Which district in Xiamen is Gulangyu Island?

Gulangyu Island is located in Siming District, Xiamen City, Gulangyu Street, Siming District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province. It covers an area of ??1.88 square kilometers and faces Xiamen Island across the sea. The highest point is Sunlight Rock, which is adjacent to Xiamen Island. Xiamen Shimao Strait Tower and Xiamen University face each other across the sea.

Gulangyu Island, formerly known as "Yuanshazhou", also known as "Yuanzhouzai", was named "Wulongyu" during the Southern Song Dynasty. There is a sea-eroded rock cave in the southwest of the island that was impacted by the waves and made a sound like a drum. It has been refined since the Ming Dynasty. Today it is called "Gulangyu Island". With the development of Xiamen, Gulangyu Island has become a comprehensive island scenic and cultural tourist area integrating sightseeing, vacation, tourism, shopping, leisure and entertainment.

The main attractions of Gulangyu Island

1. Sunlight Rock: commonly known as "Yanzai Mountain", also known as "Huangyan". It is said that Zheng Chenggong came to Huangyan and saw that the scenery here is better than that in Japan The name of Sunlight Mountain was separated from the word "Huang" and it was called "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.

2. Shuzhuang Garden: Located behind Hong Kong Aberdeen on Gulangyu Island, it was built in the second year of the Republic of China (1913). The owner was Lin Yongjia, also known as Shu Zang, and the name of the garden was named after his homophonic name. After the Qing government failed in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, 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 subjugation. Later, Shu Zang built this garden. 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.

3. Aberdeen Back Beach Bathing Beach: On the wide beach behind Aberdeen, the sand is soft, the slope is gentle and the waves are low, and the water flow is slow. There are no sharks. The sea temperature is above 20℃ for 5 and a half months every year. , the swimming season can last up to half a year, there are two tides every day, and the swimming time is more than six hours. It is a natural beach. 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.