Zhapo Town, Jiangcheng District, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province

Zhapo town

Zhapo Town, close to dajiaowan, is an ancient fishing town, located in Hailing Island, which is located in the southwest of Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province. Located in the southeast of Zhapo Town, Dajiao Bay is the most attractive landscape on the island. The beach is 2.45 km long and 50-60 m wide. It is famous for its sunshine, beach, waves and seafood.

Tai Kok Wan

Environmental Science

Dajiaowan scenic spot is located in the southwest of Hailing Island, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province. It is surrounded by peaks on three sides and faces the vast South China Sea. The beach is 2.5km long and 100m wide. It looks like an ox horn, so it is called dajiaowan.

It is located in the south subtropics, with a long sunshine time. The annual average temperature is 22.8 ℃, the water temperature is 23.5 ℃, the rainfall is 1816 mm, the annual sunny days are 310 days, and the climate is pleasant all the year round, so it is always sunny,

It is famous for its uniform and soft sand, clear and pure sea water, fresh and pure air, and all kinds of quality have reached the international first class (class) standard. It has become a famous natural bathing beach at home and abroad because of its wide and flat beach, soft and moderate waves, and no sharks.

development

Guangdong Yangjiang dajiaowan scenic spot is a famous scenic spot in Hailing Island. Developed in July 1986, Dajiao Bay, with its unique advantages, was approved as the first batch of provincial scenic spots by Guangdong Provincial People's Government in 1989. After the establishment of Hailing Economic Development Experimental Zone in 1992, it has become a scenic spot for comprehensive evaluation of tourism resources in Hailing Island through overall planning and unified construction.

109.8 square kilometers, including 105 square kilometers of main island area, 104 kilometers of regional coastline, 75.5 kilometers of main island coastline and 640 square kilometers of sea area; 58 square kilometers of land available for development, 28000 mu of cultivated land, 147000 mu of shallow beach and 90300 people. On June 18, 1992, with the approval of the people's Government of Guangdong Province, hailing Economic Development Experimental Zone was established, which governs hailing and Zhapo towns.

As of 2017, the town (township) has a total administrative area of 132.59 square kilometers and a permanent population of 79818.

Hailing Island is located in the south subtropics, surrounded by the sea on all sides, with an average annual temperature of 22.3 ° C, an annual rainfall of 1816 mm, and an annual sunny day of 310 days. It has a pleasant climate without extreme cold.

There are many natural and cultural landscapes on the island. In addition to the site of Zhang Shijie's temple, Mausoleum, ancient fort, zhenhaiting, Beidi temple, Linggu Temple, Guanyinyan, Neolithic cultural sites and other places of interest, there are more than 10 beaches for development as bathing beaches, enjoying the reputation of "Hawaii in the East" and "Beidaihe in the South". It is a pearl inlaid on the coast of South China.

Hailing Island is rich in fishery resources, known as "Guangdong fish warehouse". Zhapo fishing port has long been one of the top ten fishing ports in China. The island is like a huge aquarium, with fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish and algae. There are more than 300 kinds of fish with fishing value, including dozens of marine products with high nutritional value and economic value.

Hailing Island has beautiful coastal tourism resources. There are national AAAA scenic spots in the island, including dajiaowan, Mawei Island, Shili silver beach and golden beach. Each scenic spot has developed surfing, water speed boat, bumper car, camel Beach Tour, laser shooting, couple car, parachute, beach horse riding, beach football, water polo, beach art performance, etc Eyes.

There are more than 100 tourist hotels, 23 large stalls and 28 hotels built according to the star standard in the region, which can receive 20000 tourists every day, and have six functions of food, accommodation, transportation, tourism, shopping and entertainment.

In May 1989, Dajiao Bay Mawei Island Scenic Spot was approved as a scenic spot of Guangdong Province by the provincial people's government; in 1994, Shili Yintan beach was rated as the largest beach in China by Shanghai Guinness World Headquarters, and was selected as the top of Guinness world;

In May 1994, Hailing Island was listed as one of the first batch of provincial tourist resorts in Guangdong Province; in January 2001, it was rated as a national AAAA tourist attraction by the National Tourism Administration, becoming a national seaside tourist area in Guangdong Province; in May 2001, dajiaowan of Hailing Island was selected as a demonstration site of civilized tourist area in Guangdong Province. Since 1997, there have been more than 1 million tourists visiting the island every year.

supporting facilities

In Zhapo Town, you can get complete relaxation and full stimulation. The amusement items include surfing, rubber boat, motorboat, beach horse racing, camel riding, beach volleyball, wave skating, laser shooting, fishing, barbecue, etc. Zhapo town is very busy at night, and the night market is open all night.

Traffic environment

It takes more than 3 hours to drive from Guangzhou North Ring Expressway to Guangfo Expressway via Shabei interchange, and then to Yangjiang via National Highway 324. It's 45 kilometers from Yangjiang to Zhapo, half an hour's drive.

The provincial bus station and Yangjiang bus station have luxury buses running opposite each other, basically one hour or one and a half hours, three and a half hours, and the fare is 75 yuan. Liuhua station and Guangzhou bus station also have cars to Yangjiang.

Zhapo town and Yangjiang City bus station have a special tourist bus, every 15 minutes, half an hour, the fare is 12 yuan. The island has convenient transportation. There is a car arriving in Guangzhou in Zhapo Town, but it is not a through train. The speed is slow and it takes more than 4 hours.

Hotel accommodation

There are nearly 200 large and small hotels in Zhapo town. Usually, the price is about two or three hundred yuan. If it is on Friday or Saturday, it may rise to five or six hundred yuan. In addition, there are beach houses and beach tents for rent on the island.

Local cuisine

Zhapo town's meals are mainly seafood and seafood, including lobster, abalone and crab. In addition, there are also famous local snacks in Zhapo Town: fish balls, fish noodles and mackerel rice. Mackerel, eel and nine stick fish are selected as the main snacks. You can't miss them. The shrimp cake and barbecue seafood specially made by local fishermen also have unique flavor.

Tips

For the first-time tourists, it is recommended to take part in tour groups. If you choose the form of self-help, Zhapo town has convenient transportation and unique tourism features.

Hot spots nearby

·Hailing Island

·Yangjiang Hot Spring Resort

·Chundu hot spring

·Da'ao fishing village

·Heshan Hot Spring Resort

·E Huang Zhang

·Lingxiaoyan scenic spot

·Tongzhenyan, Yangjiang

·Dashu Island

·Moon Bay Beach

Honors

On January 6, 2021, it was announced as the second batch of tourist towns in Guangdong Province by Guangdong Provincial Department of culture and tourism.

In January 2021, it was selected into the list of national health towns (counties) to be reconfirmed in 2020.

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