Bawangling gibbon Nature Reserve

Bawangling gibbon Nature Reserve

Bawangling Nature Reserve is located in the southeast of Changjiang County, Hainan Province, 26 kilometers away from the county seat. The park is full of tropical rain forest and evergreen seasonal rain forest. The natural ecosystem is well protected and suitable for the reproduction of tropical wild animals and plants. It is the only black crested gibbon Nature Reserve in China. The nature reserve is one of the main forest areas in Hainan, with dense forests. Among more than 200 tropical plants, 29 rare plants have been listed as national key protection objects, and more than 10 species of animals have been listed as national first and second level protection, such as gibbon, clouded leopard, water deer, pangolin, etc. It is an ideal scenic spot for people to visit the forest.

brief introduction

The total area of Bawangling gibbon nature reserve is more than 35000 mu, where mountains are continuous, peaks are emerald, forests are vast, ancient trees are towering, natural ecosystems are well preserved, and tropical biological resources are extremely rich. Along the winding forest road into the reserve, look around, in addition to the growth of many valuable tree species, wild animals staple food of various wild fruit trees are all over the mountain, there are steamed bread fruit, pomegranate, bamboo, black ink, green fruit banyan, mountain olive, Moutan, Wild Litchi and so on. In this colorful wild orchard forest, there are several groups of protected black crested gibbons.

About the black crested gibbon

Black crested gibbon, also known as black ape and human bear, mainly lives in tropical virgin forest and almost entirely lives in trees. It has many similarities with human beings, such as blood type, chromosome, menstrual cycle, pregnancy cycle and so on. Body length 50 cm, weight 7-8 kg. It likes to live in family groups. It often lives in small groups (2-6) and occupies a certain area. Its dwelling, feeding and climbing activities depend on the forest environment. It mainly feeds on the fruits, leaves and buds of plants. It also feeds on insects, birds' eggs and honey. The black gibbon gives birth to one baby each time. It matures at 6-7 years old and can live up to 30 years. The male is black in color, the female is gray brown in color, and the hair on the top of the head looks like black crown, so it is called black crown gibbon. The hand of the gibbon is longer than the sole of the foot, and the upper arm is longer than the lower limb. The two arms stretch out to about 1.7 meters. The gibbon uses both hands and feet on the tree, climbs and jumps, and quickly climbs from tree to tree like a swing. They live in groups and activities with the family as the main body, and form a family with one male, one female and their young. They have feelings for each other. At the break of dawn, they come out and sing in turn, echoing each other. When we are together, we often shout and cry, hug and embrace. Each family has a fixed living space, which is occupied by its own. It can't be invaded by other groups. When it sees different groups, it will fight. Young apes live with their parents from the first to the sixth instar, and after they mature at the seventh and eighth instar, they find a mate to give birth and form a new group. Female apes are solitary in every birth and reproduce very slowly.

Gibbon is one of the four existing anthropoid apes in the world. Its living habits are similar to human beings, and its skeleton, teeth and vital structure are also similar to human beings. It is an important experimental animal in zoology, psychology, anthropology and sociology. There are only a few groups in Hainan Island and Xishuangbanna in China. Hainan Island is the main production area, and they live in Bawangling, Wuzhishan and Jianling In Fengling and other primeval forests.

In addition to gibbons, there are more than 60 kinds of rare animals in Bawangling gibbon nature reserve, such as clouded leopard, black bear, water deer, pangolin, giant squirrel, coconut cat, civet, civet, flying mouse, peacock pheasant, pheasant, woodpecker, owl, flying eagle, mountain partridge and so on. It is an ideal scenic spot for forest tourism.

geographical position

Bawangling is located in Hainan Island, with a total area of 1.17 million mu (about 78000 hectares). The mountain range covers parts of four counties and cities, including Changjiang, Dongfang, Ledong and Baisha. The highest peak (houmiling) is 1615 meters above sea level, which is the second highest peak in Hainan. Houmiling is part of Limu mountain range.

Bawangling forest area has many mountains, green hills and towering ancient villages. The natural ecological system is extremely complete, tropical forest species are diverse, animals are diverse, mineral resources are rich, waterfalls are spectacular, landforms and caves are various, which can be called the Grand View Garden of forest landforms.

The best of Bawangling

1. The highest level of Nature Reserve - the most national level of black crested gibbon nature reserve;

2. The largest area of Wild Litchi forest (about 700 mu);

3. The largest area of wild plum forest;

4. The largest diameter at breast height of wild litchi tree King (￠ = 2.39M);

5. The largest king of Keteleeria fortunei (￠ = 2.4m)

6. The largest area of natural South Asian pine forest, the largest scale of pine resin processing base in our province;

7. Qicha hot spring is the nearest hot spring to the forest area;

8. The most poisonous tree

9. Lac worm is the laziest parasite;

10. The most magnificent underground tourist Palace -- Emperor cave.

Address: Bawangling, Changjiang Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province

Longitude: 109.21369134208

Latitude: 19.084766467273

Tel: 0898-65569366

Chinese PinYin : Ba Wang Ling Zhang Bi Yuan Zi Ran Bao Hu Qu