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Naturist Resources => NEWS! International Naturist News and Travel Reports => Asia => Topic started by: Danee on March 25, 2013, 05:04:27 pm
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Many tourists have posted nude photographs while vacationing at Sanya's nudist beach in south China's Hainan Province, giving the Chinese public a vivid imagination of what happens at Sanya, Taiwan newspaper Want Daily reported.
(http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20130325/001372acd0b512ba435001.jpg)
The so called nudist beach lies on Da Dong Hai (Great East Sea) beach, is only three kilometers from Sanya. It has become increasingly common to see groups of people chatting and playing cards in the nude at the far end of the beach.
Sanya is a popular tourist destination in China. The so called nudist beach lies on Da Dong Hai (Great East Sea) beach, is only three kilometers from Sanya. It has become increasingly common to see groups of people chatting and playing cards in the nude at the far end of the beach.
There is no sign posted to inform tourists that the area is for nudists, and there have been reports of embarrassing encounters between clothed and nude beach goers.
An internet user called "yilunanfeng" said that the beach used to be frequented by foreigners on vacation, but gradually more and more Chinese tourists took over the nudist beach.
Perhaps in a contest of traditional values, most of the naked sun bathers are middle-aged men.
"Yilunanfeng" advised that the local government should set up a notice to remind people that there is a nude beach here
(http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20130325/001372acd0b512ba43a203.jpg)
The so called nudist beach lies on Da Dong Hai (Great East Sea) beach, is only three kilometers from Sanya. It has become increasingly common to see groups of people chatting and playing cards in the nude at the far end of the beach.
From: http://www.china.org.cn/china/2013-03/25/content_28351002.htm (http://www.china.org.cn/china/2013-03/25/content_28351002.htm)
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Its surprising to find out that this nude beach lies in China, but its also great that nudism is expanding to countries I've never thought it would reach! :2345
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:34 I never thought that China has a nudist beach. This land is very prudish.
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Are the people on the beach mostly Chinese/Taiwanese or is it Western tourists?
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Good to see that naturism gaining popularity in China. :543
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lets see if it lasts...!
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did not think I would see a nude beach in china of all the places.
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:56789 Which China are we talking about here. "The Republic of China" or the "Peoples Republic of China" ?
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:56789 Which China are we talking about here. "The Republic of China" or the "Peoples Republic of China" ?
My impression was that it was Taiwan (ROC) not PRC.
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PRC actually, though not quite mainland. It is an island, though much closer to the mainland than Taiwan. The site that reported it runs a .cn-domain, after all.
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did not think I would see a nude beach in china of all the places.
Why not? They've got all kinds of nude hotsprings.
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did not think I would see a nude beach in china of all the places.
Why not? They've got all kinds of nude hotsprings.
In china ,not very common to have nude beaches?how many would there be?
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Sanya, Hainan Island, Dadonghai Beach, north end: free Beach. This is reportedly China's only naturist site and quite public and touristy, every day some 500 Chinese and a few Euro nudists congregate here (as observed in Feb 2012). Naked children cavort all over this and all other Sanya beaches.
Wikipedia seems to back you up on this... Not many
The article isn't totally correct though because I know for a fact that many hotsprings in rural china are enjoyed nude (apparently they don't count as "naturist sites"). Also there's a huge disconnect between the official party line and the reality of how Chinese live particularly in the rural areas of the interior. I'm guessing there are a lot of unofficial (out of the way) places that are used for naturism especially in the Chinese tropics and subtropics.
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that's what I thought .good old wilkipedia.
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did not think I would see a nude beach in china of all the places.
Why not? They've got all kinds of nude hotsprings.
In china ,not very common to have nude beaches?how many would there be?
I think so..
Nude spa is common in Taiwan & Japan only but not for China..
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It seems to be very common in mongolia - not sure about the rest of china.
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The only nude beach I've ever been to was the one in Sanya, actually. I just talked about my experience in another thread, but I'll copy it here: Originally, a group of local men starting getting naked in the area to get some relief for their psoriasis. Once it became clear that the government was going to take a neutral stance to nudity on that part of the beach (neither condemning nor condoning it), more people started getting naked in the area for recreational reasons, including foreigners. I went there once, and it's the one and only nude beach experience I have.
The day I went, there was the group of older, very dark Chinese men. They're the ones who get naked for medical reasons. There were a few other Chinese men of various ages at the edge of the beach and in the water. And there were a few foreigners of both genders a little further away on the beach. When I knew I was in the right spot, I decided to just get naked right away so I wouldn't talk myself out of it. I pulled down my shorts and had one of the most liberating feelings ever. The sun and the wind touching my whole body felt great. I wasn't aroused, but my body wasn't quite used to the sensation and I had an involuntary reaction that forced me into the water pretty quickly. That was a blessing in disguise! Skinny dipping in the ocean was amazing, and I hope to do it again some day. The only odd part for me was that families would often walk along the nude area to get to the clothed area (and they're fully clothed doing so, of course). When I was ready to get out of the water, I kept waiting for a family to pass by first because I felt awkward walking right up near them in the nude. I'm sure they were aware of the other naked people there and probably wouldn't have walked that way if they had a problem with it. But I was still getting used to the new experience. I finally got out of the water, sat on the beach for awhile, got dressed, and headed back to where I was staying. I didn't wind up talking to anybody since there were only a limited number of foreigners who might know English. That's one of my regrets, but now I have something new to conquer next time I go to a nude beach. It was a short, but very successful first nude beach experience.
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I love how begrudgingly the article is written. So much use of the phrase, "So called"...
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Any updates on this beach's situation?
Yes, sadly....this from last year. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2553971/China-closes-nudist-beach-complaints-naked-men-complained-women.html
Bare-bottomed bathers on China's only nudist beach have been ordered to cover up by the local government in a bid to create a 'civilised social environment'.
The local council said they had been forced to act after being flooded with complaints particularly from families who said they could not go there with their children because of the large number of naked men.
They confirmed that the nude sunbathers were always men, adding that was no problem with women stripping off their clothes on the beach.
Apparently, some Chinese have a problem with C's and B's...