Gulangyu Island covers an area of 1.78 square kilometers and stands opposite to Xiamen City across the sea. Xiagu strait is called Egret River. With beautiful sceneries, Gulangyu Island is accredited as “garden on the sea”, “architecture exhibition of ten thousand nations”, “hometown of music” and “island of piano”.
It is one of the most attractive landscapes of Xiamen tourist spots. It is a national-level key scenic area and the representative of Xiamen scenic spots. It is on the top list of ten excellent scenic areas of Fujian Province and one of the 35 logo tourist spots all over the country.
The whole island is full of natural scenic spots and its main scenic spots include the Crag of Sunlight, Garden of Beans (Shuzhuang Huayuan), Bright Moon Garden (Haoyueyuan) and Yuyuan Garden.
