After lunch we went to a famous well on the island - Song Well (宋井). The well is famous because no one knows exactly where the water comes from. It's not influenced by tides, nor rainfall, and the water level is pretty constant no matter how much water gets drawn. In the old times when the island was a fort, there were three wells dug to supply the military with water. The location for one of the wells was lost through time, and the second one was sunk underwater a few decades back. Thus, this is the only surviving of the three wells on the island.
That's the entrance to the park where the well is. To visit, you need to pay RMB10 per pax (about S$2).
There's a small garden in the park, fitted with decorations and pavilions.
Near the well, there is a beach where the locals call 白米库. Loosely translated, it means a rice warehouse. It was said that during one of the battles in Song Dynasty, this fort met with some trouble and was running out of food. The general leading the troops came to this shore and by some miracle, the sand turned into rice, providing food for the soldiers.
The walkway leading up to the well. Badly maintained, and has apparently, seen many rough tides and storms.
The well itself (surroundings don't look pleasant - with some construction) so I took the well and the well only. :)
If you're on the island, might as well pay the park a visit. It's worth it for the history of it, but other than that there isn't much to do there.
So by the time we went around the island, having lunch and visited the park, it was about 3pm, and we decided to head back to the hotel. On the departure, we missed a ferry (again) so we had an hour to take a look at the shops at the harbour. The shops on the island are more interesting!
That's a horseshoe crab, in Mandarin it's called (好), which literally translates to good!
And shops selling more salted seafood!
And a rooster... Though I doubt that's for sale.
And puffer fish decorations:)..
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