World Cultural Heritage: Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, after learning about it, you might want to come back here again.

Speaking of Xiamen, everyone must be looking forward to it! There are not only romantic beaches, deep blue sea, long and narrow coastlines, but also garden cities, Gulangyu Island, which is famous for its romance and ancient history. Fujian's countless delicacies are truly enchanting.

The urban development here is excellent, with beautiful style and high-tech high-rise buildings and buildings, as well as a complete and unique education system, plus a comfortable climate all year round, like spring all year round Good weather deserves Xiamen, which is called "garden city of sea". No wonder so many tourists have visited Xiamen and chosen it as their future development and vibrant city!

1. Xiamen Gulangyu Island

Xiamen is a city rich in tourism resources, in addition, its surroundings are full of maritime style and mountain spirit. One of most famous tourist attractions is Gulangyu Island.

Gulangyu Island is a national tourism resource, one of intangible cultural heritage sites, very famous, combined with its excellent geographical position, it is first place in China to discover and communicate with foreign Let Gulangyu one day will become one of must-see places in Xiamen.

Although in recent years, due to over-commercialization and improper price management, Gulangyu Island in Xiamen is not clean, price is not clearly marked, and price is too high. Voice, exposition of problems with exploitation of Gulangyu Island in Xiamen also brought it to forefront of public opinion.

But in fact, if you can understand this place more deeply, you will find that Xiamen Gulangyu Island is indeed one of must-see attractions in your life! This island really has a very long history. We can find information about Gulangyu and Gulanshi from Neolithic period, but since it is an island, it has characteristics of being isolated from the world.

Thus, it was not developed until Song Dynasty. With development of human economy and technological progress, as well as increase in level of knowledge, shipbuilding became more and more economical, so Gulangyu was developed and placed under jurisdiction of Lingnan prefectures and counties.

During Ming Dynasty, overseas trade became more developed and convenient, and Gulangyu Island gradually developed with a large population, and fishermen discovered a special stone tool "Gulan Island" in a mysterious cave. Stone", so the island was named "Gulangyu Island".

There are many passionate historical stories on this island. With Xiamen and Taiwan facing each other across sea, after Zheng Chenggong regained Taiwan, Zheng Chenggong led his army to Gulangyu Island to accommodate and train. Therefore, in order to honor memory of this great national hero, locals built a large statue and a memorial hall in honor of Zheng Chenggun, which is now located in northeast of Gulangyu Island and is a very worthy attraction.

In addition, during Opium War of 1840, Qing government of China was defeated and forced to open country to United Kingdom. Xiamen and Fujian were among five ports open to trade, while Gulangyu was a remote island. trading city. , was taken by British as a "strong" concession.

Because of beautiful scenery, comfortable living environment and climatic conditions very suitable for long-term residence, one by one, foreign countries are building consulates in this concession.

Due to influx of foreign civilizations, buildings on Gulangyu Island look like European buildings. In addition to magnificent consulates with white and red as main colors, there are also many Western American buildings. style of private luxury residences. Most of them are very luxurious, and people who travel now will still be deeply impressed by exquisite architectural design and luxury.

To mark this particular historical era of humiliation but continuous progress, later generations turned consulate into a Museum of Consulates of All Nations.

Now, Gulangyu Island is also famous for its literature, freshness, romance and art. In the most beautiful spot on Gulangyu Island, many newlyweds gather to take their wedding photos.

In addition, Gulangyu is free from industrial and automobile traffic and is only used for slow traffic such as pedestrians and cyclists. Tourists have always praised clean environment and fresh air.

The streets and lanes are full of people and life. The infrastructure of island is also very developed. Traveling, enjoying beach and sea breeze, walking along romantic and magnificent streets and alleys, etc., are very valuable.

Although Gulangyu Island's commercial atmosphere is somewhat heavy, it also shows that Gulangyu Island's tourism industry is very well developed and fully developed. Tourism here not only offers many delicacies worth trying in terms of food, such as four-fruit soup, egg enema, etc., but also very romantic, high-quality and comfortable guest houses where tourists can relax and enjoy. In a word, Gulangyu Island is worth a visit, what do you think?