Why don't Hainanese people eat coconut milk? Hainan customs

Hainan not only has the most beautiful seaside scenery in my country, but also has a unique festival culture and traditional festivals. The largest duty-free shop in Sanya is the International Duty-Free Shopping City in Haitang Bay, which has a wide variety of products. It is the most popular shopping paradise in Sanya and a favorite place for many people to visit. You can take advantage of the holiday to experience a vacation with your whole family!

Contents of this article

1. Why don’t Hainanese people eat coconut milk?

2. Hainan customs

3. How many kilometers are there in a self-driving tour around Hainan Island?

4. Is Hainan's duty-free shop in Sanya or Haikou?

Why don't Hainanese people eat coconut milk?

Hainanese people all eat coconut treasures. In the eyes of Hainanese people, coconut treasures are better than young coconuts. Coconut treasures are a white milk ball formed inside the coconut after the coconut sprouts. It is more like a sponge and has a strong milky aroma, accompanied by the fragrance of coconut.

During the germination process of coconut, the coconut embryo will absorb the coconut juice in the coconut, thus forming coconut treasure.

Coconuts come in different sizes. The flesh of small coconuts is smooth, tender, sweet and crispy, while the flesh of large coconuts is fluffy, less watery and softer in texture.

Hainan customs

Hainan’s customs include the Lantern Festival, Lady Xian Cultural Festival, Hainan Li and Miao “March 3” Festival, Danzhou Folk Song Festival, Wenchang Gongqi Festival, Wanning Lantern Festival, Nanshan Longevity Cultural Festival, Baoting Seven Fairies Hot Spring Water Festival, etc. The Han, Li and Miao are the ethnic groups living in Hainan for generations, and the Li is the earliest inhabitant of Hainan Island.

Hainan has a unique festival culture and traditional festivals.

The Miao ethnic group calls the Spring Festival the "Hakka New Year". Before eating the New Year's Eve dinner, they usually worship their ancestors and compete to set off firecrackers. The more firecrackers they set off, the better. Other customs such as staying up all year round, washing feet, and shouting New Year's greetings are also present.

The Li people generally practice burial, and burial customs vary by region and dialect. In the hinterland of Wuzhi Mountain, when someone dies, a gun is fired to announce the death. Men are buried in the clan's public cemetery in their own village in a single wooden coffin. Women who marry from other villages need to be carried back to their parents' home to handle the funeral and be buried in their parents' cemetery.

Hainan's four traditional famous dishes: Wenchang chicken, Jiaji duck, Hele crab, Dongshan lamb. "Qingbuliang", bamboo tube rice, coconut rice, etc. are all Hainan specialties.

How many kilometers does it take to drive around Hainan Island?

The self-driving tour around Hainan Island is about 850 kilometers. Starting from Haikou in the north, the tour goes eastwards, passing Wenchang, Qionghai, Wanning, Lingshui to Sanya, with a total length of about 400 kilometers. Then, from Sanya to Yacheng, Dongfang, Changjiang, Danzhou, and Haikou, the total length is about 450 kilometers.

Hainan Island has a natural coastline of about 1,226.5 kilometers, making it the second largest island after Taiwan Island. It is recommended to arrange an eight-day itinerary for a self-driving tour around the island, with a daily itinerary of more than 100 kilometers being relatively easy.

Hainan Island is located in the tropics, with hot summers, abundant rainfall, and occasional typhoons. A self-driving tour around the island not only allows you to visit more scenery, but also allows you to have a deeper understanding of the local humanities, customs, and culture.

Is Hainan's duty-free shop in Sanya or Haikou?

Hainan's duty-free shops are located in Haikou and Sanya. There are three duty-free shops in Haikou. One is located in Meilan International Airport, which is also the largest duty-free shop in Haikou and sells a variety of international brands. The second is located in Sun Moon Plaza in Haikou City. Because it is close to the city and is in a prosperous area, it has a very large flow of people.

The third duty-free shop in Haikou is in the Mission Hills Tourist Resort, also known as the Mission Hills Duty Free Shop. This is where a large number of tourists gather, and many tourists also buy duty-free goods.

Sanya also has three duty-free shops. The first one is at Sanya Phoenix Airport. Like the airport duty-free shop in Haikou, you can buy directly here, or you can buy in other places and pick up the goods here for tax refund.

The second is the Sanya Hailv Duty Free Shop in the city center. The third and largest duty free shop in Sanya is the International Shopping Duty Free City in Haitang Bay. It has a wide variety of products and is the most popular shopping place in Sanya.