Lingao County.

A northwestern Hainan county where the Qiongzhou Strait’s western approach meets a lighthouse keeper’s night watch and a fishing-song tradition rooted around Xinying Port.

The red-and-white Lingao Lighthouse rises behind a tiled roof and palm fronds. — Lingao Lighthouse, photographed on 3 October 2021; the frame also includes a roof and palms.

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Every Three Hours, the Keeper Climbed Again

From a match blown out by sea wind to a six-hour trip to hospital and a return to the tower, Wang Guangmin’s account reveals the labor behind Lingao Cape’s light.

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Lingao Lighthouse, photographed on 3 October 2021; the frame also includes a roof and palms.STW932 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Retained source: Wikimedia standard 1280-pixel thumbnail; upstream full-size original was not downloaded. WebP copies were scaled without enlargement.