Weizhou Island has many titles such as' the most beautiful island in China ',' the youngest volcanic island in China ',' Penglai Island ',' the most popular island 'and so on. Weizhou Island receives about 500000 tourists every year. So, where is Weizhou Island? What are the interesting places in Weizhou Island?
Where is Weizhou Island?
Weizhou Island is located in Beihai City, Guangxi Province. Weizhou Island is a town of Beihai. From Beihai to Weizhou Island, you can get there by boat in about 1 hour. Weizhou Island mainly provides island tourism services. Weizhou Island now has a permanent population of about 20000 and a land area of about 25 square kilometers.
What are the interesting places in Weizhou Island?
1. Volcano Park
Volcano park is one of the necessary scenic spots to visit Weizhou Island. This park, also known as crocodile mountain view, is formed by volcanic eruption. From the sky, it looks like a crawling crocodile, so it gets its name. Crocodile mountain scenic spot includes crocodile mountain lighthouse, tangwengtai, crater site, Dragon Palace exploration, canggui cave, Laolao cave, animals making trouble in the sea, sea erosion arch bridge, Moon Bay, coral sedimentary rock scene, sea withered rock, moon square and other scenic spots, as well as volcanic bomb crater, ancient tree fossil, water curtain cave, sea erosion pillar, sea erosion pier and other geological wonders.
2. Catholic Church
Located in Shengtang village, Weizhou Island, the Catholic Church is one of the four major Catholic churches in the late Qing Dynasty. The church was built by French missionaries in Paris in 1853, which took 10 years to complete. The main building is well preserved. It is a typical Renaissance French Gothic church. However, due to special reasons, tourist vehicles are unable to go, and tourists need to take the designated battery car.
3. Geological Museum
The geological museum is located in the volcano park. With a construction area of 1500 square meters, the museum collects a variety of specimens of volcanic rocks, corals and marine organisms. All specimens are annotated with detailed descriptions and attached with corresponding pictures in the Geopark. In the video hall, there are publicity films of Weizhou Island, and in the motion hall, there are 4D popular science films to show the marine knowledge and geological knowledge of Weizhou Island.
4. Wucaitan scenic spot
Wucaitan scenic spot is located on the east coast of Weizhou Island. The 1.5km long coast in the scenic spot almost has 20-50m high sea erosion cliffs, and the cliffs stand up. The sea erosion platform is flat and wide in front of the sea erosion cliffs, and the sea erosion platform with a width of tens of meters to hundreds of meters can be seen at ebb tide. At the junction of sea erosion cliff and sea erosion platform, sea erosion caves with different shapes can be seen everywhere.
5. Shiluokou Beach
Shiluokou beach is located in the west of Weizhou Island. The nearby villages are similar to shiluokou, which belongs to coastal landform. There are abundant storm events and geological events. Volcanic rocks and sea erosion rocks along the coast are rich, peculiar and strange. A beautiful young woman with a baby on her back stands on the coast of the beach, looking forward to her husband's return.
6. Dishui Danping
Dishui Danping is located in Dishui village in the west of Weizhou Island. The formation of Dishui Danping can be regarded as a miracle of Chinese volcanic landscape. The cliff formed by rocks is a sea erosion landform. The exposed rock layers are red, yellow, purple, green and green, and the texture is extremely clear. On the top of the cliff, the vines are twined, and the red flowers and green leaves hang upside down on the top of the cliff, showing the beautiful colors. It is called 'Danping'. There are water drops on the rock layer of the giant cliff for many years, and they continuously drop to the bottom of the cliff, so it is named 'Dishui'.