Xunliao Bay
tourist resort in the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong, China
Xunliao Bay (Chinese: 巽寮湾), located in the east of the Daya Bay, the eastern part of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong, falling into the humid subtropical climate, is a tourist resort characterized by a total jurisdiction of 105 square kilometers and spring all year round with an average temperature of 21.7 °C. Xunliao Bay is honored as a dazzling pearl among Guangdong coastal areas.
Etymology
According to folklores, there are mainly two kinds of origins of the name Xunliao:
The first one is related to Su Shi, an eminent writer in the Northern Song dynasty. Due to his opposition Wang Anshi's political reforms, Su was banished to Huiyang District where he preferred traveling to Xunliao to avoid summer heat. At that time, Xunliao was named as "Yaliao" (鴨寮), however, Su found Daya Bay looked like the image of Bagua (八卦) and Xunliao just located at the direction of “Xun” (巽), which in Bagua represented "wind" (風). The “wind”echoes with the image of sea, and thus Su changed the name into “Xunliao”.
The other dates back to A.D. 1447 when the place was originally named Shunliao (順寮); After a fire, the locals started to regard the name as an ill omen and decided to use the character “Xun” in Bagua to replace "Shun" (順) in order to avoid bad luck. Since then this area has been named as Xunliao.
Tourism development
Throughout history, the local people made a living on agriculture and fishery industry, which still has a space to develop though there is an increasing growth in living standards. In 1990s, however, with the attention and administration of the governments from the county, the city and the province, a tourist industry emerged, and since then, it has made a growing contribution to the local economy.
Xunliao Bay, with particularly favorable natural conditions of tourism resources, is famous for its magnificently diverse stones, clear water and white sands.
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