Gulangyu Organ Museum

The Organ Museum is the original huge "White House-style" building - Lin Heshou's "Bagua Building". Built in 1907, it is one of the landmark buildings of Gulangyu. During the construction process, the designer required special processing of the materials, which cost a lot of money. Lin Heshou sold his property and used money houses as collateral, but the project was still intermittent. In 1920, due to the overspending of project funds, the Lin family's assets were dragged down and declared bankruptcy, and the Bagua Building became an abandoned house. Lin Heshou later came to live in the mainland and established a company in Shanghai. His life was acceptable, but he never returned to Gulangyu.

In 1924, the Japanese Consulate designed and built the dome and renovated it. In 1983, Bagua Tower was selected as the Xiamen Museum. In 2006, it was changed to the Organ Museum. The organs on display were all donated by Hu Youyi, a musician and collector who was born in Gulangyu. The pianos on display in the Piano Museum in Shuzhuang Garden are all his collections, and he almost lost everything for this.

The organs in the museum were basically donated free of charge by a local Chinese in Gulangyu Island. These organs are very well preserved. There is also an extra-large organ standing right at the entrance. There will be tour guides giving regular explanations and performances every day. The on-site listening experience is very shocking and worth a visit.

After night falls, under the dim lights, the Organ Museum has a unique flavor.

Gulangyu Organ Museum was originally located in Bagua Building, but now that Bagua Building is under renovation, it has moved to this small yellow house (No. 69, Fuxing Road)

The renovation of Bagua Building started in August 21 and the construction period is one year. I doubt whether it can be completed on schedule. After all, it is the summer of 22 when I wrote this review, and I haven’t heard any news about its opening.

The collection is fairly rich, but the introduction is too little and the layout is too cramped.

The first attraction I visited on Gulangyu Island was the Organ Museum, which is the only one in China and the largest in the world. It is located in the Bagua Building. When you enter the Bagua Building, you will see the large pipe organ "Norman Beale" in the center of the hall. I believe that even people who don't understand music will be deeply shocked by its solemn and exquisite appearance! In other exhibition halls, you can also see various types of yellow-piece organs, accordions, mouth organs and other organ collections from many countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada.

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The Organ Museum began to be built in November 2004. It is the only museum in China that specializes in displaying ancient organs. The exhibits include pipe organs, reed organs, accordions, and harmonicas from countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, and Australia. During the construction process, cinema pipe organs, electric organs, and other collections will be presented to the audience one after another. The organs on display in the museum were donated by Mr. Hu Youyi, a Chinese living in Australia. He once said: "I will devote my life to building the Gulangyu Organ Museum into the largest and most outstanding organ museum in the world." At present, the collections on display are distributed in Exhibition Halls 1, 2, 3, 4, and the central hall on the first floor of the Bagua Building. There are about 70 exhibits.



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Bagua Building (Organ Museum) is a large villa built by a Taiwanese businessman in 1907. It overlooks Xiamen and Gulangyu Island. When you take a boat into Sanqiutian Wharf, the first and most conspicuous building you see is the Bagua Building. It is the largest and tallest villa on Gulangyu Island, and it is unique and majestic.

Basically, if you buy a package ticket, the first place you pass is the Organ Museum. This building is quite large and is divided into several exhibition areas. However, I really can’t tell the specific difference between an organ and a piano... Maybe I just know the difference between the two pedals below...



There is a treasure in the museum, a huge organ in the middle, which you can visit. Another advantage is that in the hot summer, you can enjoy the air conditioning inside. Haha

Gulangyu is a place that has been exposed to Western culture for a long time. There are many kinds of organs here, which are full of cultural atmosphere.

It is built in the famous Bagua style building, where someone plays the organ regularly.

The huge organ is two or three stories high, very spectacular, and as the treasure of the town hall, it is still worth seeing! ! The museum also displays many organs used by celebrities. It turns out that the organs in the past were designed like "dressing tables", which is an eye-opener! ! The appearance of the museum is also very beautiful!

The museum is a beautiful small building

Looking at the organ on display in the hall, it really looks like the piano I saw earlier.

I heard the end of the explanation at the venue, which was an automatic organ performance. It was a very cheerful song with a very melodious sound.

If you come earlier, you can listen to the whole show.

I attended the last lecture at the Organ Museum, where I saw many peculiar organs and their working principles, and also heard an automatic organ performance. It was truly shocking.

The automatic organ can be played automatically by people who don't know how to play it, just by stepping on it. You can also change the song like changing a record. Even the toilets in the museum are marked with musical notes, which is worthy of being called the island of music.

The Organ Museum on Gulangyu Island is the only organ-themed museum in China. It houses many precious organs of various kinds, some of which can still be played normally. There are also performances at fixed explanation times. You must go and see it when you go to Gulangyu Island.

The organ museum is not big, and it displays a variety of organs.

The largest organ in the Organ Museum stands majestically in the lobby on the first floor, telling ancient stories.

It is recommended to buy a combined ticket for Gulangyu Island. It doesn’t seem worth buying a ticket for the museum alone.

The Organ Museum is a beautiful Bagua building, which houses a variety of organs of all sizes. Every once in a while, a guide will take everyone to introduce and play these organs, which is quite interesting.

There are many organs, the oldest of which is 300 years old, but there are no works to listen to, and they cannot be compared with piano. The scientific knowledge is not enough, and there are only simple texts.

We walked all the way to the organ museum, where there are many treasures. Friends who love the organ should not miss it. We also met the staff tuning the organ, and the organ made a beautiful sound.

The Organ Museum is in the Bagua Building. You usually buy a combined ticket to go in. There are thousands of organs collected here, one of which seems to be the largest in the world. People who like organs should be interested.

The Organ Museum requires tickets, or you can buy their combined tickets to enter and view

It's not very big inside, but there are a lot of things there, so you can enjoy them slowly.

Tickets are 15 yuan for adults and 7.5 yuan for children. The tour takes about half an hour.

I thought there would be an organ performance inside, but it turned out to be just a TV video. However, after the visit, you will understand the difference between the organ and the piano.

The organs here are big and small, and in various shapes, it is hard to believe that they are actually the same instrument. The big one is as high as two floors, and the small one is no bigger than a storage box at home.

Although the museum is not big, it has more than 30 organs from various places.

I personally think it's worth a visit.

A very special scenery, worth the price

I bought a combined ticket online one day in advance, and my first stop was the "Organ Museum". I don't think I had been inside before, but I was deeply impressed by the 6-meter-high treasure of the museum, the "Normanbil", the world's largest organ. The external environment is also elegant and quiet. The Bagua Tower is one of the classic buildings on Gulangyu Island, and it is worth a visit!

As soon as you enter the door, you will be attracted by the huge organ that stands from floor to ceiling. Many young ladies took photos with it but failed to capture the full view of the organ without anyone in it. It is one of the attractions worth seeing on Gulangyu Island. The Organ Museum looks like a small Western-style building, which looks very beautiful.

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There are many organs, especially the largest one at the entrance, which looks really great.

Bagua Tower, a large Western-style building, is the most famous building on Gulangyu Island that can be seen from the main island of Xiamen!



It is now opened as an organ museum, which houses organs of great historical value from many countries.

The large organ in the middle is as high as three stories. It is really huge!



The path next to the Bagua Building is also very beautiful

This is not an accordion, it's the big organ in the church, because it's a little off the beaten track.

There is only one organ museum in the country, and you can't find it anywhere else unless you go abroad! ! Therefore, friends who come to Gulangyu for tourism must visit the organ museum. The piano is the king of musical instruments, and the organ is the god of musical instruments! ! This kind of divine object is not something that ordinary families can handle, so there are few opportunities to see it.

Get up close to the largest organ in the Organ Museum! There are 1,350 pipes, which means there are 1,350 different notes. Those who can play the organ well are true music masters! The first time I learned about the organ was when David Jones played the organ on the ship in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean. Organs are generally designed according to the building structure, so there are no two identical organs in the world. It can be said that as part of the building, the entire building is equivalent to its loudspeaker, so the organ is very shocking to play. In the church of a small town in Europe, when the organ is played, the whole town can hear it. It is worthy of being the god of musical instruments! It’s a pity that we didn’t get to see the performance of this organ this time!

I saw the side of the organ. The structure is not only huge, but also very complicated. The bellows, wind pipes, and sound pipes~~~ I can only see this much, haha

We also saw a small organ that could play music automatically. It was said that it was placed at the door of the circus to attract audiences!

There are guided tours at the Organ Museum every hour, so don't miss them if you come here to visit. The guide is great at explaining things, and he can give you a more detailed understanding of the organ. He will also explain some unknown history of Gulangyu Island.

I haven't seen many organs, let alone museums, so I went there with curiosity. Before I came, I heard online that there were musical instrument performances here. I asked the staff and they said it was only at 10:30. When we went there, it was just after 9 o'clock, and we couldn't wait for more than an hour. Moreover, the combined ticket we bought could not enter each attraction repeatedly, which was a bit of a pity. Without the explanation, it felt like the whole museum could be visited in less than ten minutes... The organ looks very much like a piano. There is also an introduction to the difference between the organ and the piano in this museum, which is probably that the sound-generating principles are different, the number of layers of the keys is different, and so on. There are many types of organs, and the shapes are really different. It's really eye-opening, but I don't know how to operate them~

You can take photos in the museum (I saw on the Internet that you can't take photos before). The treasure of the museum is the world's largest organ, the "Normanbier", which was produced in 1909 and is 6 meters high.

The Bagua Building was also designed by John Yu. It is said that the owner went bankrupt in order to build the Bagua Building. Later, he abandoned the building and moved it to the mainland. It is now an organ museum.

There are many types of organs on display in the Bagua Building. This is the only organ museum in China and the largest in the world. When the sea breeze blows, the springs vibrate and the reed pipes make different sounds. The most spectacular one in the museum is the Norman Beale organ, which fills the entire room and is breathtaking.

Qin is right here, where are you? It's you I'm waiting for!

It's not very big inside, and there are all kinds of organs. It happened to be the explanation time when I went there, and there were guides explaining and playing. It was more interesting to watch, but you still have to listen to the explanation.

There are many organs in the collection, both large and small, with the largest one placed in the middle. Pianos and organs are not the same thing. Although they look similar, their sound-generating principles are different. There is a piano museum in Shuzhuang Garden, so don't get them confused.

The Organ Museum is the only one in China and the largest in the world. It is only the size of a suitcase, but it has all the necessary facilities.

The organ is different from the piano. It has a bellows. In addition to producing sound through various wind ducts of different lengths, it can also produce different tones by switching different pegs on the keys. The sound is rich, with proper reverberation, and is quite shocking.

The Organ Museum has guided tours on the hour, but you have to go to the front desk to ask for them. You can't wait. You have to invite her to give you the guided tour. Hahahahahahahahahaha

From my Xiamen travel notes http://www.mafengwo.cn/i/9528541.html

"That piece of flowers, that piece of sea, here there is food, here there is love - Xiamen (food, beautiful scenery, beautiful articles, Zhongshan Road, Xiamen University, Huandao Road, Zengcuo'an, Gulangyu Island)"



Listen to the sound of the century-old organ, and the feeling of the waves lapping at the beach, let the notes drift by your ears, after listening to the sound of the waves, listen to the sound of the organ, I am most afraid of being sentimental and being moved suddenly.



The Organ Museum in Bagualou, Gulangyu Island, began to be built in 2004. On February 1, 2005, part of the collection was exhibited to the public. The exhibited collections were donated by Mr. Hu Youyi, a famous piano and organ collector. At present, the museum has more than 60 organs of various types, including 3 pipe organs, 40 reed organs, 6 accordions, and 17 harmonicas. The collections come from the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, Australia, Italy, France and other countries.



The 6-meter-high Norman Beale pipe organ is named "The Meaning of the Wind God". The Gulangyu Organ Museum was built in the original Bagua Building to house it. The "The Meaning of the Wind God" was made in the early 20th century. The upper part is composed of a row of staggered pipes, but unlike the pipe organ, this row of pipes is only decorative. This automatic organ is made according to the principle of a textile machine. It uses perforated music scores to play different music by manually stepping on the pedals. There is a scroll above the keys, which drives the music score when the scroll rotates.



"Before the phonograph, this kind of organ was very fashionable. In the past, entertainment was simpler. Rich people wanted to listen to music but couldn't play it themselves, so someone specially designed this automatic organ. It was very convenient. If you wanted to change the music sheet, you could buy it on the market, just like buying records now. You could choose Chopin or Mozac. People who knew how to play could also play it with their hands. It was like using two tools. Those who couldn't play could use their feet to step on it, and those who knew how to play could use their hands to play it."

Student ID cards can be used for half-price purchases, but the rule here is that undergraduates are still considered students, but graduate students are not.

The original price of the organ museum ticket is 20. The museum is quite small and can be visited in half an hour. It is quite interesting for someone like me who doesn't know much about music. I saw beautiful organs of various shapes and shapes, and I could vaguely piece together the history of the organ from the introduction board.



I was lucky enough to see a performance at 4pm. The staff played an organ that was over six meters high and as big as a house. I felt the difference between the organ and the piano and found it a wonderful experience.

They are organs from different countries. I appreciate them but don't know the difference.

There are two main attractions in the Organ Museum: one is the Bagua Building where the museum is located, which is the landmark of Gulangyu Island; the other is the collection of exhibits, which displays the only and largest variety of ancient organs in the country, which are very precious. Without explanation and description, you won't be able to see anything.

Location: No. 43 Guxin Road, not far from Longtou Road. Cost: Ticket price: 20 yuan per person.

There are all kinds of organs, from big to small, which are definitely a feast for the eyes and will broaden your horizons.

This is a dome roof modeled after Islamic architecture, designed by Yu Yuhan. The entire villa has many foreign architectural styles, such as the cross-shaped passages that are common in Roman churches, and the 82 large columns supporting the large dome, which were built with reference to the large stone columns of the ancient Greek Temple of Hela.

There is a big banyan tree behind the museum (I think it is a banyan tree). I sat there for a long time. The wind was very light, the leaves were shaking, and time was passing slowly.

The huge organ you see as soon as you enter the door is as high as a six-story building, and you can actually see its internal structure.

The world's largest organ museum is said to house more than 5,000 organs.

There are many organs from different eras inside, and it is said that there are live organ performances at certain times. However, we don’t know much about organs, so we just took a quick look, took a few tourist photos and left. If you are interested in music, you must go and see it.

The Organ Museum is good and worth recommending.

Overall it's pretty good, very cool and suitable for rest.

The building next to me in Figure 1 is the exhibition hall. You can get here by going uphill from the ticket gate. The yard is very large, with big trees and cats, just like what is described in the book.

When I checked the guide before, it said that there would be interpretation performances at designated locations, and then I asked the staff and they said it was only at 10:30, but when we went in it was only 9 o'clock, and we definitely couldn't wait for an hour and a half, so we left after the visit. By the way! We bought a combined ticket at the entrance of the museum, 100 yuan/person, which included tickets to the five main attractions, but you can't enter multiple times

Ah, no one explained it. I finished watching it in five minutes. It really can't be more.

At the door, I saw the difference between the organ and the piano. The organ has several layers of keyboards, and it seems that there are also differences in the sound.

Of the attractions on Gulangyu Island, I can only remember the Organ Museum, because the jazz organ there left a deep impression on me. The music scores with different hollow patterns could automatically play beautiful music. Later, when I recalled the performance process, I thought it was not an organ, but a jazz band.

The Organ Museum is the Bagua Building, and its 82 columns and big red onion-shaped roof are its landmarks. Due to its geographical location, it is often seen in promotional videos and photos of Gulangyu. Inside is the only Organ Museum in China, and the giant organ in the central town is spectacular. There are many organs of various sizes on display, but unfortunately they are all "only for viewing from a distance and not for playing with". It is said that there will be organ performances, and I was looking forward to it, after all, I can see these sophisticated musical mechanical devices in operation, but when I actually asked the staff, they said there were no performances scheduled. Has it been cancelled now?

The Organ Museum is the only one in China and the largest in the world. It is located in Bagua Tower in the northwest of Gulangyu Island. The museum houses a variety of organs. Free admission

Opening hours: 8:15-18:00, located in the Bagua Tower in the northwest of Gulangyu Island, which is inside the Xiamen Museum

Visit the ancient Bagua Building and the Organ Museum is located inside

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The Organ Museum and the Piano Museum are different and far apart, but they each have their own merits and are both worth visiting.

As soon as you enter the museum, you can smell the smell of wood. Those ancient and exquisite carvings make you want to go over the guardrail to take a closer look. I finally understand why such a small building needs so many security guards. There is a dressing table inside that immediately attracted me. Although it is a Chinese-style carving, the shape of the dragon is very fierce. I read the introduction and found that it was carved by a foreign craftsman according to the Chinese carving. This special feature makes it stand out in the organ museum, and it even attracts me more than the largest organ in the center.

To be honest, for me, this place is not interesting, just seeing this big object is enough.

It is called an organ because it requires a blower to produce sound.

The Bagua Tower, located on the top of the mountain, is the same as Shuzhuang Garden, also a property of the Lin family in Banqiao, Taiwan. It was designed and built by the Dutchman John Yu, the director of the "Saving Hospital" on Gulangyu Island. It combines various Western architectural elements such as Romanesque, Byzantine, and Renaissance, but has a Chinese name - Bagua Tower. After being nationalized, it was once the Xiamen Museum. Now it is the Organ Museum on Gulangyu Island, which houses more than 20 organs donated by Mr. Hu Youyi. The reason why Gulangyu Island is known as the "Piano Island" today is also thanks to the generosity of Mr. Hu Youyi.

As soon as you enter the main building of Bagua Tower, you can see the 6-meter-high Norman Beale organ, which is the king of organ on Gulangyu Island. When we visited, the museum invited German engineers to repair this precision musical instrument. Two days later, we can hear its heavenly sound again. Well, another perfect miss.

In addition to the King of Organs, the museum also houses more than 20 other organs, each of which has something to offer.

It is also commonly known as the Bagua Building. The Organ Museum was renovated and added to the collection by Mr. Hu Youyi, an Australian Chinese who was born in Gulangyu. It was the first time I knew that the electric organ was used to study punched music scores. It was also the first time I knew that the largest organ in the world can be six meters high. There are no performances in the Organ Museum~ There are explanations every hour~

Good, but unfortunately I don't know much about this aspect. There are performances every hour, so I should arrange my time reasonably.

The largest building inside is called the Bagua Building, which displays many organs. The organs and pianos look very similar, but their sound production principles are different, so it can be considered as an educational benefit.

The Organ Museum is located in the Bagua Building in the northwest of Gulangyu Island. The building of the Organ Museum is really beautiful. It complements the Piano Museum in Shuzhuang Garden in the southeast. The museum has a collection of various types of organs.

The logo of Gulangyu Island has an arc-shaped building, which is the Bagua Building, which is the organ museum. It was built to house a giant pipe organ. The Gulangyu Organ Museum is an important part of the park construction. It is located in the middle of Gulangyu Island, facing the mountain and the sea. There is an automatic organ named Fengshen in the exhibition hall. It is an ordinary reed automatic organ, and the pipes on it are for decoration. This organ was made in the early 20th century and was mainly used for entertainment by the rich at that time.

The Organ Museum houses hundreds of organs of various sizes, all in various shapes, which are eye-opening. It also houses the largest pipe organ in China, which is also the most important and largest collection of the Gulangyu Organ Museum currently under construction.

The organ museum is also called Bagua Building. The organ museum is the only one in China and the largest in the world. The original owner of Bagua Building was Lin Heshou, the third son of the Lin family in Banqiao, Taiwan. It was designed by John Yu, a Dutch-American who was the former director of the Gulangyu Salvation Hospital. Yu borrowed some classic architectural styles from Palestine, Greece, Italy and China to design this unique antique building that integrates Eastern and Western architectural cultures. It is said that there are supernatural events in Bagua Building, which is amazing.

Many organs have unique shapes and are very informative. I thought they were all pianos, but this time I can tell them apart. There are free guides every hour, and they will play some organs for everyone to enjoy.

The Organ Museum is located in the Bagua Building on Gulangyu Island. There are many ancient organs in the building, most of which are small and for home use. The layout of the exhibition hall is a bit similar to that of the Piano Museum, with the main focus on the giant organ and a small performance of the last organ instrument combination device.

This was originally a courtyard called "Bagua Building", and now it has been transformed into an organ museum. The organ here was also donated by Mr. Hu Youyi. It should be said that the value and value of the collections here are no less than those in the Piano Museum.

The Organ Museum is located in the Bagua Building



Fengfeng has already introduced the introduction of Bagualou, so I won't repeat it here.

But Fengfeng didn't tell the ending.

The huge building of Bagua Tower collapsed

Lin Heshou, a wealthy man at that time

Until the Japanese took over

Just completed this building

It can be said that Bagua Building has a rather rough fate.



The Organ Museum was completed with donations from Hu Youyi, a Chinese living in Australia.

First built in 2004

Initial opening to the outside world in 2005

Tickets: 30 yuan

A must-see for those who like musical instruments

At a fixed time, there are dedicated guides to explain the

It's quite informative.

It is as famous as the Piano Museum. Those who like music can go and have a look.

Before I went there, I saw someone in the travel guide saying that the Organ Museum was under maintenance and therefore closed. I had not planned to go there, but I just happened to walk there and saw that I could clearly go in, so I bought a ticket and went in. I could see the sea view from the courtyard outside, and the wind was very strong, which was very comfortable.

The southeastern part of the island is a relatively prosperous central area, where there are many buildings of various styles, including Catholic churches, private gardens, consulates of various countries, former residences of celebrities, etc. Various streets and alleys crisscross, but you don't have to care too much, just walk around and see, everything is so beautiful. The guide I recommended in the departure article has an introduction to typical buildings, but if you follow the map, it would be too deliberate, tiring and attentive. Perhaps in Gulangyu, you are looking for some kind of casual, tranquil and quiet fate. The Bagua Building where the Organ Museum is located is a landmark building on the island. It is located near the Sanqiutian Wharf, and its bright garden arch roof can be clearly seen even at night. From where you get off, you can turn to Longtou Road, which is the bustling commercial street on the island. Seafood stalls, Xiamen snack bars, specialty shops, foot baths, concert halls, star-rated hotels, libraries, squares, and specialty shops are all gathered around. At the street stalls, I ordered oyster omelette, fried five-spice, bamboo shoot jelly, fried rice, and fish ball soup. These authentic snacks may be much more delicious than the main meals in the hotel. When night falls on Gulangyu Island, it is the most beautiful time. Walking on the dimly lit streets, listening to the rustling sound of leaves, looking at the light on the Sunlight Rock, thinking about the story of Gulang Rock being washed by the sea, many buildings fade into the darkness, leaving only the eternal peace and comfort.

This is the only organ museum in my country and the largest in the world.

There is a two-story organ in the center of the museum.

The Organ Museum Park is based on the original Bagua Building, stretching from Sanqiutian Wharf in the west to Gulangyu Sailing Club in the east, covering an area of ​​more than 40,000 square meters. The new Gulangyu Organ Museum, built to house the giant organ, is an important part of the park construction. It is located in the middle of Gulangyu, facing the sea and backed by mountains. There are not many organ museums in China, and they are located on the small island of Gulangyu, with unique scenery and worth seeing.