Introduction to the important scenic spots of Sanduao Doulou Scenic Area: Maze Cave: The cave was formed by sea water erosion during the marine transgression period, causing soil and water loss around the rocks. Inside the cave, it is winding and tortuous, with strange rocks, sometimes wide and sometimes narrow. Some places are spacious enough to accommodate a hundred people, while others are so narrow that one can only pass through sideways. Stone ravines and cliffs are inaccessible without plank roads, and dangerous walls cannot be passed without guardrails. Entering the cave in winter makes you sweat warmly, while entering in summer is cool and refreshing. Maze Cave is one of the most attractive spots in the Doulou Scenic Area, leaving a deep impression on many visitors after their tour.
Five Panoramas of Life: Yellowfish looking at the sky, also known as "smooth sailing", implies "abundance every year" and "peace is a blessing", representing life's blessings; the top student's hat represents success and smooth official career, meaning granting of official positions, representing "Lu"; the round stone on the doctoral cap resembles a peach of immortality, symbolizing offering longevity, representing "longevity"; the Maze Cave is where the sea snail girl and the turtle dove celebrated their wedding, and it is also a place for modern people to hold hands in love, representing "happiness"; the gold ingot represents wealth. Walking through and touching the Five Panoramas of Life will bring you good luck in Sanduao.
There are many strangely shaped reefs and rocks within Sanduao, such as "Golden Turtle Carrying Pearl", "Kunpeng Spreading Wings", "Fierce Horse Looking Back", "African Elephant", "Chicken Coop Islet", "Ancient Ape Man", "Pen Rack Mountain", etc.
Coastal Plank Road: Built in October 2003, it is 322.5 meters long and serves as a passage connecting the Maze Cave and the Snail Shell Rock. The plank road is carved into the cloud cliffs and overlooks the surging Guanjing below. Walking on it feels vast and magnificent. Viewing the sea here is truly unique.
Nowadays, with the successful artificial breeding of the large yellow croaker, a seafood delicacy, the 700-square-kilometer sea area of Sanduao presents the spectacle known as the "Venice of China at Sea". Visitors can enjoy the sea, admire fish, go fishing, and taste seafood here, enjoying themselves thoroughly.
Snail Shell Rock: A natural rock wonder on Doumao Island in Sanduao, it is an independent rock formed by seawater erosion, named Snail Shell Rock due to its resemblance to a snail shell. It is not only a great wonder along China's southeastern coast but also a rare and peculiar landscape in the world. The hollow interior of the Snail Shell Rock can accommodate 7-8 people, making it the largest, most lifelike, and most peculiar hollow rock discovered so far.
Goddess Doulou Statue: Goddess Doulou is the mother of the Heavenly Emperor, Ziwēi Emperor, and the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper, giving birth to nine emperors and governing the universe, known as the "Mother of Taoism". In Taoism, she is described as having "the Three Pure Ones above her head and the Four Emperors beneath her feet", holding an extremely honored position. Her statue often has one head with four faces, each face with three eyes and eight arms, two hands forming seals, and the other six holding the sun, moon, and different ritual objects. Goddess Doulou has the power to clear silt and prolong life, eliminate disasters and avoid misfortunes, receive blessings and auspiciousness, teach kindness and accumulate virtue, and is also referred to as the guardian deity of the sea. Legend has it that Doumao Island was Goddess Doulou's sacred site, named after her.
Boating on the surface of Sanduao, which resembles "Tianhu", while marveling at the ease with which ten-thousand-ton giants navigate, you can also see the majestic and rugged peaks, elegant and ancient Lianjia boats, enduring and peculiar stones in the water, and uniquely styled ancient buildings... These not only delight the eyes but fully appreciate the wonders of nature and the charm of ancient culture. Moreover, the folk legends and stories hidden within will take your thoughts to a wonderful mythological world and historical hall, inviting admiration and intoxication.
This world-renowned natural giant port is like a pearl shining brightly on the vast coast of the East China Sea. Not only does it have the natural port conditions praised by Mr. Guo Moruo as "deep waters and broad harbors resembling Tianhu", but it is also a picturesque tourist destination.
Doulou Stone City: Odd rocks piled up form a stone city with four-way access. Outside, you can see scenes such as the Golden Cat Pouncing on Mice, the Golden Mouse Jumping off the Cliff, the Divine Fish Watching the Cave, and the "Mother of the Big Dipper" cliff carvings. Inside the city, viewing the sea offers magnificent scenery, with howling sea winds in summer providing cool comfort, akin to a fairyland.
On Doumao Island, there is a huge rock resembling a "snail shell", about 2 zhang high, with a smooth outer shell and a hollow interior that can accommodate five or six people simultaneously. Through the small holes of the snail shell, you can admire the scenery of Guanjingyang. On the east side of Qing Shan Island at Xie荡wei, there is a seaside cliff wall whose stone texture faintly reveals the heroic posture of Guan Yu riding a horse and wielding a knife. During overcast and rainy weather, due to water vapor refraction, the image becomes even clearer, commonly known as "Immortal Painting".
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ye Jianying, Li Xiannian, Hu Yaobang, Chen Yi, Luo Ruiqing, and others successively visited Sanduao for inspection and sightseeing. There are daily bus services from Fuzhou and Ningde to Sanduao.
Pictographic Stone Group: The Doulou Scenic Area also features many pictographic stones, each with its own magical qualities. Some resemble mandarin ducks necking, others resemble crocodiles listening to sermons, all with various shapes, and many pictographic stones even have eyes...
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