Sanya

Sanya is a city in southern Hainan province of China. It has a population of 536,000 as of 2006. After the capital, Haikou, it is the second most populous city of the island. Sanya is renowned for its tropical climate and has emerged as a popular tourist destination. There are small concentrations of Utsul people in this city. It is the site for training of the Chinese national beach volleyball team. It is the southernmost city in China.
The ancient name of Sanya is Yazhou, which literally means "cliff state". Its history can be dated back to Qin Dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC, more than 2,200 years ago). Since then, it has always been within the territory of the Chinese dynasties. Due to its remoteness, Sanya has is sometimes called called Tianyahaijiao (天涯海角), which means the end of the sky and ocean in Chinese. Some prime ministers in various dynasties were exiled there and a monk named Jiangzhen accidentally sailed there and used the place as one of his harbors for his long Buddhist missionary journey to Japan.[1]
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japan occupied the area from 1941–1945 and Sanya was known as Samah and was the home port for the Second Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the main embarkation point for the Japanese Invasion of Malaya and Thailand.
In recent years Sanya has become a common tourist destination from Hong Kong. The first international resort hotel was opened and managed by Swiss hotelier N.C. Solari in 1999, in Yalong Bay. Numerous international hotel chains are now established in the area. In 2009 hotel group Mandarin Oriental opened their first property in mainland China in the Dadong Hai area of Sanya.
Because of geographical and political circumstances unique to Sanya, many niche markets have been cultivated in real estate, food and beverage management, Chinese language and cultural exchange, agro-tourism, and wilderness adventures.
Sanya attracts many international travelers as can be seen by the many Russian and English signs throughout the city.
There is a butterfly museum and a shell aquarium.
A 108-meter Buddhist statue of Guanyin in Sanya, completed in May 2005, is one of the tallest statues in the world.[citation needed]
Yalong Bay is a 7.5?km beach located southeast of Sanya City.
Sanya travel attractions:
Tianya Haijiao (天涯海角) (The end of the seas and skies)
The Deer Turns (Luhuitou Park) - A large stone statue above Sanya harbour telling the story of a hunter pursuing a deer to an isolated headland in the sea. When the deer could not escape, it turned to look at the hunter and became a beautiful woman. The hunter could not kill her and instead fell in love with her. Luhuitou is a place for lovers; many people leave a padlock on a chain at the top of the mountain in the hope that their love will last as the lock remains.
Yalong, Dadonghai (大东海/大東海, big east sea), Sanya, Haitang, and Yazhou are the five major bays in Sanya.[3]
Wuzhizhou Island.
West Island
Daxiao Dongtian (Fairy Caves)
The Tiger and Crocodile centre.
Nanshan Temple
Guanyin Statue of Hainan

Sanya Map

Sanya Hotel