Haikou Bi Gan Mazu Cultural Park

　　Hainan Bi Gan Mazu Cultural Park is situated at the entrance of Ruchuan Village, Fucheng Town, Qiongshan District, Haikou City, near Qiongzhou Avenue, and spans an area of 8,800 square meters. The foundation stone was laid on December 25, 2008, construction began on March 31, 2009, and the park officially opened to the public on March 1, 2013. It aims to become a cultural sightseeing park with distinctive features of Hainan.

　　The cultural park is designed in the architectural style of the Song Dynasty and features strong Southeast Asian characteristics. The park includes the “Bi Gan Culture Memorial Hall,” the “Mazu Temple,” as well as the “Zhongxiao Hall” ancestral shrine, which enshrines Bi Gan Gong, the primogenitor of the Lin clan worldwide, and the successive generations of Lin ancestors who migrated to Hainan in various periods. In addition, the park houses the “Nine Dragons Wall,” a merit wall honoring those who contributed to the cultural park’s construction, and a “Cultural Corridor” that promotes traditional Chinese culture, ancient sages, distinguished figures from history, notable Lin clan ancestors, and the Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars. Among the individual structures, the “Mazu Temple” enshrines a statue of Mazu, which stands 2.53 meters tall and weighs 1.5 tons. It is currently the largest fully wooden-carved statue in Asia and also the largest statue ever consecrated at a Mazu ancestral temple.

　　Location: Near No. 360, Xinda Zhou Avenue, Qiongshan District, Haikou City, Hainan Province

　　Transportation: Take bus routes 21, 41, 45, 46, or 205 within Haikou City to get there