Xiu Shan Island Scenic Area is located in the eastern part of Dai Shan Island, centered around Xiu Shan Island and composed of 35 islands of various sizes. It is an important component of the Dai Shan Scenic Area. It is said that Xiu Shan Island is one of the three immortal mountains in the sea, known as ‘Fangzhang Island’, and is known as the ‘Shangri-La of the Sea’. The main attractions include the Mud Sliding Theme Park, Lan Xiu Cultural Museum, Xiu Shan Beach Cluster, Jiuzi Buddha Islet, Seashore Bathing Area, Changshou Zen Temple, Li Family Ancestral Hall, Li’s Five Major Houses, and Lion Rock.
Xiu Shan Island Mud Sliding Theme Park is located at the northwest end of Xiu Shan Island, facing thousands of acres of gentle mudflats and backed by a provincial wetland nature reserve. The park is divided into three activity functional areas: large, medium, and small, mainly carrying out tourism projects with ‘mud’ as the theme, including windsurfing mud sliding, barrel mud sliding, mud competition, modern mud slimming, mud climbing, mud bathing, mud therapy, and mud fishing, with rich, interesting, and exciting content. Lan Xiu Cultural Museum is located in Beipu, Xiu Shan Township, Dai Shan County. Its predecessor was the ‘Tianqu Garden’ root carving and bonsai art exhibition hall. It was renovated from an old residential courtyard of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and is a quadrangle with a wooden and earth structure and an ancient charm. The museum collects more than 200 pieces of calligraphy and paintings by celebrities such as Xu Zhikang, Yang Jianwei, and Ni Zhuqing, as well as wood furniture, bonsai, and root carvings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which are a true portrayal of the local customs and historical changes of Xiu Shan. Xiu Shan Beach Cluster is located in the eastern part of the scenic area, composed of three beaches connected end-to-end, forming a crescent shape with a gentle slope. The sea area is calm, with many reefs and rich marine algae. Various fish, crabs, and shellfish such as swimming crabs, copper basin fish, and tiger head fish live and inhabit in this sea area and among the reefs. At the turn of summer and autumn, groups of tiger head fish and squid fish come to the beach and reefs to spawn. Tourists can catch them by themselves and then barbecue them by themselves, enjoying a lot of fun. Changshou Zen Temple is a large-scale religious sacred place on Xiu Shan Island, known far and wide in the eastern part of Zhejiang. Near the entrance of the scenic area, a group of simple buildings with green tiles and yellow walls in the green mountains is ‘Changshou Ancient Temple’. The Zen temple is not large, with a total area of about more than 3,000 square meters, arranged in three rows, with the central axis being the front and back three halls. The front hall is the Hall of the Heavenly Kings, and the main hall is the Mahavira Hall, with the same enshrinement pattern as other halls, with the main Buddha Shakyamuni, and the left and right attendant Amitabha and Medicine Buddha, all of which are standing statues. Behind the hall are three stupas, made of Wenling jade stone, containing the relics of the three generations of ancestors of Changshou Temple. The stupas are not tall, with a round body and a pointed top, exquisite and elegant, and under the cover of green mountains and trees, they appear spiritual and solemn. Generally, it takes half a day to a day to visit Xiu Shan Island Scenic Area. If you want to deeply feel it, you can also wander on the island for a few days.Xiushan Island offers a complete range of fishing family leisure activities and hotels, with prices that are quite affordable. Staying in a fishing home and enjoying seafood is an extremely pleasant experience.
The entire area is open year-round from 09:00 to 17:30.
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