and artistic atmosphere like before. In the fast walking mode, you can't get back the leisurely and leisurely fun mood you had before.

As the saying goes: The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Now that Gulangyu Island has been successfully applied for World Heritage, perhaps it is sacrificing the individual (the people in Xiamen) to serve the global mankind!

Now I can just look at Gulangyu Island from a distance on the ferry. The so-called beauty is on the water side, but you can watch it from a distance but not play close up!

As a tourist, I would like to say that Xiamen’s tourism is far from being called a civilized city. Tourism deception probably ranks among the top in the country. We were scammed when we arrived on the 16th, and the money was not refunded. The quality of people engaged in the tourism industry is not generally poor. If this continues, tourism in Xiamen will come to an end one day. I hope the government will attach great importance to it

This sentiment is not only applicable to Gulangyu Island, but also to various large and small scenic spots in the world. Being famous in the world has certainly brought economic growth, but it has left the tenderness in the memory of generations. Gulangyu Island has disappeared.

Walking on the streets of Gulangyu Island, the crowds are surging, attracting the favor of businesses from all walks of life and stopping one after another. Managers who see business opportunities naturally understand that they can bring a lot of income to the local area, so they start shopping in various places. Driven by these positive factors, Gulangyu Island has become a gathering place for commodities from all over the world. It is no longer the taste that Xiamen people remember.

The changes in Gulangyu Island are the epitome of the changes in China’s tourist destinations. Gulangyu Island has transformed from a small island in Xiamen that no one cares about to a popular world scenic spot. The change process is also an issue that my country’s tourism industry needs to think about—— How to ensure the development of the tourism industry with characteristics, instead of unifying the various scenic spots in the motherland through the establishment of various Internet celebrity stores, this requires managers to select the merchants based on local characteristics, and cannot blindly cater to the market. Loss of character.

As someone who was born and raised in Gulangyu Island, I also feel that the most beautiful Gulangyu Island is gone forever. It used to be peaceful and beautiful. When I was a kid, I would run around all over the island like crazy. My parents wouldn't worry about it. I would always come home after dinner. In the past, except for the Longtou Road area, which was a commercial area, there were relatively few shops in other places. There were very few residential buildings on the first floor that were converted into storefronts. All you could see at any time were locals sitting in front of the door and sitting on the roadside chatting and spreading tea. Now, they are everywhere showing fake Xiamen flavor and fake time-honored brands. Fallen, the smell of barbecue and stinky tofu fills the air. In short, I feel like it’s okay not to go to Gulangyu now.

Gulangyu Island, I went to Gulangyu Island with my mother and aunt when I was five years old. At that time, we boarded the island boat from the first pier and took a small cargo boat. The island was very quiet and almost no one could be seen. There are no places with high traffic, such as setting up stalls. You can go up the mountain without tickets to Sunlight Rock, the scenic spot on the island. I remember it was a typhoon day and many trees were blown down. There was no boat back to Xiamen. I stayed at my aunt's house that night. I remember that at night It was so quiet that I was scared at that time. In fact, Gulangyu Island is very ordinary, just like a quiet island. Today, Gulangyu Island can no longer find that quiet and peaceful afternoon, nor can it find that peaceful atmosphere. I still often Every time I go to my aunt’s house for dinner, it’s noisy. I really don’t understand what changes a large number of tourists have brought to Gulangyu Island. Gulangyu Island is so tired. I sincerely hope that tourists can slow down and savor it when visiting Gulangyu Island, and forget their age. , forget your identity, forget your troubled feelings, this century-old island delivers positive energy to the application for World Heritage

Do you know what we call Gulangyu People’s Primary School? Anlong Primary School! ! Because most of the students in the school are from Anhui and Longhai. The people who sell Teppanyaki in Gulangyu are basically the Anhui gang and the Longhai gang that sells seafood are basically the Anhui gang. So without us, we basically won’t go to Gulangyu. When friends from out of town come, let them go to the island by themselves

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