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Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone In Sanya

It is located on the Nanshan Mountain, about 40 kilometers away from Sanya.

The Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone consists of three gardens with special themes. The Nanshan Buddhist Culture Park serving as a window on China's is rich in philosophy and profound meaning which often arouses in visitors a sense of enlightenment and morality. The main constructions in the park include the Nanshan Temple, Guanyin Cultural Garden, Tianzhu Saint Vestige, Scenic Garden for Buddhism, Shifangtalin, Guigen Garden, Communication Center for Buddhist Culture, Dining and Shopping Street and so on.

The Felicity and Longevity Culture Park is a garden collecting the essence of Chinese long culture with the aim at creating atmosphere of peace, harmony and happy life. With its blue sky and sea, sunshine and sands, forest and reef, architecture, the Nanshan Custom Park well presents the natural landscape on the coastline of South Sea and the culture and customs of Li and Miao nationalities.

Things and places for tourists to visit are the Custom Garden for Li and Miao Nationalities, Fairyland of Legend, Memorial House for Huang Daopo, Ocean Park, Underwater World and Paradise for Birds and Flowers.   

The 3.8 meter-high Golden Jade Guanyin Statue is made of four parts, the golden body, the bright leaf, the Qianye lotus and the base made of red sandal wood, which had consumed more than 100 kilograms gold. There are also 120 carats of South African diamonds embedded with Chinese traditional handicraft on it as well as other countless jewels like red and blue stones, emerald, coral, pearls and green jade of more than 100 kilograms.

Its golden body was welded by 200 golden slices with an average thickness of 1.2 mm in hand-mould process. Its produces different colors and tactile sensations thanks to the different handicrafts.

The tourism zone being 40 kilometers away from Sanya, visitors can drive there on the highway for about 25 kilometers and get out at the right exit. A visible road mark for Nanshan will be seen at the side of the Western highway.

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2011-05-23
Nanshan (literally, South Mountain ) Culture Tourism Zone, is 40 kilometers southwest of Sanya city. It covers an area of 50 square kilometers, and its major sites include Nanshan Temple, an important Buddhist temple, the Gold & Jade Kwanyin (Avalokiteshvara, ...Read More
2011-05-23
Nanshan Buddhism Cultural Tourism Zone is one of the largest cultural tourist attractions of its kind in China, the colorful Nanshan Cultural Zone is located just 40 kilometres west of Sanya City along the Hainan West Expressway. There are three separate parks ...Read More
2011-05-23
Nanshan Temple Situated 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Sanya City, Hainan Province, the Nanshan (South Mountain) Temple ranks as one of the attractions in the Nanshan Culture Tourism Zone. Occupying an area of 400 mu (66 acres), it is the biggest Buddhist ...Read More

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