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Hailing Island 海陵岛

Hailing Dao

Hailing Island combines broad beaches with an active fishing-port landscape.

Dajiao Bay beach on Hailing Island, Yangjiang · 阳江海陵岛大角湾海滩
Dajiao Bay beach on Hailing Island, Yangjiang · 阳江海陵岛大角湾海滩 Photograph date recorded by the source: 15 September 2013, 08:02:15. · Zhangzhugang · Zhangzhugang — Yangjiang_Hailing_Dao_Dajiao_Wan_2013.09.15_08-02-15.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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About Hailing Island

Dajiao Bay provides a developed beachfront, while the boats and working quays around Zhapo reveal another use of the same coast. The Maritime Silk Road Museum adds the recovered Nanhai I shipwreck as a cultural stop. Choose a beach-and-port area before adding the museum, since the island’s separate bays and attractions require planned transfers rather than one continuous beach walk.

Hailing Island was originally called Luozhou (螺洲), a name said to derive from its shape, resembling a horizontal conch shell. According to local tradition, it was later renamed Hailing Island in memory of the Southern Song general Zhang Shijie (张世杰), said to be buried there. Stone tools and pottery shards found at the Hongkantou site (红坎头遗址) indicate habitation by the Neolithic period at the latest. From the Song dynasty it was a fishing and salt-producing area and a coastal military post; the market town of Zhapo (闸坡) opened in 1798 and grew into a major trading and fishing center.

The main island stretches 24 kilometers east-west and 8.5 kilometers north-south across 108.89 square kilometers, Guangdong's fourth-largest island, with seven hill peaks above 200 meters, the highest being Caowang Hill (草王山) at 385.4 meters. Besides Dajiao Bay, its other principal beach is Shili Silver Beach (十里银滩), about 400 hectares with a 10-kilometer shoreline and one of the largest sea-bathing beaches in China. The northeast holds the Hailing Island Mangrove National Wetland Park (海陵岛红树林国家湿地公园), with Guangdong's longest cross-sea wooden boardwalk, rated a national 3A scenic area in 2024.

What to look for

  • Dajiao Bay offers a broad sandy beachfront in the Zhapo resort area.
  • Zhapo fishing harbour gives views of working vessels and the port landscape.

Location & getting there

Getting to Hailing Island

For the Dajiao Bay section, use 38 Haibin Road in Zhapo on Hailing Island. The Maritime Silk Road Museum is a separate destination beside Ten-Li Silver Beach and Nanhai I Avenue; specify the venue for each road transfer.

General visit reminders

Choose the specific shore, port or island access point before arranging transport. Check local weather and the current operating arrangements for any ferry or coastal activity. A coastal map pin is a reference for the named place and does not establish a swimming area or a boat departure point.

Combine your visit

Suggested order for the visit:

  1. Dajiao Bay

    Start with the beachfront.

  2. Zhapo fishing-harbour area

    Observe the working port from public areas.

  3. Maritime Silk Road Museum

    Add the shipwreck museum as a separate road stop.

This is an editorial sequence of named spaces or places. It does not imply a verified walking connection or promise opening, ticket availability or a journey time.

AI illustration: A medium close view of a few ordinary small working fishing boats moored.
AI illustration · AI 示意图（景观类型参考，非实拍） · 渔港小船与缆绳 — A general visiting detail, not an exact view of this place.
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Find Hailing Island

海陵岛 · 阳江市

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Sources & visit information

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Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikipedia contributors, “海陵岛” · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 90937208.

Background paragraphs translated and condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "海陵岛", Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 90937208.

China Revealed · Editorially updated 2026-10-07