Hepu Beibu Gulf Pearl Coast
📍 Guangxi, China · 21.6600°, 109.2000°
The fabled "Southern Pearls" (Nanzhu) of Hepu — tribute gems since the Han dynasty and subject of the proverb "pearls return to Hepu"; round, silver-lustered Nanzhu farms still work the Beibu Gulf alongside Hainan and Guangdong.