Gulangyu, the architecture of all nations, tells the truth of history

Gulangyu is known as a collection of architecture from all over the world, with thousands of buildings of various styles, both Chinese and Western, on the island. These buildings give this small island another kind of beauty, a beauty that gathers the history of human art construction. These numerous ancient buildings condense the modern history of Gulangyu and are the physical materials for studying China's semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. For modern people, coming to Gulangyu and shuttling through these historical objects is more intuitive and clear than reading history books. The source of these buildings, after the signing of the Treaty of Nanjing in the Opium War, Xiamen became one of the 'Five Ports of Trade', and Western powers flocked to Gulangyu to seize the most beautiful places to build villas and mansions. In the 1920s and 1930s, many overseas Chinese also returned to start businesses and built many villas and residences on Gulangyu, building more than 1,000 in just 15 years. These villas are small and exquisite, scattered in the green trees on the slopes and by the sea, very quiet and unique, forming a bright landscape line of Gulangyu. These colorful buildings, each with countless stories behind them, both historical and familial, as well as some foreign embassies, all show different, real stories recorded by these buildings, witnessing! If you come to Gulangyu, you must carefully appreciate the beauty and vicissitudes of these buildings, feel the many regrets left behind by those buildings, and find the lost footprints of Gulangyu!