Gulangyu area

Gulangyu Island, formerly known as Yuanshazhou, also known as Yuanzhouzai, was named Wulong Island in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the southwest of the island, there is a sea cave, which is hit by the tide and makes a sound like a drum. From the Ming Dynasty, it was renamed Gulangyu Island. Located in Gulangyu Street, Siming District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, with an area of 1.88 square kilometers, facing Xiamen Island across the sea, with the highest point of Sunlight Rock, and Xiamen Shimao Strait Building and Xiamen University on Xiamen Island.

Gulangyu has rugged reefs, rugged coastline, green hills and undulating peaks. Gulangyu takes architecture as its surface and music as its soul. Representative scenic spots include: Riguangyan, Luzhuang Garden, Hao Yue Garden, Yuyuan Garden, Gulangyu Stone, Gulangyu Piano Museum and Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall. With the development of Xiamen, Gulangyu Island has become a comprehensive island scenic and cultural tourist area integrating sightseeing, vacation, tourism, shopping, leisure and entertainment.

geographical environment

Gulangyu Island is located in Gulangyu Street, Siming District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, with 24 26 ′ 55.25 ″ north latitude and118 03 ′ 43.55 ″ east longitude. Located in the southwest corner of Xiamen Peninsula, across the sea from Xiamen Island, across a 600-meter-wide Lujiang River (actually deep sea), the ferry can reach in 4.5 minutes, with an area of 1.88 square kilometers, and now it is under the jurisdiction of Siming District of Xiamen City.

Gulangyu Island is irregular in shape, with a lot of granite scattered on it. Among them, the rock south of the central part of the island is the highest, with an altitude of 302 feet. It is bounded by rich coastlines and water bodies, and is dominated by mountain landscapes such as Sunlight Rock, Bijiashan Mountain and Qishan Mountain formed by natural landform changes.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Gulangyu