The Emerald Islands Hidden by the East China Sea: An Awakening Journey to the Sijiao Archipelago

✨ When the morning mist drifts over the sea caves formed over millions of years, flocks of seagulls skim across the meadows, turning the waves into shimmering silver, and wild goats on the island cliffs suddenly turn their heads—this uninhabited archipelago scattered off the coast of Fujian uses blue tears and the secret language of seagulls to write a prose poem of forgotten gods at the end of the East China Sea. 🗺️ **Island Hopping Itinerary** Beijiao Island Pier (Fishing Port Fireworks) → Dongjiao Island (Cliffside Secrets) → Hongjiao Island (Seagull Kingdom) → Xijiao Island (Cave Gallery) → Nanjiao Island (Cobblestone Beach) 🏝️ **Island Secrets** - **Dongjiao Island**: Take a speedboat to the "Petra of the East China Sea," where jagged cliffs support vast grasslands and goats hop between abandoned stone houses. Old fishermen whisper mysteriously, "On typhoon days, you can see the gold coins from shipwrecks glittering in the waves!" - **Hongjiao Island**: In May, tens of thousands of seagulls hatch, and the chicks' down is fluffed into dandelions by the sea breeze. As you wait for the sunset, the entire island is suddenly enveloped by flocks of birds, their wings beating like a sudden downpour. - **Nanjiao Island**: Step onto the "Moon Beach" paved with hundreds of thousands of cobblestones, where sea glass hidden between the stones is polished into emeralds by the tides. Collect three pieces to form a complete wave shape. 📸 **Epic Photo Guide** - Dongjiao Island Cliffs: Lie down in the agave bushes and use a drone to capture an aerial view of the solitary dialogue between you and the cliffs. - Hongjiao Island Seagulls: Use burst mode to capture the 0.01-second moment when a bird brushes past your hair, a dance of hair and feathers. - Nanjiao Island at Midnight: Use long exposure to photograph the blue tears waves, the fluorescent blue outlining your footprints like star trails. 🌌 **Soul-Stirring Moments** Spend the night in an abandoned islander's stone house, where the Milky Way descends below the sea level. Old Chen, the island keeper, suddenly opens the cellar—boxes of 1970s canned food and yellowed Coastal Defense Logs appear before your eyes! He points to a scribbled note: "On a typhoon night in 1983, we sheltered Taiwanese fishermen here..." The next day, while diving, you discover fragments of blue and white porcelain among the coral reefs, the glaze shimmering with the moonlight of four centuries ago. ⚠️ **Island Rules** ❶ Take the high-speed train from Fuzhou/Wenzhou to Xiapu, then a taxi to Jishi Pier to take a boat (only 1 boat per day). ❷ Must-bring: Motion sickness patches (the waves are like a roller coaster), windproof hat (seagull droppings attack warning). ❸ Hidden Gem: Ask the boatman to unlock the "Night Exploration of the Ghost Cave," where a flashlight reveals ammunition boxes left by the Japanese army during World War II. 🌴 When popular islands become mere backdrops for wedding photos, here, even the crab tracks carry a wild poetry. If you also want to escape human order, the Sijiao Archipelago will give you a ticket to the "end of the world"~