The End of The Earth (Tianya Haijiao as Chinese ) is located at the foot of Xiama Hill in Tianya town, 24 km west of Sanya. This spot is most popular with Chinese tourists for its history. The history goes that Song dynasty officials were exiled here for criticizing their government. For them, this untraversed wilderness must have really felt like the "end of the earth". But here is not really the end of the earth and the corner of the sea. there is a romantic legend accompanying the area. Two passionate lovers from rival Li clans are said to have pledged their love for one another here, promising that they would be together wherever they traveled. Constantly pursued by troops from both clans, they were forced to leap from this spot into the sea. The Chinese believe that two of the huge rocks that stand facing one another, represent the two lovers. Today, Chinese couples still invoke this tale in their declarations of love, promising that they too, would go to the "end of the earth" for one another. Tianya Haijiao literally means, “edge of the sky, rim of the sea.?The Chinese characters for "Tianya Haijiao" (end of the earth) and "Nantian Yizhu" (the huge rock that emerges from the sea, making a "corner"), are engraved on three of the biggest rocks that sit along the coast. The End of The Earth(Tianya Haijiao) is a heaven for people who are head over heals in love, and also an ideal place for people who are deeply in love with the sea. You will definitely have memorable vacation here.