The three islands---bright pears on the Beibu Bay

On the beautiful Beibu Bay in the South China Sea, there is a wonderful land, where "the grass does not wither in winter, the flowers not just bloom in Spring, the scale of fish in the water can reveal itself in any season, the fruit grows heavily on the branches." It is just the "three islands of the Jing nationality" - Wutou, Wanwei, and Shanxin.

The three islands face the Beibu Bay of the South China Sea, stand against big mountains and are just separated from Vietnam by a river. Especially Wutou and Wanwei are close at hand to Vietnam. The three islands are the alluvial deposits formed by the seawater. Wanwei Island lies at southernmost end of Jingping peninsula, where is smooth and narrow; Wutou Island projects its middle part, with both ends drooping, taking on a shape of spindle; Shanxin Island is shaped like a basin, with higher outer edge and lower middle part.

Located in the subtropical zone, the three islands are abundant in natural resources. The Beibu Bay in the south is a famous fishing ground, abound with marine products, such as fish, shrimp, crab, and shellfish. There are more than 700 kinds of fish, among which 200 kinds have higher economic value and abundant output. The pearl, sea horse, and sea otter are the rare medicinal herbs. The salinity of the seawater in the Beibu Bay exceeds 31 per cent, which is suitable for the development of the salt industry. The salt making methods of Jing people include shining and boiling.

Besides fishery, Jing people are also engaged in agricultural production of rice, sweet potato, maize, taro, peanut, etc. In the Jing people inhabited region, it abounds with subtropical fruits, such as banana, longan, papaya, yellow peel fruit, jackfruit, etc. Along the coast there has grown the mangrove (sea olive), whose bark contains tannic acid, important industrial raw materials.

In addition, there are the deposits of titanium ore, magnetic iron ore, germanium quartz and glass sand, etc. on Wanwei Island and Wutou Island. Zhushan and other regions also have the deposits of iron ore and monazite.

In recent years, an enormous change has taken place in the productivity level and industrial structure of Jing people inhabited region. Except the traditional fish catching, aquatic products processing and tidal-flat area cultivation, there has also developed the border trade and tourist industry. For the fish-catching industry, the past small drawing net and bamboo raft have already been replaced by advanced fishing gears, which leads to a relatively stable income from the business. With the modernization of the means of transportation and extensive application of frozen technologies, the sales market of the marine product is growing increasingly wider. While catching fish in the ocean, Jing people still exploit the market constantly, develop processing industry of the marine product, and improve the comprehensive economic benefits of the fishing industry.

 The seawater aquiculture in the tidal-flat areas features a new industry of high benefits in the three islands, where can develop and utilize a tidal-flat area of more than 10,000 Mu.

 The border trade has become increasingly active nowadays. The Jing nationality features a nationality across the countries and shares the common language and traditional culture with the major nationality in Vietnam. They purchase the necessary goods from the Vietnam market and transport them back home to sell. Meanwhile, they also take the goods in demand to the Vietnam market through land route and waterway.

The three islands are also abundant in tourist resources and the tourist industry is in the ascendant. The coast trees are luxuriant, green and fresh; Around the three islands there is a 13 -km-long seashore sandy beaches, 10-20 meters wide, where the sand is soft and golden, thus famed as "the golden beach." The seawater is clean and dark blue, and the shallow water area is wide and smooth. In daytime the sea is calm, while at night the tides well up. The ocean, sandy beach, woods, crane groups, have formed a unique seashore natural scene. It is a rare bathing beach. Nowadays, the honest and warmhearted Jing people have already built up "the travel resort," where the hotels of different grade and seafood restaurants are in a compact mass. Jing people are opening their arms to meet the arrival of friends and guests from home and abroad.

With the economic development in the three islands, the living standards of Jing people have been improved a lot. The income increases, the living conditions are greatly improved, and all the necessary household appliances come into their homes. The communications and transportation have basically realized modernization, making the three islands step into the information-based society.


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