[2025 Sanmen Attraction] Travel Guide for Shepan Island (Updated Aug)

Just because of a sentence in the group. People from all directions gathered at Fisherman’s Wharf in Sanmen. Have a meal of affordable spring seafood... I don't dare eat smoked mudskippers at all. The dark smell is a bit weird. But it is a good tonic. Wouldn’t you have to order two bowls to go with the boiled tofu? The shark intestines are crunchy and well received. It tastes like yellow throat. The clams in this season are really fresh and sweet. No sand, safe to eat. Certainly the most popular. Or Taizhou rice cake... The rice cakes in Sanmen are different from those in other places in Taizhou. Very finely cut. The flavor naturally increases during the cooking process. It absorbs the essence of seafood and seasonal vegetables. Chewy but effortless. No resistance swept away... It won’t be difficult to digest. The 12 courses were huge portions. The final bill was more than 600 yuan. Oh my god, I'll come again next time... Sanmen Bay Seafood (Shepan Wharf Store) Address: No. 226, Shangyantou, Huangnidong Village, Shepan Township, Sanmen County Opening hours: 9:00-24:00

🏝️Shepan Island Travel Guide🏝️ 🌸Tour Route: We recommend starting from Shepan Island Wharf, then visiting Pirate Village → Lunch → Wild Man Cave → Qingfeng Cave → Mud Sliding Park, and finally returning to the wharf. 📜Key Attractions: • Pirate Village: A pirate-themed village full of mystery and excitement, perfect for taking photos. 📸 There are several photo spots in the village, and you can take free photos with pirates! 🏴‍☠️ • Wild Man Cave: The cave features unique scenery and breathtaking stone sculptures, making you feel like you're in a maze wonderland. 🏞️ Remember to wear comfortable shoes, as the cave is dimly lit and requires walking exploration. • Qingfeng Cave: The cave is cool and pleasant, and the waterfall at the entrance is beautiful, making it a great place to enjoy the natural breeze. 🌳 • Mud Sliding Park: A place where children can play freely and express themselves, while you capture their happy smiles. 👶 🕰Recommended Visit Duration: We recommend spending a day here. In the morning, you can visit Pirate Village and Wild Man Cave, and in the afternoon, head to Qingfeng Cave and Mud Sliding Park. In the evening, you can enjoy a delicious seafood feast at a restaurant on the island. 👗What to Wear: • Comfortable sneakers: Shepan Island requires climbing mountains and walking through caves, so sneakers are more comfortable. • Long-sleeved clothing and sunscreen: For sun and insect protection. • Hat and rain gear: The weather in the mountains is changeable, so bring a hat and rain gear just in case. 🎁Surprise Recommendations: • Shiziling Viewing Platform: Overlooking the beautiful scenery of Shepan Island, it's a great spot for photography enthusiasts. 📸 • Local Cuisine: Sanmen Green Crab, Jumping Fish, and other fresh seafood are great choices. 🦀🐟 We hope this guide helps you have a pleasant trip to Shepan Island! 🌼📸🎏

In Taizhou, this place is incredibly photogenic‼️||The vast greenery of Shepan Island is so beautiful, every shot looks amazing! We went during the May Day holiday when it was raining and there were not many people. We didn't have high expectations, but the scenery turned out to be quite nice. There's a unique beauty to rainy days~ Shepan Island includes Wild Man Cave, Pirate Village, and Mud Sliding Park. If you plan to visit the Mud Sliding Park for some tidal flat activities, make sure to bring the necessary tools and slippers.

🌈Shepan Island has nice scenery and a pleasant climate. It is a relatively niche tourist destination. 🏘The Pirate Village is relatively large, and the Savage Cave is a little smaller than the Pirate Village. ➰Every chisel mark is history, and every stone is a story. Go and feel the true connotation of "The Dao of Pirates". ✅Those with children must check in at the mud slide park. Both adults and children have a lot of fun. ✔️You can also dig small clams, catch crabs, and jump fish on the mudflats, which is very interesting. ✅And the blue crabs and small seafood are also delicious. Bring your parents and children, ⛱Walk and stop, eat and see, it's very comfortable‼ ️ 📍Address of scenic spot: Shepan Island, Sanmen County, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province Opening hours: Monday to Friday 08:0016:00 (no admission after 16:00) Open from 08:00 to 17:00 on Saturday and Sunday (admission ends at 17:00) 🎟️Ticket related: 👉 Mud slide park: 50 yuan 👉Pirate Village: 50 yuan 👉 Savage Cave: 50 yuan 👉Pirate Village + Savage Cave combined ticket: 85 yuan 📝Notes: Ticket prices may be adjusted over time and with policy changes. It is recommended to check the latest prices before departure. There are discounts for buying in advance on various ticket purchasing websites, and there are also various ticket types to choose from. Transportation to attractions: 🚌Public transportation: You can reach Shepan Island by taking the corresponding bus or ferry from Sanmen Railway Station or Sanmen Passenger Transport Center Station. 🚘Self-driving: Shepan Island is far away from the county seat, so it is more convenient to drive there. It is more suitable for self-driving or group tour. 💁The Sanmen Bridge spans across the island, and tourist buses can drive directly to the island. Traffic and parking are very convenient, parking fee is 10 yuan👈 🌟Highlights: "Shepan Island" is the largest island cave scenic spot in China. ⛰ Due to long-term quarrying, there are more than 1,300 strange caves with different shapes on the island, ➿ so it is called "Dry Cave Island". There are indigenous residents living on the island. The remaining caves left by the ancients were abandoned and ↗️ were used as houses by later generations and pirates. It is said that the last batch of cave dwellers evacuated in 2008👀 👍️Must-see attractions: 🎉It is mainly composed of Pirate Village, Savage Cave, Huangnidong Ancient Village and Sliding Mud Park. There are no snakes in Shepan Island, no savages in Savage Cave, and no pirates in Island Village. 🉐The distance between Haidao Village and Yeren Cave is about one kilometer. ✔️Pirate Village The Pirate Village is an island cave scenic spot with pirates as its theme. There are many stone carvings in the village, as well as some pirate culture: Pirates also have their own code of conduct, and pirates also have certain social rules and systems. In the Pirate Village, you can learn about the five representative figures in the history of Chinese pirates, their life stories, and their ocean routes. You can also appreciate the caves where pirates hide treasures, wine cellars, a 2,000-square-meter performance hall, etc. ✔️Savage Cave It is a quarrying relic from the Song Dynasty. It is the home of mountain people such as quarrymen, pirates and islanders. The caves are very shocking. There are also many stone windows carved by locals. The patterns are very beautiful, and each one is different. There are also curved bridges, flowing water, koi, and a large waterfall hanging down. ✔️Mud slide park 👉The Mud Slide Park⛱ consists of three theme areas: the entrance service area, the health and leisure area, and the tidal flat sports area. ⤵️With the theme of "health and sports", 👉It is a coastal amusement area integrating "sports, leisure and entertainment" built with mud culture and stone culture. 🛎Food recommendations: 🉐Sanmen County is famous for its blue crabs. The aquaculture industry on the island is quite developed. 👀Small seafood has also been featured on "A Bite of China", such as Sanmen Zaojiang, salted razor clams, salted small white shrimps and blood clams, etc., which are all local specialty seafood and are worth a try‼ ️ ✔️In addition to small seafood, Sanmen also has a lot of local snacks, 👉 mainly wheat cakes, food cake rolls, wheat burnt heads, wheat burnt, pine flower cakes, black rice glutinous rice cakes, green balls, glutinous rice balls, "puisha", glutinous rice cakes, rolled glutinous rice cakes, flat food, etc.💫 💗Other tips: ✔️There is hot water for bathing in the mud slide park. Depending on the tide and the weather, you can go to the mudflats normally. Otherwise, you cannot play mud slide normally. It is recommended to bring a set of clothes to change into. ✔️There are jumping fish, crabs and so on on the mudflats. You can buy a bucket, shovel and rain boots to go fishing. ✔️It is recommended to buy tickets online one day in advance, 💁 you can get a lot of discounts, ✅ you can also bring some dry food with you, and parking is generally 10 yuan per vehicle. There is no time limit.

Shepan Island, Sanmen, Taizhou, Zhejiang ✨There aren’t many people there on weekends, so it’s considered a niche tourist destination! Shepan Island records the mining history since the Tang and Song dynasties. Thousands of years of quarrying have left more than 1,300 caves, so it is called "Thousand Cave Island". ✨The Yeren Cave Scenic Area allows you to learn about the quarrying scenes, quarrying tools, cave dwelling culture, stone window culture, etc. There is also an entertainment area for children. ✨The Pirate Village Scenic Area is the only pirate-themed island cave scenic area in China. Shepan Island was once a pirate den. In the Pirate Village, you can learn about the five representative figures in the history of Chinese pirates and their life stories and marine management. You can also appreciate the caves where pirates hid treasures, wine cellars, a 2,000-square-meter performance hall, etc. Follow the signs and you will arrive at the exit. ✨You can stay on the island for two days and one night, walk along the beach, eat seafood, and visit scenic spots

Time flies, it passes very quickly, and the annual Spring Festival is coming soon! In the subconscious of our people, the Spring Festival is one of the most grand and distinctive traditional festivals among the people. It refers to New Year’s Eve and the first day of the first lunar month, which is the first day of the year, also called the lunar year, commonly known as "New Year". Moreover, with the arrival of the Spring Festival, everyone visits relatives and friends, drinks Laba porridge, worships the Kitchen God, sweeps the house, puts up Spring Festival couplets, puts up New Year pictures, pastes the word "Fu" upside down, stays up on New Year's Eve, eats dumplings, receives New Year's money, pays New Year's greetings, visits temple fairs and other folk activities. Of course, with the convenience of current transportation, many people will choose to take a spontaneous trip during the Spring Festival to experience the prosperity and splendor of the motherland! So the question is, the Spring Festival is coming, where should we go for a trip? Uncle Cricket recommends that everyone come to "Thousand Cave Island", where you can get acquainted with snakes and appreciate the pirate culture! The one I want to introduce is Shepan Island. [It is said that the first Feng Shui masters who surveyed Shepan Island named it Longpan Island because the mountain features of the island resembled a giant dragon entrenched in Sanmen Bay. However, because the word "dragon" violated the emperor's name, it was renamed Shepan Island to avoid suspicion.] After thousands of years of mining, only caves were left, so it has the reputation of "Island of Thousand Caves". It is a 4A-level tourist attraction in China and the second largest island in the area. It has highlights such as Pirate Village, Savage Cave, and Mud Park! Interestingly, although the name of Shepan Island is related to snakes, it is actually the site of the largest island quarry in the country, producing the famous Jiangnan stone - "Shepan Island Stone", so this attraction is both mysterious and interesting! After arriving at Shepan Island, you will see that the "stone" culture is prominent here. It was once the habitat of the ancient Yue people, a supply base for the Maritime Silk Road, a mining site for famous Jiangnan stones, the birthplace of Chinese art stone windows, and a rare modern cave dwelling site, all of which are related to stone! As we continued walking, the view in front of us suddenly opened up. The island was filled with crisscrossing caves, overlapping each other, with rugged rocks and bizarre scenery. After entering the cave, it is like spring all year round, and outside the cave there are waves and sails, which is really fun and interesting! What’s even more interesting is that there is also a “pirate culture” here. Why is that? It turns out that Shepan Island was one of the main pirate lairs in Zhejiang Province in ancient times, and the pirates were not eradicated until 1953. Over the course of time, it has brought together some of the most famous pirates in China's maritime history, and has realistically reproduced every detail of pirate life. Even Nordic pirates such as the "Sea Devil" Francis Drake and the "Pirate Queen" Catalina have come here, which is amazing! For those who are visiting for the first time, you can focus on three aspects; First, the stone caves. As we mentioned before, Shepan Island is also known as the "Thousand Cave Island". Therefore, when playing in the "Thousand Caves", you can explore the large caves with an area of ​​more than 1,000 square meters, as well as the deep, winding and bottomless small caves that can only accommodate one person. There are caves within caves, and they are horizontal and vertical, with rugged rocks, like a maze. Second, pirates. The pirate village is like a maze, divided into parts such as "Heroes of the East China Sea", "Alliance of Mountains and Seas", and "Ocean Strategy". It unfolds based on the deeds of five representative figures in the history of Chinese pirates: Sun En, Lu Xun, Fang Guozhen, Wang Zhi, and Zheng Zhilong. Third, the island. The entire Shepan Island is centered around islands, caves, rocks and the sea. It is located in the core waters of Sanmen Bay. Its superior island style makes everyone fall in love with it, and playing there makes people feel relaxed and comfortable both physically and mentally! Those who like to check in can focus on highlights such as Huangnidong Ancient Village, Pirate Village, Savage Cave, Qingfengdong Starry Sky Camp, Lion Ridge, and Mud Slide Park. Tips for visiting Shepan Island: Tickets are available online for 68 yuan [limited time discount of 9.9 yuan, ending in 14 days]. It is located on the Shangshe Line in Sanmen County, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province. Take the Central Vegetable Market-Shepan to the [Shepan Hotel] station. It is recommended to travel by car. If you like seafood, you must feast on it here. The blue crabs here are famous and are a must-try! This article is original by the author "Uncle Cricket Loves Traveling" and may not be reproduced or plagiarized without permission. Violators will be held accountable! For more fun, free and novel attractions with food, drink and entertainment guides, please follow "Uncle Cricket Loves Traveling"! You are so beautiful, don’t forget to like the article at the end, it can help you make travel plans! Have you ever been to this attraction? Welcome to leave a message to communicate and discuss!

Shepan Island records the mining history since the Tang and Song Dynasties. Thousands of years of quarrying have left more than 1,300 caves, and it is called the "Thousand Cave Island". The Wild Man Cave Scenic Area allows you to learn about the quarrying scenes, quarrying tools, cave dwelling culture, stone window culture, etc. at that time. There is also an entertainment area for children. The Pirate Village Scenic Area is the only island cave scenic area in China with a pirate theme. Shepan Island used to be a pirate den. In the Pirate Village, you can learn about the five representative figures in the history of Chinese pirates and their life stories and marine management. You can also appreciate the caves where pirates hid treasures, wine cellars, a 2,000-square-meter performance hall, etc. Follow the signs and you will arrive at the exit. You can stay on the island for two days and one night, walk along the beach, eat seafood, and visit scenic spots. Taizhou Tourism

Shepan Island in Zhejiang is a must visit! it is such a calm and peaceful place ~ 100% recommended!😍 #tripaway

There is a snake island in Sanmen County, Zhejiang Province, which is famous for its caves in the mountains. Shezhen Island is a lonely island, but now it is connected with the land. It is a peninsula, 270 degrees sea, and the scenery is a famous tourist attraction. Viper Island is not named because of the snake on the island, but the mountain on the island is like a snake. This is the only island cultural theme park in the country. The cave on the island used to be a pirate base. Since the Song Dynasty, people have been mining stone on this island. The mountains on the island have been hollowed out, leaving more than 1360 caves and caves. These caves are all dug down from the upper opening, so the shape of the hill remains intact. The pirate village scenic spot is a scenic spot built on the basis of the pirate base. The caves left by these quarries are very hidden and safe. The great pirate king of the Ming Dynasty once squatted on the island of Snake Island as a camp. The quarry in ancient times was very difficult and dangerous. It was opened from the top of the mountain, and it was one of the hardest industries at that time, relying on wooden ladders and ropes to enter and exit the quarry in the cave. The pirate village of Donghai Xiongxiong refers to the five famous pirates in Chinese history, namely, "Zu Shiye" Sun En, "The Eggs' ancestors" Lu Xun, "Haijing" Fang Guozhen, "Net Hai Wang" Wang Zhi Zheng Zhilong, the king of the ship.