Introduction to Gulangyu tourist attractions
Introduction to Gulangyu tourist attractions
Gulangyu Island has rugged reefs, meandering coastline, green mountains, and jagged peaks and rocks. The uncanny workmanship of nature has created the beautiful and timeless island scenery of Gulangyu Island. The following is for Welcome to read the selected tourist attractions of Gulangyu Island and their introduction.
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, so it is called ?Dragon and tiger guard the river?. The original "Xu Pavilion" here has been destroyed long ago. Shi Guoqiu of Taiwan wrote an article "Xuting Ji", describing Sunlight Rock, surrounded by mountains and sea, the first lake in the southeast as far as the eye can see, with water shining from the sky and floods bathing in the sun, all of which are the wonders of the Buddhist temple. Dengdao is flanked by boulders and dense walls, and the sea breeze blows through it. It feels like "nine summers bring coldness", and the coolness naturally comes from "Lujiang Dragon Cave". "Jiuxia" 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 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: With one hand in mind, the work of repairing the sky is restored, and the eight Mintun 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 unusual. Mr. Cai Yuanpei also has a poem with seven rhymes: "The strong wind suppresses the sea waves, and the command is like setting the formation and the clouds are high." Sometimes the insects, sand, monkeys and cranes are gone, but the righteous energy cannot be washed away. ?Chongsha Yuanhe? refers to those who died in the army.
Sunlight Rock
Sunlight Rock, also known as Huangyan, is the highest point on Gulangyu Island, with an altitude of 96 meters at the top. There are huge rocks on the mountain, stacked into caves. The trees are lush and covered with pavilions. Climbing up the stairs, we first arrived at Lianhua Nunnery, where a piece of tiles and boulders were embedded in the hollow to form a palace. The huge stones next to the nunnery were engraved with "Gulang Cave Sky" and "Lujiang No. 1"; behind the nunnery were "Lujiang Dragon Cave" and "Ancient Summer Resort". Among all the caves, there are Zheng Chenggong's Longtou Mountain Village and Shuicaotai ruins. Cai Tingkai and Cai Yuanpei praised Zheng Tiyong. Climbing to the top, you can see the wonders of mountains and seas, the scenery is infinite, and you can have a panoramic view of Xiamen, Gulangyu Island, Dadan and Erdan Islands.
Shuzhuang Garden
Shuzhuang Garden is located on the seaside at the southern foot of Sunlight Rock. In the 21st year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1895), Lin Erjia, a wealthy businessman from Taiwan, traveled with his family to Gulangyu Island. He built this garden in 1913 to commemorate his hometown in Banqiao, Taipei. His nickname, "Uncle Zang", is homophonic to "Uncle Zang". Garden name. The bronze statue of the owner of the garden now stands in the garden. The whole garden uses the mountains to hide the sea, and the layout is cleverly arranged. There is stillness in the movement, and there is movement in the tranquility, which makes people linger and forget to leave. There are Renqiu Pavilion, Forty-four Bridges, stacked stones, rockery, Tan Yingxuan, and stubborn stone mountain house, which are the most famous gardens in Xiamen. The Aberdeen Back Beach on the left has clear sand and clean water, and can accommodate thousands of people swimming. There is Yanping Park nearby, which was built to commemorate Zheng Chenggong. Among them is the Jingjing Spring, commonly known as "Guoxingjing". According to legend, it was a well opened by the Zheng family when they were stationed in the army.
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 is spread along the shore of Lujiang River. It is composed of beach, rocks and green trees. , a garden spread with pavilions. 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 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.
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 characters "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" and can provide visitors with shade 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 Basin" are all 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 top of the mountain.
Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall
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 Mori 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.
Shui Cao Tai
Shui Cao Tai is the site where Zheng Chenggong trained his navy in order to regain Taiwan. On the huge cliff, there are four words "Fujian Sea Mighty Wind", which are round and full, hearty and vigorous. On another huge stone on the right front side, there is a poem written by Zheng Chenggong inscribed on the Five Jue poems: "Rituals, Music, Clothes, Crown, and Articles on Confucius and Mencius." Nanshan opens Shoucheng, and the East China Sea blooms with flowing clouds. ?It is said that this poem was copied from Zheng Chenggong's handwriting, and there are two seals of "Zheng Sen's private seal" and "Cheng Chenggong" engraved on the bottom. Standing on the water platform, it will always remind people of Zheng Chenggong's command here. If it is determined, it will be a spectacular scene with flags hanging on the river for hunting, hundreds of companies vying for a swim, and warriors gearing up for the reunification of the motherland.
Gulang Cave Sky
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, reciting poems and composing poems, leaving many Precious handwriting. After walking through the gate of Sunlight Rock Temple, you can look up at a huge cliff. The inscription "Gulangdongtian" on the giant cliff provides a wonderful summary of the fairyland-like scenery of Sunlight Rock, which was written by No. 1 Middle School in the first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty; "No. 1 in Lujiang" points out that Sunlight Rock is the first in Xiamen "A Scenic Spot" was written by Lin Cheng in the first year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty; "Tianfeng Haitao", which just pointed out the characteristics of Sunlight Rock, was written by Xu Shiying in the fourth year of the Republic of China.
Heroes Garden
Heroes Garden 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. From Haicang and other places, we divided into two routes to 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 crashed; the sound of soldiers was killing, and the air 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. The mountains are full of loyalty, and the annals of history shine with loyalty. 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 Park" on the mountain, allowing this glorious revolutionary historical site to blend with the beautiful scenery of the South, allowing people to enjoy the shower of strong winds and sea waves. , never forget the baptism of blood and fire in the past.
Piano Museum
The Gulangyu Piano Museum, completed in January 2000, is located in "Tingtaoxuan" in Shuzhuang Garden. It covers an area of 450 square meters and is divided into two floors. The museum displays There are more than 40 clavichords collected by patriotic overseas Chinese Hu Youyi, including rare and precious gold-plated pianos, the world's earliest square piano and the earliest and largest upright piano, ancient hand-operated pianos, and harpsichord pianos produced a hundred years ago. Pedal player piano and eight-pedal clavichord, etc. Whether they are ordinary tourists or musicians or artists, the artistic influence and musical inspiration brought to them by the Gulangyu Piano Museum is endless. The famous Australian pianist Jeffrey Tossa is a close friend of Mr. Hu Youyi. He said, "I am proud of my friend. He dedicated the most special gift to China." To celebrate the opening of the museum, Jeffrey Tossa also held a special concert at Gulangyu Concert Hall. After visiting the museum, French piano master Michel Bourdoncle said: I hope to hold an international piano art festival here one day. "my country's famous conductors Han Zhongjie and Zheng Xiaoying, and the American pianist Yin Chengzong were also deeply impressed by the musical charm of the Piano Museum.
Aberdeen Back Beach Bathing Beach
Aberdeen Back Beach Broad Beach On the beach, the sand is fine and soft, the slopes are gentle and the waves are flat, the water flow is slow, and there are no sharks. The sea temperature is above 20°C for 5 and a half months every year. The swimming season can last half a year. There are two tides a day, and the swimming time is six months. It is an ideal natural beach with good scenery, good sand, good water quality and good climate. It has various service facilities and has water entertainment projects such as yachts and motorboats. In 1998, the national OP-class sailing competition was held here. Championship.
100-meter high platform
The 100-meter high platform is the top of Sunlight Rock, which is 92.7 meters above sea level. With the round platform, it is called 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 troubles 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 in Gulangyu Island. A little closer to us, the building with the cross on it is the most famous cathedral in southern Fujian, Trinity Hall. . 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.
Bird Garden
There are more than 120 species of birds and more than 2,000 birds in the Bird Garden, including dozens of nationally protected birds. The birds in the park are mainly free-range. Except for some aggressive or unsuitable free-range birds, they are kept in cages for tourists to watch. They are currently divided into waterfowl, wading birds, climbing birds and songbirds. There are six categories: pigeons, ornamental pigeons and square pigeons (outside the park). Aviary is currently the only place to watch rare birds in Xiamen. It is a romantic, elegant place for leisure and tourism.
World Celebrity Statue Hall
The World Celebrity Statue Hall is located at No. 111 Lujiao Road, Gulangyu Island. It is a world celebrity hall that integrates history, culture, entertainment and multimedia art. It covers an area of 1500 square meters. The museum has produced nearly 100 lifelike silicone statues of world stars, football stars, political figures, etc. in the form of artistic expression of super-realistic sculptures. The statues are all life-size, and their color and texture are the same as those of real people, making it difficult to tell whether they are real or fake. Among them, "The Storm in the Ancient City" takes the epic theme of Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan and shows the moving scenes of Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan.
Sunlight Rock Temple
Sunlight Rock Temple, commonly known as "One 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 a natural geographical legend. Because every morning, the morning sun rises from behind Wulaofeng in Xiamen, and Sunlight Rock is the first to be showered in sunlight, so it is named Sunlight Rock, and the temple is called Sunlight. Yan Temple; First, it is a historical legend. When Zheng Chenggong came to Huangyan (also known as Sunlight Rock), he saw that the scenery here was far better than Sunlight Mountain in Japan, so he took apart the word "Huang" and 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 "Riguang Temple" plaque hanging 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, accepted donations from believers at home and abroad, 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, making it 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 8 months in June 1936.
Organ Museum
On the evening of January 28, 2005, the Gulangyu Organ Museum, the only and largest organ museum in the world that attracted much attention, opened to the public and held an organ music meeting. The first large-scale pipe organ of the Organ Museum, the Norman Bier, first began to play and was officially unveiled to tourists and citizens. 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.
Trinity Church
More than seventy years ago, as about a hundred believers from Xiamen Chinese Christian New Street Church, Zhushu Church, and Xiamen Gang 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 service was borrowed from the then Yude Girls' Middle School Chapel (now Xiamen Music School). 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 cross shape. On the roof of yellow tiles drained from all directions, there is an octagonal bell tower 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, becoming 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.
Haitiangou
Haitiangou 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 in Haitiantang Structure, which 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 very ingenious, with a pavilion that looks like a double-edged spire on the outside, and a treasure gourd 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.
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