Yuetuo Island, located in Leting, Tangshan, Hebei Province, is the closest island scenic spot to Beijing. Reporters have twice boarded this island 280 kilometers away from the capital. The first visit to Yuetuo Island came from the reporter's invitation to participate in a gathering activity on Yuetuo Island organized by Yinan Group, the developer of Yuetuo Island.

Tangshan Beigang Wharf (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

I remember that it was the morning of June 20, 2008, when a small gathering team composed of reporters from some Beijing news media set out from Beijing. The van in which the reporters were riding headed southeast along the Beijing-Shenyang Expressway. There were laughter and laughter in the moving car. The person who came to lead the team was the business manager of the Jinsha Island Scenic Area of Yuetuo Island at that time. She was a beautiful and enthusiastic girl named Wang Hongxia. Along the way, she vividly introduced Yuetuo Island to reporters in recent years. Development status.

Fishing boat resting in the sea (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Wang Hongxia's emotional description of Yuetuo Island filled reporters with expectations. Xu Hong of the "Boutique Shopping Guide" newspaper, a fellow newspaper, said: "I think Yuetuo Island should be called the 'No. 1 Island'." Her naming immediately attracted a lot of cheers from reporters in the car.

First landing on Yuetuo Island (Photo: Ji Congzhou)

After driving for more than three hours on the Beijing-Shenyang, Tangjin and Tanggang highways, the car successfully arrived at Tangshan Beigang Wharf at noon. This is the only way to go to the three islands of Yuetuo, Jinsha and Bodhi. The reporters took a yacht from the dock and traveled by water for about half an hour before setting foot on Yuetuo Island.

Photo taken at Yuetuo Island Wharf (Photo: Wang Hongxia)

Before we even reached the island, the melody of a melodious foreign pop song reached people's ears. The magnetic male voice is full, deep, and round, with a penetrating power that makes people feel that it is the singing of a black singer. After landing on the island, I discovered that this was the Western food playing on the dock of Yuetuo Island. The European-style green gate building and long wooden plank road of Yuetuo Island introduce tourists to the island.

Seafood stalls (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Sunshine, sandy beaches and sea have always been places where romance breeds. Yuetuo Island, located in the Bohai Arm Bay southwest of Leting County, Tangshan, has gradually become a more famous eco-tourism resort center in the northern waters of China with its unique festival activities, core tourism brands, and characteristic attractions developed and constructed.

Dutch cabin (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Among them, the unique Dutch-style buildings are even more fascinating. The 500 red-roofed cabins, as well as the European-style villa area being built on the bank of the canal and the green field windmills outline an exotic romantic picture between the sea and the sky.

Overlooking Yuetuo Island from the sky (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

According to relevant information, Yuetuo Island has a land area of 0.43 square kilometers and is named for its shape as a curved crescent moon. Yuetuo Island and Jinsha Island echo each other, forming a long coastal tourism and sightseeing chain starting from Shanhaiguan, Daihe in the north and south, and the Gold Coast in the east and ending in Caofeidian in the west. It consists of seven long and narrow islands, including Yuetuo, Yaotuo, Shetuo and Xituo.

Beachside bathing (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Yuetuo Island is surrounded by the sea and has a primitive ecology. The scenery is famous for its secluded, wild, strange, idle and exotic scenery. The island is covered with extensive green vegetation and a quiet environment. There are many wild birds and small beasts. The almost enclosed natural environment has never been disturbed or destroyed by humans, and is full of wild interest and emotion.

Luyuan, Yuetuo Island (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The sea near Yuetuo Island is a famous fishing ground in the Bohai Bay. It is rich in all kinds of fish, shrimp, crabs and shellfish. It is the best place for fishing, sea hunting and fishing. The island is a paradise for birds, where hundreds of species of birds such as seagulls, wild ducks, and white-shouldered eagles inhabit it. Among them are rare birds under national first-level protection such as black storks and white storks.

Balili Beach (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The outer beach and roundabout beach as long as eight miles away are clean, the sea water is clear and the depth is appropriate. They are natural and good bathing places. In midsummer, sand baths, sea baths, sunbathing, ecological baths, air baths, etc. are particularly excellent, attracting a large number of tourists every year for sightseeing.

Go fishing with fishermen (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

After landing on the island for a little renovation, the reporters began to have their first experience, which was to go fishing with the fishermen. Everyone took a fishing boat at the dock and headed towards the sea in the direction of Jinsha Island. This working boat, composed of four fishermen, is a motor boat that has been in use for four years. Perhaps due to the erosion of waves all year round, the blue paint has become mottled and looks very old. But the excitement of going out to sea to experience fishermen's life for the first time diluted everything.

Harvest from going to sea (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The fishing boat began to slow down after driving at sea for about half an hour and began to cast a net near Jinsha Island. I saw four fisherman brothers busy nervously. They cast fish nets tied with wooden boards into the sea from both sides of the stern, tied the thick ropes at both ends of the net to the boat, and after driving slowly for a while, they began to close the net.

What a big crab (Photo: Ji Congzhou)

Just as everyone was excitedly waiting for the harvest, only some small crabs, conches, etc. came online. Although this was basically the case twice when offline, the occasional few larger crabs still made the reporters very happy. At this point, the result is less important. What is important is to experience the process.

Joy on the beach (Photo: Wang Hongxia)

After returning from sea, everyone began to wander on the island. Yuan Jianjun, then vice president of Yinan Group, personally accompanied reporters to experience the European customs on the island. European style buildings such as Dutch windmills, suspension bridges, 500 style cabins, more than 700 meters of trestle, large central hotels, entertainment halls, transparent and bright seafood restaurants, and exotic all-glass sunshine rooms all illustrate the island's characteristics and rich customs.

Signs all over the island (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

In particular, the Chinese and English signs all over the island are distinctive. It not only provides tourists with clear and clear guidance for all attractions in various areas of the island, but also looks comfortable with the harmonious combination of colors and words, making it a unique scenery on the island.

Chic small villa area (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

In the evening, during the exchange with the person in charge of the scenic spot, through the introduction of Mr. Yan Guoqiang, then chairman of Yinan Group, the reporters were surprised and appreciated the advanced concepts of the developers of Yuetuo Island. It turns out that Yuetuo Island is definitely not just an ordinary seaside scenery for tourists to take a vacation and sightseeing.

Solar water heating is used (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Its plan is to explore and create a "new model for island green tourism economic development" in line with national policy through the operation of Yuetuo Island's "Global Island Ecological Building Demonstration Park", providing a model for the development of Tangshan Leting and even similar areas across the country. Its operation and implementation not only solves the energy development problem of the island, but also transforms it into a more economically effective development model on the premise of improving its environmental benefits.

Corner of European architecture (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

In layman's terms, it is to use the island's abundant wind power, solar energy, biomass energy and other resources to develop wind power generation, solar power generation, biomass energy power generation, solar photovoltaics, photothermal power generation and other technologies, which can not only solve the island's own energy needs, but also Provide excess electricity to land to meet the needs of surrounding power-scarce areas. Make full use of solar energy technology to solve night lighting on the island and develop solar energy islands.

Dutch cabins (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The reporter believes that if Yuetuo Island successfully utilizes new energy sources such as wind energy, solar energy, biomass energy, biogas energy, and ecological circulation systems such as seawater desalination, sewage treatment, garbage treatment, and three-dimensional ecological breeding, it will provide a green development for the world. A model for a tourist island with a sustainable circular economy will also make outstanding contributions to the development of world tourism and environmental protection.

Yuetuo Island Rape Field (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Chairman Yan Guoqiang told reporters that in fact, their environmentally friendly tourism project has been steadily implemented and has made certain progress. Today, the central air conditioning of the two large restaurants on the island uses groundwater for air cooling. The bathing equipment on the island is all solar energy. In addition, all 15 large viewing lights along both sides of the canal in early July will be powered by wind power generation. At that time, the large windmills that provide energy generation will add a beautiful scenery to Yuetuo Island.

Baimelon Garden on Yuetuo Island (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Although the gathering time on Yuetuo Island was only a short period of two days, it brought a lot of joy and harvest to the accompanying reporters. During the night crab catching in the sea, the harvest with a flashlight and barefoot on the beach was exciting; when picking in the Hundred Melon Garden the next day, walking over the 100-meter Bund Bridge, and wandering around the soft and comfortable seashore on the outer beach to dig for sea creatures. The scenes are so pleasant.

Glider (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The fear, cold, and excitement of flying in the air above Yuetuo Island on a light glider was short, but it was extremely profound. Although the unique flavor of the whole fish banquet and the barbecue of seafood stalls, all of which have passed, deeply imprinted people's beautiful memories of Yuetuo Island, making people forget to leave...

Launching ceremony site (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The second trip to Leting Yuetuo Island was part of the reporter's self-driving activity with the theme of "Traveling to South Lake to Experience New Tangshan". In the early morning of August 8, 2009, nearly a hundred vehicles from all over the capital gathered in front of the East Gate of Chaoyang Park in Beijing to participate in the "First Tangshan Leting Yuetuo Island Beer Fireworks Festival" and the "Beijing Hundreds of Vehicles Driving Tangshan-Nanhu·Yuetuo Island" The launching ceremony of "Yuetuo Island".

The motorcade leaves (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

At the launching ceremony, Li Jianxia, then deputy director of the Tangshan City Tourism Bureau, Yan Guoqiang, chairman of Yinan Group, and Cao Qun, president of Beijing Aiqi Global Self-Driving, delivered speeches one after another. Finally, Li Jianxia, deputy director of the Tangshan City Tourism Bureau, said: "Departure!" After the order, the motorcade set off in a majestic manner and began to move towards its destination.

Tour South Lake in Tangshan (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

After more than three hours of journey, the self-driving team successfully arrived in Tangshan. After entering Tangshan City, the self-driving team cruised to Nanhu City Central Ecological Park, watched attractions such as Danhu Lake, Xiaonhu Lake, Fenghuang Terrace, Purple Swan Villa and Golf Course, and enjoyed the comfort and excitement brought by multiple sports and amusement projects; personally experienced the charm of "Fun South Lake, Ecological South Lake, and Magic South Lake" and the unique charm of "North China Water City"; deeply felt the simplicity, enthusiasm and hospitality of the Tangshan people.

Go to Yuetuo Island (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The launch of the Tangshan Nanhu Line has been favored by Beijingers! During their visit to South Lake, many tourists sincerely lamented the ecological environment and magic of South Lake in Tangshan, as well as the tremendous changes that have taken place in Tangshan and the bright prospects for Tangshan's development. Beijing tourists linger in intoxication.

Second Deng on Yuetuo Island (Photo: Wang Libao)

After the cruise in Tangshan, a fleet of hundreds of self-driving cars and hundreds of tourists set out from South Lake in Tangshan to the nearest island to Beijing, Yuetuo Island, known as the "No. 1 Island in Jingdong", to participate in the "First Romantic Yuetuo Island Beer and Fireworks Festival". The motorcade arrived at the Three Islands Wharf of Tangshan North Port, and hundreds of tourists arrived at Yuetuo Island in four boats.

Singing on the beach (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

For reporters, the most eye-catching thing when they come to Yuetuo Island is the red-roofed wooden cabins on the island that are designed to imitate Dutch customs, also called lovers 'houses. The cabin hangs on the beach, and it's really interesting to be in it with your lover, listening to the rising and falling tide of the sea.

Long trestle (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

In addition, the bathing places on Yuetuo Island are clean and clean, making them particularly suitable for sea bathing. At the same time, there are also entertainment venues such as beach football and horse racing courses to be built. There are seafood barbecues, whole sheep roasting, bonfire parties, seaside fishing and hunting and other experiences in the wild. A variety of collective participation projects in life are a good place for summer vacations, scientific research, spring outing, and bird watching.

See the cabin again (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Yuetuo Island is covered with lush vegetation and a quiet environment. Flowers and wild fruits exude a faint fragrance. There are many wild birds and small beasts. The almost enclosed natural environment has never been disturbed or destroyed by humans, and is full of wild interest and emotion. The beautiful scenery of red-roofed wooden houses and green wild windmills here complements each other, outlining a romantic picture full of exotic flavor between the sea and sky. The beach around the island is sandy and clean, the sea water is clear, and the depth is appropriate. It is a natural and good bathing place.

The island is crowded with tourists on the weekend (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

Yuetuo Island is nearly 5 kilometers away from the land bank, and almost no one disturbs it. The island is overgrown with shrubs, and flowers and wild fruits exude a faint fragrance. Hundreds of species of birds inhabit and breed here. Seagulls fly in the blue sky, wild ducks stroll on the water, white house-dwelling carvings fly with their wings in their eyes, and white storks and black storks are leisurely. Bird watching with binoculars on the island is the most refreshing.

Beach Motorcycle (Photo: Wang Libao)

The activities on Yuetuo Island can be described as rich and colorful. Regular events such as fishing and hunting, catching shellfish during the tide, catching crabs at night, cruising by airships in the sea, hot air balloon patrols, and beach skiing are full of fun. It is said that some heavyweight activities such as the "Romance Festival","Fish Catching Festival","Valentine's Day" and "Dutch Style Festival" will also be launched one after another.

Island cruise ship (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The combination of beautiful scenery, interesting activities, and exotic and delicious food has increasingly made Yuetuo Island one of the first choice tourist destinations for tourists for "romantic tours".

Beer drinking competition (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

That night, on the beach along the coast of Yuetuo Island, a peaceful bright moon hung high in the sky. The silver moonlit night and the passionate beer and fireworks carnival night made tourists intoxicated in the entertainment of singing, cool dancing, beer drinking competitions, dance show competitions, etc. In the full joy and excitement, especially when the fire trees and silver flowers flew into the night sky and bloomed, the whole beach boiled, and the riders were immersed in a sea of passion and joy.

Yunhe Villa Area (Photo: Feng Ganyong)

The next day, after enjoying the natural beauty of the island on Yuetuo Island, the motorists successfully ended their happy journey and began to return to Beijing on the afternoon of August 9. The two-day self-driving sightseeing tour of Tangshan and Yuetuo Island gave hundreds of motorists a very unforgettable weekend. (Photo and text: Feng Ganyong)