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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 Island.This river is called Lujiang, also called XiaGu Strait. It is 600 meters wide.Gulangyu covers an area of 1.78 square kilometers and has a population of 19000.In 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 years.Every 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 dock.In order to solve the problem of crowded boat, the "Piano dock" was built.Because 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
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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 Maitreya.The 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
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Now we come to Yuyuan. Yuxuan is the memorial garden of Dr. Lin Qiaozhi.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.