Monday, November 26, 2007

About my hometown

Hello. Everyone, today I 'm going to introduce my hometown Xiamen's Gulangyu.

Gulangyu island is located just southwest of Xiamen City in Fujian province in China. It's renowned for its natural beauty and varied architecture.

The 1.77-square-kilometre island has about 20,000 resident. they enjoy a relaxing life. Only electic powered bus are permitted on the island, so environment is free from noice and pollution. The island is famous for its European- style architecture. The island was home to many foreign consulates during the second world war and its also famous for hosting China's only piano museum. It's nickmane is 'The piano town' or 'The island of misic' . There are over 200 pianos on the island.

On the four-kilometre-long ring road which cricle the island. You can see the perfect panorama of Xiamen city.

Visitors can reach it by ferry from Xiamen city in about 10 minutes. Bicycle are only means of private transportation.

Welcome to friends all over the world.

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