Big and small caves

With Taoist culture as the theme, the big and small Dongtian tourist areas are known as "the first scenic spot of QiongYa". In the tourist area, there are lush vegetation and beautiful scenery, and nearly 30000 Dracaena trees (nanshanbulaosong) are lush. There are clear springs and all kinds of wild animals in the mountain. Seven kilometers of coastline meandering down the mountain is full of stone scenery. There are Dragon King in the South China Sea, xiaodongtian, thousand year old pine, Shenao in the South China Sea and other landscapes.

Big and small Dongtian scenic spot

synonym

Large and small caves generally refer to large and small caves scenic spots

Located in the southwest corner of Nanshan Mountain, 40 kilometers west of Sanya City, Hainan Province, with a total area of 22.5 square kilometers and a history of more than 800 years, xiaodongtian scenic spot is a famous Taoist cultural scenic spot.

With its beautiful sea view, mountain view and stone view, xiaodongtian scenic spot is known as the first scenic spot of QiongYa. In the scenic spot, there are still "small cave", "diaotai", "sea mountain spectacle", "immortal foot", "trial sword peak" and other cliff stone carvings of ancient poetry and prose. Mountain, sea and forest spring are indispensable conditions for a tourist attraction. Here, the arc of Yazhou Bay is hundreds of miles, and the waves are blue; the Aoshan mountain is deep in clouds, green in forests, and the rocks are strange and the caves are quiet; the coast is full of supernatural craftsmen and ghosts, and the big and small groups of Xiao shaped objects; the mountains and the sea are like a simple and magnificent scroll painting.

On February 14, 2020, Sanya Tourism Group's large and small tourist Dongtian tourist areas will be open to medical workers and police nationwide free of charge from the date of resumption of operation. The free policy will be implemented for the national personnel with professional qualification certificate of doctors, and the activity will last until December 31, 2020.

Main attractions

In the scenic spot, there are still "small cave", "diaotai", "sea mountain spectacle", "immortal foot", "trial sword peak" and other cliff stone carvings of ancient poetry and prose.

Immortal longevity stone

The word "Shou" was written by Chen Tuan. It is 2.15 meters high. Chen Tuan, whose name is Tunan, is from fuyaozi. He is now from Bozhou, Anhui Province. He is a famous immortal Taoist in the history of Taoism in China and is known as "the ancestor of Chen Tuan". There are Wuji Tu, Xianxian Tu, Zhixuan Pian and other works, which have a great influence on the Northern Song Dynasty. In Chen Tuanshan's book, the character "Shou" is composed of "Ren", "Shou", "Nian" and "Feng". Here we stand. Yu Yishou is better than Nanshan.

Yanzhan Pavilion

Yanzhan pavilion was built by Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty, destroyed in the early Qing Dynasty and rebuilt in the spring of 1993. At night, you can look forward to the rocky shore, the moon and the stone waves.

Seamount wonders

During the reign of song Chunyou (1247 AD), the sheriff Mao Kui led Jiliao to Aoshan. After several visits, he found a huge stone, like a house or a boat, overlooking the sea in the front and winding lanes in the back. On the stone, you can have a panoramic view of the sea mountain, because of the title "sea mountain wonders". Before and after the stone, there are stone carvings of Mao Kui and literati of all dynasties. "The light of the sea is always shining, and the scenery of the mountains is clearer and more beautiful" comes from Mao Kui's "little cave poem".

ujamaa

Jianzhen (A.D. 688-763), a native of Yangzhou, was an eminent monk in the Tang Dynasty. In the first year of Tang Tianbao (742 AD), at the request of the Japanese emperor, he went to Japan to preach Buddhist scriptures. He crossed the sea six times and failed the first five times. In June of the seventh year of Tianbao (748 AD), 35 people, including Jianzhen master and apprentice, set out from Yangzhou to cross the sea for the fifth time. When they met a hurricane, they drifted ten thousand li to the estuary of Ningyuan River in Zhenzhou (Sanya City). Living in Zhenzhou for one year, he built Dayun temple and spread Buddhist culture. Jianzhen's determination to go to Japan to promote Buddhism remained unchanged, and finally he made six eastward expeditions in the 12th year of Tianbao (753 AD). During his ten years in Japan, he has made outstanding contributions to the promotion of cultural exchanges between China and Japan and the development of friendship between the two peoples. To commemorate this historic feat, this giant group sculpture is specially built.

Based on the historical records of Jianzhen and his party's fifth landing, the group sculpture shows their indomitable strong will, their confidence in winning the sea and their joy for the rest of their lives.

On May 8, 2007, Sanya Nanshan big and small Dongtian tourist area was officially approved as a national 5A tourist attraction by the National Tourism Administration.

when all is said and done

The jiujiuguiyi scenic spot is composed of nine big stone turtles and a small stone turtle. It was built to commemorate the return of Macao on December 20, 1999. It means family reunion and happiness. The "turtle" symbolizes longevity in Taoist culture, and the homonym of "turtle" is used here.

blessed spot

Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, the caves in Nanshan have been famous for their immortal caves, which are comparable to Penglai, Yingzhou and Abbot of the three immortals island in the East China Sea,

Known as the fairyland of the South China Sea, it has attracted many people who seek fairyland. According to historical records, Bai Yuchan, the famous immortal and Taoist in Song Dynasty, the fifth ancestor of Nanzong, was a hermit because he liked the beauty of Nanshan. He built a Taoist temple and spread Taoist culture and philosophy. Nowadays, there are many historical sites such as "immortal altar" and "immortal foot", as well as many travel notes and poems. During the reign of Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty, the sheriff Mao Kui took office here. Because he was fond of Huang Lao and loved mountains and waters, he visited Nanshan many times, and discovered big and small caves successively. The scenic spot was developed one by one, with stone inscriptions such as the story of big and small caves. Taoism has always said that there are 10 caves, 36 small caves and 72 blessed places. Nowadays, there is a "small cave" under the huge cliff of the seaside, and there is an ancient fishing platform on it. According to the records of Yazhou, there is also a "big cave", which is surrounded by stone tables, stone benches and streams. It is like a fairyland, and some people have visited it, but no one has found it now, which is full of mystery. What's more mysterious is that the sheriff Mao kuiyin made great contributions to the development of the caves in Nanshan. When he was in charge of the imperial mission, he was forced to fly away by Dunsi Chengdao and his followers. Because of their admiration for the immortal wind, Yu Qifei built a ancestral temple of Mao Zhijun in Nanshan village to offer sacrifices.

Fushou Nanshan

Nanshan is an auspicious mountain. In the eyes of the common people, Nanshan is closely related to longevity, which is the real Shoushan. There are many places called Nanshan in China, such as Chaozhou in Guangdong, Putian in Fujian, Dazu in Sichuan and Xi'an in Shaanxi. The most famous Nanshan is Nanshan in the eastern capital of Qinghai, which can be found in the dictionary of famous mountains and rivers in China (Shandong Education Press, 1992). However, Nanshan, where the big and small caves are located, is very unique. First, it is the southernmost mountain in China, which is worthy of the name. Second, the big and small caves in Nanshan are regarded as the "blessed places of caves" in the South China Sea Third, the results of China's third and fourth census show that the average life span of Hainan's population is the highest, while the average life span of Sanya's population is the first in Hainan, and Nanshan's is the highest in Sanya. There are hundreds of people over the age of 86, which can be used for reference Fourth, there are long-lived trees that can survive for thousands of years in the area of Dongtian and xiaodongtian in Nanshan Mountain. Dracaena is an evergreen plant of Agave family. Cretaceous dinosaur age has appeared, known as the living fossil of plants, UNESCO listed as protected tree species. It is also listed as a rare and endangered plant in China, belonging to the second-class national key protected tree species, mainly distributed in the tropical and subtropical areas. Today, this tree species is on the verge of extinction, but there are as many as 30000 trees growing in the Nanshan area of Sanya, mainly concentrated in the large and small Dongtian tourist areas of Nanshan. More than 2000 trees are more than 1000 years old, and the longest is more than 6000 years old. The land of fortune nurtures the ancient trees of a thousand years, and the mountain of God's foot nurtures the immortal spirits. People have enough reasons to believe that Nanshan is the hometown of longevity, and "longevity is better than Nanshan" is well deserved here "Shoubi Nanshan is not old pine" is the true portrayal of this scenic spot.

History and culture

Located 40 kilometers to the west of Sanya City, the southernmost Taoist cultural tourist resort in China, is the oldest scenic spot in Hainan Province. With its beautiful sea view, mountain view and stone view, xiaodongtian scenic spot is known as the first scenic spot of QiongYa. In 1962, Guo Moruo toured the "big and small caves" and marveled at the beauty of the mountains and the sea. In his poem "you Ya county Ao mountain", he praised it as "Nanming Qidian". In addition to the "small cave", "diaotai", "sea mountain wonder", "immortal foot", "test sword peak" and other ancient poetry and cliff carvings, there are also the Dragon King of the South China Sea, small cave, thousand year old pine, South China Sea Shenao and other landscapes in the scenic area, so it has been called "sea mountain wonder" since ancient times.

Tourism information

Transportation guide

Arrive at the scenic spot

No.25 Xinguo line tourist bus or No.29 bus can get off at the "big and small Dongtian" station.

Internal traffic of scenic spot

You can choose to take the battery car to visit the scenic spot easily. There are two routes to choose from. No matter which route you choose, it will not affect taking photos and viewing scenic spots.

On the way, staff will explain the culture of the scenic spot and the location of the main scenic spots along the way. The 6-kilometer round trip in the scenic spot can save time and energy. The battery ticket in the scenic spot is one ticket, 15 yuan per person, regardless of single or two-way.

The first route is the uphill route: start from the coconut forest bar to the terminal of xuanmiaoge, the sea viewing platform at the middle of the mountain, and then continue to walk around all the scenic spots on the mountain and by the sea, and return by bus at the designated bus point.

The second route is the seaside route: start from the coconut bar to the farthest scenic spot xiaoyuewan terminal, then go back to see all the scenic spots on the beach and the mountain, and take the bus back at the designated bus point.

Free policy

February 2020