1、Gulangyu Island第1页Gulangyu Island,a small island in southwestern Xiamen,covers an area of 1.78 square kilometers,and is known,home and abroad,as the Garden on the Sea.It is surrounded by the sea,and has beautiful landscape.In 1988,it was listed as one of the state-level scenic spots.It is the only“o
2、n-foot”island with fresh air because there are no vehicles.Many residents on the island are music fans and play musical instruments such as piano and violin,and many Chinese-famous musicians were born here;hence its name the Island of Music.Gulangyu Island,a small island in southwestern Xiamen,cover
3、s an area of 1.78 square kilometers,and is known,home and abroad,as the Garden on the Sea.It is surrounded by the sea,and has beautiful landscape.In 1988,it was listed as one of the state-level scenic spots.第2页 Also known as Huangyan,the Sunlight Rock is locatedon the top of Longtou Mountain(Dragons
4、 Head)south of Gulangyu Island.It is the highest peak in this area,92.68 meters above the sea level.On the top of the rock,there is a round terrace where one can get a panoramic view of Xiamen.In this area,there are such places of interest as the Lotus Nunnery and Memorial Hall to Zheng Chenggong,a
5、national hero who reoccupiedTaiwan from the Dutch.There are also caves,ruins of ancient cities,and cliff carvings第3页第4页v vShuzhuang Garden was built by a Taiwane businessman,Lin Er Jia,who moved here with his family during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.第5页第6页Pianos have an important position in
6、 the musical history.In the 14th and the 15th centuries keyboard instruments began to appear in Europe.In the 16th and the 17th centuries European makers produced two varieties of this kind of instrument with their strings being either vibrated or struck.In 1700 Italian harpsichord maker Bartolomeo Cristofori finished what we now know as“clavichord”using a hammer to generate sound on the string.This is the very beginning of modern pianos.第7页vThank you!第8页
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