福建东山岛英文简介

Dongshan Island was called T ong shan in the past. Dongshan Island is located in Zhangzhou, the south part of Fujian, between two special economic zones :Xiamen and Shantou. To its east is Gaoxiong of Taiwan, and to its south is Hongkong. There are thirty two islands around Dongshan Island , with the acreage of 194 square kilometers. It is the second largest island and the key tourist area in Fujian Province . Dongshan Island is cool in summer and warm in winter. The scenery of Dongshan is the characteristic of the southern shores . There are extensive bays, sand beaches ,decorative green trees, attractive interests here, such as Tongshan ancient town, Shenjing village, the former residence of the grand secretary, Huang Daozhou;Guafu village(the film widow village shot here),the Wind-moving stone, Shisengbaita, Sishou islet and so on. Today, we will go into dongshan and enjoy the beautiful island. Now let’s go . Our first step is the scenery spot of Wind-moving stone, it is also called rabbit stone, and it is in tongling town. The wind-moving stone is known as the first under heaven fancy stone, it is the natural landscape which the people ragard as an honour and treasure. Now, it’s the landmark of the Dongshan island. It stand in the steep cliff , it’s made of granite its height is 4.37 meters and it weigh 200 tons.When the wind comes, the rock will move from side to side gently. If you are interested in it ,you can lie on your back on the stone, and push it with your legs,you will feel that it is moving, but when you are standing under it, you will have a dangerous feeling because it seems to be tumbledown, you will be marveled at the nature. From different direction, you will regared it as different things.From the front side, what do you think it looks like? People said it looks like the flat peach .do you agree with it ? in fact ,I don’t know why ,maybe it’s just because its bottom is circular-arc as flat peach. And from the flank side, is it looks like a rabbit or a mouse? I think different person has different opinion. Therefore, the right answer may be found out only when you visit there with your own eye. There is a story about the wind-moving stone. In the Jiajing Era of the Ming Dynasty ,the Japanese pirates wanted to loot the stone, they attached the ropes to many warships, and they tried their tremendous effort to pull it ,but they failed , the ropes were all broken and the pirates fell into the sea. Howerver, the stone stood still there. The wind-moving stone is the most wonderful scenery in Chinese Geography . They said that it’s not the wind shake the stone but the stone shake the wind . Our next stop is the Quan Cong Temple, it is also called Wusheng Temple. It was built in 1390 of Ming Dynasty. Now, it’s the important heritage site under state protection. The main attrations in the Quan Cong Temple are the porcelain carving , 120 heroic figures on the roof of Taiziting and the Bishi. The Quan Cong T emple has the artistic value of the ancient architecture and it is well-know at home and abroad. Then I will introduce Sishou islet , they are tiger islet , lion islet , dragon islet and elephant islet. They locate in the east and south of Aojiao village in distance. The tiger is to leave the island but he turns his head back to see the island. The elephant stretch his long rose to drink .Isn’t it interesting? Now we are in the Dongmenyu Islet , it also known as T ayu islet , and the whole islet presents the shape of “工”, people called it the celestial mountain on the 工sea.The Jiangxinyu islet of Wenzhou ,the Gulangyu islet of Xiamen , Lanyu isalet of Taiwan and Tayu islet are the most famous islet in China. There are two famous bays here , Jinluan bay and Maluan bay.Jinluan bay is a wonderful place to develop the water sports,such as sailboard,sailing boat,flying kites on the beach ,playing beach volleyball and so on.It is really a good place to spend your
summer holiday. Maluan bay has silvery beaches,people can enjoy the sunbath and ride a horse or a bike there. Swimming ,water skiing, canoeing are funny and attractive.It’s a beautiful place worth your visiting and it can rival Hawaii . Next I will introduce to you is the Wujiaowan national coastal forest park.It is the largest bay in Dongshan, and it loosks like the stretched huge word “C”. It is a holy and magnificent bay. There are Guwenchang cemetery, Damao mountain, Sufeng mountain and other beauty spots.I think it is a place you should go if you visit Dongshan island. At last I want to talk about the foods in Dongshan.Dongshan is famous for its seafoods.Because the water is very clean, the seafoods there are non-polluted and fresh. These seafoods are prawns, red crabs, eel, razor clam, lobster, grouper and so on. Among these seafoods ,the lobster and the grouper are more famous. Lobster is also called Procambrus clarkii. Lobster has large body and fleischig, and it is full of nutrition. There are many ways of cooking lobster,such as Special Style Lobster, Garlic Style Lobster and so on. Lobster is not only for food , but also can tonify kidney and promote digestion. There are also many dried products: dried scallop, nemipterus virgatus, whitebait, lepidotrigla, dried squids and so on. The most intersting thing in Dongshan is that you can fish with the fishmen and eat the fish that you catch. All in all ,Dongshan island is a beautiful and attractive place which deserve you to visit, and you will enjoy youself to the fullest there.。