China Vacations | Wenchang
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Wenchang for Chicken, Confucius, Rocket Launches and the Song Sisters!
Situated in North-East Hainan Province, China, Wenchang is 73km South-East of the Capital, Haikou. It is a coastal city, and faces the sea on the East, South and North with a coastline of 270 kilometres and a total land area of 2,403 square kilometres.
Wenchang was promoted from a county to a city on November 7, 1995 and has a population of around 120,000. Most overseas Hainanese migrated from here, and the majority of Singapore's Hainanese population have family roots to Wenchang. Read more about Wenchang in this article from Wikipedia.
Specialty Products: Wenchang Chicken is a famous culinary delight, and originates from this city. Other products include coconut, coconut velvet, coconut Thai handicrafts, lobster, abalone and coffee.
In addition, some of the local attractions include the Confucius Temple and the Song Family home which has been converted into a museum. Also, the Wenchang Rocket Launch Centre is currently under construction nearby.
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Wenchang was promoted from a county to a city on November 7, 1995 and has a population of around 120,000. Most overseas Hainanese migrated from here, and the majority of Singapore's Hainanese population have family roots to Wenchang. Read more about Wenchang in this article from Wikipedia.
Specialty Products: Wenchang Chicken is a famous culinary delight, and originates from this city. Other products include coconut, coconut velvet, coconut Thai handicrafts, lobster, abalone and coffee.
In addition, some of the local attractions include the Confucius Temple and the Song Family home which has been converted into a museum. Also, the Wenchang Rocket Launch Centre is currently under construction nearby.
This lens is a member of theSquidoo City Guide
Lens Updated: December 14, 2010 @ 6:50 pm Beijing time.
Fisherman On Wenchang Pier Tending His Nets!
Image from Flickr by shizhao
Wenchang Basic Data:
- longitude: 110° 45' E
- latitude: 19° 37' N
- altitude: 22 m
- area: 2403km2
- postcode: 571300
- areacode: 0898
Visit The Soong Sisters Museum in Wenchang
A family portrait from the Soong Family Museum...
Have a look at further images from this important museum in Wenchang. Go to this Flickr Set on the Soong Family Museum.
Wenchang Has Many Natural Resources:
Wenchang county has over 800 kinds of fish resources. In 1994, aquaculture yielded a total output of 5,720 tons, of which marine aquaculture yielded 1,820 tons and freshwater aquaculture yielded an output of 3,900 tons.
There are two existing saltworks, in the Yantian area, of 7,165 hectares with an annual output of 2,500 tons of salt. Also, there are more than 10 kinds of mineral deposits in Wenchang county, with total reserves of more than 4,000 million tonnes. In addition, there is existing exploitation of iron ore, bauxite, perovskite and, most of all, quartz sand being extracted from Wenchang county.
The city's five major river basins encompass a total area of 2,385 square kilometres, containing 3.9 billion cubic meters of water. An existing tropical rainforest area contains forest reserves of around 240.5 million cubic metres. Mangroves number about 40,000, with 124 varieties in evidence. This is 77% of the country's total mangrove species.
Wenchang Chicken - One of the 4 Famous Hainan Food Dishes!
Authentic Wenchang Chicken (Wenchang Ji) is raised in Wenchang city. Chickens are kept in cages for about one month, and fed daily on banyan seed, sweet potatoes, coconut shreds, rice or peanut biscuits. On this diet the birds grow plump quickly, but are not fatty. The chicken is boiled and chopped into segments, resulting in meat which is tender with crisp skin and soft bones. Served with a dipping sauce of tea oil, ginger paste, salt, garlic and other spices, it is suitable to consume with a fine white wine and other dishes.Have a look at all four of the Hainan culinary favourites!
Wenchang Chicken on Youtube!
Simple to make... give it a try!
This may not be the authentic recipe (The fowl from Wenchang are specially raised for this dish) but it's very close to the real thing. You don't even have to spend much time carefully cutting the fowl into pieces, as the chef demonstrates. Try this recipe out. It will save you the airfare to Hainan!
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Song Family Museum in Wenchang!
The Song (Soong) family exerted an enormous influence on the history of modern China last century. In particular, the three sisters (Song Ailing, Song Meiling and Song Qingling) drew three historical giants into the family through marriage and family. These men were Kong Xiangxi, Chiang Kai Shek and Dr Sun Yat Sen.Their presence "played the heart strings of millions of people and decided the political clouds of people under winds and storms"... Quotation from inside this museum - drs2biz
This ancestral home has been converted into a museum for the pleasure of people seeking an insight into the history of modern China.
Images of Song Family Home!
Converted into a museum for the viewing pleasure of the public...
curated content from Flickr
Read About the 3 Famous Song Sisters!
The Soong Sisters (Paperback), by Emily Hahn...
Emily Hahn (1905 - 1997) was educated as a mining engineer. She worked variously for an engineering company in Illinois, as a travel guide in Mexico, for the Red Cross in the Belgian Congo, and as a writer for the "New Yorker".Emily lived in China from 1935 to the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in 1941. She was introduced to the famous Soong sisters, when she lived in Shanghai, and eventually wrote this famous biography of them.
Confucius Temple in Wenchang!
This temple in Wenchang City is dedicated to Confucius (Kong Zi, K'ung-fu-tzu or Kongfuzi), the ancient sage who still commands respect in China. Students and businessmen, in fact people from all walks of life, come here to offer prayers for inspiration and success.This temple was constructed in the 11th Century and has been carefully restored and enlarged several times, notably since the end of the Ming Dynasty. The architecture is impressive and there are extensive features to look at. This is one of the best examples of a carefully preserved, ancient building complex in Hainan Province.
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Wenchang Launch Centre is Coming Soon!
Because of Wenchang's proximity to the equator (19 degrees North), there can be a greater payload launched by rocket than from any of the other sites on the Chinese mainland. As a result, China's State Council and Central Military Commission finally gave the approval for construction of the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre. Building has recently commenced and the first launch is expected in 2013. The official reason for building this site is to launch satellites, but there is much speculation that manned space launches (including a moon shot) will be not so far away!The main launch complex will be built in an 30 square kilometres area in Dongjiao town and Longlou town, about 40 minutes by car from Wenchang. Wenchang local government is also planning to build a space theme park nearby, where tourists will be able to watch launches taking place. The theme park will include an aerospace museum, space flight simulators, and other items of interest.
Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre in the News!
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- Sensational Lense - Great work David
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- Thanks for your visit, Margo. I hope you get to Hainan one day for a visit!
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- i wish to know Wei Jia Hotel in Wenchang , to book the said hotel on line , Thank you soontowchuan (Singapore)
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