Xiamen Gulangyu Scenic Area is located in the southwest corner of Xiamen Island, Fujian Province, facing Xiamen across the sea. Formerly known as Yuanshazhou and Yuanzhouzai, there are sea caves in the southwest of the sea, which are hit by waves and sound like drums, so Yahua became this name in the Ming Dynasty. Due to historical reasons, Chinese and foreign buildings with different styles have been well collected and preserved here, which is not only known as the "World Architecture Expo".
There are many hot shops in Longtou Road Commercial Street, such as Zhang Sanfeng milk tea, Miss Zhao's shop, Sanlao dried meat and so on. This island is also a fertile ground for music, and talented people come forth in large numbers. The density of piano ownership ranks first in China, and it is also known as "piano island" and "hometown of music".
Main attraction
Xinzhuang Garden 1
Longzhuang Garden is located at the seaside at the southern foot of Sunlight Rock. Lin Erjia, a wealthy businessman in Taiwan Province, crossed the mainland with his family and lived in Gulangyu in the 21st year of Guangxu reign (1895). The park was built in 19 13. It was named after its homophonic "Uncle Zang" in memory of the hometown of Banqiao in Taipei. The bronze statue of the owner of the garden now stands in the garden.
The whole park hides the sea by mountains, and the layout is ingenious. There is stillness in the movement, and there is stillness in the movement, which makes people linger. There are Renqiu Pavilion, No.44 Bridge, stacked stones, rockery, Tan Xuanying, and stubborn stone mountain house, which are the most famous gardens in Xiamen. On the left is Gangzaihou Beach. The sand and water are clean and can accommodate thousands of people to swim.
There is Yanping Park nearby, which was built to commemorate Zheng Chenggong. Among them, it refers to Jing Quan, commonly known as "the country's surname well". It is said that Zheng Tunjun opened the well.
2. Hao Yue Garden
Hao Yueyuan is located in Fuding Rock Beach in the east of Gulangyu Island, covering an area of 30,000 square meters. It is distributed on the bank of Lujiang River. This is a garden with beaches, rocks, green trees and pavilions. Founded in 1985, there are giant bronze statues of Zheng Chenggong and his department in the park, which are 13.7 meters long and 4.7 meters high, and consume copper 18 tons.
This giant bronze sculpture, except Zheng Chenggong and his separate Chen Ze, Chen Guang, Chen Yonghua, Yang Chaodong and other departments, is slightly larger than the real body. The rest of the military and horses extend to both sides, and the picture is wide and eye-catching.
More striking in the park is the giant granite statue of Zheng Chenggong standing on Fuding Rock. This colossus was completed on August 27th, 1985, with a height of15.7m and a weight of 16 17 tons. It consists of 23 floors and 625 pieces of "Quanzhou White" granite, which is very imposing.
3. Ancient Summer Cave
The ancient summer cave is a very distinctive cave. The granite boulders falling from the sky are supported by stone walls on both sides, giving people the feeling that Mount Tai is the top of the mountain, which is very steep. The word "Ancient Summer Cave" was inscribed by Shi Shijie, a scholar from Taiwan Province Province in the late Qing Dynasty. The cave is bright, dry and airy.
Go through Guxia Cave and turn left. There is a small and exquisite pavilion with a thin waist and a balcony made of rocks. It is called an "umbrella pavilion" for tourists to shelter from the wind and rain. On the top of the rock next to it, there is a stone basin where immortals wash their feet. There is water all the year round here, and there are immortal footprints next to it.
In fact, "immortal seal" and "footbath" are both marine erosion landforms. In the distant geological era, it was still eroded by waves. Later, due to the rise of the earth's crust, these marine erosion landforms appeared on the top of the mountain.
4.Gulangyu Island
Sunlight Rock is famous for its scenic spots. Throughout the ages, it has been attracting many literati, intoxicated by the storm of this day, and left many precious handwriting.
5.sunshine stone
Sunlight Rock Sunlight Rock, also known as Huangyan, is the highest point of Gulangyu Island, with the top elevation of 96 meters. On the mountain, the huge stones are rugged and stacked into caves and valleys. Trees are lush and pavilions are shaded.
6. Gangzaihou Beach
On the wide beach behind the post, the sand is soft, the slope is gentle, the sea water flow rate is low, and there are no sharks. There are five and a half months a year when the sea temperature is above 20℃, and the swimming season can last for half a year. Tide twice a day and swim for more than six hours. With good scenery, sand, water quality and climate, it is an ideal natural bathing beach.
7. Bird Garden
There are more than 120 species and more than 2,000 species of birds in the bird park, including dozens of national protected birds. Birds in the park mainly adopt the form of free-range, except for some birds that are aggressive or unsuitable for free-range, they are kept in cages for tourists to watch.
Now it is divided into six categories: waterfowl, wading bird, climbing bird, songbird, ornamental bird and square pigeon. Bird Garden is the only place to watch rare birds in Xiamen at present, and it is a romantic and elegant place for leisure travel.