Embarrassed, I said, I never seem to finish a lap. ...
He asked: Why?
Embarrassed, I said, I get lost every time I walk into an alley. ...
Gulangyu is to Xiamen what Tiananmen is to Beijing. Your friends from other places are saying that you won't go once in 800 years.
However, in the early morning and evening, there are fewer tourists, which is a good time to revisit the classic scenic spots-and I think it is simply detrimental to the dignity of Xiamen people if we don't visit Gulangyu Island quickly.
This time around Gulangyu, the distance is about 7-8 kilometers, and it takes a little more than 3 hours. The pace is very slow, and there are stops in all the places you like.
There are no online celebrity shops and famous scenic spots. If you also like natural and simple game, I can share it with you.
When I walked to the beach that I accidentally found on the Swallowtail Road, it reached several hundred meters into the sea, only to be exposed because of the low tide.
When I walked forward, I saw a broken tombstone at my feet, but I didn't feel gloomy. The life of the predecessors ended and disappeared, perhaps buried in the deep seabed, but unexpectedly turned out by the changes of the tides, becoming a mystery in the bright sea and sky.
A trace of vicissitudes of life disappeared when I caught a glimpse of the little crab running away in panic. He involuntarily uttered an "ouch" as the little crab escaped, and he also relaxed his steps.
Look at the map, we are really in the sea ~
It is surrounded by sea water of more than 270 degrees, but I don't think the sea breeze is salty. I can simply watch the blue sky, white clouds, red towers and green trees fall in front of me all day.
There are many small animals, including shota, who is still cute, and dogs who are very excited at the smell of seawater.
Irresponsible comment: If you can't find it, you can shoot Makoto Shinkai.
Walking on Zhonghua Road, I couldn't help but be attracted by this piece of wood: I once fell and was injured, but after finishing and strengthening, new branches and leaves actually grew from the fracture.
Relatives and friends said that it was an old tree injured after Typhoon Morant landed in Xiamen on 16, and they also showed me photos taken shortly after the typhoon:
The vitality of the two contrasts is joyful, and the trauma can be turned into a landscape and become a little memory in the life that continues to pass, which is great.
Most of the fallen trees destroyed by the typhoon have been preserved, but only one 2 10-year-old tree has lost its vitality, so Gulangyu artists installed horns on it to record the stories told by different people and the natural sounds on Gulangyu.
An irresponsible comment: life, destruction, forgetting, creation, how can you find this experience in a tea shop?
For the younger generation of Xiamen people, Gulangyu Island is an embarrassing existence: it has lost its blood relationship and has not been there for a long time. Speaking of this, I always feel that it is a failure case of tourism development.
But I still feel beautiful when I go to the island today.
The secret corner of the island and the secret taste of its residents are its charm. I hope it can become a living community again, with old stories to review and new stories to tell.