A Walk West Before Sunset
Sanya Bay becomes legible through a municipal walking route, while reef-restoration work continues offshore.
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A Deer Story Above the City
The Luhuitou summit brings a tourism-board telling of a Li legend into view over Sanya’s bays.
Names Cut into a Western Coast
Daxiao Dongtian’s protected rocks and inscriptions preserve how people named a coastal landscape over time.
A Causeway Toward the Sea Guanyin
At Nanshan, a walk toward the monumental statue sits within a larger landscape of temples, halls and gardens.
Words at the Edge of the Sea
At Tianya Haijiao, Qing-era inscriptions give a coastal landscape a language of distance, memory and return.
An Island Built Around the Sea
Wuzhizhou’s present tourism economy and its reported reef-restoration program belong in the same account.
Entering the Water at Yalong Bay
Yalong Bay’s calm visitor rituals sit above a reef environment governed by rules about how people may enter and move through it.