Contents
1 Hainan Alive
06 Creation by Fire
10 Under Hainan’s Canopy
22 Go Wi th the Flow
26 Fur, Feather, Fin—All of Us Are Kin
2 Ocean Paradise
40 Ocean Breeze and Ease
54 Wet and Wild Hainan
62 Making Waves
3 Historical Hainan
70 The Land of Exiles
80 The Story of a Song Dynasty Ship
90 All Roads Lead Back to Hainan
4 Cultural Hainan
102 Minority Reports
112 Woven History
118 Divine Destinations
126 Life on Water
5 Hungry Hainan
134 A Bite of Hainan
140 Four Famous Dishes
146 A Sip of Hainan
154 Tutti Frutti Hainan
6 Hainan Holiday
164 Heavenly Hospitality
174 Let’s Get Physical in Hainan
178 Something to Celebrate
184 Tropical Bounties
7 Looking Ahead
190 Opening the Ocean Frontier
202 The Boao Legend
8 Appendixes
210 Chinese You Need
226 List of Major Tourist Attractions