[2025 Hepu Attraction] Travel Guide for Hai Si Shou Gang (Updated Feb)

The Maritime Silk Road First Port Attraction is a national AAAA-level tourist Attraction that integrates Maritime Silk Road cultural experience, large-scale live performances, coastal leisure and vacation, and natural ecological sightseeing. It has successively won the titles of "National Nighttime Cultural and Tourism Consumption Aggregation Area", "Guangxi Nighttime Performance Brand in 2023", "Guangxi Nighttime Characteristic Consumption Aggregation Area", "Guangxi Tourism and Leisure Street", "Guangxi Top Ten Climate Landscape Check-in Places", and "Beihai City Primary and Secondary School Students Research and Practice Education Base".During the day, you can have fun in the ancient castle, frolic on the beach, admire the mangroves, stroll along the sea plank road, and dig snails on the Holy Fire Island; in the evening, you can watch the ebb and flow of the tide and admire the melting gold sunset; at night (approximately 19:50-21:00), you can watch the large-scale live performance "Song of Water and Fire", a panoramic interactive performance created by the Attraction; late at night (21:00-01:00), the lights are shining, there is a fireworks show with thousands of people, bonfire dancing, singing and dancing, and feel the night waves and disco carnival of the thousand-year-old ancient port.The Attraction has five major tourist areas, including Shougang Square, Hepu Departure Port, Red Forest and Egret Coast, Sunset Sea, and Island. The top ten check-in spots are Shougang Castle, Yanlou Fishing Village, Ru Beach, Ximen Ding, Haijing Terrace, Lisi Building, Gangsi Building, Sea Pier, Xihai Pavilion, and Xihai Bay (beach, inland sea).The core project of the Attraction is the panoramic interactive large-scale real-life performance "Song of Water and Fire" from 19:50 to 21:00 in the evening. The full-day ticket is included. The performance space uses the sea, island, harbor, ship, street, building, etc. The performance adopts the method of integrating long-range, medium-range and close-range, integrating singing, dancing, drama, folk art, acrobatics and other performance forms. After careful polishing, it is finally condensed intoThere are eight chapters: Lights Come on, The Beginning of a Prosperous Era, Bright Moon on the Sea, Persian Exotic Land, Roman Envoy Ship, Return, Ten Thousand Ships Leave the Harbor, and Fireworks in a Prosperous Era., telling the story of the cultural exchanges and trade exchanges at the starting port of the ancient Maritime Silk Road two thousand years ago.The Attraction night show is from 21:00 to 01:00, and admission is at 21:00. The ticket is included in the full-day ticket or you can purchase the night show ticket separately. In the 50,000 square meter super music port, the lighting, sound, and screen are newly upgraded, with lighting + music + fireworks + fireworks + disco, dancing in the night of the first port!Maritime Silk Road Culture,Creating landscape with culture, Hepu was the starting port of the Maritime Silk Road in the Han Dynasty 2,000 years ago.The Maritime Silk Road First Port Attraction has dug deep into the stories behind the Han Dynasty cultural relics and built a Han Dynasty departure port. The Attraction uses architecture to showcase the long history, splendor, openness and inclusiveness of the Hepu departure port.Cultural relics and cultural creations give buildings roots, cultural confidence and vitality. Cultural relics allow the buildings of the first port of the Maritime Silk Road to inherit the prosperity of openness, inclusiveness, peace and cooperation of the Maritime Silk Road that stretches for thousands of miles.The Attraction has the Maritime Silk Road First Port Jianguo Hotel, which is an experiential villa homestay that provides one-stop services for food, accommodation, travel, shopping and entertainment. It has 180° sea view LOFT rooms + viewing courtyards + parent-child theme rooms, etc. Facing the sea, with spring flowers blooming, just open a window and you can appreciate the visual feast of large-scale live performances up close, watch the fireworks at sea and view the mangroves. It is a good place for leisure travel and vacation.Marina Harbour Fireworks ShowThe great fusion of civilizations connecting the East and the West on the Maritime Silk Road is moving forward unstoppably. Thousands of ships set out from the Hepu starting port, and grand fireworks rise from the sea. The splendid fireworks feast and the first port of the Maritime Silk Road complement each other, igniting the climax of the night's joy and lighting up the thousand-year-old ancient port of the Silk Road.Shougang CastleCheck in at the beautiful internet celebrity attraction Shougang Castle, which is a super popular internet celebrity check-in spot with its layers of mountains and magnificent momentum! Shougang Castle is one of the landmark buildings of the Maritime Silk Road Shougang Attraction. It uses architecture to show the long history, brilliance, openness and tolerance of Hepu Port of Departure. Let everyone who sets foot in this castle understand the prosperous past of Hepu Port and the charm of Maritime Silk Road culture.Xihai Pavilion/Mangrove:This is the scene location of CCTV-4's "The Silk Road over the Sea". Climb up the stairs, climb the pavilion and look into the distance, enjoy the ebb and flow of the tide in Lianzhou Bay, the fishing boats singing in the evening, enter the winding waterway, "walk into" the mangroves, "touch" the mangroves, watch egrets flying, fiddler crabs and jumping fish swimming through the woods, and perceive the biodiversity of the mangrove community at close range.Yanlou Fishing VillageIn ancient times, this place was the habitat of people living by the sea. Today, the Maritime Silk Road First Port Attraction has reproduced it, creating a more imaginative and yearning fireworks life. Here, there are houses, fresh grass, beautiful fields, and fishing boats in the harbor. You can see houses built with red tiles and yellow mud, scattered on both sides of the road, extending all the way to the beach, like a "Peach Blossom Spring", presenting a peaceful and happy scene.Enter the beachThis is the confluence of the river and the sea in Beihai, with an original fisherman's wharf. Busy fishermen come and go here. They are all children of the sea who have lived here for generations. They can check in freely on the beautiful beach. At night, with the arrival of foreign merchant ships, bonfires will be lit, music will be played, and it will be transformed into a large beach party where you can enjoy a passionate bonfire party with foreign friends.Sunset Bay Family Beach:Experience the excitement of beach motorcycles, gallop along the Lianzhou Bay, feel the passion and joy, and spend a pleasant parent-child time. In spring, take your children outdoors, get close to nature, and experience the charm and fun of kayaking.Transportation TipsThe address of the Maritime Silk Road First Port Attraction is No. 1 Jingang Avenue, Hepu County, Beihai City, Guangxi.The distance from Beihai City/Hepu County to the Maritime Silk Road First Port Attraction is about 20 kilometers.1. Parking lot:The Attraction provides a parking lot, which is located at the south gate of the Attraction(temporarily providing Complimentary parking service, but not responsible for the storage of vehicles). You can take the shuttle bus to the Attraction for Complimentary to buy tickets and check in to enter the park.2.Bus routes:Beihai Railway Station to the First Port of Maritime Silk Road Tourist Bus Line‌:The starting station is the railway station, and the terminal is the first port of the Maritime Silk Road. The operating hours are 08:30, 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 15:00, 17:00, 19:00 and 21:00. The line has a total of 23 stations, including the railway station, Vanke City Garden, Ningchun City, Fruit Market, etc.‌Former bus route 10‌: Although it is called the original No. 10 bus, it is actually a special bus from the city to the first port of the Maritime Silk Road. The starting station is Beihai Railway Station or the first port of the Maritime Silk Road. The first bus time is 14:00 (Beihai Railway Station) and 14:45 (the first port of the Maritime Silk Road), and the last bus time is 21:00 (Beihai Railway Station) and 21:45 (the first port of the Maritime Silk Road). ‌3. Self-driving route:Beihai City - Lianzhou Bay Avenue - G209 National Highway - Jingang Avenue - Maritime Silk Road First Port Attraction. Hepu County - Hepu Avenue - Chuangye Avenue - Jingang Avenue - Maritime Silk Road First Port Attraction. You can drive yourself or rent a shared electric motorcycle/two-wheeled electric vehicle to the Attraction freely.4. Shuttle Bus to AttractionDaytime special line: stops at multiple stations in Beihai City, passing Beihai Silver Beach, International Passenger Port, Window of the Ocean, Beihai Station, Beihai Old Street, Underwater World, Golden North Shore, and Maritime Silk Road First Port. The One-way fare is about 20 yuan/person (Beihai City Travel Combo Ticket users enjoy a special discount price of 5 yuan/person)Night special line (Complimentary ride): from Maritime Silk Road First Port Attraction to Beibu Gulf No. 1 (Beihai City), two trips every night at 22:00 and 01:00.Tips: You need to make an appointment for the Attraction through Shuttle Bus through the WeChat applet "Come to Beihai and take a ride". You can choose the bus stop and time.