The Haisi Shougang Scenic Area is a national AAAA-level tourist scenic area integrating maritime silk road culture experience, large-scale live-action performances, coastal leisure vacations, and natural ecological sightseeing. Step into the prosperous scene of the Hepu port of departure on the Han Dynasty maritime silk road with ships coming and going and merchants gathering, and experience coastal leisure vacation life. During the day, have fun in the ancient castle, play on the beach, enjoy mangroves, and stroll on the seaside plank road. Dig for conches and go beachcombing on Shenghuo Island. In the evening, watch the ebb and flow of the tide and enjoy the golden sunset. At night (starting around 19:50), watch the large-scale live-action performance ‘Song of Water and Fire’. This panoramic interactive live-action performance created by the scenic area uses the sea, islands, ports, ships, streets, and buildings as the performance space. The performance adopts a combination of long shots, medium shots, and close-ups, integrating performance forms such as singing, dancing, drama, quyi, acrobatics, and magic to present an artistic feast and bring multiple experiences to tourists. Late at night (starting around 21:00), tens of thousands of lights bring you a carnival. Cultural and creative products + music + fireworks + disco. Dance in the Shougang night and feel the carnival of the night waves and disco in the millennium-old ancient port. The scenic area has five tourist areas, including Shougang Square, Hepu Port of Departure, Red Forest and Egret Coast, Realm of the Evening Sea, and Realm of the Island. There are ten check-in points, including Shougang Ancient Castle, Yanlou Fishing Village, Entering the Beach, Ximen Ding, Sea Realm Terrace, Lisi Tower, Gangsi Tower, Offshore Trestle, Xihai Pavilion, and Xihai Bay (beach, inland sea). Inside the scenic area, there is the Haisi Shougang Jianguo Hotel, which is an experiential villa homestay. It offers one-stop services for eating, staying, traveling, shopping, and entertainment. There are 180-degree sea view LOFT rooms + viewing courtyards + parent-child themed rooms. Facing the sea, in spring, flowers blossom. Open a window and let you enjoy the visual feast of the large-scale live-action performance up close. Admire the fireworks on the sea and view the mangroves. It is a great place for leisure tourism and vacations. The scenic area is about 20 kilometers from the center of Beihai. To facilitate your travel, the scenic area has opened a round-trip city tour bus from Beihai Silver Beach to Haisi Shougang. It passes through Beihai Silver Beach, International Passenger Transport Port, Ocean Window, Beihai Station, Beihai Old Street, Underwater World, Golden North Bank, and Haisi Shougang. Evening special line: From Haisi Shougang Scenic Area to Beibu Gulf No.1. At 22:00 and 01:00 every night, it is free to ride. The daytime special line requires a fee. The evening special line back to Beibu Gulf No.1 is free. Please contact customer service to make an appointment to ride. You can also drive or take a taxi to the scenic area. The scenic area provides a parking lot located at the south gate of the scenic area (temporarily providing free parking service and not responsible for vehicle custody). You can take a free shuttle bus to the east gate of the scenic area to buy tickets and enter the park. Panoramic interactive live-action performance As night falls (starting around 19:50), the panoramic interactive large-scale live-action performance ‘Song of Water and Fire’ begins. Through reading historical records and conducting on-site investigations, the core elements of Haisi Shougang are extracted, and long-standing stories are unearthed. After careful polishing, it is finally condensed into eight chapters such as lights coming on at dusk, prosperous departure, bright moon on the sea, and exotic Persia, telling the grand occasion of cultural exchanges and trade on the Hepu port of departure on the ancient maritime silk road two thousand years ago.
Tourists are scattered in every corner. Some are on the scene, and some are leaning against the railing to watch, extremely immersed. The fireworks show at the coastal port. The East-West through of the Maritime Silk Road represents the great integration of civilizations and moves forward bravely. From the Hepu departure port, thousands of ships set sail. The prosperous fireworks rise from the sea. The gorgeous fireworks feast and the Sea Silk First Port complement each other, igniting the climax of joy at night and lighting up the ancient port of the Silk Road that has endured for a thousand years. Super port night waves, Gangdi, a thousand speakers, and ten thousand lights carnival for you. In the 50,000-square-meter super music port, the lighting, sound, network, and screen have been completely upgraded. A thousand speakers and ten thousand lights carnival for you. Cultural and creative + music + fireworks + disco, dancing in the night of the first port! Sea Silk cultural experience. Creating landscapes with culture. At the Hepu departure port of the Maritime Silk Road in the Han Dynasty 2000 years ago, the Sea Silk First Port Scenic Area deeply excavates the stories behind Han Dynasty cultural relics and has built a departure port of the Han Dynasty. The scenic area uses architecture to display the long history, brilliance, openness, and inclusiveness of the Hepu departure port. Cultural relics and cultural creations give roots to buildings, endow buildings with cultural confidence, and give buildings vitality. Cultural relics enable the buildings of the Sea Silk First Port to inherit the prosperous and flourishing openness, inclusiveness, and peaceful cooperation of the Maritime Silk Road that stretches for thousands of miles. In the Sea Silk First Port Scenic Area, feel the ‘living departure port of the Han Dynasty’ and experience the life of the Han Dynasty port with bustling ships and merchants gathering. In all the building clusters of the departure port, one can see the shadow of Han Dynasty cultural relics. Shougang Fortress check-in. The beautiful online celebrity attraction, Shougang Fortress, with overlapping peaks and majestic momentum, is an extremely photogenic online celebrity check-in point! Shougang Fortress is one of the landmark buildings of the Sea Silk First Port Scenic Area. It uses architecture to display the long history, brilliance, openness, and inclusiveness of the Hepu departure port. Let everyone who sets foot in this fortress understand the prosperous past of Hepu Port and the charm of Sea Silk culture. Xihai Pavilion/Mangrove Forest: This is the on-site location of CCTV-4’s ‘The Silk Road on the Sea’. Ascend step by step, climb the pavilion and look into the distance to enjoy the ebb and flow of the Lianzhou Bay and the fishermen singing in the evening. Enter the winding waterways, ‘walk into’ the mangrove forest, ‘touch’ the mangrove forest, watch egrets flying, and observe fiddler crabs and mudskippers shuttling through the forest, perceiving the biodiversity of the mangrove community at zero distance. Yanlou Fishing Village. In ancient times, this was once a place where people by the sea lived. Now, the Sea Silk First Port Scenic Area has replicated it, and a more imaginative and longing scene of fireworks life is thus born. Here, the houses are in order, the grass is fresh and beautiful, there are beautiful fields and scenery, as well as seaport fishing boats. You can see houses built with red tiles and yellow mud distributed on both sides of the road in a staggered manner, extending all the way to the beach. Like a ‘Peach Blossom Spring’, it presents a scene of tranquility, happiness, and contentment.
Welcome to the Haisi First Port Scenic Area, where the river meets the sea in Beihai. This is home to an original ecological fishermen’s wharf where busy fishermen come and go, all descendants of generations who have lived by the sea. On the beautiful beach, you can freely take photos and create memories. As night falls with the arrival of foreign merchant ships, bonfires are lit and music plays, transforming the beach into a lively party venue where you can enjoy a passionate bonfire party with international friends.
Xiwan Bay Family Beach: Experience the thrill of beach motorcycling, racing along the coast of Lianzhou Bay, and enjoy the excitement and joy, spending a pleasant family time together. In spring, take your children outdoors to get close to nature and experience the charm and fun of kayaking. The entire area is open throughout the year from Monday to Friday from 14:30 to 01:00, and on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:30 to 01:00. Preferential policies include free entry for children under 1.2 meters in height; discounts for children between 1.2 meters (inclusive) and 1.4 meters (inclusive); discounts for seniors aged 65 and above with a valid ID; discounts for full-time undergraduate students (including) and below with valid student ID (excluding adult education institutions); discounts for active-duty military personnel (including armed police forces) with relevant documents; discounts for disabled people with national-related documents; and other discounts for holders of press cards issued by the State Press and Publication Administration or the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (excluding press cards and interview certificates issued by various newspapers and websites); holders of tour guide certificates issued by the National Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Beihai City tour guide certificates, national new version electronic tour guide certificates; holders of travel agency manager qualification certificates and national tour guide certificates; retired disabled personnel and preferential treatment recipients (with preferential treatment certificates); and members of the China Artists Association, Guangxi Artists Association, China Writers Association, China Photographers Association, and China Photographers Association who have cooperative relationships with the scenic area, with relevant valid documents. Service facilities include a parking lot: [Haisi First Port South Gate Parking Lot] with a reference price of free; address: limited parking spaces, and due to the construction of a new parking lot, you can park on both sides of the port access road, with charging facilities for new energy vehicles at the South Gate parking lot; capacity: 80 spaces. WIFI: account: HSSG; password: hssg8888; coverage: throughout the scenic area. Mobile phone charging: the scenic area shops have scan code power bank stations. Luggage storage: reference price: small locker 10 yuan/6 hours, large locker 20 yuan/6 hours; address: Tourist Center. Stroller rental: reference price: a deposit of 100 yuan per stroller per day; address: Tourist Center. Wheelchair rental: reference price: a deposit of 100 yuan per wheelchair per day; address: Tourist Service Center. Restrooms: restrooms are located within the scenic area, with clear signs at the entrance and other places. Nursing rooms: located in the Haisi First Port Scenic Area, providing free services and a range of conveniences during regular operation, including nursing rooms with chairs and feeding rooms with high chairs. Dining: There are several restaurants and snack bars within the Haisi First Port Park, located on the first, second, and third floors of the panoramic interactive living port.Vending machines accepting Alipay/WeChat Pay: There are multiple vending machines in the scenic area that accept Alipay and WeChat Pay.
