Nanjing Yunshuiyao、gulangyuisl

Take a bus to the native place of Fujian Tulou---Nanjing County, Zhangzhou. After arrival, proceed to Tianluokeng Tulou cluster, it consists of five tulous with a square"Buyunlou" at the center, surrounded by three rotunda tulous and an oval tulou, forming a pattern of"four dishes and a soup". Then visit Yuchanglou, It was built in 1308 Yuan dynasty by Liu family clan. It is one of the oldest and tallest tulou in China. Yuchanglou has a nickname:"zigzag building", because the vertical wooden post structure is not straight and perpendicular, but zigzag left and right. It was built that way due to error on measurement of material length. But in spite of apparent infirmity, this tall tulou stood 700 hundred years of natural elements and social turmoil. Yuchanglou's outer ring is 36 m in diameter, five storeys with 50 rooms on each floor. The 25 kitchens on the ground floor at the back half of the circle have private water well for each beside a stove. This is the only tulou in all Fujian with such convenient water supply. The next destination is Taxia Village. The small village itself is very dainty, with a stream running through it. There are several round/square/rectangular earth buildings in the village, and a quiet temple on the hill slope.

Set out from the hotel at 8:30 am, visit the Gulangyu Island---the sea garden and piano island, old villas of all types, old consulate, Lin Qiaozhi Memorial Hall, Yuyuan Garden; then visit one of the Xiamen 20 Sceneries---Shuzhuangcanghai, visit Shuzhuang Village Garden, Forty-four Bridge, unique Piano Museum; watch the Sunlight Cliff---the highest point in Gulangyu Island in the distance (your own charge, RMB 60); after lunch visit the millennium ancient temple--- North Putuo Temple, Minnan’s famous university---Xiamen University, Huli Mountain Emplacement, the world largest breechloading seacoast artillery---Kenubo Grand Steel Artillery; visit Jinmen Island Chain by a tour ship. In the evening visit Zhongshan Street freely.