What to do in Gulangyu Island, Xiamen

The top of Sunlight Rock is the highest point of Gulangyu Island, standing here, you can take in the surrounding island seascape scenery. It is a good choice to blow the sea breeze here and leave a picture of your hair flying. The full ticket is 60, 35 for Xiamen and Drums citizens, and student tickets are half price.

What's fun in Gulangyu Island--Peas and Beans Garden

Peas and Beans Garden was built in 1913, located in the southern part of Gulangyu Island, facing the sea, backed by the sunlight rock. The garden is divided into two major parts, namely, the Hidden Sea Garden and the Supplementary Mountain Garden, each scene is in order, the garden is in the sea, the sea is in the garden, both the exquisite elegance of the Jiangnan courtyard, and the seagulls flying in the majestic and spectacular, contrasting static and dynamic, complementing each other.

Admission: 30 yuan

Opening time: 6:00-18:30

What to do in Gulangyu Island--Piano Museum

The Piano Museum displays more than 70 ancient pianos collected by Mr. Hu Youyi, who was shipped back to Gulangyu Island from Australia. The pianos here are not only historic and diverse, but also peculiar. Gulangyu Piano Museum many pianos through the years of the two wars, as a decorative object of the candelabra lamps also have more than a hundred years of history, a visit to the Piano Museum is equal to browse through the history of the development of the world's pianos.

Tickets: Included in the admission fee for Beans Garden

Opening time: 8:15-17:45

What's interesting in Gulangyu Island--Organ Museum

The Organ Museum is the only organ museum in China at present. The red dome is a direct copy of the stone house dome of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Palestine, the oldest Islamic building in the world; the 82 large columns refer to the large stone columns of the Temple of Goddess Hera in ancient Greece built in the 5th century AD; the stone beams and lines of the flat supports between the columns can be found in the shadow of the Temple of Hephaestion in the Plaza of Athens, Greece; the cross-shaped aisle originated in Greece and later used in Roman churches; the Tauric and Ionic styles of ancient Greece The decoration of the column head and the vase of green dolomite under the press bar fully display the classical beauty of the combination of East and West.

Admission: 20 yuan

Opening time: 8:30-18:30

What to do in Gulangyu Island--Hao Yue Yuan

Hao Yue Yuan is located in the eastern part of Gulangyu Island, at the seashore of Overdrive Rock, built to commemorate Zheng Chenggong's historical achievement of expelling the Dutch barbarians and recovering Taiwan. Its name is taken from the word "moon" in Zheng Chenggong's poem "Thinking of the king's sleeplessness, the moonlight penetrates through the vegetarian apartment", which expresses the remembrance of the hero and the thoughts of Taiwan compatriots, and the most remarkable thing in the garden is the statue of Zheng Chenggong, which is 10 times as tall as Zheng Chenggong's. The garden is located in the eastern part of Gulangyu Island.

Gulangyu Island has a pleasant climate, four seasons like spring, beautiful and colorful landscapes, no hustle and bustle of cars and horses, birdsong and flowers, and is known as the "Garden of the Sea". Nowadays, this place is dotted with dazzling personality store, life atmosphere and literary paradigm and heavy, follow the footsteps, any stop on the road in a cafe, sip a mouthful of espresso or milk tea, in Gulangyu Island to enjoy the rare peace and quiet it.

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