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Catholicism Church of Weizhou Island

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Catholicism Church of Weizhou, standing at Shentang village on Weizhou Island, was the most grandiose church at the end of Qing dynasty. From 1869, French Catholicism spent 10 years using a special coral stones building the church. It is a Gothic Church with an total area of 1,000 sq.meters.

The main body of the church is 51.6 meters long, 12.2 meters wide and 15 meters high. The bell tower is 21 meters high. Women Abbey, Father's Building are attached to the church. Catholicism Church of Weizhou Island is historic evidence showing French Catholicism introduced to Beihai in modern history. Now it is administrated by Patriot Association of Weizhou Island.


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Beibu Gulf Square

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Beibu Gulf square is a comprehensive city center square. Its design takes status quo ante into full consideration and creates a new image of a modernized city square. It composes an unity pattern in space and shape with a prominent center, unified and coordinated space gradation and nature and artificial work is well blended. The square, having a vivid open and street-like quality, shows an avenue square feature of the subtropics. In the meanwhile, it serves as a city public activity place by reserving and utilizing historical and traditional buildings and pouring into local culture and folk custom.

A sculpture called South Pearl Soul which is novel, unique and bueatiful in design tower aloft on the green Beibu Gulf square reflecting the feature of the pearl city. Three joint white shells, 15 meters high, in which a stainless steel ball is set, open widely in three directions, resembling three pearl shells holding a big bright south pearl which is renowned at home and abroad. Under the shells are three graceful statues pearl, goodness and sea.


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Beihai Aquarium

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Beihai aquarium is located in the north of the urban district and together with Qingdao Apuarium are listed as China's biggest aquatic exhibition centers.

With a building area of 1,600 sq.meters, the aquarium has 7 showrooms and aquariums, green turtle pool and seal pool. Over 670 kinds of marine creature specimens of Beibu Gulf are shown here and exhibits amount to 2800. Among them, the rare animal dugong (the popular name being mermaid) is the most attractive.

In addition, there is the skeleton of a whale which weighs over 5,000 kilogrammes, big lobster specimen of several kilograms, world-famous South Pearl and a living turtle which is over a hundred years old and 100 kilograms. The aquarium also breeds over ten kinds of subtropics fishes of Beibu Gulf. Visiting the aquarium is just like wandering in the ocean world. You will widen your horizon and have better knowledge of ocean science.


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