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	Gulangyu Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gulangyu Island (鼓浪屿; pinyin: Gŭlàng Yŭ) is a 1.78-km² carfree island off the coast of Xiamen, southern China.
		The island of Gulangyu is a pedestrian only destination, where the only vehicles on the islands are several fire trucks.
		Gulangyu is connected to the main Xiamen island by a ferry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gulangyu_Island (281 words)

	Gulangyu Island: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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		Zhoushan island is the principal island of the namesake archipelago governed by...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gu/gulangyu_island.htm (778 words)

	Gulangyu
		While Gulangyu seems to be a playground for residents of Xiamen, it seems as yet an undiscovered destination for visitors from elsewhere in China or beyond.
		Gulangyu is a thoroughly delightful place, but not without its unsettling bits: the bars seen on a great many of the windows strongly imply that the place has a burglar problem.
		While the aging beauties of Gulangyu might attract frenzied interest and restoration investment were they located elsewhere, so far a reversal of their slow decline is still to be seen.
	www.newcolonist.com /gulangyu.html (1860 words)

	Fujian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1956, the ROC government moved the provincial government of Fuchien to Sindian City, Taiwan, and the islands were placed under an extraordinarily tight military administration due to their extreme proximity to Mainland China.
		With the easing of cross-Straits relationships and the democratization of Taiwan in the 1990s, the islands were returned to civilian government in 1992.
		Small parts of the province, namely the islands of Quemoy and Matsu are under the administration of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fukien (3127 words)

	Gulangyu Island: Xiamen Tour
		Gulangyu Island is renowned for its delicate natural beauty, its ancient relics, and its varied architecture.
		The island is on China's list of National Scenic Spots and also ranks at the top of the list of the ten most-scenic areas in Fujian Province.
		Located in the south-central part of the island, Sunlight Rock is the island's highest point with an altitude of 92.7 meters (304 feet).
	www.travelchinaguide.com /attraction/fujian/xiamen/gulang.htm (1025 words)

	Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect: Gulangyu Island Archives
		This week's office is a weathered 1930's guesthouse on a Gulangyu Island situated off the coast of the South China.
		The general ambience of the island is tropical colonial splendor let to stew in the sea air for a good few years and the villas and mansions that dot the island are in need of some serious maintainence.
		Gulangyu Island seems to have a inordinate amount of ants, frogs and cats.
	www.janchipchase.com /blog/archives/by_location/china/gulangyu_island (1469 words)

	Hotel and Transport in Xiamen
		The city is composed of Xiamen Island proper (128.14 sq.Km), outskirts on mainland, Gulangyu Island(1.7 sq.Km) and sereral smaller islands.
		Hu Youyi, an Austrian Chinese born in the Gulangyu Island, stands on the green slope embraced by the sea.
		Gulangyu's finest overlook is Sunlight Rock, the highest of the island's peaks.The summit of Sunlight Rock is a short, steep climb along rock paths dotted with flower gardens, old cannon, small cafes, and a number of amusement arcades, yurts, and contemporary metal sculptures.
	earth.esa.int /dragon/Xiamen_Transport_Hotel.htm (1344 words)

	China Province - Region, Regional
		Gulangyu is a "home of music and pianists." It has fresh air, luxuriant trees, and flowers throughout the year.
		A component part of the Gulangyu Islet and Wanshi Mountain Scenic Area, the Wanshi Crag Scenic Area stretches for 26 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are hilly land and the remainining seven square kilometers are flatland along the coast.
		It was built on the beach in southwestern Xiamen Island in the 17th year during the reign of the Cling Dynasty Emperor Guang Xu.
	www.cntravel.biz /china_columns/provinces/fujian/fji-xiam.shtml (429 words)

	Gulangyu
		Because of its history, most of the island's construction is in the European style so it looks kind of like a small town in coastal France with lots of stone buildings packed close together on narrow lanes.
		The island is dominated by two main physical features: the large stone statue of Kochinga at the mouth of the harbour and the Sunlight Garden atop the island's highest peak.
		The fare is free on the way over to the island and one kuai on the way back (1.5 kuai if you want to be able to sit and enjoy the upper deck).
	www.mjpatterson.com /gulangyu.htm (1095 words)

	Carbusters Magazine - Magazine Issue 25 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Zlarin, an island in the Sibenik archipelago, has a network of concrete roads for walking and cycling, but which also makes the island perfect for populating with cars, once a weekly car-ferry is added to the daily routes.
		Gulangyu Island is actually part of the city of Xiamen, in Fujian province, opposite Taiwan.
		Gulangyu is an amalgam of Old Havana, a Mexican hill town, the Cinque Terre of Italy, Hawaii, an Austrian village, and a bit of Las Vegas (because of the gaudy lights every evening on every imaginable landmark on both sides of the channel).
	www.carbusters.org /magazine/index.php?issue=25&go=feature1 (3190 words)

	Attraction and Sightseeing In Xiamen
		Gulangyu Island, located to the southwest of the city proper, is only about a five-minute journey by local ferry.
		The island has long had the name of 'above-the-sea garden' because of its variety of pretty flowers, the best of which can be viewed in the Shuzhuang Garden.
		Gulangyu Island is by far the best sight of this beautiful town, with its variety of colonial buildings, pleasant winding streets and musical locals.
	www.ineedhotel.com /xiamen/tour/sight/sight.html (1194 words)

	Biennial Festival Unveiled on 'Piano Island' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The occasion is the Second Gulangyu Piano Festival, which will start with a concert featuring a piano recital, concerto and repertoire for two pianos played by well-known musicians from both home and abroad.
		Gulangyu Island is known as the "Piano Island" because the people there love piano.
		Different from the previous one, Gulangyu is not the only venue for the festival this year.
	daxinganling.china.com.cn /english/culture/102646.htm (995 words)

	Excursion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This small island is accessible by an eight-minute ferryboat from the downtown area.
		The island was the site of the foreign consular residences after Xiamen became one of the five trade ports in the 19th century.
		Since the people of the island have a special love for the piano, the island is also renowned as the "Island of Music".
	www.pcoss.org /icorsxm/meeting/2nd/excursion.htm (140 words)

	Guide to Xiamen & Fujian--Gulangyu Islet (Kulangsu)
		Gulangyu has more pianos per capita than any other city in China (perhaps even in the world)-over 350 pianos, or one in every five homes.
		Virtually every evening some family is holding a recital for their budding pianist, and many go on to study in the Amoy Music Academy, and from there to play in London, New York, Paris-or the local churches from whence the pianos came in the first place.
		Gulangyu has dozens of sites worth a looksee, like The Overseas Chinese Garden for the Introduction of Subtropical Plants, which has over 1,000 species of plants, one experimental horticulture nursery, and a refrigerated room.
	www.amoymagic.com /gulan.htm (822 words)

	List of islands of the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of islands of the People's Republic of China.
		List of islands of the Republic of China - includes Taiwan, Pescadores, Quemoy, Matsu Islands, and Pratas Islands.
		Diaoyu Islands - under Japanese navy control (Senkaku Islands).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China (108 words)

	Xiamen, Fujian, China Tour
		In the mid-17th century, Xiamen and Gulangyu Island became a stronghold of Zheng Chenggong, known in the West as Koxinga, a Ming loyalist who held out against the Manchu invaders until being driven to Taiwan.
		Gulangyu Island was transformed into an international settlement, where many Victorian and Neoclassical style buildings still survive.
		On the southern shore of the island is the Shuzhuang Garden, which once belonged to a Taiwanese businessman who moved to the island after the Japanese took over Taiwan in 1895.
	www.chinatour.com /attraction/xiamen.htm (582 words)

	On the brink of rediscovery \| csmonitor.com
		GULANGYU ISLAND, CHINA - China's first modern painter was born into a storybook world, and briefly lived a storybook life.
		He was raised on elite Gulangyu, a small Brigadoon-like mile-square island of fabulous wealth.
		Built by Europeans as the hub of the Amoy (now Xiamen) treaty port, it boasted 13 consulates, dozens of corporate offices, hundreds of mansions, manicured winding streets, and at one point is reputed to have had the greatest number of pianos per square foot in the world.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0805/p11s02-alar.htm (1471 words)

	Gulangyu 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Gulangyu Islet, one of 35 key national scenic resorts, covers an area of 1.78 square kilometers.
		It enjoys a pleasant climat4e with agreeable subtropical island flavor, and therefore is known as the Garden on the Sea.
		The Islet presents to the visitors the creams of both oriental and occidental cultures, and the Island of Pianos and Music Town are only two of its many eulogies for charm and romance.
	karws.gso.uri.edu /Photo_shows/China_Jun02/Gulang1.html (375 words)

	China's First Piano Museum Opens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		China's first piano museum has opened on Gulangyu, an island in the city of Xiamen in east China's Fujian Province.
		According to an agreement between Hu and the Gulangyu district government, the pianos will be on show for 10 years in the museum and then be donated to the local government.
		Gulangyu is dubbed "Piano Island" because its 17,800 permanent residents own 620 pianos.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /english/200001/18/eng20000118R122.html (138 words)

	cycle tours in Beijing, Beijing bike tours, Great Wall cycle tour, Hutong cycle tour, bike renting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is the island of Gulangyu, however, that nowadays most attracts Westerners to this area of Fujian, with its hundreds of interesting and quietly crumbling colonial villas.
		For the Chinese, one of the main reasons for visiting this isle is to pay homage to the great general and pirate Koxinga, who led heavy resistance against the invading Manchu armies in the seventeenth century, and who fought and defeated the Dutch armies in Taiwan.
		Gulangyu Island has long had the name of 'above-the-sea garden' because of its variety of pretty flowers, the best of which can be viewed in the Shuzhuang Garden.
	www.cyclechina.com /shanghai/shanghaixiamen.htm (866 words)

	Amoy - SgWiki
		It is said that in the ancient time, flocks of egrets (Bailu in Chinese) migrated to dwell on Xiamen Island from time to time and that is why people call Xiamen "Ludao" (Island of Egrets) and Xiagu Strait "Lujiang" (River of Egrets).
		During the Tianbao Period of the Tang Dynasty, the ethnic Chinese surnamed Xue (?) and Chen (?) migrated to Xiamen Island from Fu'an in the east of Fujian Province and Zhangzhou in the south of Fujian Province and settled at the southern and northern foot of the Hongjishan Mountain respectively.
		Xiamen City consists of Xiamen Island, Gulangyu Island and part of the coastal area in the northern bank of Nine Dragon River.
	www.sgwiki.com /wiki/Amoy (1994 words)

	Gulangyu Island: Unique Information about Gulangyu Island Xiamen only from StayresChina.com
		The island is just opposite Xiamen City with an area of 1.78 square kilometers.
		The island is a world of sea breezes, sunshine and exotic architecture with Mediterranean flavor.
		North of the Rock, Shuzhuang Park was originally built in 1913 as the private villa of a Taiwan merchant.The park is elaborately designed with artificial rocks, zigzagging bridges, pavilions and caves.
	www.stayreschina.com /xiamen-gulangyu-island.htm (194 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I was told that during the years of hostilities, Taiwan would shell the mainland from Chinmen Island on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, while China would shell back on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
		Gulangyu Island in Xiamen Harbor had long underground tunnels to shelter the residents.
		No vehicles are allowed on the island, except for electric golf carts to transport tourists.
	www.ucfv.bc.ca /cis/china/franklin/xiamen.htm (509 words)

	Welcome to Amoymagic.com, an English guide to Xiamen!
		But the most leisurely way to see Gulangyu is a stroll around the perimeter-past beaches, tropical gardens, and exquisite colonial villas once occupied by European merchants, rich overseas Chinese, and the staff of 13 countries' consulates.
		He was speaking of the exquisite in-side painting technique used traditionally on snuff bottles and globes-one of the many crafts that foreign shoppers snap up on Gulangyu Islet.
		These friendly folk are never to busy to stop in their tracks, even when so busy they're in danger of derailing, and inviting you to "Have some tea!" Which brings us to the subject of pots.
	www.amoymagic.com /mtour.htm (3682 words)

	Marco Polo Xiamen (Xiamen - China)- PopularCities.com
		Gulangyu Island Beautiful island famous for its pre-war buildings and musically inclined residents.
		Many tourist attractions on the island to be explored and breathtaking laser display from various parts of the island can be seen in the evening.
		The area of Auyuan covers a total of 8990 square meters and is built by famous philanthropist Mr Tan Kah-Kee whose tomb is also erected in the garden.
	www.popularcities.com /hotels/world/11245785marco-polo-xiamen.htm (481 words)

	China Xiamen travel and hotels guide: THE CITY
		The main pleasure in Xiamen, apart from visiting Gulangyu Island, is simply walking the streets of the old city.
		Just south of Zhongshan Lu, on the waterfront, is a kiosk organizing boat trips, the most fascinating of which circumnavigates the Nationalist island of Jinmen (Sat and Sun; ¥80 per person) - for good views of the Guomindang front line, bring binoculars.
		Until 1984, because of the close proximity of Taiwan, this whole area was out of bounds, and the beaches were under a dusk-till-dawn curfew.
	www.chinastage.com /travel-guide/Xiamen/city.html (680 words)

	Gulangyu - Arches & Windows on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		Gulangyu is a small island (about 2 by 4 miles) only a ten minute ferry ride from bustling modern Xiamen where I live.
		Xiamen allowed foreigners to live only on Gulangyu Island and so its architecture is western colonial mansions.
		The island is covered with tremendous trees, mostly huge figs trees and banyans and their thick, silent, green shade permeates everything except the islands several small beaches.
	www.flickr.com /photos/66972807@N00/41072913 (265 words)

	Gulangyu Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Zheng Chenggong and his armada of 8,000 war junks and a quarter million fighting men drove the Dutch off Taiwan and championed the causes of the Ming princes.
		In the 19th century Gulangyu Island became a home for European dignitaries, diplomats, and tycoons.
		because of its large number of musicians and music schools, Gulangyu is one of China’s most fascinating destinations.
	www.watertravel.com /gulangyu.htm (144 words)

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