Sanya Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone and Xinglong,
In the evening we check in to a hotel in Qionghai
1st: Sanya Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone
Nanshan (South Mountain), facing Chinese South Sea, situated 40 miles west of Sanya, the only tropical seaside city in China, is the southernmost mountain in China
Nanshan has been deemed an auspicious and blessing land in Brahma. According to the record from Buddhism scriptures, the Guanyin Buddha vowed twelve oaths to save all living beings. To dwell at South Sea permanently is the second oath of the twelve. Master Jianzhen, the renowned monk in Tan Dynasty, tried in vain five times to sail eastward to Japan for Preach of Buddha's teaching. On his fifth sail to Japan, he was drifted to Nanshan. While staying in Nanshan for one year and a half, he set up a temple and did missionary work, and then, finally succeeded in his sixth voyage to Japan. The Japanese travel monk name Konghai also landed Nanshan on his way to learn Buddhism in Tang Dynasty. The well know syaing "Good fortune as vast as East Sea, Long life as great as Nanshan Mountain" shows further the Nanshan's origin of relations between Chinese traditional culture of Auspicious and longevity.
Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone is a rare extra large-scale eco-cultural tourism zone with an area of 50 square km including sea area of more than 10 square kim. Backing on its beautiful sea and mountain landscape and rich historical culture resource, Nanshan will be built into several cultural theme parks and resorts including Buddhism Park, Historical Site in India, World of Auspicious and Longevity, Statues of Fairy Tales, Gate Scenery District, relevant hotels, vacation villas and other facilities.
The park consists of sites and sceneries with Buddhist Culture including "Nanshan Temple", "Nanshan Guanyin Stature on South Sea", "Savior Garden", "Auspicious Garden", "Longevity Valley" and Small Moon Bay". There are attractions like "Gold and Jade Guanyin Statue" which has been put into the World Guinness Record, the world largest Stone ink "Dragon-Phoenix Stone Ink", "Brahma Bells Garden", and further more a marvelous phenomenon and world focus, the giant Nanshan Guayin Statue with "three fingures in one" standing on the South Sea with the height of 108 meters, call "The No.1 Statue project in the world as well as in the century". This project toook construction period of 6 years and had a Grand Buddhist Revealing Ceremony on April 24, 2005. It was really a great event of Buddhism occuring only once in a thousand years.
the reception area
view of the 'guan yin' statue, swimming pool & outside reception area
Nanshan Temple
Nanshan Temple
The largest Dragon Ink-stone
Buddhist Stone Pillar & Buddhist Tree Garden
108 meters Nanshan Guanyin Statue on South Sea
outside the reception area
2nd: Xinglong
Located on Hainan’s eastern coast, Xing Long is in Wan’ning City. It is one and half hours drive from Haikou Meilan Airport and just one hour drive to Sanya Phoenix International Airport.
Xinglong has been famous for its mineral hot spring for centuries, from which nowadays the hotels piped water directly into the rooms at regulated temperature. It is said that the hot spring bath has the curative effects for those with skin diseases, arthritis and other illnesses.
Coffee and tea are very two economic crops in Xing Long. Although the locally grown coffee is not well-known internationally, many travelers to the area still compare the coffee to the fine coffees of Brazil and Columbia.
We also had our coffee at one of the coffee house
here in Xinglong they like to add coconut milk in the coffee
I still prefer my coffee with milk
3rd: Qionghai City
On the vast south coast of China and the east coast of Hainan lsland with delicious coconut tastes, there is a beautiful and magic place called Qionghai city – Town of Chinese hot spring, young and full of charm, a Chinese excellent tourist city. This fertile land has a long history, many distinguished people, prosperous culture, honest folkway and rich resources. This is a famous town of overseas Chinese, where there is the beautiful & rich Wanquan River and the well-known brilliant history of the Red Women Army. It is a window of opening to the outside and a platform for dialogue among Asians. The Boao Forum for Asia taking place here attracts worldwide attention. Qionghai is called the bright pearl on the east coast of Hainan Island.
Qionghai City is famous with its Jiaji Duck and Hot-spring Goose.
Qionghai Jiaji Duck was born more than 150 years ago. Ducks are brought up by cage-feeding and cramming. Through this unique method, ducks are excellent and favored by local people for thin skin, tender flesh, brittle bones and tasty, which is entitled One of Four Fantastic Dishes in Hainan province.
Hot-spring Goose is a hybrid kept by farmers living adjacently to the Wanquan River. When the geese are small, farmers always unleash them into the wild to hunt down their own food that chiefly comprises of grass seeds. When weight-putting stage comes, farmers cram the geese with cereal feedingstaff. Hot-spring Goose is nutrient, fatty but not greasy, delicate, aromatic and delicious. For Hot-spring Goose, people usually to poach well and then eat with homemade sauce.
we drove all the way to Qionghai for dinner
and we had Hot-spring Goose for our dinner...yeah.
We had our dinner at 6pm (a bit too early ..huh)
I didn't feel that hungry yet
so I just ate a little bit that night :(
but the goose meat was tender and delicious
(shouldn't drink coffee just now then I can enjoy my meal :P)
After dinner, we had a 15min drive to Qionghai city center
We checked in to a hotel and stayed a night here.
Tomorrow we have to visit our relatives in the village
Qionghai night view taken from the hotel room
