June 2017

Trinity Church (San Yi Tang 三一堂)

As more and more Christians moved to Kulangsu in the 1920s, Xiamen Church, New Street Church and Bamboo Church cooperated to make worship more convenient by building a Kulangsu church...

Kulangsu Island: a tropical beach paradise beating to the waves of its own drummer

Kulangsu is an island about 600 meters from southwestern coast of Xiamen, Fujian. Slightly long and narrow, the 1.88-square-kilometer Kulangsu Island looks like a sailing ship anchored in the bay. There...

The One Place In The Life Bar (Yi Xi 一席)

This recently opened bar and restaurant took over a large swath of the island’s Xiamen-facing outdoor-bar territory between the Lun Du ferry port and the San Qiu Tian tourist ferry...

McDonald’s (Mai Dang Lao 麦当劳)

One of China’s best branches of the legendary American fast-food chain, Kulangsu’s outpost has a few outdoor tables from which you can gaze over the treetops of the main port...

Evening and late-night tourist ferry service between Xiamen and Kulangsu Island (Gulangyu)

Xiamen Lun Du to Kulangsu Town Evening Ferry Runs approx. once every 15-20 minutes, 5:50pm to 11:45pm (from 6:50pm June to September). Departs from Xiamen’s Lun Du Terminal 2 (Xia Men Lun...