July 7, 2017

Yang Tao Hotel, Fu Xing Castle (Yang Tao Yuan Zi, Fu Xing Gu Bao Dian 杨桃院子, 复兴古堡店)

Surpassingly beautiful, unexpectedly artful, and deeply reminiscent of Kulangsu’s golden era, the Yang Tao Hotel in Fuxing Castle is an island paradise, an oasis of serenity at the intersection of...

Gallery Inn, Fuxing Lu (Hua Lang Lü Guan, Fu Xing Lu 画廊旅馆,复兴路店)

This is one of three Gallery Inns on the island, and the most central. It is located near the Kulangsu government offices. It’s set in an old brick mansion with...

Mei Hua beach(Mei Hua Sha Tan 美华沙滩)

As elderly Xiamen and Gulangyu people’s favorite beach, Mei Hua beach is a perfect place for outdoor swimming because of its water quality and soft sands.  This is also is where the...

Anxian Hall (An Xian Lou 安献楼)

The American Seventh-day Adventist missionary B.L.Anderson came to Kulangsu in 1906. He bought a large tract of land in “Wugepai” to build a school and set up farms and dairies...

Former Office of Great Northern Telegraph Company (Denmark) (Dan Mai Da Bei Dian Bao Gong Si 丹麦大北电报公司)

In 1871, the Great Northern Telegraph Company began operations on Kulangsu’s Tianwei Road.  It laid the telegraph service’s submarine cables connecting Shanghai, Xiamen and Hong Kong. It was also the office for...