Official visitor’s guide to Kulangsu (Gulangyu)
Welcome to Kulangsu Island (Gulangyu Island), a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. Kulangsu is a small tropical island where where cars and bicycles are not allowed, where majestic Banyan trees and coconut palms shade the gardens of 19th-century European mansions in the Amoy Deco architectural style. Come experience our local seafood restaurants and fresh tropical fruits, romantic beaches, world-class museums, and unique classical music tradition. Come plan your next trip to the fairytale island where East meets West.
欢迎来到鼓浪屿，这座步行小岛在2017年正式成为了UNESCO世界文化遗址！我们希望邀请您参观一下我们岛上特有的文化和建筑遗址、传统的古典音乐、步行小道、热带水果摊点、浪漫的树形花园酒店、当地的餐馆、酒吧和夜生活等。在这个网站上，您可以找到所有需要的信息，来计划一趟在这座东西方交汇的神话般的小岛之旅。
Foreigners’ Football Field (Ren Min Ti Yu Chang 人民体育场 / Ma Yue Han Ti Yu Chang 马约翰体育场)
- June 4, 2017
- visitorsguide
The Foreigners’ Football Field was built before 1878 and originally used as a lawn tennis court and cricket field. It was subsequently used primarily for playing soccer. In 1910, the...
- Posted in: China, Kulangsu (Gulangyu) Sights, Kulangsu Town, UNESCO World Heritage
Long Tou Public Food Market (Long Tou Cai Shi Chang 龙头菜市场)
- June 4, 2017
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This colorful food bazaar, which takes up a town block, is bursting with energy and speed. It’s paradise for the home cook who has a fetish for the kind of traditional local...
- Posted in: China, Kulangsu Town
Yanwei Hill Time Cannon (Yan Wei Shan Sheng Tai Gong Yuan 燕尾山生态公园)
- June 4, 2017
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The Yanwei Hill Time Cannon Emplacement was set up by Xiamen Customs toward the end of the nineteenth century. The cannon used to fire once at twelve noon every Saturday...
- Posted in: China, Kulangsu (Gulangyu) Sights, Nei Cuo Ao, UNESCO World Heritage
Former Kulangsu Mixed Court (Hui Shen Gong Tang 会审公堂)
- June 4, 2017
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The Gulangyu Mixed Court, designed in was built by the English Presbyterian Mission in early Modernist style after permanently leased this parcel of land in 1915. After being sold twice,...
Conservation + protection
- June 4, 2017
- visitorsguide
Kulangsu is under the protection of many Chinese or international conventions, laws and regulations on heritage conservation. A scientific and effective management scheme has been set up to guide the...
Former South Fukien Christian Bookstore (Min Nan Sheng Shu Gong Hui Sheng Jiao Shu Ju 闽南圣书工会圣教书局)
- June 4, 2017
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The Former Southern Fukien (Fujian) Christian Bookstore was founded in 1908 on Dadai Road on Kulangsu by Chinese and foreign believers of the Christian Missionary Society Bible Society. The bookstore...
Zhongde Taoist Temple (Zhong De Gong 种德宫)
- June 4, 2017
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Zhongde Taoist Temple was built before 1662, and originally located to the west of Kulangsu, where the west slope of the north branch of Hen Hill met the small river....
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Union Church (Xie He Li Bai Tang协和礼拜堂)
- June 4, 2017
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Union Church, Kulangsu’s earliest church, was built in 1863. The church was named as “The International Church”in the beginning and renamed as “Union Church” in 1875. Its construction was funded by...
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Christian Cemetery (Fan Zai Mu Yuan 番仔墓园)
- June 4, 2017
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There are four separate cemeteries spread out around a single rolling hill in Nei Cuo Ao. All of them are beautiful, lush, mysterious, and overgrown with centuries’ worth of vegetation, and...
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Shuzhuang Garden (Shu Zhuang Hua Yuan 菽庄花园)
- June 4, 2017
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After the Sino-Japanese War, the Qing government ceded Taiwan to the Japanese, and Taiwanese magnate Lin Erjia moved to Kulangsu with his family. In 1913, he built a garden on...