Gulangyu has so many pianos that it is also called Piano Island.
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memory
Named after a reef whose sea caves boom like a drum (鼓) when the waves (浪) hit it, on an islet (屿).
history
From 1903 it was an international settlement where foreign consulates and Chinese returnees from Southeast Asia built villas. It became a World Heritage site in 2017 as 'Kulangsu, a Historic International Settlement'.
