Naozhou Island ( Chinese: 硇洲岛; pinyin: Náozhōu Dǎo) (Nao Chow) is an island in South China Sea. Administratively, the island is organized as Naozhou Town ( 硇洲镇) within Mazhang District of Zhanjiang City of Guangdong Province of China.
Geography
Naozhou Island is a fairly small rocky island (10 km long by 6 km across). It is located near the southeastern corner of the larger Donghai Island, to which it is connected by a ferry line.
Naozhou is described as China's largest island of volcanic origin. [1]
History
Naozhou's early recorded history is fairly sparse. During the Qing Dynasty, the island was included into Wuchuan County. According to a 1684 report, the island's population had been evacuated to the mainland some years earlier, as part of the Qing's campaign against the Taiwan-based Kingdom of Tungning. [2] Since 1704, Qing troops were stationed in the island as part of anti-pirate operations. [2]
From 1899 to 1945, Naozhou Island was part of the French leased territory Guangzhouwan. French maps and documents referred to the island as Nao-Tchéo or Nau-Chau. The French had a lighthouse constructed near the island's highest point. The Naozhou Lighthouse ( 硇洲灯塔) still exists; it is included on the List of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites.
References
- ^ The Naozhou Island
- ^ a b He, Xi (2016), "Gods adrift: religious ritual and local society on Naozhou Island", in He, Xi; Faure, David (eds.), The Fisher Folk of Late Imperial and Modern China: An Historical Anthropology of Boat-and-Shed Living, The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society, Routledge, ISBN 1317409655
External links
20°54′25″N 110°35′42″E / 20.907°N 110.595°E
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Naozhou Island ( Chinese: 硇洲岛; pinyin: Náozhōu Dǎo) (Nao Chow) is an island in South China Sea. Administratively, the island is organized as Naozhou Town ( 硇洲镇) within Mazhang District of Zhanjiang City of Guangdong Province of China.
Geography
Naozhou Island is a fairly small rocky island (10 km long by 6 km across). It is located near the southeastern corner of the larger Donghai Island, to which it is connected by a ferry line.
Naozhou is described as China's largest island of volcanic origin. [1]
History
Naozhou's early recorded history is fairly sparse. During the Qing Dynasty, the island was included into Wuchuan County. According to a 1684 report, the island's population had been evacuated to the mainland some years earlier, as part of the Qing's campaign against the Taiwan-based Kingdom of Tungning. [2] Since 1704, Qing troops were stationed in the island as part of anti-pirate operations. [2]
From 1899 to 1945, Naozhou Island was part of the French leased territory Guangzhouwan. French maps and documents referred to the island as Nao-Tchéo or Nau-Chau. The French had a lighthouse constructed near the island's highest point. The Naozhou Lighthouse ( 硇洲灯塔) still exists; it is included on the List of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites.
References
- ^ The Naozhou Island
- ^ a b He, Xi (2016), "Gods adrift: religious ritual and local society on Naozhou Island", in He, Xi; Faure, David (eds.), The Fisher Folk of Late Imperial and Modern China: An Historical Anthropology of Boat-and-Shed Living, The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society, Routledge, ISBN 1317409655
External links
20°54′25″N 110°35′42″E / 20.907°N 110.595°E
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