Sanya Educational Tour

Upon your arrival in Sanya, tour guide and driver will be there to welcome you and take you to hotel. After that, you will have free time to relax or explore local cuisines near the hotel.

After breakfast, gather to head to Yanoda Rainforest and start exploring the mysterious tropical rainforest. Venture deep into the heart of the rainforest to discover its six major wonders, observe phenomena such as parasitic and epiphytic rainforest plants and plant "strangulation", experience the magic of the tropical rainforest, witness the law of "natural selection" in the plant kingdom, and strengthen awareness of rainforest protection. During the process, several interactive games are also arranged, allowing you to learn knowledge about the tropical rainforest while enjoying the fun games.

Tropical Rainforest

After the tropical rainforest exploration, have lunch and then depart for Zhongliao Village. Zhongliao Village is a Li ethnic village. The Li people in Sanya are descendants of Hainan Island’s earliest inhabitants, who have lived here for generations. You will step into Li family courtyards to learn about their traditional costumes, Li ethnic musical instruments, singing and dancing, and study their intangible cultural heritage crafts: rice pounding, Li brocade weaving, Li pottery making, etc., so as to fully understand their daily life.

Li Ethnic Group's Firewood-Beating Dance

Li Nationality Brocade

Your Journey’s Rewards:

Explore the complex tropical rainforest ecosystem, get to know tropical rainforest plants, and enhance awareness of rainforest protection. Explore the daily life of the Li people in Zhongliao Village and learn about their culture and crafts.

Educational Focus:

Is the phenomenon of plant "strangulation" in the tropical rainforest good or bad?

Takeaway:

The strangulation phenomenon in tropical rainforests is a natural selection process in the ecosystem, which helps maintain ecological balance and biodiversity. Through the strangulation phenomenon, some slow-growing plants or those with weak competitiveness may be eliminated, while plants that grow rapidly and have strong adaptability can gain an advantage and reproduce.

Thought Challenge:

In the process of developing rural tourism, how can Zhongliao Village avoid excessive commercialization and better protect the authenticity of Li ethnic culture?

Begin your exploration of Wuzhishan today. Your first stop is Yahu Terraced Fields in Wuzhishan, known as "Hainan's No.1 Terraced Fields". The layers of terraced fields hold the thousand-year-old farming wisdom of the Li people's ancestors.

You can stroll along the paths between the fields, experiencing the local farming culture and natural scenery up close. Observe the rice-farming system of Yahu Terraced Fields, which has been listed as an "Important Agricultural Cultural Heritage of China", and listen to the guide explain the thousand-year history of Yahu Terraced Fields and the Shanlan dry rice of the Li people, so as to deeply understand the ecological philosophy of the Li people that "mountain ethnic groups coexist with nature".

Terrace Exploration

In the afternoon, go hiking in Wuzhishan Forest Park. Wuzhishan (Five-Finger Mountain) gets its name from its five-finger-shaped peaks and has excellent hiking trails. Here, you can hike through waterfalls and deep pools, and observe the stream ecosystem. While wandering in the park, you can spot rare plants. After reaching the top, the lush green valley scenery will take your breath away. This is indeed an ideal place to immerse yourself in nature and feel the quiet beauty of Hainan's mountains.

Forest Hiking

Your Journey’s Rewards:

While admiring the natural scenery at the terraced fields, learn about the local farming culture. Hike in the forest park to get to know its ecosystem and improve your knowledge about nature.

Educational Focus:

What kind of adaptation relationship exists between the construction of Yahu Terraced Fields and the local natural environment, and what kind of wisdom of the Li people's ancestors does it reflect?

Takeaway:

Before the terraced fields were built, the Li people fully considered the natural and geographical conditions and made rational use of land resources. They kept forests on the mountain tops, reclaimed terraced fields on the mountain slopes, and built villages at the foot of the mountains. This formed a virtuous circular ecosystem with the "four-in-one coexistence" of forests, terraced fields, villages and rivers.

Thought Challenge:

The cultivation of Yahu Terraced Fields relies on traditional methods. With the outflow of young labor force nowadays, how to protect this agricultural cultural heritage and achieve sustainable development?

After breakfast, arrive at Binglanggu Li and Miao Cultural Heritage Park to start your exploration. Led by a cultural interpreter, head to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Village, where you will learn about Li ethnic group's singing and dancing, bamboo and wood musical instruments, traditional costumes, as well as the Li tattoo culture—dubbed by anthropologists as "the Dunhuang Murals of the Li People on Hainan Island". Witness the colorful ethnic culture and gain in-depth knowledge about the intangible cultural heritages of the Li and Miao ethnic groups in Hainan.

Binglanggu Li and Miao Cultural Heritage Park

After lunch, start experiencing the Miao people's tie-dyeing. Tie-dyeing is an ancient resist-dyeing craft with a long history. Under the guidance of craftsmen, you will learn Miao tie-dyeing and go through the interesting process of creating an exquisite and creative tie-dye work—from drawing patterns, tying threads, bleaching and dyeing, to untying the threads. During this hands-on experience, feel the charm of the intangible cultural heritage of tie-dyeing.

Miao Tie-Dyeing Experience

Your Journey’s Rewards:

Gain in-depth understanding of Li and Miao cultures at Binglanggu Li and Miao Cultural Heritage Park, experience the intangible cultural heritage of tie-dyeing, and feel the charm of traditional craftsmanship.

Educational Focus:

What is the tattoo culture of the Li ethnic group?

Takeaway:

The facial tattooing of Li women is an ancient traditional custom. The Li people tattoo clan symbols and worshipped totems on their bodies, which embody the aborigines' prayers for life, aspirations for happiness, avoidance of disasters, and pursuit of beauty.

Thought Challenge:

In the process of spreading intangible cultural heritage, how to integrate innovation with modern aesthetics to make more people willing to understand and inherit it?

Today, you will start a full-day exploration of natural knowledge at the Sanya Museum of Natural History. The museum showcases the world of life from 140 million years ago, with a collection of more than 2,000 exhibits, including precious paleontological fossils and unique local animal and plant specimens from Hainan.

Before the journey begins, first receive safety education guidance from the instructor to learn about the study content and safety precautions. Next, start the scenic spot tour, and then visit one of the paleontological fossils—dinosaur fossils. Watch a dinosaur documentary and listen to the instructor explain knowledge about dinosaur fossils; during the process, a dinosaur knowledge quiz is also set up to consolidate what you have learned. Then you will participate in a dinosaur-themed "treasure hunt game" to gain dinosaur knowledge through this interesting activity.

Students’ Participation in the Game

Your Journey’s Rewards:

Through the exploration at the Sanya Museum of Natural History, you will gain natural and historical knowledge, and further enhance your understanding of ancient creatures—dinosaurs.

Educational Focus:

What do the dinosaur egg fossils in the museum indicate?

Takeaway:

Through research on these dinosaur egg fossils, experts have found that the shells of dinosaur eggs have a mammillary layer and a layered prismatic layer, both composed of flaky calcite microcrystals. This indicates that the calcium metabolism process of dinosaurs during reproduction was likely similar to that of birds. At the same time, it further proves that dinosaurs were warm-blooded animals.

Thought Challenge:

How to make the static specimens and exhibits in the museum "come alive" to better arouse the interest of visitors of different age groups and improve the popular science effect?

After breakfast, pack your luggage and proceed to the airport or railway station under the driver's escort. This trip comes to an end here.