Is Meizhou Island fun?

Meizhou Island is a famous tourist attraction with the style of Putian Island.

In the Mae of water, in the mainland of the sea, there is an island like an eyebrow, and there is a magical island embraced by the sea and sunshine. It is Meizhou Island. Meizhou Island is located at the mouth of Meizhou Bay in central Fujian, facing the Taiwan Province Strait. It is only 1.8 nautical miles from the mainland, 72 nautical miles from Taichung Port in Taiwan Province Province in the east, 70 nautical miles from Xiamen Port 100 in the south and 70 nautical miles from Mawei Port in Fuzhou in the north. The traffic is very convenient. The island is long and narrow from north to south, shaped like a crescent, with a land area of 14.35 square kilometers and a population of 38,000. Meizhou Island is a typical subtropical maritime monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 20℃ and an average annual rainfall of about1000 mm. With its mild climate, beautiful scenery and unique tourism resources, it is a rare tourist attraction.

Blue sky, blue sea, sunshine and beach constitute a romantic and charming coastal scenery. The coastline of the whole island is 30.4 kilometers long, with 13 golden beaches with a total length of 20 kilometers and marine eroded rocks of 5 kilometers. There are more than 20 scenic spots on the island, such as blue sea, sandy beach, green forest, sea rocks, strange stones and temples, forming a unique natural landscape with mountains in the water, sea and mountains outside the mountains, and sea and sky are the same color. The eternal sound of cocoon tide is like an orchestral drizzle, or like the ringing of bells and drums, like complaining, like the roar of Song Like. The rugged stone with goose tail, after years of baptism, is cool, like a frog, like an eagle, like a lion, like a boat, lifelike, lifelike. Gorgeous and charming golden beach, 3 kilometers long and 500 meters wide, with gentle slope and fine sand, is known as "the first beach in the world".

There are not only charming natural scenery, but also charming human landscape. Meizhou Island is the hometown of Mazu, the well-known goddess of peace at sea, the birthplace of Mazu culture, and the holy land of nearly 200 million Mazu believers in more than 20 countries and regions around the world, and is known as "Oriental Mecca". Mazu Molin was born on March 23rd in the first year of Song Jianlong (AD 960) and died on September 9th in the fourth year of Song Yongxi (AD 987). She never married. Before her death, she was smart, diligent and knowledgeable in medical skills, meteorology and navigation. In her short life, she did many good things for her neighbors and the past sea merchants and fishermen. Later generations admired her spirit of doing good deeds and saving the suffering, and built a temple for her on Meiyu Mountain, which is the origin of Mazu belief. Mazu ancestral temple, standing on the top of Meizhou ancestral temple, is magnificent against the beautiful peaks, strange rocks and quiet forests. The majestic statue of Mazu, facing the sea, is graceful and kind. It is an eternal sea god and a symbol of peace.

Mazu spirit is everywhere in ancient and modern times. Mazu belief has a broad mass base in Taiwan Province Province. There are more than 65,438+0,500 Mazu Tempel in Taiwan Province Province, with more than 65,438+0,6 million followers. Since the 1990s, Meizhou Island has received millions of pilgrims at home and abroad every year, including nearly 654.38 million Taiwan Province compatriots. This is the most densely populated place in Chinese mainland to attract Taiwan compatriots. Especially during Mazu's birthday and Mazu's ascensiontide every year, pilgrimage tourism activities are unprecedented. As the saying goes, "In the Song Dynasty, Hannah Quinlivan broadcasted, and Meizhou's holy land appeared; The sea is full of fragrance so far. " 1June, 988, Meizhou Island became a tourist economic zone open to the outside world in Fujian Province. 1April 1992, a special visa for Taiwan Province compatriots was established, and in the same year1October, a national tourist resort was established.

Since then, the pilgrimage of Taiwan Province compatriots has been endless, and tourism and vacation are in the ascendant. In the past ten years, the development and construction of Meizhou Island has made great progress. At present, more than 50 scenic spots such as Mazu Tempel, Emei Mountain, Golden Beach, Lianchitan and Japanese Stone Field, roads around the island, ferry terminals, 3,000-ton passenger terminals to Taiwan, cross-sea power supply, communication, greening and other infrastructure facilities have been built, and star-rated hotels, hotels and shopping malls can provide 1600 reception beds.

With beautiful scenery, it has been rated as a national AAAA-level tourist area, a national top 100 greening counties, a demonstration site of civilized scenic tourist areas in Fujian Province, and ten beautiful counties in the province. The folk customs here are simple and hospitable. You can dress up as Mazu makeup, eat Mazu banquet and taste Mazu holy water. You can watch the sunrise, watch the fishing boat sing late and pray for smooth sailing. Here is rich in seafood, and you can enjoy the pleasure of fishing, seafood and holiday by the sea. Meizhou Island, Mazu's hometown in the new century, is a rising pearl of Ran Ran on the west side of the Taiwan Strait!