County China Online Tour
Sixty-three
( Hainan Province No. 4 )
Driving 60 kilometers east from Changjiang Li Autonomous County for 1 hour and 11 minutes, we came to Baisha Li Autonomous County.
The fourth paragraph of Hainan Province in our "County China Online Tour" will start from Baisha Li Autonomous County, pass through Danzhou City, Lingao County, Chengmai County, Tunchang County, and end in Ding'an County.
Baisha is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Hainan Province, located in the west-central part of Hainan Island, bordering Qiongzhong Li and Miao Autonomous County and Wuzhishan City to the east, Ledong Li Autonomous County to the south, Changjiang Li Autonomous County to the west, and Danzhou City to the north. Baisha County has a tropical monsoon climate with long sunshine, sufficient light and heat, and tropical mountain climate characteristics. It administers 4 towns and 7 townships, and the county government is located in Yacha Town, with a total area of 2117.2 square kilometers and a permanent population of 175,300 people. The name "Baisha" began in the Qing Dynasty, and in 1987, Baisha County was abolished and Baisha Li Autonomous County was established. Baisha County was selected as the most beautiful county in China, the list of counties in the second batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization areas, the list of national health townships (county seats), the list of advanced counties in the national village cleaning action, and the list of the top 100 deep-breathing small cities in the country, and withdrew from the list of poor counties in 2020.
In Baisha we will visit the Baisha Uprising Site, Qiongya Column Site, Crater, Hongkan Waterfall, Nankai Shibi, Bangxi Polu Nature Reserve, Bawangling Forest Nature Reserve, Parrot Ridge Nature Reserve, Baisha Luoshuai Village, Old Wednesday Lizhai, Baicha Village Boat-shaped Thatched Hut, Baisha Nanmeiling, Baisha Jinbo, Damai Ruins, Jiangpai Tourist Area, Xianboling Beauty Peak and other scenic spots; taste pig head feast, Baisha drunken goose, mountain forest chicken, Songtao bighead carp, Baisha fish tea, Lijia sauerkraut, Lei Gong bamboo shoots, Baisha bracken, fruit chicken soup, Pumpkin rice, Lijia bamboo tube rice, Lijia sweet and bad, Baisha green tea, Baisha mango, rambutan and other gastronomic specialties.
After 45 kilometers and 41 minutes north from Baisha County, we came to Danzhou City.
Danzhou is a prefecture-level city in Hainan Province, and the central city of western Hainan and the high-efficiency agricultural base with tropical characteristics approved by the People's Government of Hainan Province have been approved and identified by the People's Government of Hainan Province. Danzhou is located in the northwest of Hainan, bordering the Beibu Bay, is the economic, transportation, communication and cultural center of western Hainan, Hainan Yangpu Economic Development Zone, China Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Hainan University Danzhou Campus (formerly South China Tropical Agricultural University) are in its territory. The city has jurisdiction over 1 subdistrict and 16 towns, with a total area of 3,398 square kilometers and a total population of 1.05 million.
Danzhou was the earliest administrative region in Hainan, and a county was established here as early as the first year of the Western Han Dynasty (110 BC). Danzhou was called "Dan'er" in ancient times, and in the pre-Qin era it was the land of Baiyue; the Qin Dynasty was outside Xiang County, and it was also a distant ear country, a Dan'er; in the first year of the Han Dynasty, Dan'er County was established, which was led to Lai and Jiulong Counties, and later merged into Zhuya County; in the fifth year of wu chiwu in the Three Kingdoms, Wu Ping Dan'er Zhuya was set up in Xuwen to administer the whole island of Hainan; during the Liang Dynasty of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, YaZhou was placed in the land of abolishing Dan'er, that is, present-day Danzhou; Sui Daye was changed to Zhuya County in three years; the Tang Dynasty was renamed Danzhou; during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, it was changed to Changhua Army and Nanning Army; and in the Ming Dynasty it was restored to Danzhou The Qing Dynasty was one of the three prefectures and ten counties under the jurisdiction of Qiongfu; the Republic of China was renamed Danxian County, which remained Danxian County until after the founding of the People's Republic of China; Danxian County was abolished in 1993 to establish a county-level Danzhou City; since 2008, Danzhou has fulfilled its responsibilities as a prefecture-level city and is clearly positioned as a central city in the west; in 2015, the county-level Danzhou City has been abolished and the prefecture-level Danzhou City has been established (Danzhou is one of the four prefecture-level cities in the country without county districts, and the other three prefecture-level cities are Dongguan City, Zhongshan City and Jiayuguan City in Gansu Province).
During the three years that Su Dongpo, a great writer of the Northern Song Dynasty, taught the Ming Tao in Danzhou, which made Danzhou indoctrination flourish, became the center of the island's culture, and also cultivated the tradition of respecting teachers and re-teaching. Since then, Danzhou's talents have spread far and wide, and have had a profound impact on the history of Hainan. Danzhou has a long history and simple folk customs, under the influence of the good cultural atmosphere brought by SuDongpo, the people here love to sing poems against each other, known as "poetry and song sea". Danzhou has won the national poetry town, The hometown of China's Yanglian, the hometown of Chinese folk culture and art, and the hometown of Chinese calligraphy.
Danzhou has successively won the honorary titles of Top 100 Agricultural Cities, National Sanitary Cities, National Civilized Demonstration Cities, National Garden Cities, National Excellent Cities for Comprehensive Improvement of Urban Environment, Excellent Tourism Cities in China, and Top Ten Cultural Tourism Cities Favorite of Netizens in China in 2012. In 2016, Danzhou was listed as the first batch of national new urbanization comprehensive pilot areas; in 2017, it was named a national garden city by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development; and in 2018, it was selected into the list of national rural first, second, and third industries integration development pilot zone.
In Danzhou, we should visit Lanyang Hot Spring, Dongpo Academy, Songtao Reservoir, Hainan Tropical Botanical Garden, Shihua Water Cave, Guangcun Silver Beach, Baimajing Ancient Ruins, Heron Paradise, China's Hainan Haihua Island, Yerong Beach, Yunyue Lake, Haitou to Paipu Jintan, Longmen Fluxus, Lumuwan Waterfall, Ganchong Shentou, Yingdao Mountain Natural Cave, Dongpo Well, Ningji Temple, Fubo Temple, Danzhou Ancient City, Dan'er Ancient City Ruins, Juntun Flower Orchard, Danzhou Guanyin Cave, Xilian Jiaoyuan, Eman Salt Field, the former site of the qiongya column headquarters of the QIONGya Special Committee of the Communist Party of China and other scenic spots Taste Songtao bighead carp, Guangcun sandworm, Xinying red fish dumplings, Loki rice dumplings, Changpo rice rotten, Linchang sea cucumber, nada dog meat, Danzhou chicken, turtle and snake soup, Hainan fried heap, sea head pig intestine head, mangrove gourd duck, Wang Wu dog meat, Danzhou red fish dried, mackerel, grouper, lobster, crab, Dongpo cotton hoof, Danzhou white bun, pot side bun, Dongpo cake, Dongpo cake, coix, Xinying stir-fried powder, Danzhou sweet potato, Danzhou sweet potato, Danzhou honey grapefruit, betel nut, pineapple, watermelon, banana, jackfruit and other food specialties.
Leaving Danzhou and driving north for 66 kilometers, 1 hour and 9 minutes, we came to Lingao County.
Lingao is a county directly under the jurisdiction of Hainan Province, located in the northwest of Hainan Island, bordering Chengmai County to the east, Danzhou City to the southwest, Beibu Bay to the northwest, Qiongzhou Strait to the north, and Leizhou Peninsula across the sea. The total area of the area is 1317 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of 10 towns, 1 farm (Calais Farm), 2 development zones (Jinpaigang Economic Development Zone, Lingao Cape Tourism resort development zone), with a total population of 515,000. Lingao's ancient names were Fuluo and Lingji, and Lingao County was built in the third year (607) of the Sui Dynasty Emperor Daye; in the early Tang Dynasty, it was named Fuluo County and Linji (Ji) County; in the first year of Tang Xuanzong's reign (713), it was renamed Lingao; and Lingao County was liberated on April 21, 1950. In 2018, Lingao County won the honorary title of e-commerce into rural comprehensive demonstration counties; in 2019, it was listed as the first batch of sub-counties in the revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization area; and it withdrew from the sequence of poor counties in 2020.
In Lingao we will visit Bailingtan, Juren Waterfall, Gaoling, Lingaojiao Tourist Area, Houshuiwan Mangrove Forest, Lingao Confucian Temple, Jasmine Xuan, Jinbo Lotus Base, Wenlan Cultural Park, Lingaojiao Lighthouse, Bailingtan Stone Carving, Wufu Festival Filial Piety, Coastal Beacon, Underground Waterfall and other scenic spots; taste Lingao suckling pig, earth kiln seafood, Lingao powder, Nanbao duck, dried radish, steamed Nanbao taro, multi-text hollow cabbage, leek cake, ox's eye snail, tricolor sandworm, Lingao castrated rooster, money eel skewer, Hainan torch sheep, money squid, Lingao pig blood sausage, Lingao seafood porridge, cream crab, dried sandworms, dried silver fish, glass dried fish, dried red fish and other special delicacies.
Driving 51 km southeast from Lingao for 1 hour and 4 minutes, we came to Chengmai County.
Chengmai County is a county under the jurisdiction of Hainan Province, one of the minnan minzhi cities in Hainan, and the Hokkien dialect is spoken. Located in the northwest of Hainan Island, it is a county-level division of the Beibu Bay Urban Agglomeration. It has been established as a county for more than 2,000 years since the first year of the Western Han Dynasty (110 BC), and it is one of the three historical names of Hainan during the Western Han Dynasty (namely tortoiseshell, zibei and amaranth); In the third year of the Sui Dynasty (607), Chengmai County was established in the territory of the old Gouzhong County; and Chengmai County was liberated on April 22, 1950. The county has a population of 560,000, with a land area of 2,076 square kilometers and a sea area of 1,100 square kilometers, and 11 towns under its jurisdiction. Chengmai County has successively won the honorary titles of World Longevity Town, China's Green County, China's Best Leisure Tourism County, China's Beautiful Rural Construction Demonstration County, Top Ten Cultural Characteristic Tourism Counties, National Health County, etc., and was shortlisted in the list of the Top 100 Deep Breathing Small Cities in 2017; listed as the first batch of counties in the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics in 2019; rated as the advanced unit of national grass-roots traditional Chinese medicine work at the county level in 2019; and selected into the list of national health townships (county towns) in 2020.
In Chengmai we can visit Duzhu Huifeng, Shuangtan to the Sea, Yongqing Jungle, Dasheng Santian, North Shore Fishing Song, Tongchao Feige, Fubo Ling Ancestral Hall, Xifeng Mudi and other ancient scenery of Chengmai and Jigongshan Tourist Resort, Jialongping Tropical Rainforest Tourism Area, Fushan Coffee Culture Town, Chengmai Egret Paradise, Shiyan Village, Jinshan Temple, Nanxuan Shizhaobi, Old Town Old Street, Yingbin Peninsula, Sun Bay Tourism Area, Red Lake Happy Garden, Yazhu Manor, Meilang Sister Pagoda, Jigong Mountain, Jiuleshan Hot Spring, Qishigang, Xianren Cave and other scenic spots Taste Jinjiang sauerkraut, Ruixi sausage, dried roasted pipa crab, Jinjiang rice cake, Jinjiang-based sugar dumplings, Jinjiang rice dumplings, Jinjiang noodles, Houchen cool cakes, Houchen turned sand taro, Houchen piped sweet potatoes, Fushan coffee cakes, Chang'an fudge, Chang'an rice cakes, Ruixi beef jerky, Fushan roasted suckling pig, Ruixi rice dumplings, Xinwu glutinous rice buns, old city Qingliang, Jinjiang sweet dumplings, Meiting bananas, Fu oranges, seedless lychees, coconut fairy bitter ding tea, coffee wine and other food specialties.
Driving 68 kilometers south for 1 hour and 15 minutes, we came to Tunchang County.
Tunchang is a county directly under the jurisdiction of Hainan Province, one of the minnan minzhi cities, and the Hokkien dialect is spoken. Located in the north-central part of Hainan Island, it is located in the low hilly area of the northern foothills of Wuzhi Mountain, and the entire terrain is high in the southwest, low in the northeast, and relatively flat in the middle. It has a tropical monsoon climate, with drought in spring, high temperature and high humidity in summer, typhoons in summer and autumn, and cool and rainy in winter. It administers 8 towns with a total area of 1231.5 square kilometers and a permanent population of 271,500. It is said that Tunchang was originally a wasteland, and there were frequent wars in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and the people who fled from the southeast coast of China fled south to this tunchang and reclaimed the land, in order to try to prosper, so it was named "Tunchang". Tunchang County was not established for a long time, and its predecessor, Xinmin County, was originally a border area of Qiongshan, Ding'an and Chengmai counties in history, and in 1952 Xinmin County was renamed Tunchang County. It is the 2017-2019 cycle of national health townships (county seats).
In Tunchang we will visit the Dream Fragrant Mountain Aroma Culture Park, Nankun Ethnic Customs Tourism Area, Changhua Town, Muse Lake Scenic Area, Jialetan Tourist Resort, Yushuiling Ecological Park, Wolong Mountain, Giethoorn Ridge, Jizui Ridge, Nanluling, Yinling, Shentian Lake, Longzhou River, Qingti River, Nandu River, Maple Deer Farm, Egret Paradise, Guanlang Village, Meiheyuan Village, Nantian Village, Po chen Village, Meihua Village, Nanxi Village and other scenic spots; taste Yi Kueh, fried pig intestines, original pork feet, spicy deer meat shreds, radish cake, maple pickled powder, Steamed five-color rice, tapioca rice, layered sweet rice, layered salty rice, maple bitter melon tangyuan, puffed pine cake, corn brand, agarwood rice, eight-character sugar, fried heap, peanut cake, fried shallot crisp, fried sugar crisp, fried fruit fried deer, coconut mango sticky rice, Tunchang roches of giant prawns, coconut cup sea emperor, vanilla duck, Tunchang pickled chicken, Ganoderma lucidum chicken soup, southern milk braised lamb shank, agarwood fish head, crispy milk lamb chop, pan-fried pork belly, Tunchang special pig's feet, betel nut flower vanilla goose and other special delicacies.
Leaving Tunchang and driving northeast for 62 kilometers, 1 hour and 11 minutes, we arrived at ding'an County, the last stop in Hainan Province of our "County China Line Tour".
Ding'an is a county directly under the jurisdiction of Hainan Province, one of the minnan minzhi cities, and the Hokkien dialect is spoken. Located in the northeast-central part of Hainan Island, it has a total area of 1,197 square kilometers, 10 towns under its jurisdiction, and a permanent population of 297,600. Ding'an County has a tropical monsoon oceanic climate with a mild climate, abundant heat, abundant sunshine and abundant rainfall. From the first year of the Western Han Dynasty (110 BC), the county borders successively belonged to Yudu County, Zhulu County, Zhuya County, Zhuguan County, Yanlu County, Yancheng County, Shecheng County, and Qiongshan County; in the 29th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1292), ding'an County was established in the southern border of Qiongshan County, which was named after the name of the county. Ding'an is the birthplace of Qiong opera, with the title of the hometown of Chinese folk culture (Qiong opera) art, and in 2020, Ding'an County was selected as the "Second Batch of Revolutionary Cultural Relics Protection and Utilization Area Counties List".
When I came to Ding'an, I visited nanli lake scenic spot, Wenbifeng Taoist cultural tourism zone, Wanjiaguo tropical botanical garden, Hainan tropical bird world, Dingyang Ancient City (Dingcheng), General Well, Nanfu Reservoir, Jianlong Pagoda, Taishifang, Bajiaodian Temple, Zhang Yuesong's former residence, Baomiyuan Village, Fengli Village, Hetou Baitu Village, Gaolin Village, Feng Baiju General Anti-Japanese Station Site Site, Muruishan Revolutionary Base Memorial Garden and other scenic spots; tasted Ding'an bacon, Ding'an rice dumplings, Ding'an Xiangou pickled powder, Ding'an fried powder, Ding'an rice cake After Ding'an Black Pork Bone Soup, White Cut Ding'an Goose, Incandescent Ding'an Black Pork Ribs, Ding'an Farmhouse Red Bean Pot, Ding'an Duck Rice, Oriental Yellow Beef, Hanlin Braised Pig's Trotters, Nanli Lake Beer Chicken, Pozhai Sheep Hot Pot, Steamed Nanli Lake Sand Wind Fish, Ding'an Nine-Layer Cake, Hainan Plate Rotten Lamb, Jai Cai Pot and other special delicacies, the last part of our trip to Hainan Was over, visiting 1 prefecture-level city, 4 counties and an autonomous county, and also ending our "County China Online Tour" in Hainan Province.
In Hainan, we have traveled to a total of 10 municipal districts in 4 prefecture-level cities (of which Danzhou City has no municipal districts and counties, and The Nansha District of Sansha City is not currently open to tourists), 5 provincial-level cities, 4 provincial-level counties, and 6 provincial-level autonomous counties, a total of 25 travel destinations. Driving 48 kilometers north from Ding'an County for 1 hour and 3 minutes, we returned to Xiuying Wharf in Haikou City and left Hainan Island by ferry.