"Discover Gulangyu!" 400 pages, bilingual Chinese/English, B&W & color photos, drawings, maps. In Xiamen bookstores or online.
Gulangyu Links Chinese Version Poems by Gulangyu foreigner, 1904!
"Free Guided Tour Routes" Suggested Tours
Gulangyu Intro excerpts Chinese Version
Koxinga" excerpts Chinese Version
"Frederic Coyett--Taiwan's Last Dutch Governor" excerpts
Chinese Version "Gulangyu's Pioneer Educators" excerpts
"Gulangyu's Pioneer Medicine" excerpts
"Isle of Arts, Music and Literature" excerpts

Discover Gulangyu Contents
Part One Historical Tours Page
Chapter 1 Welcome/Introduction 2
Chapter 2 Koxinga—Gulangyu’s Greatest Hero 22
Chapter 3 Sunlight Rock 38
Chapter 4 Pioneering Education 48
Chapter 5 Pioneering Medicine 68
Chapter 6 Pioneering Music and Arts 90
Chapter 7 Gulangyu Churches 118
Chapter 8 Gulangyu Festivals and Folklore 130

Part Two Entertainment

Chapter 9 Gulangyu Gardens 146
Chapter 10 Dining, Shopping, Entertainment, Hotels 166

Part Three Museum of World Architecture

Chapter 11 Architectural Overview 178
Chapter 12 Longtou Rd 200
Chapter 13 Lujiao Rd 216
Chapter 14 Fujian Rd 232
Chapter 15 Zhangzhou Rd 244
Chapter 16 Tianwei Rd 252
Chapter 17 Fuxing & Flag Hill Roads 264
Chapter 18 Guxin & Sanming Rd 272
Chapter 19 Anhai Rd 286
Chapter 20 Quanzhou & Jishan Rd 296
Chapter 21 Huangyan & Haitan Rd 306
Chapter 22 Zhonghua Rd 318
Chapter 23 Bishan Rd 328
Chapter 24 Yongchun Rd 338
Chapter 25 Gusheng Rd 350
Bibliography 355

Gulangyu Tourist Center Suggested Tour Routes

Free Guided Tour Routes (The Tour Center gives free tours!)
Route A (About 1.5-hours): Ferry Terminal, Visitor Center, Former British Consulate, Former Japanese Consulate, Catholic Church, No.44 Villa, Huang Rongyuan Villa, Haitian Tangguo (Sea & Sky Mansion), Music School, Ma Yuehan Statue, Main Gate of Sunlight Rock

Route B (About 3-hours; visitor admission tickets required): Ferry Terminal, Visitor Center, Former British Consulate, Former Japanese Consulate, Catholic Church, No.44 Villa, Huang Rongyuan Villa, Haitian Tangguo (Sea & Sky Mansion), Music School, Ma Yuehan Statue, Main Gate of Sunlight Rock, Gulang Dongtian, Sunlight Rock Temple, “Coolness in Summer,” Ancient Fort Gate, Ancient Summer Resort Cave, Ancient Command Platform, Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall, Summit of Sunlight Rock, Hero Hill (Tingtao Bluff, Hero Garden, Gulangyu Aviary), Koxinga’s Well, Shuzhuang Garden (Calligraphic Carving Museum, Twelve Rockery Caves, 44-turn Bridge, Piano Museum, Restored Ancient Relics Museum), Dagong Well, Longtou Road Shopping Street, Ferry Terminal

Route C (About 4-hours; visitors’ admission tickets required): Ferry Terminal, Visitor Center, Former British Consulate, Former Japanese Consulate, Catholic Church, No.44 Villa, Huang Rongyuan Villa, Haitian Tangguo (Sea & Sky Mansion), Music School, Ma Yuehan Statue, Main Gate of Sunlight Rock (Gulang Dong Tian, Sunlight Rock Temple, “Coolness in Summer,” Ancient Fort Gate, Ancient Summer Resort Cave, Ancient Command Platform, Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall, Summit of Sunlight Rock), Hero Hill (Tingtao Bluff, Hero Garden, Gulangyu Aviary), Koxinga’s Well, Shuzhuang Garden (Calligraphic Carving Museum, Twelve Rockery Caves, 44-turn Bridge, Piano Museum, Restored Ancient Relics Museum

Suggested Self-guided Tour Routes

Route A Special Historical Tour (about 4-hours): Ferry Terminal, Visitor Center, Quanzhou Road, Hero Hill, Gulang Rock, Kangtai'an, Zhugonghe, Jiu’anhe, Zhongdegong, Bishan Cave, Former Joint Court, Former Municipal Council, Trinity Church, Yongchun Road, Sports Ground, Longtou Road Shopping Street, Ferry Terminal

Route B Special Geological Exploration Tour, including Springs and Ancient Wells: (about 6-hours): Ferry Terminal, Visitor Center, Fuding Ancient Well, Fuding Rock, Sword Rock, Yindou Rock, Shuzhuang Garden, Koxinga’s Well, Ancient Summer Resort Cave, Sunlight Rock, Jimu Hill, Quanzhou Road, Zhonghua Road, Dagong Well, Longtou Road Shopping Street, Ferry Terminal

Route C Special Stone Inscription Tour (about 5.5-hours): Ferry Terminal, Visitor Center, Haoyue Park, Shuzhuang Garden, Sunlight Rock, Longtou Road Shopping Street, Ferry Terminal

Route D Special Historic Architecture Tour (about 4.5-hours): Ferry Terminal, Visitor Center, Catholic Church, Former British Consulate, Former Japanese Consulate, Octagonal Building, Huang Rongyuan Villa, No.44 Villa, Haitian Tangguo (Sea & Sky Mansion), Longtou Road, Quanzhou Road, Jingua Building, Trinity Church, Former Municipal Council, Former Joint Court, Yizu Villa, Guancai Building, Chunchao House, Fanpo (Foreign Woman) Villa, Yang Family Villa, Octagonal Dome Building, Former HSBC Mansion, Former U.S. Consulate, Sanqiutian Ferry, Electric Sightseeing Car Tour to Gangzihou Beach, Longtou Road Shopping Street, Ferry Terminal

Route E Special Music Culture Tour (about 4.5-hours): Ferry Terminal, Visitor Center, Music School, Concert Hall, Piano Museum, Gangzihou Beach, Electric Sightseeing Car Tour to Sanqiutian Ferry, Pipe Organ Museum (Octagonal Dome Building). Longtou Road Shopping Street, Ferry Terminal

Route F Historical Sites Tour (about 4 hours): Ferry Terminal, Visitor Center, Former Japanese Consulate (including the prison in which Chinese patriots were incarcerated during the war of Resistance Against Japan), Sunlight Rock (Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall),, Hero Hill, Carefree Villa (Former CPC Underground Party Organization's Secret Meeting Place), Koxinga’s Well, Shuzhuang Garden (Patriotic Overseas Chinese Lin Er-jia), Yu Garden (Dr. Lin Qiaozhi Memorial Hall), Haoyue Park (Zheng Chenggong Memorial Garden), Hu Xiang (Former CPC Organization of Fujian Province), Longtou Road Shopping Street, Overnight stay on Gulangyu, Ferry Terminal

“A good traveler is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveler does not know where he came from.” Lin Yutang

Other Fascinating Fujian Destinations! (Outside Xiamen)
Mythical Zaytun (Quanzhou) Start of the Maritime Silk Road!
......... Quanzhou Marionettes
Fujian's Marvelous Wooden Bridges!
Zhangzhou Ancient City of Flowers
Hakka Roundhouses Unique earthen castles
Ningde Birthplaces of S. China Civilization?
Water World (Sandu'ao) Fishing Villages Upon the Sea!
Xiapu Rafting, Kukai's Temple (Japanese), Seafood, deng deng!
Zhouning (my favorite!) Zhouning Thumbnails Delightful place--China's largest waterfalls complex, Kungfu fighting highlanders, carp worshippers...
Wuyi Mountain Amazing historical, cultural and natural attractions

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