The Xisha Islands have an ocean museum established by the garrison troops on the island on their own. It is not only the ocean museum at the southernmost tip of our country, but also an ocean museum established by soldiers in our country – Xisha Ocean Museum. The garrison troops on the island made specimens of some turtles that crawled onto the beach and collected shellfish and displayed them in a centralized manner. The Xisha Ocean Museum is located on Yongxing Island and was initially established in the 1980s. On New Year’s Day in 2001, the new museum of the ocean museum was officially opened. After the expansion, the exhibition hall area of the museum is about 800 square meters. It is divided into eight halls such as the graphic hall, the sea stone flower hall, the turtle and lobster hall, and the sea fish specimen hall. It collects about 400 kinds and more than 3,000 pieces (pieces) of various marine specimens and picture materials. The museum displays many specimens of marine organisms. For example, the ‘horse’s hoof snail’ with a bottom like a horseshoe and shaped like a pyramid, the sea cucumber ‘plum blossom ginseng’ with flowers blooming like plum blossoms, and various fish specimens, and corals and stone flowers of different shapes make the entire exhibition hall full of beautiful things and endless fun. The specific business status of opening hours is subject to the opening situation on the day.
Xisha Ocean Museum
The Xisha Islands have an ocean museum established by the garrison troops on the island on their own[...]
