Ladies and gentlemen
Hello everyone! Today we are going to visit Gulangyu, the "sea garden".
Now our car is on Zhongshan Road. Zhongshan road is the most prosperouscommercial street in Xiamen at present. It was built in 1920s and 1930s. It isalso an old street. The buildings beside the street are of arcade style (thelower part of the building is made into a colonnade sidewalk, so that part ofthe floor is built on the sidewalk to avoid rain, shade and pass, so it iscalled arcade). This is a major feature of Xiamen. Many cities in southern Chinaand Southeast Asian countries have this kind of tower. This is mainly due to thefact that Xiamen is located in the subtropical zone. Sometimes the sun shinesstrongly and the weather is rainy. Pedestrians can protect themselves from thesun and rain under the arcade, walk freely and shop at will. Zhongshan road isnot only the main commercial street in Xiamen, but also the civilized street inXiamen. There are many kinds of goods, including domestic goods and foreigngoods.
Members, the ferry time is about six minutes. Now I'd like to give you abrief introduction to Gulangyu. Look, the island opposite is Gulangyu river is called Lujiang, also called XiaGu Strait. It is 600 meters ngyu covers an area of 1.78 square kilometers and has a population of song and Yuan Dynasties, it was called "yuanshazhou", and in Ming Dynasty, itwas called Gulangyu. Because there is a big rock on the southwest coast of theisland, which has been washed out of a big hole by the waves for many y time the tide rises, the waves beat the cave and make a sound like a drum,so people call it "gulangshi", and the island is also called Gulangyu. Atpresent, it is a national key scenic spot and the first of the "ten best" scenicspots in Fujian.
Members, here we are. This wharf was built in 1976. The former wharf wasvery small. It was built in 1938. This used to be the place where Western powerssold Chinese laborers to go abroad and take a boat. You've seen the movie"prisoners of the sea". The "prisoners of the sea" set out by boat from a order to solve the problem of crowded boat, the "Piano dock" was use Gulangyu is "the island of music", if you want to make the touriststouch the atmosphere of music as soon as you jump on Gulangyu, let's see if it'sa bit like an open grand piano!
Members of the group, except for a small number of sightseeing batterycars, there are no other vehicles in chilangyu. Walking on the island is veryinteresting. Now let's walk and enjoy the European architectural style ofGulangyu!
This is the British Consulate. It was built in 1844 and 1870 and has ahistory of more than 150 years. In 1840, Britain launched the Opium War, and itsexpeditionary army went to Xiamen to fight with Xiamen garrison. As a result,the British army was defeated and retreated. In August 1841, more than 3500British warships invaded Xiamen again. After fierce fighting, Xiamen andGulangyu fell, and Xiamen was occupied for 10 days. When the British retreated,three warships and 500 troops were left to occupy Gulangyu for five years. TheSino British Treaty of Nanjing allows the British to "live temporarily" onGulangyu. In 1843, Britain first set up a consulate on Gulangyu Island. Thefirst consul was the captain of the navy who attacked Xiamen. In 1844, thesecond consul built the building. However, although the consul lived here, heforcibly occupied the office of "xingquanshui coastal defense road" in Xiamenfor 20 years. This is a new office building built in 1870, with floor to floordoors and windows. It looks like England. The interior decoration is quiteluxurious, but there are six cells. A lion and dog tomb in front of thebuilding, which was specially built after the death of the consul's dog, wassmashed in 1957. Beside the tomb, there is a steel flagpole, which has beenabandoned.
Sunlight rock
Ladies and gentlemen
This is the newly built gate of riguangyan temple. Let's take a look at thethree stone carvings on the huge stone in front of us. It seems that they werewritten by one person, but in fact they were written by three people. "GulangDongtian" was written by Ding Yizhong, Quanzhou Tongzhi in the Wanli period ofthe Ming Dynasty (1573), which has been more than 400 years. It is the earliestinscription on riguangyan; "Lujiang No.1" was written by Lin Yu, a Taoist Jinshiin the Qing Dynasty, which has been more than 100 years; "Tianfeng Haitao" waswritten by Xu Shiying, a visiting envoy of Fujian Province in 1915. On such ahigh stone, it's very imposing.
Members, riguangyan temple, formerly known as Lianhua nunnery, is one ofthe four famous nunneries in Xiamen. It is actually a stone cave with a stonetop, so it is also called "yipianwa". It was built in the Zhengde period of MingDynasty and rebuilt in the 14th year of Wanli (1586). Because every morning, thesun rises from behind the five old peaks in Xiamen, and Lianhua nunnery is thefirst to bathe in the sun, so it is named "sunlight Temple". It is also saidthat when Gu Chenggong came to Huangyan (another name for riguangyan), he sawthat the scenery here was far better than that of Rizhao mountain in Japan, sohe took the word "Huang" apart and called it riguangyan. During the Tongzhiperiod of the Qing Dynasty, Yuanming exhibition was built to worship main hall was built in 1917. After liberation, Yuanming hall was changedinto a Buddhist hall. After the reform and opening up, with the implementationof religious policy, the temple received the support of the government, receiveddonations from ten good faith parties at home and abroad, built large-scaleconstruction, renovated the main hall, built new mountain gate, bell and DrumTower, tourism platform, Dharma hall, monk's house, canteen and dining hall, andthe temple took on a new look. Sunlight temple is an exquisite and pockettemple, which is the only one in the country. Due to the superior environment,there were many eminent monks in the past dynasties. In 1936, the famous Hongyimage once closed here for eight months.
Sunshine mountain, also known as Longtou mountain, faces Hutou mountain inXiamen across the sea. One dragon and one tiger guard Xiamen port, which iscalled "dragon and tiger guard the river". The original Pavilion here, namedXuting, has long been destroyed. Shi Guoqiu, a scholar in Chinese Taiwan, wrote a storyabout Xuting Pavilion, which describes that "the sun Guangyan is surrounded bymountains and sea, the first Tianjin in the southeast of the polar eye, thewater meets the sky, and the flood bathes in the sun, all of which are Fancha'swonders". The huge stones in Dengdao stand between each other, and the walls arevery strict, which means "nine summers produce cold". The coolness naturallycomes from "Lujiang Dragon Cave".
Yuyuan
Ladies and gentlemen
Now we come to Yuyuan. Yuxuan is the memorial garden of Dr. Lin Qiaozhi, born in Gulangyu in 1901, graduated from Peking Union MedicalCollege in 1929. Because of his outstanding achievements, he was left to work inPeking Union Medical College. He died in Beijing on April 22, 1983 at the age of83.
Members of the group, here is a demonstration of Dr. Lin's ordinary andgreat life. These objects were used by her during her lifetime. These photos arethe records of her study, work, life and social activities. These are her works,papers and various certificates. From these objects, photos and materials, wecan see Dr. Lin's extremely serious and responsible attitude towards his workand his sincere love for his comrades, especially his babies and mothers. Allthese are worth learning from later generations.
Members of the group, the tour of Gulangyu is over. If you are stillinterested, you can squeeze in time to take a walk on Huandao Road to enjoy thecharm of the sea and the style of European architecture. You can also go deepinto the alleys and listen to the piano playing in the villas, so as to increasethe cultural connotation of your trip to Xiamen. Thank you for yourcooperation.
If Gulangyu is a garden on the sea, Shuzhuang garden can be called thegarden in the garden. It was built in 19__ and named by Lin Erjia, the owner ofthe garden, after his homonym of "Shu Zang". Lin Erjia was originally fromLongxi, Fujian Province (now Longhai City). He was born in Xiamen in 1874 andspent his youth here. Since 19__, he has been the general office of Xiameninsurance and Commerce Bureau and the Prime Minister of Xiamen General Chamberof Commerce. His contribution to Xiamen is: he initiated and founded publicutilities such as telephone, electric light and water supply. In 19__, he wasthe president of Xiamen Municipal Council. He has repeatedly mobilized overseasChinese and people from all walks of life to donate money to build ZhongshanRoad and other municipal facilities. After occupying Xiamen, Japan immigrated toHong Kong from Lushan and returned to Chinese Taiwan after 1945. In 1951, he died athome at the age of 77. After the Sino Japanese War of 1894, the corrupt andincompetent Qing government was forced to cede Chinese Taiwan to Japan. Lin Weiyuan andhis son did not want to be slaves, so they moved back to Gulangyu to settledown. When Lin Erjia grew up, because he missed his home in Chinese Taiwan, he imitatedBanqiao villa and built Shuzhuang garden.
Now we are standing at the entrance of the garden. The garden is composedof two parts: Canghai garden and Bushan garden. The five sceneries of Canghaigarden are meishou hall, Renqiu Pavilion, Zhenli Pavilion, 44qiao Pavilion andZhaoliang Pavilion; the five sceneries of Bushan garden are Enshi mountainhouse, twelve caves, yiaiwulu, tingchao tower and Xiaolan Pavilion. Hiding thesea is to hide the sea into the garden, which implies that the mountains andrivers should be taken into the embrace of the motherland and no longer beslaughtered by others; mending the mountains is to make up for the lack ofnatural scenery by artificial construction, which implies that the mountains andrivers are broken and need to be mended. Here, the patriotic feeling of themaster of the garden is apparent. We will be on the scene to appreciate themystery later.
Shuzhuang garden has three remarkable characteristics, which can besummarized as "hiding, borrowing and skillful". Please look in front of us. Ahigh wall blocks our sight and way. There are only some bonsai plants in frontof us. When you walk out of the circular arch, you can have a look at it. Ourvision will be widened. The vast expanse of blue waves has been waiting in frontof us. The long blue waves suddenly brighten up, which makes us feel relaxed andhappy. This is the beauty of "hiding" in the garden. It turns out that this wallis just a barrier. If you see the sea at the door, you will lose your charm andlook plain. Now, please look at the building on our left - meishou hall, alsoknown as the "Ying second sound" pavilion. Its door is opposite the beach. Itused to be the place where the owner of the garden tasted tea, wrote poems andpainted. Now it has been turned into a shopping mall and a restaurant. There isa pool. There is a gate on the right side of the pool connected with the sea,which leads the sea water into the garden to form the outer pool by the it leads to the inner pool through the left hole. The hole is engraved with"water stop" two times, and the sea water is no longer used to raise waves. Inthis way, the Tibetan sea garden consists of three scenic spots: the sea, theouter pool and the inner pool. From large to small, from outside to inside, itnaturally hides the sea in the garden.
Now look to the right. This long bridge is called 44 bridge, but why 44bridge? You can see that it extends from the pavilion to the sea. The wholebridge is about 100 meters long, lying on the sea like a dragon. The designercan take the scenery according to the situation because of the sea. The smallgarden has been expanded several times. This is the embodiment of the"cleverness" of the garden.
Well, please follow me. In front of us is a huge natural stone. On the topof it is engraved "sea and sky" written by Zhang ruitu, a calligrapher of MingDynasty. On the back are two pieces of "pillow flow" inscribed by Lin Erjia, theowner of the garden.
Now we are walking on the 44th bridge, the main tourist line of the you guessed the origin of the 44th bridge? In fact, it is very simple,because the owner of the park was 44 years old when the bridge was built. Ladiesand gentlemen, this half moon shaped Pavilion is the moon crossing Pavilion. Thebright moon is in the sky. It's the best place to visit. If you are lucky enoughto visit Xiamen on the occasion of the Mid Autumn Festival, you may as well comehere to watch the moon.
This is Renqiu Pavilion. It was built in the autumn of renxu of the lunarcalendar in 1922. Its uniqueness lies in that half of it is built on land andthe other half is supported in the water. The pavilion is built on the platform,the terrace is built around the pool, and the curved bridge is connected withit. Each of its two southeast walls has a circular arch. Sitting in thepolitical Pavilion, you can see the scenery on both sides at the same ing from the windowsill, the 44 bridge is winding, with Zhenli Pavilion,Qianbo Pavilion and Duyue Pavilion. Some of them are diamond shaped, others arefan-shaped, with different shapes and unique charm.
Members of the group, let's go on! This folding fan type Pavilion islocated at the end of the original garden. It is named after the gusts of coolwind. Around the pavilion, we arrive at the Bushan garden. In front of it, theZhuWa villa is Tingtao Pavilion, where we can see the sky wind and sea tingtaoxuan has been transformed into a piano museum. It has 73 pianosprovided by Hu Youyi, a Chinese living in Australia. Hu Youyi was born onGulangyu Island. He has lived in the melodious sound of piano since he was achild, and has formed a source of puzzlement with piano. In Australia, he boughtthe clavichord at great expense. In 1999, with sincere patriotism and love forhis hometown, he made great efforts to transport these pianos back to hishometown and opened a piano museum, which was officially opened to tourists onJanuary 8, __. After two world wars, these pianos have been sent to Hu Youyi'shometown intact. They have become the valuable cultural heritage of Xiamenpeople and integrated into the profound cultural connotation of Gulangyu Island,the "island of pianos". As you can see, besides piano, there are manycandlesticks here. In fact, these candlesticks are also brought by Mr. Hu Youyifrom Australia. There are more than 50 exquisite candlesticks in total. Most ofthese candlesticks were produced in Europe a hundred years ago, and they are aperfect match with these ancient pianos. Not long ago, Mr. Hu Youyi transportedanother 40 pianos from Australia, which were also opened to tourists not longago. Now we can see that the red building in the distance is the stone mountainhouse, which used to be the place for the master of the garden to study, but nowKaifa is the guest house. The rockery in front of us is the "Twelve caves". Itis made of all kinds of sand, shale and volcanic rocks. It is a series ofartificial rockery caves, commonly known as "monkey cave". There are 12 caves init. They are arranged on the stone wall by 12 branches (Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao,Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, you, Xu, Hai). The movements are interconnected, justlike a labyrinth, also known as "enchanted cave" ”It is a good place forchildren to play. Because of the time, we won't turn. Please follow me down. Thebronze figure on the right is the whole body statue of the owner of the garden,Mr. Lin Erjia. This was originally a private garden. After Mr. Lin died, hisdescendants dedicated it to the country, and we were lucky to see it.
Well, we have made a circle. You must have appreciated the unique style ofShuzhuang garden. It is because of her characteristics of "hiding", "borrowing"and "skillfulness" that we can create infinite space in this limited area. Thewhole garden is static in movement and dynamic in stillness. It iscomplementary, harmonious and dialectical. Lin Erjia is also quite satisfiedwith this, which can be seen from the couplet he wrote on the pavilion: "the seaand the mountains are beautiful, and the flowers and bamboos are pleasant.". Thebeautiful Shuzhuang garden makes people taste endless and forget to return!
Dear tourists, we are about to arrive at the beautiful Gulangyu se take your camera and other things, and then follow me to the underwaterworld of Gulangyu Island.
Look, this is a jellyfish. Look, there are several "whiskers" at the bottomof these jellyfish. These "whiskers" are transparent. Its body is very it flows up and down, its body will deform.
OK, we're going into the undersea tunnel now. This undersea tunnel is amoving "road", with toughened glass on the top and on both sides. Outside theglass are sharks and various ferocious carnivorous fishes. Please watchcarefully.
Finally out of the tunnel, everyone look, Penguin! Its body is white, shortand fat, wings on both sides, very lovely!
Now, let's move on. Here is a precious white whale fossil, which is morethan 5 meters long and more than 1 meter high. There are also skeletons andfossils of many unknown fish.
If you haven't been to Gulangyu, you can't be regarded as having been toXiamen. Dear tourists, this tour is over. Please pack up your things. I'll seeyou on the bus in three minutes!
Dear tourists
Hello, everyone. Today we are going to visit Gulangyu Island in Xiamen.
We're at the dock now. The ferry takes about six minutes. Look, opposite isGulangyu in Xiamen. This river is called Lujiang, also called XiaGu Strait. Itis 600 meters wide. Gulangyu in Xiamen covers a total area of 1. 78 squaremeters, population 1. 90000. In order to solve the problem of boat congestion,the "Piano wharf" was built. Because Gulangyu Island in Xiamen is "the island ofmusic". Look, is it like an open grand piano!
Ladies and gentlemen, we are now at riguangyan. This is the newly builtgate of riguangyan temple. Let's look at the three stone carvings on the hugestone in front of us. It seems that they were written by one person, but in factthey are "written by three people". Riguangyan, also known as Longtou mountain,faces Hutou mountain in Xiamen across the sea. One dragon and one tiger guardXiamen port, which is called "dragon and tiger guard the river".
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a piano museum. There are 30 pianos in en, there are beautiful pianos in it! There are many famous pianists inGulangyu, Xiamen.
Dear tourists, we have come to Yuyuan. Yuxuan is the memorial garden of Qiaozhi. It shows Dr. Lin's ordinary and great life.
Ladies and gentlemen, the tour of Gulangyu Island in Xiamen is over. If youare still interested, you can squeeze in time to take a walk on Huandao Road toenjoy the charm of the sea and the style of European architecture. You can alsogo deep into the alleys and listen to the piano playing in the villas, so as toincrease the cultural connotation of your trip to Xiamen. Thank you for yourcooperation.
Today, we are going to visit Gulangyu, the best scenic spot in Xiamen. Itis surrounded by the sea, with beautiful scenery and fresh air. Therefore, ithas the reputation of "sea garden". In 1997, it ranked first in the "ten best"landscape evaluation of Fujian Province. At the same time, it is also one of the35 famous scenic spots in China. Even President Nixon of the United Statespraised Gulangyu when he visited here (1972) It is called "Venice of the East"and "Hawaii of China", and was rated as the highest level of national touristattractions - 4A in __.
Xiamen Gulangyu is surrounded by the sea, and its area is not large (pleaseguess how large). It is smaller than Morocco, the smallest country in the world,with an area of only 1.78 square kilometers and a population of about 18000people. More than half of the people have overseas relations, and generally livein countries and regions with 14 people. Although it is small, it is veryfamous. It has a lot of tourists and receives 30000-80000 people on averageevery day, Such a small place, can have this degree, visible it is notgeneral
Xiamen Gulangyu was not called Xiamen Gulangyu before Ming Dynasty, Later,because there was a reef in the southwest of it, a karst cave was formed by theimpact and erosion of the sea water for many years. When the tide was high, thewaves would hit the reef and make a sound like a drum. Therefore, the rock wascalled "drum rock", hence the name of Gulangyu Island in Xiamen. (the origin ofGulangyu Island in Xiamen)
It's just a river away from Xiamen Island, and it's surrounded by the seaon all sides. Many people think it's very inconvenient to cross the sea. Infact, except before the founding of the people's Republic of China, it's veryconvenient now, except for a few people who take speedboats and cruise 's a round-trip ferry that operates 24 hours a day. There is a flight every 15minutes on the 500 meter wide Xiamen Strait. The system of buying tickets on theway and checking tickets on the return is implemented. The transition cost is 8yuan per person. The flight takes about 5 minutes. If you want to enjoy a shortvoyage, you can go to the elegant seat on the second floor. When it comes toelegant seats, whether standing or sitting, you have to take care of yourself 1yuan / person.
Although Gulangyu Island in Xiamen is not big enough, there is a sayingthat it can not be more appropriate to describe it as "although sparrow issmall, it has all five internal organs", such as kindergarten to middle school(3 kindergartens, 3 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 3382 students), bank,hospital, food market, concert hall, etc. Therefore, the residents of the islandwill not be inconvenient because it is surrounded by the sea and its area issmall, on the contrary, it is small and exquisite, so if there is nothing It'simportant for the residents to spend five to six years on the island.
Because of the fresh air, good greening and good ecological environment, itis also a protected area for marine rare species (amphioxus and white dolphin) is also the best green area in Xiamen. There are more than 4000 kinds ofplants, more than 80 kinds of plants, more than 80 families and genera on theisland. The green tree coverage rate reaches 40%, and the per capita area is 5.1square meters, so the air is fresh.
