This year the festival will traditionally be held in the coastal city park of Tianya Haijiao (The edges of heaven, corners of the sea). The Galia Lahav wedding dress fashion show will be held Nov. 30.

A world of wonder awaits in Sanya on China’s Hainan Island, and it’s just a few metres offshore. Centuries ago, the Chinese people thought wistfully of Sanya as “Tianya Haijiao”, or the ...