Marine National Park Headquarters, National Park Service, Ministry of the Interior

After eons of continuous building Corals have formed a perfectly shaped Brilliantly colored ring In the South China Sea Drifting organisms are the atoll’s lifeblood Fishes dart about The soft corals gracefully sway A richly layered 3-dimensional space It’s the cornerstone nurturing the diversity of marine life A sea grass bed covering 10,000 hectares Forms the most distinctive habitat in the lagoon Coral skeletons Gradually accumulated To form the thriving Dongsha Atoll of today The seeds of some terrestrial plants Sprouts grow and thrive here Contributing to Dongsha Island’s lush greenery These guests from afar Frolicking on the sandbar adjoining the atoll lagoon Dongsha Atoll Is like the Eden of the South China Sea The continuing stream of life Inherit the desire to drift They set their sights on places Ever more distant