Yingge Cape

Yingge Cape projects from the southwestern coast of Hainan into the Gulf of Tonkin. Its waters face Vietnam across the gulf, while a dry coast lies behind the cape. During the Yongzheng reign, migrants from Qiongshan and Fujian settled nearby and made their living by fishing, giving the coastal settlement the name Yinggehai. The sea also supplied salt used and exchanged by the island’s inhabitants.