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Tianya Haijiao

Tianya haijiao is located at the southern most tip of Hainan Island. The beach here is strewn with all kinds of rare stone. When you search the pictures of Tianya hai jiao, you might wonder what makes this places so popular because afterall, they are just some big rocks? Yes, it's ture, but the stones are rare and fantastic, especially the big stones that rise up into the vast and limitless skies. The stones with inscriptions carved by famous ancient and more recent times. The most famous spot is " Pillar Under Southern Sky". There's an interesting story about it. Long long time ago, the sea near Hainan was very rough and trubulent. The local people couldnt travel on its surface and had hard and poverty-stricken lives. Hearing this, two fairy maidens made up their mind to do something to help them. They left the heave and stayed in the sea. After their magical tricks, all of a sudden, the wind stopped and the ocean calm down. Then the fishmen could go fishing again. However, the queen of the heave got very angry about the two maidens interfere in humans affairs. She sent thunder God to arrest them and take them back for punishment in heaven. The maidens refused and prefer to turn themselves into rocks for fishmen's navigation. When the rock was split in two by the lightening from the thunder God, one half flew onto the beach of the end of the end. People appreciate the fair maiden for being upright and above flattery and called the rock " Pillar Under Southern Sky".  Now this rock is famous not only because they have a history of several thousand years old, they are also precious because they contain traces of traditional Chinese culture. This is one of the place that you might be interested to check it out when you are in Sanya.