Qilou Old Street
With its origins dating back around 2,000 years to ancient Greece, arcade architecture was introduced to Haikou by overseas Chinese merchants from 1820-1840. Located in Haikou, Hainan Province, Qilou Old Street features a stylish fusion of European and Asian architecture, as well as Indian and Arabic influences. It's one of the famous Haikou sightseeing attractions. And it's worth to take Haikou tours to visit it.
Standing between two and four stories in height, a Qilou has its ground floor set back halfway into the building so that it can be used as a storefront to take shelter from rain and sunlight. It's one of the city's most exotic landscapes. It's easy to find on Bo'ai Street, Zhongshan Street, Xinhua North Street, Deshengsha Street and Jiefang Street.
The upper floors serve as the living quarters, and extend over the pavement supported by columns. The exquisite carvings and decorations on the handrails, door frames and window frames are in the Baroque style.
Wugong Temple
Wugong Temple is a recommended Haikou sightseeing attractions during the Haikou city tour. Wugong Temple is one of the famous historic relics in Hainan Province. It's a place dedicated to five officials who were banished to Hainan during the Tang dynasty for criticism of the government. It's built in Ming dynasty.
The Wugong Temple is an ancient complex. It covers more than 2,800 square meters. The main buildings are Xuefutang (Studying Hall), Guanjiatang (Watching Crop Hall), Dongzhai (East Room), Xizhai (West Room) and Sugong Temple.
Surrounded by ponds filled with lilies, winding bridges and exotic palm trees, this is a pretty temple in a tropical setting. The main building is the Wugong temple housing life like statues of the five officials and known as the first building of Hainan. The Song dynasty poet, Su Dongpo, is also commemorated here. There is also a newer museum building here with further information on the five officials.
The Wugong Temple has been called "Jade Terrace and Wonder Land" for a long time. Its main body is the Watching Crop Hall which enjoys the reputation of "number one tower" in Hainan. The red tower was built with fine woods. The crooked roof, black tilt, red pillar, and the green trees add pleasure to each other. It has two stories, more than 10 meters high.
There are huge lifelike stone statues of the five celebrities in the main hall houses. After climbing on the second floor, you can see a horizontal tablet inscribed with "The First Tower in Hainan" hanged on the wall. The antithetic couplet on the inner pillars downstairs relates the great deeds the five men did for the country and expresses admiration from the later generations.
Xuefutang (Studying Room) was the ancient place where the great Ch'ing scholar Guo Wanxiang gave lectures. The Wugong Jingshe (The Refined House of Five Lords) is on the right and used to be the place where the students from Hainan Province studying history and poem in the end of Qing Dynasty. It was built in a typical Ming and Qing style with a black tilt and red wood construction.
Tomb of Hairui
Hairui Tomb is an important national cultural protection unit. It's one of the famous Haikou sightseeing attractions in haikou china.
First you need to know what kind of person Hairui is. He was a Chinese official of the Ming Dynasty. In China he has been remembered as a model of honesty and integrity in office. Harry lifetime outspoken, is an outstanding statesman, the historic clean government.
The tomb was built in 1589 and it is said that when people was carrying Hairui's coffin, suddenly the rope broke, and then people decided that this should be the place. Hairui Tomb has an area of 7.4 acre.
The middle part is a high archway on which is written "Yue Dong Zheng Qi" meaning Probity in Eastern Guangdong (Hainan is part of Guangdong in Ming Dynasty). The grave path is paved with granite and there are three memorials on the way. On the sides of the path leading to the tomb, there stands stone statue shaped like sheep, horses, lions, tortures, and human beings.
Hairui Tomb was completely built by granites at three meters and formed like an ancient bell. Evergreen trees are planted around the cemetery. Hairui Cultural Exhibit Hall is also in the cemetery.
East coast of Hainan has a tropical climate and tropical monsoon climate mixed, long summer without winter, moist all year round, the best tourist season from November to March of the following year, when the wind was howling when other places, but here is the school of sunny, leafy summer scene.Hainan West Coast area affected by cold ocean temperatures are lower than the East Coast.
Only pension after the death of silver and 8 two possessions, a few pieces of old robe, but left a "South Bao", "sea sky" reputation. Leave his coffin returned home that day, the citizens of Nanjing strike for several days to mourn him.
Reference, Haikou sightseeing from China Tour Advisors.
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