Nashan Geopark

Located in Yuetang Town, with an altitude of 146 meters, Nashan Geopark is the second highest peak in Central Jiangsu Province. It is located at the estuary of the ancient Yangtze River more than 10 million years ago. It has not only the main crater, but also five parasitic craters. It is a Dunxing ancient volcano formed by volcanic eruption around 5 million years ago.

Nashan Geopark

Mount Nashan in Yizheng is not only famous for its local tea and green poplar spring, but also a crater formed by Cenozoic volcanic eruption more than 5 million years ago. Nearby, there are not only spectacular stone pillar forest, but also complete volcanic geological structure, as well as rare wood and ossified stone groups at home and abroad. It is a geological relic with high scientific value and spectacular scenery in East China.

In 2015, the construction of Geopark was officially planned.

Map

"If the mountain is not high, there will be immortals; if the water is not deep, there will be dragons."

Master plan structure

It is "one core, one ring and five areas", that is, taking Nashan geopark tourism area as the core and Nashan mountain as the ring line, radiating and extending to the surrounding five areas, namely, tea mountain resort, ecological conservation area, hot spring resort, RV camp area and health preserving public community. The key planning for the geopark tourism area

The first phase of the project focuses on the planning of the core area - geopark tourism area. The key scenic spots are as follows:

1. Theme sculpture

2. Journey to the center of the earth

3. Wormhole exploration

4. Big stone pillar

5. A brief history of time

6. Bailongtan

7. Teana Valley

8. Yuhuashixi

9. Flying stone

10. Black sand valley.

After the completion of the four functional areas, Nashan will become a Geopark integrating sightseeing, leisure and popular science.

Due to the tight construction time, there are only five open conditions: dashizhu, Bailongtan, tianlaigu, yuhuashixi and feilaishi.

"After the initial opening of the whole Geopark, the tour time is expected to be about three hours." The Geopark is equipped with battery driveway, pedestrian trail, etc., as well as waterfront, Mountaineering Road, suspension bridge, cliff plank road, cable bridge, etc., so that tourists can enjoy different fun from different angles. "At the same time, in the later stage, it will also create such heavyweight scenic spots as geocentric tour, wormhole exploration and time history, which will give tourists a more shocking Geological Exploration Tour."

Nashan Geopark was opened for trial operation before November 25, 2015, and then closed for three months. It was reopened on March 1, 2016.

Nashan

With an altitude of 146 meters, Nashan is the second highest peak in Central Jiangsu, and Tongshan in the south is the first peak in Central Jiangsu. Generally speaking, the Huaihe River Basin is to the north of Nashan, and the Yangtze River Basin is to the south.

Five million years ago, it was the mouth of the ancient Yangtze River. One day, because of the change of the earth's crust, the calm river bottom suddenly erupted, and the hot magma erupted had no time to overflow, that is, it was attacked by the surging river water and sea tide from all sides. The magma intruded into the sedimentary rocks along the cracks of the earth's crust and cooled rapidly. In the process of slow cooling, it crystallized into ordered hexagonal crystalline basalt columns. Because of the repeated volcanic activities and the intrusion of magma, the condensed basalt column was squeezed into various vertical, oblique and horizontal shapes, forming the present Shizhu mountain.

The vicissitudes of the past were buried with the years. Until the end of the last century, in the process of digging sand and stone, people successively dug out strip-shaped stones. Later, after geological investigation, it was found that these strip-shaped stones were once volcanic rocks submerged at the bottom of the river. It witnessed a rare miracle of "water and fire melting" in nature. It has not only become the only volcanic geological wonder in our province, but also very rare in China.

"The geological resources here are very rich, among which the oldest wood bone fossil has a history of more than 100 million years."

Objective significance

Hu Qin, deputy director of Yizheng Municipal Bureau of culture, broadcasting and information technology, said that the biggest features of Nashan Geopark are basaltic pillar forest and wood bone fossils. Around this feature, a Geopark integrating sightseeing, adventure, exploration, leisure and expansion sports has been built. After the first and second phases are expected to be completed within three years, Nashan Geopark will become China's top basalt Geopark and world-class The garden of the mine.

Nashan Geopark, with its brand-new appearance and unique style, has added a new bright spot to Yizheng's tourism industry, added a good place for the general public and foreign tourists, improved the driving force for the development of middle and later mountainous areas, and played an important role in promoting the development of Yizheng's tourism industry, building an ecological economic belt along 353 provincial road, and enhancing Yizheng's popularity.

The opening of Nashan Geopark is not only the glory of Yizheng, but also a major event in Yangzhou Tourism Industry. It will play a positive role in supplementing and improving the layout of scenic spots on Yangzhou Tourism Circle and promoting the healthy and sustainable development of the whole province's tourism circle.

Construction target

"To be the best basalt Geopark and first-class mine garden in China."

Address: No.1 Huanshan Road, Yuetang Town, Yizheng City, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 119.1367771

Latitude: 32.4242561

Opening hours: 8:00-17:00

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