Sunday, December 1, 2013

GuLangYu Island鼓浪嶼 X XiaMen廈門: Slow Moments

Xiamen 廈門 is an offshore island-city in

Fujian Province and

xiamen_island

 

and Gulangyu Island 鼓浪嶼 is

you see where Xiamen Uni is?

the tiny mini island a.k.a. islet nearby

in between Xiamen Island and mainland

 

so what’s so unique about GLY?

  • car-free island, not even bicycle
  • only 2 km2
  • over 200 pianos on the island
  • Victorian style architecture, because
  • an International Settlement back then, with
  • 13 countries building consulates, churches etc 
  • voted as one of the most livable cities in China

 

Photo Credit: 廈門小時光

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