Baicha Village, Dongfang, Hainan

🚢Baicha Village is located in Jiangbian Township, Dongfang, Hainan, where old houses nestle among coconut trees. There are no entertainment facilities in the village other than the boat-shaped houses. However, it is this purity, simplicity, and unpretentiousness that moves people.
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Hainan's first ancient architectural site
Listed as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage
Known as "the last spiritual home of the Li people"
A "living fossil" of traditional Chinese ethnic minority dwellings
Legend has it that when the ancestors of the Li people landed on Hainan Island by boat from the coast, they had no place to live, so they turned their boats upside down and lived in them. Later generations of the Li people, in order to commemorate their ancestors, imitated the shape of boats and built boat-shaped thatched houses.

🚗Navigation: Baicha Village
💰Free admission, but the round-trip ticket is 15 per person (a small sightseeing bus is required to enter the village)
🅿️ Convenient. There is a proper parking lot and restrooms🚻

Post by _TI***3e | Mar 23, 2025