Atlas of China
Shangchuan and Xiachuan Islands 川岛Chuāndǎo
4A scenic area · Jiangmen, Guangdong
- Time needed
- 1–2 days
- Days to budget
- 1½ days
- City
- Jiangmen
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Shangchuan and Xiachuan Islands
The Chuandao resort covers Shangchuan and Xiachuan, the two main islands of the Chuanshan archipelago off Taishan, with granite hills and long sandy beaches such as Feisha Beach on Shangchuan's east coast and Wangfuzhou on Xiachuan. Shangchuan was an early Portuguese trading base in the 16th century, and a memorial chapel and tomb garden mark where the Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier died in 1552; the Taishan Maritime Silk Road Museum opened on the island in 2019.
How to get to Shangchuan and Xiachuan Islands
Ferries from Shanzui port in Taishan take about 30 minutes to Sanzhou on Shangchuan and about 35 minutes to Duwan on Xiachuan; Shanzui is roughly an hour by road south of Taishan city.
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