2, on the island for free. Sunlight rock, beans and peas garden, carving museum, organ museum joint ticket 80 yuan. Sea paradise structure 60 yuan. Open all day
3, the cost of the boat: it depends on which way you choose the boat, if you choose the general ferry across the sea, in Xiamen Ferry Terminal boat ferry, free of charge to go, the return trip 8 yuan. 4 yuan after 20:00. The ferry ride takes about 7 minutes, and you have to pay 1 yuan for the view from the second floor. If you choose to take the ferry around the island, you will have to pay an extra RMB! If you choose the ferry around the island, you have to buy a ticket (15 yuan), this ferry can be around Gulangyu Island (about 40 minutes), you can go around Gulangyu Island to see the scenery, and come back with the ticket directly on the ferry, do not have to buy a ticket again! It is recommended that you can choose this kind for the first time to Gulangyu Island, and it is not recommended to choose the speedboat, which takes less than 10 minutes to go around Gulangyu Island, and it is not interesting! Gulangyu Island ferry all night, only after 10:00 pm in the evening after the ferry frequency is reduced, 22:00 to 24:00 seems to be half an hour a class, after 12:00 pm seems to be 1 hour to have a class!
4, attractions:
The blue sea surrounded by Gulangyu Island, an area of 1.87 square kilometers, the island on the sea reefs jagged, meandering shoreline, mountains stacked, rocky peaks and rocks tumbling, nature's ingenious work of art created the Gulangyu Island bright and timeless island scenery, the main attractions are the Sunlight Rock, Peas and Beans Garden, Hao Yueyuan, are Xiamen, Xiamen, famous scenery. Gulangyu Island is a subtropical oceanic monsoon climate, abundant rainfall, four seasons of mild, the island of more than 90 families of more than 4,000 species of plants year-round lush, precious species of trees are the only large-fruited mahogany, the thickest Indian rosewood, from New Zealand and other countries to introduce various types of rare fruit trees, some of the vegetation on the island has been formed in a subtropical oceanic monsoon climate of the top communities. The sea around Gulangyu Island is the main part of Xiamen Harbor, bordering the Chinese White Dolphin Sanctuary, the Wenchang Fish Sanctuary, the Lantau Island Egret Sanctuary, and across the sea from the Kinmen Islands. From the middle of the 19th century, along with the spread of Christianity, Western music began to pour into Gulangyu, blending with the island's elegant habitat to create the musical tradition of Gulangyu as it is today, and nurturing a large number of outstanding musicians such as Zhou Shu'an, Lin Junqing, Yin Chengzong, Chen Zohuang, and Xu Fei Ping. Today, Gulangyu has the highest rate of piano ownership per capita in China, and there are more than 100 musical families on the island, which was named the "Island of Music" by the Chinese Musicians Association in 2002. Gulangyu is home to many famous historical sites. It is one of the most well-preserved areas for the historical relics of Zheng Chenggong, the national hero, and a large number of precious cliff stone carvings on the island are still well-preserved despite years of wind and rain. The former homes and mausoleums of more than 60 Gulangyu celebrities, including Lin Qiaozhi, the founder of modern Chinese obstetrics and gynecology, Lu Duanzhang, the pioneer of Chinese language modernization, and Ma John, the initiator of modern Chinese sports, are all located on Gulangyu Island. Gulangyu Island, with its graceful natural scenery and profound cultural heritage, has become a national key scenic spot, one of the 35 ace scenic spots in the country, and tops the list of top ten scenic spots in Fujian Province.
Gulangyu Island Attractions
Sunlight Rock
Sunlight Rock Sunlight Rock, also known as Shaking Rock, is the highest point on Gulangyu Island, with an elevation of 96 meters above sea level at the top. The mountain is surrounded by huge boulders, stacked into caves and gullies. Trees are lush and pavilions are covered. Pick up the stairs and climb, first to the Lotus Ann, "a piece of tile" boulder embedded in the air, forming a hall, the Ann next to the boulder engraved with "Gulang Cave Heaven", "Heron River, the first"; behind the Ann there are "Heron River Dragon Grotto", "ancient summer cave" of the victory, in the middle of the Zheng Chenggong dragon's head of the cottage and the site of the water manipulation platform, Cai Tingkai, Cai Yuanpei Zanzheng inscription. Climbing to the top, the mountains and the sea wonders, unlimited scenery, Xiamen, Gulangyu Island, Datan, the two Tantan islands as far as the eye can see.
Peas and Peas Garden
Peas and Peas Garden in the southern foot of the Sunstone beach. Taiwan's wealthy businessman Lin Erjia in the twenty-first year of the Qing dynasty (1895) with his family inward, living in Gulangyu Island, began to build this garden in 1913, in order to send the nostalgia for the former garden of the Taipei Panqiao, and its number "Shuzang" resonance for the name of the garden. The bronze statue of the garden owner is now standing in the garden. The whole garden borrows the mountain to hide the sea, clever layout, static in motion, static in motion, people linger on. There are Nonqiu Pavilion, forty-four bridges, stacked stones, rockery, talk about Ying Xuan, stubborn stone mountain house scenery, Xiamen for the most famous garden. The left side of the harbor after the beach, sand and water, can accommodate thousands of people swimming. Nearby is Yanping Park, built in honor of Zheng Chenggong, which refers to the pure spring, commonly known as the "national well", is said to be Zheng's army opened when the well.
Haoyue Garden
Haoyue Garden is located in the eastern part of Gulangyu Island, overlaying the Dingyan seashore, covers an area of 30,000 square meters, spread along the Heron River, which is the beach, rocks, trees, pavilions, the garden of the exhibition of the seashore. Built in 1985, the garden was named "Hao Yue Yuan" after the poem "Thinking of the king, the moonlight penetrates through the vegetarian apartment" in Yanping Erwangji (The Collection of the Two Kings of Yanping). Inside the garden, there is a 13.7 meters long, 4.7 meters high, 18 tons of copper consumption of a giant bronze statue of Zheng Chenggong and his generals. This giant bronze statue, in addition to Zheng Chenggong and his left and right generals Chen Ze, Chen Guang, Chen Yonghua, Yang Zhaodong than the real size of slightly larger than the rest of the soldiers and horses are extended towards the sides, the picture is wide, quite striking. More prominent in the park is standing in the overdrive rock on the giant granite statue of Zheng Chenggong, this giant statue was completed on August 27, 1985, 15.7 meters high, weighing 1,617 tons, by the 23 layers of 625 pieces of "Quanzhou white" granite carved from, very powerful.
Ancient Summer Vacation Cave
Ancient Summer Vacation Cave is a very distinctive cave, both sides of the stone wall supporting the granite boulders falling from the sky, giving people a sense of Tarzan pressure, very dangerous. The four words "Ancient Summer Cave" were inscribed by Shi Shijie, a Taiwanese literati in the late Qing Dynasty. The cave is bright and dry, with fresh ventilation. Through the ancient summer cave, to the left, there is a small pavilion, holding up the thin waist bone, the rock as a lanai, called the "umbrella pavilion" for tourists to shelter from the sun and rain. Next to the top of the rock, there is a fairy foot washing stone basin, long years of water, there is a fairy footprints. In fact, the "immortal prints", "foot washing basin" are the sea erosion of the sea erosion, in the distant geological era, this place is still under the erosion of the waves, and later due to the rise of the earth's crust, so these sea erosion of landforms appeared on the top of the mountain.
Longtou Shanzhai
Sunrise Rock, also known as Longtou Mountain, and Xiamen's Tiger Mountain across the sea, a dragon and a tiger guarding the Xiamen Harbor, called the "dragon and tiger guarding the river". Here there was a "Pavilion of the Asahi" has long been destroyed. Taiwan Shi Guoqiu wrote a "Xu Pavilion record", describing the sunlit rock "mountains around the sea, the best view of the southeast of the first Jin, the water light to the sky, the flood bathing in the sun, all for the Sanskrit temple to present a strange". Stirrup Road boulders stand, strict walls, the sea breeze through the get, suddenly have "nine summer cold" meaning, cool nature from the "Heron River Dragon Grotto". "Nine summer" that is, summer, "Dragon Grotto" is the place where the dragon lives, because the legend of Gulangyu Island had lived five dragons. This fortress gate is Zheng Chenggong when the troops on Gulangyu Island, "Dragon's Head Fortress" of the fortress, the round holes in the rock is the soldiers set up tents cut, the former 19th Army Commander of the Kuomintang General Cai Tingqiu see the scene, penned seven metaphors: "the heart of the hand mending the work of heaven, the eight Fujian Tuen Wei ancient times the same; when the ancient base still in, under the sunlight rock remember the hero." Mr. Cai Yuanpei also wrote a poem. Mr. Cai Yuanpei also has a seven-column poem: "Shouting at the gale to subdue the sea and waves, commanding the formation of high clouds. Worms, sand, apes and cranes sometimes end, righteousness Bin Bin can not be panned." "Worms, sand, apes and cranes" refers to the war dead from the military.
Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall
Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall on January 28, 1962 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan and created. Zheng Chenggong, formerly known as Mori, the word Dagi, Fujian Nan'an Shijing people, born in 1624 in Japan Hirado seaside. When Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty assumed the throne in Fuzhou, he saw his loyalty to the imperial court and gave him the surname "Zhu", changing his name to "Success", so the people called him "Zheng Guojia", and the Yongli Emperor crowned him as the King of Yanping. After his father Zheng Zhilong secretly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong ran away from Kinmen and swore to fight against the Qing Dynasty. He took Kinmen and Xiamen as his base, fought with the Qing army for many years, and once fought under Nanjing, but was defeated because of his arrogance. 1661 April Huang, Zheng Chenggong, after full preparation, led hundreds of warships and 25,000 officers and soldiers to set out from Kinmen Koro Bay to recover Taiwan, which had been occupied by the Dutch for 38 years, and to develop Taiwan. Zheng Chenggong died in Taiwan in July 1662, at the age of 39. For more than 300 years, the people of Fujian and Taiwan greatly admire Zheng Chenggong, honored him as a national hero, and the people of Taiwan honored him as the "Sage King of Taiwan". Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall **** divided into seven parts, displaying a variety of cultural relics, information, photos, models, more than 300 pieces. Among them, the customs defense, Zhangzhou military steel, etc. Department of the original, quite valuable. Into the museum to visit, can be more systematic understanding of Zheng Chenggong extraordinary life.
Water drill platform
Water drill platform is Zheng Chenggong for the recovery of Taiwan, the site of training sailors. On the giant cliff, the four characters of "Min Hai Xiong Feng" are round and full, sound and robust. Another huge stone on the right front side, engraved with Zheng Chenggong's handwritten a poem: "rites and music, articles, Confucius and Mencius family. The southern mountain opens up the city of longevity, and the eastern sea brews a stream of clouds." It is said that the poem is a copy of Zheng Chenggong's handwriting and engraved, the bottom is also engraved with "Zheng Sen's private seal" and "Success" two seals, standing in the water drill platform, always reminiscent of Zheng Chenggong commanded here in the year, subject to the river flag hunting, hundreds of barges competing for the swim, the strong soldiers for the unification of the motherland and fist-pumping. The unification of the motherland and the spectacular scene of fist-pumping.
Gulangdongtian
Sunrise Rock is famous for its scenic beauty, throughout the ages, has been attracting many writers and artists, who are enamored with the wind and waves of the sea, poetry, leaving a lot of precious handwriting. Walking through the gate of Sunbeam Temple, you can look up to a huge cliff. The inscription on the huge cliff - "Gulang Dongtian" is a wonderful summary of the fairyland-like scenery of Sunlight Rock, which was written by Yizhong in the first year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty; "The first of the Heron River" points out that Sunlight Rock is the first scenic spot of Xiamen, which was the first scenic spot of the Qing Dynasty. is the first scenic beauty of Xiamen, is the Qing dynasty Daoguang yuan Lin Cheng book; "sky wind and sea waves" aptly pointed out the characteristics of the sunlit rock, is the Republic of China four years XuShiYing written.
Park of Heroes
The Park of Heroes was built to commemorate the martyrs of the liberation of Xiamen and the attack on Gulangyu Island, and consists of a small memorial plaza, a memorial sculpture, and a memorial room.
The Tenth Corps of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) liberated the mainland of southern Fujian at the end of September 1949, and formed a three-sided encirclement around the Nationalist forces of Kinmen and Xiamen.
On Oct. 15, the Thirty-first and Twenty-ninth Armies of this corps began a cross-sea campaign against Xiamen. Began to Xiamen launched cross-sea operations, at 18:00 on the same day, the Thirty-first Army 271st Regiment, 277th Regiment, each of the two battalions of the flotilla took the lead respectively by Haicang and other places in two ways to the southwest of Gulangyu Island. In support of the close cooperation of the former shipwrights, the heroic PLA fighters fighting the wind and waves, braving the fierce fire of the enemy defenders, advancing bravely, and landed on the beach under the mountain. A moment of artillery fire, the potential avalanche of thunder and lightning; military sound of killing, the gas to capture the sea and mountains. Twenty-seven regiment leader Wang Xingfang and hundreds of other combatants and Zhang Shui Jin family and other support for the former shipwrights unfortunately died honorably in battle. After two days and nights of bloody battles, our army finally liberated Xiamen and Drum Island, and achieved the final victory. The green mountains are full of loyal bones, and the history books are full of hearts. After the liberation of Xiamen and Drum, the people called this mountain (formerly known as "Qi Zai Mei Mountain") Hero Mountain. Thus, it is a symbol of people's infinite remembrance of the martyrs of the revolution! In 2000, the people's government of Gulangyu Island in the mountain to build "Heroes Garden", so that this glorious revolutionary history and the beautiful scenery of the South China mingled together, so that people in the shower of the wind and sea, never forget the baptism of blood and fire in the past.
Piano Museum
In January 2000, the completion of the Gulangyu Piano Museum is located in Beans Farm Garden "listening to the waves of the Xuan", covers an area of 450 square meters, divided into two floors, the museum displays the patriotic overseas Chinese Hu Youyi collection of more than 40 ancient pianos, which are rare and valuable gilded piano, the world's earliest four-corner piano and the earliest and largest piano. There are rare and valuable gold-plated pianos, the world's earliest four-corner piano and the earliest and largest upright piano, ancient hand-cranked pianos, pedal-operated pianos and eight-pedal ancient pianos produced one hundred years ago. Whether ordinary tourists or musicians and artists, the Gulangyu Piano Museum brings them endless art and music enlightenment. The famous Australian piano player Geoffrey Tossa, who is a close friend of Mr. Hu Youyi, said, "I am proud of my friend who has dedicated a most special gift to China." To celebrate the opening, Geoffrey Tosa also gave a special recital at the Gulangyu Concert Hall. After visiting the museum, French piano virtuoso Michel Bourdoncelles said, "I hope that one day an international piano art festival can be held here." China's famous conductors Han Zhongjie and Zheng Xiaoying, and U.S.-based pianist Yin Chengzong were also y impressed by the musical charm of the Piano Museum.
Hong Kong Tsai Hou Beach
Hong Kong Tsai Hou wide beach, sand, soft, gentle waves, sea water flow rate is small, there is no shark infestation, five and a half months a year, the sea water temperature above 20 ℃, the swimming season up to half a year, there are two tides per day, the swim time of more than six hours, is a good view, good sand, water quality, climate, the ideal natural beach. Various service facilities are available, and there are yachts and motorboats and other water recreation projects. 98 years in this held the National OP Class Sailing Championship.
Hundred meters high platform
Hundred meters high platform for the sunstone peak, which is 92.7 meters above sea level, plus the round platform, known as "hundred meters high platform". Showering the sky wind, listening to the sea waves, looking into the distance, the water and the sky, one color, one forgets the many troubles of the world, wholeheartedly into this beautiful and harmonious world. Traveling to the sunlit rock, the wonderful thing is; not only with the physical eyes to see the scene, but should use the mind to feel, do a thorough tour of God. Look at the foot of Gulangyu Island, a variety of styles of buildings in a patchwork, as if from the piano of the island to play out the notes, solidified into a song of the most romantic melody. This is a magical island where every elegant building has a wonderful legend. Looking north, the red, domed building is very obvious, that is Gulangyu Island's most famous "Bagua Building" a little closer to us, the building with a cross is the most famous cathedral in southern Fujian "Trinity Church". Look ahead, Gulangyu across the Lu River and Xiamen, where the characteristics of the building and Xiamen's modern skyscrapers are very different, as if time has stood still here, we will stay in the East and West culture clash of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the history. Looking west the chimneys of the Songyu Power Plant rise high, and the famous Haicang Development Zone is just around the corner, connected to Xiamen by the newly built Haicang Bridge. Looking towards the south, opposite is the Zhongyin Development Zone in Zhangzhou, with the rolling hills of South Taiwu. Looking east, in the distance are Wuyu Island, Qingyu Island, Daitan Xiaotan, Big Kinmen and Little Kinmen islands, and across the strait is Taiwan.
Sunrise Rock Temple
Sunrise Rock Temple, commonly known as "a piece of tile", is actually a natural stone cave, with a boulder as the roof, and then built the temple according to the mountainous terrain, the specific time is the Ming Dynasty, the 14th year of the Wanli reign of the Zhengde period. About the origin of the name of the Sunlight Rock has two legends: one is the natural geography of the legend, because every morning, the sunrise from Xiamen after the rise of the five old peaks, the Sunlight Rock is the first shower in the sunlight, so it was named the Sunlight Rock, the temple called the Sunlight Rock Temple; one is the history of the legend, when Zheng Chenggong came to shake the rock (the Sunlight Rock alias), to see the scenery here is far better than the Japanese Sunlight Mountain, it will be shaking the word to open up the word, it became the Sunlight Rock. Daylight Rock Temple repeatedly destroyed and built, the Qing dynasty Tongzhi years, built Yuanming Hall, Maitreya, and in front of the temple to build an octagonal pavilion, on which hangs the "Daylight Temple" plaque. After liberation, Yuanming Hall was changed to Nianfo Hall, Maharishi Temple was built in 1917. After the reform and opening up, the implementation of religious policy, RiGuangYanShi get the government support, accept the donation of ten parties at home and abroad, big construction, renovation of the Maharajah's temple, a new door, bell and drum tower. Tourism platform, Dharma Hall, monk's house, commissary and dining hall, the temple a new look. Riguangyan Temple is a delicate and exquisite temple, Daxiongbao Hall and Maitreya Hall are set up in pairs, which is the only one in the country. Riguangyan Temple has a beautiful environment and has been home to a number of senior monks throughout the ages. The famous Venerable Hongyi, in June 1936, spent eight months in retreat here.
Organ Museum
On the evening of January 28, 2005, the much-anticipated Gulangyu Organ Museum, the only organ museum in China and the largest in the world, began to open its doors to the public and held an organ concert. The first large-scale pipe organ of the Organ Museum, "Nomembier", was officially unveiled to the tourists and the public. 150 people were given the first opportunity to enjoy the wonderful sound of the century-old organ. More than 150 people were given the first opportunity to see the beautiful sound of the century-old organ, with organists Reece Bock (M) and Rielle Bock (M) from Australia. Organists from Australia, Mr. Reece Bock (M) and Mr. and Mrs. Rilke Murray, gave the people of Heron Island a chance to enjoy the beautiful sound of the organ. Mr. and Mrs. Rilke Murray from Australia brought a brand new music enjoyment to the people of Heron Island.
Trinity Church
Seventy years ago, as the Xiamen Chinese Christian New Street Church, Zhushu Church, Xiamen Harbor Church, about 100 believers moved to Gulangyu Island one after another, encountered typhoons, rain and other weather conditions want to return to Xiamen island across the sea to worship y inconvenient, so the three churches of believers united in the establishment of the church in Gulangyu Island, so the name of the "Trinity Church", more implies the meaning of "Trinity Church". The name "Trinity Church", therefore, implies the doctrine of the Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. At first Sunday worship borrowed the then Yude Girls' High School Chapel (now Xiamen Music School), then in 1934 to build a church (which can accommodate more than 1,000 people), 1992 to continue to build the parsonage (now converted into an office building), in 2000 to expand the main entrance to the church, as well as the ancillary buildings and fences and other unfinished projects, the overall project has **** over the course of sixty-six years to be fully completed. Now the total area of 2138.62 square meters, the total construction area of 1368 square meters. Trinity Hall's unique architecture, a cross of three-dimensional rare shape, four-sided drainage of the yellow tile roof, the center stands the octagonal bell tower, the top of the cross towering in the sky. Red walls decorated with smooth triangular lines, four open twelve doors, sixteen windows are extremely wide, with ventilation, light, evacuation of practical features. Inside the hall, the same length and width of the thirteen-meter span wall, the clever use of pillarless steel beams and arched coupons of the roof, coupled with the ceiling boards ceiling, appearing to be a tall hall and bring extremely scientific and ideal acoustics, becoming the most distinctive features of the building of the Church of the best of the best. Whether viewed from any angle, its majestic extraordinary momentum, are breathtaking. 2006 was identified as the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Haitian Building
Haitian Building, located at No. 38, Fujian Road, Gulangyu Island, was first built in 1921, and in April 2002, it was listed by Xiamen Municipal Government as a key historical building. The restored old villa is an example of the combination of Chinese and Western cultures. The gatehouse is a typical Chinese traditional style, with heavy eaves and arches, and flying eaves and corners. The buildings on both sides of the front and the back generally adopt ancient Greek columns, and most of the window decorations are in Western style, but the walls and corners are also decorated with Chinese carvings. The center building was originally a foreigner's club, Huang Xiulong purchased it and built it into an antique large-roofed palace-style building, constructed by Putian craftsmen. It adopts the heavy eaves of the heshan roof, the four corners of the twining branches high up. The front of the roof is ingenious, designed to look like a heavy eaves drill tip of the "Pavilion", Pavilion also rested on the tip of a gourd; from the internal point of view is a strip of wood put together octagonal algal wells, from the second floor straight to the top of the well, the well wall is painted with Chinese bird and flower paintings. This "pavilion" is purely decorative. Doors, windows, corridors, hall lintels are decorated with hanging cement carvings flying cover, all the eaves are decorated with entwined flowers or water-absorbing mosquito dragons, picking sorghums and sparrows are molded dragons and phoenixes hanging down, the villa embellished with a very nationalized. Its corridor columns for the square, red brick masonry, natural and harmonious color tone; and the main hall by four hanging columns and flower baskets and flower pots on the balustrade up and down corresponds, especially to arch decorative corridor along the outer edge, appear particularly stable. The architectural style of Haitian Heavenly Structure is uncommon in Gulangyu Island, where Western-style buildings abound.
Shopping
Traveling to Gulangyu Island not only allows you to enjoy the magical scenery of nature, but there are also many local specialties for you to buy.
If tourists want to shop, they can go to Longtou Road on Gulangyu Island, where you can buy local specialties in small stores everywhere. For example, handicraft stores, calligraphy and painting stores, bead embroidery, lacquer thread carving, colorful tie, colorful sculpture, colorful porcelain and so on.
Gulangyu Island Specialties: Gulangyu Pie One of the traditional products of southern Fujian, Gulangyu Pie has been produced for more than 80 years. Its charm lies in its small and exquisite appearance, golden color, fragrant flavor, crispy skin, sweet filling, and a cool feeling of refreshing the throat. The product is not only a delicious snack for tea and dim sum, but also a hometown specialty as a gift to friends and relatives. Whenever the spring and autumn travel season, traditional festivals or family celebrations, more popular with consumers.
The production of mung bean cake began in 1922, the earliest was operated by "Xiao Rui Gingerbread House" on Datong Road, and was moved to Gulangyu Island during the war, after which it was inherited by Liu Jingjie, who gradually improved and enhanced its traditional production technology. Nowadays, Gulangyu mung bean cake has become a delicacy for tea and traveling or as a gift for friends and relatives.
Don't forget the golden-scented meat floss and jerky, spit-jarred snails and puffer fish shells. My favorites are the palm-held dolls in the shopping arcade, where three fingers can act out a doll character.
Gulangyu Island pie is one of the traditional products of southern Fujian, which has a production history of more than 80 years. Its charm lies in its small and exquisite appearance, golden color, fragrant flavor, crispy skin, sweet filling, and a cool sense of refreshing the coolness of the throat. The product is both a refreshment snacks and desserts are delicious. It was first operated by "Xiao Rui Gingerbread" on Datong Road, and then moved to Gulangyu Island during the war. After that, Liu Jingjie inherited the traditional production process and gradually improved it. Nowadays, Gulangyu Island mung bean cake has become a good snack and a good product to carry with you on your travels, or as a gift for your friends and relatives
Special Activities
Mid-Autumn Festival Pok Pok Pok is a traditional activity to be held every year at Xiamen during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The event is held in Xiamen every year during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
It is said that more than 300 years ago, when Zheng Chenggong was fighting against the Qing Dynasty in Xiamen, Zheng's general, Hong Xu, in order to relieve his soldiers' worries and inspire their morale so that they could expel the Dutch colonizers and regain Taiwan, he and his subordinates, who were stationed at No. 33 to No. 44 of the present-day Hongbenbu, cleverly designed the Mid-Autumn Festival Baklava to let all the generals and soldiers have a good time on a cool Mid-Autumn Festival night.
Theater cakes to "will" calculated, generally a "will" to four or five people. "Will" cake imitation of the imperial examination system, set the first prize cake (the largest) a cake, to the hall (the top eye) cake two, three red (flower) cake four, four into the (jinshi) cake eight, two lifts (lifts) cake 16, a show (showman) cake 32. This is to symbolize the ancient four-level examination. Ancient government-level exams and the first child called the showman; township (provincial) exams called lifts; in the capital of the Ministry of Rites and the first called the tributary; by the emperor personally presided over the temple and the first called the scholar, which is divided into three a: a three, that is, the scholar, the top spot, the scout, commonly known as the three Dingjia or the first three; the second a quota is more, the third a is even more. Ancient emperors point scholar, both to see the talent, but also to see the appearance, but also to push, examining the family name and name, such as Yongle twenty-two years (1424) A Chen section of the temple test, the scholar for the Sun said Christine, Ming Chengguo think that said Christine together is "storm" word, unlucky, he will be reduced to the third, will be the third Xing Kuan Yi changed to the scholar. This shows that the scholar is not necessarily "high talent, looks like Pan An" generation, and the third place is a real talent, so Xiamen will cake in the "three red" quality is particularly good, the meaning of this. A set of cakes *** 63 pieces, is based on "three more than nine as", three and nine is the number of auspicious folk in China.
Originally from Xiamen's "Bocai", with Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan, more than 300 years in Taiwan is also very popular.