Gulangyu Island tourist attractions in Xiamen

1. 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.

2. 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 Taiwanese businessman, took his family to the mainland and settled in Gulangyu Island. This garden was built in 1913 to commemorate his hometown in Banqiao, Taipei. His nickname, "Uncle Zang", is homophonic to "Uncle Zang". Garden name.

3. Haoyue Garden. Haoyue Garden is located on the Fudingyan beach in the east of Gulangyu Island. It covers an area of ??30,000 square meters and spreads along the shore of Lujiang River. It is a garden spread out with beach, rocks, green trees and pavilions.

4. Ancient summer cave. The ancient summer resort cave is a very unique cave. The stone walls on both sides support the granite boulders falling from the sky, giving people the feeling of being overwhelmed by Mount Tai. It is very steep. The four words "ancient summer cave" above were inscribed by Shi Shijie, a Taiwanese scholar in the late Qing Dynasty.

5. Longtou Village. Sunlight Rock, also known as Longtou Mountain, faces Hutou Mountain in Xiamen across the sea. One dragon and one tiger guard Xiamen Port, which is called "Dragon and Tiger Guarding the River". The original "Xu Pavilion" here has been destroyed long ago.

6. 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.

7. Water platform. Shui Cao Tai is the site where Zheng Chenggong trained his navy in order to regain Taiwan. The four characters "Fujian Xiongfeng" on the huge cliff are round, full, hearty and vigorous.

8. Gulang Cave. The scenic spot of 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, recited poems and composed poems, leaving many precious handwritings.

1. 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 tile" huge stone was embedded in the hollow to form a palace. The huge stone next to the nunnery was engraved with "Gulang Cave Sky" and "Lujiang No. 1"; behind the nunnery were "Lujiang Dragon Cave" and "Ancient Summer Resort". Among the "dong" sites are Zheng Chenggong's Longtoushan 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.

2. 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 Taiwanese businessman, took his family to the mainland and settled in Gulangyu Island. This garden was built 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 quietness, which makes people linger and forget to leave. There are Renqiu Pavilion, Forty-four Bridges, stacked stones, rockeries, Tan Yingxuan, and stubborn stone mountain houses, 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.

3. Haoyue Garden. Haoyue Garden is located on the Fudingyan beach in the east of Gulangyu Island. It covers an area of ??30,000 square meters and spreads along the shore of Lujiang River. It is a garden spread out with beach, rocks, green trees and 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.

4. Ancient summer cave. The ancient summer resort cave is a very unique cave. The stone walls on both sides support the granite boulders falling from the sky, giving people the feeling of being overwhelmed by Mount Tai. It is very steep. The four words "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" for tourists to shelter 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 Washing Basin" are 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.

5. 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, which is called "Dragon and Tiger Guarding the River". The original "Xu Pavilion" here has been destroyed long ago. Shi Guoqiu of Taiwan wrote an article "Xuting Ji", describing Sunlight Rock as "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 a Buddhist temple." Dengdao is flanked by boulders and dense walls, and the sea breeze blows through it, which means that "nine summers bring coldness", and the coolness naturally comes from the "Lujiang Dragon Cave". "Nine Summers" 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 the "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: "I have only one hand to mend the sky, and the eight Fujian 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 extraordinary. Mr. Cai Yuanpei also has a poem with seven rhymes: "The strong wind suppresses the sea waves, and the command is as high as the formation. Sometimes the insects, sand monkeys and cranes are exhausted, and the righteousness cannot be lost." "Chongsha monkeys and cranes" refer to those who died in the army.

6. 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 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.

7. Water platform. Shui Cao Tai is the site where Zheng Chenggong trained his navy in order to regain Taiwan. The four characters "Fujian Xiongfeng" on the huge cliff are round, full, hearty and vigorous. On another boulder on the right front side, there is a poem written by Zheng Chenggong written by Wu Jue: "Rites, music, clothes, status, articles about Confucius and Mencius. Nanshan opens Shoucheng, and the East China Sea brews flowing clouds." It is said that this poem was copied from Zheng Chenggong's handwriting. , there are two seals "Zheng Sen's Private Seal" and "Success" engraved on the bottom. Standing on the water platform, people will always think of Zheng Chenggong commanding Ruoding here, being hunted by hanging flags on the river, and hundreds of companies competing for swimming. A spectacular scene of warriors gearing up for the reunification of the motherland.

8. Gulang Cave. The scenic spot of 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, recited poems and composed poems, leaving many precious handwritings. After walking through the gate of Sunlight Rock Temple, you can look up at a huge cliff. The inscription on the giant cliff - "Gulang Cave Sky" provides a wonderful summary of the fairyland-like scenery of Sunlight Rock. It was written by No. 1 Middle School in the first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty; "Lujiang No. 1" highlights Sunlight Rock. It is the most scenic spot in Xiamen and was written by Lin Cheng in the first year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty; "Tian Feng Haitao" just pointed out the characteristics of Sunlight Rock and was written by Xu Shiying in the fourth year of the Republic of China.