♥♥♥ Piano Island /// 钢琴岛 ♥♥♥

China's 'Piano Island in Kulangsu

The island may be little, yet it's home to numerous a major name musician - also the most elevated per capita responsibility for in China.

"Western classical instruments, including pianos, scarcely existed in China before the finish of the mid-1800s when this contact amongst East and West started," clarifies Goldstein.

"Kulangsu, as the home of numerous ambassadors and previous authorities, turned into a place where Westerners lived and worked and consequently they brought numerous components of their way of life from Europe."

"Subsequently, Kulangsu turned into the principal puts in all of China where Western established music could be played and heard."

A sanctuary for expressions of the human experience and sciences, the little island for all intents and purposes reared wonders, among them musician Xu Feiping and violinist Jing Yang.

Strolling around the winding tree-lined rear ways, explorers will find the remainders of hundreds of years old music schools and an outstanding piano exhibition hall.

The largest in the world - and the only one in China - the Gulangyu Piano Museum (45 Huang Yan Road, Kulangsu) is difficult to miss, because of an eye-getting veneer that looks like piano keys.

Inside, more than 100 shining pianos - including a gold-plated number and an antique hand piano - give knowledge into the island's musical heritage.

The hilly island is by all accounts all cobbled back roads and beautiful greenery enclosures - that is, until the point that you move up the 302-foot-tall Sunlight Rock.

The brilliant hill is the most noteworthy point on the island, offering perspectives of the island's red housetops and of Xiamen over the strait.

"Climbing to its summit, past Sunlight Rock sanctuary, is awesome at night on the grounds that the group is more slender, and you can watch the nightfall and horizon of Xiamen start to twinkle," says Goldstein.

SunSets View of Music Island

"Sunsets are likewise excellent from shorelines everywhere throughout the island, however my most loved spot of just for nightfalls is a tranquil spot roosted on the upper east corner of Kulangsu, the site of the old Yanwei Hill Time Cannon - now a recently arranged open stop that is fortunate the beaten tourist track."

**中国钢琴岛Kulangsu **

这个岛可能很少，但却是众多名曲音乐家的家园，也是中国人均最高的责任。

Goldstein说：“包括钢琴在内的西方古典乐器在19世纪中叶之前几乎不存在于东西方的这种联系之中。

作为众多大使和前任当局的家乡，古兰沟变成了西方人生活和工作的地方，因此他们从欧洲带来了许多生活方式。“

“随后，Kulangsu变成了所有中国的主角，西方的音乐可以播放和听到。”

一个表达人类经验和科学的圣所，所有意图和目的的小岛滋养了奇迹，其中音乐家徐飞平和小提琴手Jing Yang。

漫步在蜿蜒的绿树成荫的后方，探险家将找到数百年前的音乐学校和优秀钢琴展示厅的余地。

鼓浪屿钢琴博物馆（古兰经黄岩路45号）是世界上最大的，也是中国唯一的一个，因为一个看起来像钢琴键的眼镜，很难错过。

在里面，超过100个发光的钢琴 - 包括一个镀金的数字和一个古董手钢琴 - 给岛上的音乐遗产的知识。

丘陵岛是所有的鹅卵石铺成的道路和美丽的绿化围墙 - 也就是说，直到你爬上302尺高的阳光岩。

辉煌的山峰是岛上最值得注意的地方，提供岛上红楼和厦门两岸的视野。

戈尔斯坦说：“攀登过去的阳光岩圣地，在晚上真棒，理由是这个团队更细长，你可以看到厦门的黄昏和地平线开始闪烁。”
** SunSets音乐岛观赏**

“整个岛上的日落同样优秀的海岸线，不过我最喜欢的夜晚就是一个宁静的景点，它是古老雁威山时代大炮的现场Kulangsu的上东角。那是幸运的挨打的旅游轨道。“

Source: http://edition.cnn.com