| |
| |
China/Hainan/Sanya32℃~23℃ cloudy |
|
   |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
The earliest record about Wuzhizhou Island can be traced back to
Qing Dynasty. During the governing period of Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty,
Taoist Wu Huacun of Hainan left his footsteps in almost all islands in Hainan
and expected to find out an ideal place for making pills of immortality and
cultivating vital energy. He was deeply touched by charming sights and
spectacular nature landscapes in Wuzhizhou Island and subsequently he felt like
to build up a cottage where he could make pills of immortality and cultivate
vital energy.
|
|
| |
   |
|
| |
Later, Zhong Yuanli (Magistrate of Yazhou District) heard about that, and he
paid a visit to the Island for inspection. He found out that both landscape and
geomantic omen of the island can be rated as perfect and thus he believed that
such a treasure place should not be exclusively owned by an individual but
should benefit local people instead. So he deterred Taoist Wu attempt and raised
money and built up a hospice named as ffshore Hansan Temple?to consecrate Cang
Jie, the initiator of Chinese characters, all of which would be recognized as
unusual and pioneering effects and rated as the hallmark of Hainan history in
aspect of cultural development.
The Temple was initially established in
A.D. 1893 and thus it has a history of more than one hundred years. Accompanying
with the degeneration of the central government of Qing Dynasty, the Temple
gradually ruined and deserted. Local fishermen even replaced the stature of Cang
Jie with that of Goddess Matsu and devoutly prayed for blessings from Matsu, the
Patron Saint for fishermen, to protect them during their daily works in the vast
ocean.
After liberation Wuzhizhou Island was requisitioned by the PlA as
the strategic defense zone. Since the open sea area is only about twelve
nautical miles away from the southeast orientation along the Island, the Island
is of vital importance for its strategic positions and it is the defensive front
line. The Korean War in 1950s, the military confrontation between the mainland
and Taiwan KMT government and the Vietnam War at the beginning of 1970s once
aroused strained atmosphere of war in this island.
According to former
PLA commanders, with a high-definition telescope in hands and standing at the
peak you may even detect detailed personnel activities of the USA 7th Armada
which prowled in open sea area. During the following thirty years after
liberation, the PLA has built large quantity of underground combat readiness
works with an aggregated length of four kilometers.
In the 1990s, peace
and development became the main themes of the world and the Island lost its
strategic meaning due to fast development of modern weapons, and consequently
the PLA gradually abandoned it. Hence Wuzhizhou Island commenced it great
historic changes as a Holly Land for holiday and leisure.
|
|
|
 |
|
Copyright © 2005-2008 Hainan Seascape Garden International Co., Ltd.
Any reprint toward any photo, documentation and data of such page is applicable only upon our approval.
Optimal display definition: 1024X768 pixel. |
|
