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Gulangyu Island is a special case of social development and changes since modern China. In the past, Chinese and foreign people lived together and Chinese and Western cultures coexisted, resulting in an international community with outstanding cultural diversity and modern quality of life. As a functional carrier, space is of great reference significance to the research on the spatial ...
• Address: Gulangyu Island, Siming District, Xiamen (厦门市思明区鼓浪屿) After the Opium War, people from western countries continued to pour in Gulangyu Island. Churches, schools, mansions, businesses and consulates crowded on less than 2 square kilometers’ Gulangyu Island.
At the 41 st session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Poland on July 8 2017, Kulangsu, a historic international community, was officially listed as a World Heritage Site, casting a global spotlight on this tiny island in the East.
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The Gulangyu Island is located just outside of Xiamen City. It only takes 5 minutes by steamship to reach the island from Xiamen City . The island is known for its natural beauty, interesting architecture, and ancient relics.
Gulangyu island is definitely a “must visit” place when you travel to Fujian Province! This island has been recognized as one of Fujian Province's most scenic places. The island is famous for its natural beauty, colonial style architecture and very interesting museums.
Gulangyu. The Gulangyu, Gulang Island or Kulangsu is a pedestrian-only island off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian Province in southeastern China. A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, the island is about 2 km² in area, and is reached by an 8-minute ferry ride from downtown Xiamen. Although only about 20,000 people live on the island, Gulangyu is ...
After being bought by Mr Hu Youyi, the organ was moved from Boston, USA, to Gulangyu, China, by Wakeley Pipe Organs, Australia, in 2007; and fully restored by Rieger Orgelbau, Austria, in 2017/8. The two sections of the organ (Chancel and Gallery organs) are positioned at either end of a new, custom-made, hall to simulate the relationship that ...
Come along for a whirlwind tour of 10 colonial buildings on Gulangyu, an island in southeastern China that was once a Western colony. By Cui Qun. Gulangyu, a vehicle-free island off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian Province in southeastern China, is a Unesco World Heritage site and probably best known for pianos. It’s estimated there’s one piano ...
Gulangyu is still largely a residential island and it was not right that those who live and work on the island have to scrabble for space. And the crush over the last few years, with the huge increase in Chinese domestic tourism throughout the country, means that the stream of ferry traffic had to be put under better control.