Xisha Ocean Museum

Xisha Ocean Museum, founded in the 1980s, is a must-have tourist attraction for visitors to Yongxing island.

Most of the marine organisms in the museum are unique to the Xisha sea area. They even preserve the largest one thousand year old clam, the largest turtle, the largest black coral and the largest sponge ever found in the Xisha sea area

In the museum, there are conch and seashell hall, turtle and lobster hall, haishihua hall and Haishu Shizhi hall. Among them, the largest exhibit in the conch and seashell hall is the largest Tridacna found in Xisha, with a diameter of 90cm and a white wavy texture, which is very delicate and regular. Every visitor can't help taking a photo with him. Another giant is collected in the turtle lobster hall, a specimen of nearly 1.5 meters long and about 270 years old. It is also one of the best preserved and largest turtles found in Xisha.

In addition, there are rare coral specimens in the museum. One of the most precious is a red coral, which is as red as fire and protected by a glass cover. Here, tourists can learn a lot about marine life.

Xisha Ocean Museum

Xisha Ocean Museum is located in Sansha city (Yongxing Island), Hainan Province. Founded in 1989, it is the southernmost Ocean Museum in China and the only Ocean Museum founded by military personnel in China.

The officers and soldiers stationed on the island made some sea turtles and collected shellfish into specimens for centralized display.

Development history

Xisha Ocean Museum was founded in 1989. There are many specimens of marine life on display in the museum. The "peacock neck fin fish" with peacock spots on its body, the "horseshoe snail" with horseshoe like bottom and pyramid like shape, the sea cucumber "Mei Hua Shen" with plum like blossom, and various fish specimens, coral flowers and stone flowers with different shapes make the whole exhibition hall full of beauty and endless interest.

The officers and soldiers stationed on the island made some sea turtles and collected shellfish into specimens and displayed them intensively to express their determination and emotion to love the island, the ocean, Xisha and the protection of marine resources, and also to inject interest into island life.

In January 1990, Admiral Liu Huaqing, former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, personally wrote the title of the Museum: Naval Xisha marine museum. The establishment of Xisha Ocean Museum has received strong support from leaders at all levels and relevant personnel. Many generals, experts and local leaders presented their collected marine biological specimens to Xisha; professionals from Zhanjiang City and Hainan Provincial Department of Oceanography also gave specific technical guidance.

In October 2000, Xisha troops expanded the marine museum. On New Year's Day 2001, the new museum officially opened to welcome the new century with a new look. The expanded exhibition hall covers an area of about 800 square meters. It is divided into eight halls, including picture and text hall, haishihua hall, turtle and lobster hall, and marine fish specimen hall. There are more than 400 kinds of marine specimens and more than 3000 pieces of picture materials.

Today, Xisha Ocean Museum has become one of the important scenic spots in Sansha city. It is an important place for people to understand the ocean, Xisha and the officers and soldiers in Xisha. It is also the second classroom for officers and soldiers to carry out marine knowledge education and cultivate marine concepts.

Collection

Xisha marine museum mainly displays marine biological specimens collected by officers and soldiers stationed in Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha. In the exhibition hall, there are more than 3000 specimens of various animals and plants, including coral, conch, turtle, lobster and various fish. The soldiers are busy sorting out new exhibits. In addition to collecting some specimens from the fishermen's harvest, they also have new ideas.

Function value

In order to let more people know and cherish the motherland's sacred Marine Territory, the navy soldiers asked Xisha coral reef investigation experts to take a group of marine pictures while diving, and provide them to Xisha marine museum for preservation.

Address: Yongxing Island, Nansha City, Hainan province (central Paracel Islands, South China Sea)

Longitude: 112.74150194922

Latitude: 16.657398500256

Tour time: 1-2 hours

Traffic information: in the forest of Yongxing Island, you can ask the local people where to go

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