Hainan Buddhist Park

To have fun is glorious! This, echoing the well known Deng Xiaoping words about getting rich, could be the slogan for the Chinese holidaymakers. A few days on the seaside are today a ?must? for the new middle class and the tropical island of Hainan, nicknamed the Hawaii of China, is the place to be. Once one of the poorest of China's provinces, referred to as 'the end of the earth', Hainan, has become a booming tourist market with golf, beach resorts, shopping centers and flocks of Chinese...
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To have fun is glorious! This, echoing the well known Deng Xiaoping words about getting rich, could be the slogan for the Chinese holidaymakers. A few days on the seaside are today a ?must? for the new middle class and the tropical island of Hainan, nicknamed the Hawaii of China, is the place to be. Once one of the poorest of China's provinces, referred to as 'the end of the earth', Hainan, has become a booming tourist market with golf, beach resorts, shopping centers and flocks of Chinese mainlanders wearing hawaiian-style shirts and shorts..The Nanshn Cultural Tourist Area, a theme park to Buddhism, is beloved by Chinese tourists. It features a large bronze bell, a field full of doves, a little train/bus to take you from one temple to another and a gigantic statue of the Buddha of compassion, Guanyin, declared the tallest statue in the world. .
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