Weizhou Island is an island formed by volcanic eruption, with marine erosion, marine deposit and lava, especially the marine erosion volcano port in the south is more characteristic. Weizhou Island was turned into a provincial tourist resort in 1994. Now it is also China National Geopark.
Weizhou Island is located in the sea area 2 1 nautical mile south of Beihai, Guangxi, 36 nautical miles away from Beihai. It is the largest and youngest volcanic island in China and the largest island in Guangxi. Viewed from the air, Weizhou Island floats on the sea like an arched emerald. There is no intense heat in summer and no severe cold in winter, with an average annual temperature of 23℃ and rainfall of 1863 mm, which is one of the places with the least rainfall in Guangxi. The active accumulated temperature is 8265℃, which is the richest place in Guangxi. The island is surrounded by vast waves of smoke, dense vegetation and beautiful scenery, especially the peculiar marine erosion, marine landforms, volcanic lava and colorful living corals, and is known as the "Penglai Island" of the South China Sea. Weizhou Island is integrated with volcanic eruption accumulation and coral deposition, which makes the steepness in the south of the island in sharp contrast with the openness and smoothness in the north of the island. Its coastal waters are blue and bottomed out, and the living corals and precious seafood on the seabed are magnificent and magical, and there are many kinds. It is a paradise on earth and a treasure island of Penglai.
Weizhou Island is high in the south and low in the north, and Nanwan Port in the south is a natural harbor formed by the ancient crater. The harbor is in the shape of a round chair, surrounded by mountains in the east, north and west, surrounded by a waning moon, like a cancer lying in the sea. The dock is backed by a cliff, with a height of10-30m. The pine trees on the cliff top are tall and straight, the giant cactus hangs down the wall, all kinds of ships come in and out, people come and go, goods come and go; Birds and waterfowl, sometimes hidden and sometimes present; The swell is rising and the space is boundless; Water and the sky are one color; The weather is wonderful. Located at the southwest end of Weizhou Island, it is the most distinctive tourist area in Weizhou Island. Its crater landscape, marine erosion landscape, tropical plant landscape, biological and astronomical landscape are unique and have high scientific research value. The main attractions are Range Rover, Dragon Palace, listening to the waves on the platform and wild animals stirring the sea.
There are several scenic spots under the surrender on the east and west sides of the port: there is a cave that is said to be the residence of anti-Qing warriors, called "thief cave"; There is a cave shaped like a lying turtle, called "turtle cave"; The island shaped like a pig is called "Piglet Ridge"; A rock similar to a face with a wide forehead, a high nose and an upturned chin is called a "foreigner's head". Under the erosion of waves, currents and tides, fantastic landforms such as sea caves, trenches, sea niches, sea cliffs, sea pillars, sea platforms, sea windows and sea mushrooms have appeared in the bedrock of Weizhou Island.
The boulder separated from the whole rock was eroded by the tumbling sea water, forming a marine mushroom with a big head and a thin waist. There are giant marine mushrooms 3 meters high and 6 meters wide at the west port pier on the island. When several sea caves are eroded and integrated, they become trough-shaped caves recessed into the land, which are called "sea caves".
Weizhou Island has magnificent scenery, and its famous scenic spots include "Dripping Water and Danping", "glans penis", "French missionary's head", "Volcano Bomb Collection", Sanlaoniang Temple, Shengdan Temple, Catholic Church and Tang Xianzu's sea view place.
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There is a cliff at the seaside to the west of Dishui Village, which is more than ten meters high. It is formed by the accumulation of volcanic spray. After years of weathering, it looks like a human head, facing the turbulent sea majestically. Cliff spring water drops like beads all year round, hence the name "dripping water".
■ Shi Gui Scenic Area
Located in the southeast of Weizhou Island, it echoes the east and west of the volcanic ruins scenic spot. The bay and beach in the scenic area are connected, and the cliffs directly face the blue sea. The landscape is characterized by islands, cliffs, caves and beaches, among which the "turtle and dolphin palace wall" is one of the eight scenic spots in the North Sea. Other scenic spots also have their own characteristics, such as Lingyan Cliff, Blue Sea Arch Moon and Double Hole Sky. The sea erosion stones on the coastal beach are shaped like anchovies, seals, manatees, whales, dolphins, sea cucumbers, turtles, seahorses, squid, abalone, groupers, blue crabs, prawns, starfish, conchs, jellyfish, sea snakes and seals, which can be called "natural aquarium garden".
■ Beigang Seaside Park
Unlike the southern coast, the northern coast of Weizhou Island is dominated by beaches, with a total length of 2,300 meters. Its Jie Sha, flat beaches and clear waters are ideal places for beach and sea sports. Behind the beach is a large area of windbreak pine forest and coral deposition cliff, and the greening environment is very good. Green transparent gems as big as broad beans and as small as rapeseed can be found on olive basalt beaches on the northeast coast and northwest coast.
■ Submarine coral
There are many coral reefs in the shallow sea around Weizhou Island. There are many kinds of living corals with the same color, which are known as underwater gardens. Among them, corals growing in the western part of the island are closest to the coast. Every time the tide ebbs, fish will swim out of the sea and shuttle through it, which is called an "oasis" in the ocean.
■ Catholic Church
During the 65438+60s, French missionaries went to Weizhou Island to preach. Weizhou Island Church was built in 1870, Weizhou Island Catholic Church in Tangsheng Village was built in 1880, and Notre Dame de France Church in Chengzi Village was built in 1882. Notre Dame Cathedral is a Gothic building with an area of 774 square meters. It is made of coral stones, tiles and wood, and its ancillary buildings include monasteries, schools, hospitals and nurseries. This is the earliest church built in Beihai by the French Association of Foreign Missionaries in Paris. The best time to travel: Weizhou Island has a pleasant climate, rich resources, charming scenery, spring-like seasons, warm and humid climate, fresh and pleasant air and rich in negative oxygen ions. It is an island with rich tourism resources such as "three S seawater, sunshine, beach sand". Therefore, it is known as the "Great Penglai" Fairy Island.
Tickets for Weizhou Island Scenic Spot in Beihai: 90 yuan/Person [Editor's paragraph] Specialty Island is rich in peanuts, bananas and silk. Peanut oil produced here has golden color, low water content and storage resistance. It has long been exported to Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Sea cucumber, abalone, shark fin and eel belly are four famous products at home and abroad. Jumping fish, cuttlefish, grouper and red fish are also specialties here, as well as turtles, seahorses, dolphins and manatees.
Pineapple belongs to subtropical fruit and is one of the specialties on Weizhou Island. The main varieties are dry-supported pineapple, dry-supported pineapple and wet-supported pineapple. Weizhou jackfruit is famous for its fragrant meat and sweet crispness, especially dry-supported pineapple, which is favored by people. Pineapple has been planted on the island for nearly a hundred years, but it was rarely planted in the past, only a little in the villages in the central and western parts of the island. Generally, it takes four to five years for a pineapple tree to bear fruit, and it is increasing year by year. Every autumn, when the fruits are fragrant, there are as few as ten or twenty fruits (about 100 kg) and as many as thirty or fifty to hundreds (more than 200 kg). Visitors to the island can enjoy the beautiful scenery of large areas of pineapple forests and banana forests in every yard of every village on the island, and taste sweet and crisp jackfruit and bananas, which are very delicious. Taking a beautiful picture of pineapple and tasting jackfruit is one of the choices for tourists on the island.
Traffic routes of Weizhou Island:
There is a boat to Weizhou Island at 8 o'clock every morning at the "Ocean Wharf" at Dijiao Road, and the speedboat 72 yuan arrives at 9: 40; Slow Boat 10: 40, 40 yuan. There is a direct shuttle bus to 20 yuan at the cost of 10 per person. If you miss it, the cruise ship returning to Beihai at 15: 30 can go to the dock to find a cargo ship bound for Beihai. Usually they sail from 20: 00 p.m. to midnight, and can negotiate the price with the shipowner themselves and arrive in Beihai in four hours.
There are two ships sailing for Weizhou Island at 8: 30 every day at the International Port Terminal. The slow boat (station ticket to 30 yuan, ticket to 35 yuan, berth ticket to 40 yuan) will arrive in 3 hours and return at 15: 00. 52 yuan, clipper, 70 minutes, 16: 30. Tickets can be bought one day in advance, and individual passengers can buy tickets for the clipper.