Introduce
In the Xisha Islands of depths of the South China Sea of the motherland, there is a marine museum which officers and men stationed on the islands start to establish. It is the marine museum southernmost of China, it is the only marine museum established by soldiers of China too -Marine museum of Xisha. The samples of a lot of marine organisms have been displayed in the museum. Have been covered with peacock spots on one s body Peacock s neck fin fish ,The bottom such as horse s hoof, similar to the Pyramid The spiral shell of horse s hoof ,The flower is in bloom like the sea cucumber of the plum The plum blossom is joined ,And various fish sample, coral flower and agar coming in every shape, make the whole exhibition hall a feast for the eyes, of infinite interest afford the greatest delight.
The marine museum of Xisha established in the eighties in last century. Stationed on the island officers and men get on green turtle and shellfish got to gather of seabeach, make sample into partly, concentrate on displaying, in order to demonstrate the firm will that they love the island, love the ocean, love Xisha and protection marine resources and emotion, also injected the temperament and interest into life of island. In January of 1990, former Vice President general Liu Huaqing of Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee inscribed the name of the hall for this hall in one s handwriting: <>. The marine museum of Xisha establishes the energetical support of getting leaders and relevant personnel at all levels. A lot of generals, experts and place leaders, give the marine organism sample that they collected to Xisha; The professional personnel of Zhanjiang, marine drawing room of Hainan Province have directed concretely technically too. In October of 2000, the army of Xisha extended the marine museum, on New Year s Day of 2001, the new hall of marine museum was open formally, meet the arrival of new century with the brand-new appearance. About 800 square meters of area of museum exhibition hall after extending, are divided into 8 drawing rooms such as drawing room of picture and text, sea agar drawing room, green turtle s lobster s drawing room, ocean fishes sample drawing room, collect marine sample, the intersection of picture and the intersection of materials and about 400 multi-type, more than 3000 all kinds of together One) .
Nowadays, the marine museum of Xisha has already become one of the important beauty spots of Xisha. She is an important place that people understands ocean, understands Xisha, understands the officers and men of Xisha, also carry on marine knowledge and educate, train the second classroom of the marine idea to officers and men.