Mount Tianshan in the south, a prairie on the sea
Yushan Island,
located within the Fuyao Archipelago of Fuding City, Ningde, Fujian,
is not very famous among the many islands of China,
but it has been voted one of the top ten beautiful islands in China in recent years,
perhaps it is its obscurity that has preserved its current tranquility and pristine state.
Yushan Island consists of attractions such as Dayushan Island and Xiaoyushan Island.
Xiaoyushan Island is an uninhabited island,
and transportation is mainly by rental car and on foot.
The coastline is eroded and weathered by the sea,
with exposed bedrock and numerous reefs, making the marine erosion landforms very prominent,
the houses on the island are mottled and old, full of a sense of the times.
The island has abundant resources of granite, high-quality mineral springs, and grasslands,
and the sea is rich in various marine life such as eels, hairtail, mantis shrimp, shrimp fry, seven-star fish, and moray.
In addition, on the top of Dayushan Mountain, there are the mysterious Great and Small Tianhu Lakes,
it is said that each lake has a spring eye that never dries up all year round, with sweet water quality, clear to the bottom.
The vegetation on the island is very dense, home to tens of thousands of migratory birds, which take off suddenly, a spectacular sight.
The island also has a wealth of cultural relics and historic sites, where one can visit with a devout heart, such as the Ambassador's Palace, Mazu Palace, and Tianfu Temple.
✅ Must Experience: Check in at the Great and Small Tianhu Lakes
The Great and Small Tianhu Lakes are two alpine lakes on Dayushan Island,
located on the top of Tianhu Mountain,
one large and one small, with the mountain about 500 meters high,
The Great Tianhu Lake covers nearly a thousand acres, suitable for boating,
while the Small Tianhu Lake covers more than 200 acres, with the two lakes separated by more than a thousand meters,
each with a spring eye, never drying up all year round, with sweet water quality, and as clear as a mirror.
They shine with the sun and wrinkle with the wind, with seagulls flying over from time to time,
and many wild turtles appear on the lakeside.
✅ Must Experience: Wander in the Tianhu Grassland
The Tianhu Grassland, known as the 'Mount Tianshan in the south',
covers an area of ten thousand acres, where one can freely run on the grassland,
with the breeze blowing and the grass waving,
like being in the vast prairies of the Northwest where 'the sky is vast, the fields are boundless, and the wind blows the grass low to reveal cattle and sheep'.
Such a highland pasture on the sea,
with undulating mountains, occasional seabirds, winding mountain roads, and even the small flowers by the roadside, are all delightful surprises.