Kingdom of silicified wood

Kingdom of silicified wood

Silicified wood Kingdom theme park is located in Benxi Water Cave Scenic Area of Liaoning Benxi National Geopark, covering an area of 11.6 hectares with an investment of 130 million yuan. It is an extension of Benxi Geological Museum and an important part of Liaoning Benxi National Geopark.

About the park

It is an ex situ protected silicified wood forest park, which is composed of nine functional areas, including silicified wood exhibition area, audience and landscape interaction area (jungle exploration, dinosaur exploration, interesting tree house, dinosaur extinction), sightseeing and sightseeing area, waterfall and pool area, dragon fear area in dense forest, historical treasure appreciation area, leisure square area, and life service area (shopping, catering, etc.) . It is a Geopark with beautiful scenery and unique style, which integrates tourism, leisure, geoscience research and science popularization.

The Kingdom covers an area of about 11.6 hectares, with a green area of 58000 square meters. There are 59 kinds of trees, flowers and plants in the garden, including Magnolia tiannv, Ginkgo biloba, Jingtao, Pinus tabulaeformis, Red Prince Jindai, Dengtai tree, Juglans mandshurica, yuanla No.2, Quercus mongolica, Acer truncatum, Betula pendula, Sophora japonica, Betula platyphylla, Picea koraiensis and Populus tomentosa. There are 25821 large and small flowers and trees. In the plant configuration scenic spots, the garden features of flowers in spring, shade in summer, fruits in autumn and green in winter are basically formed. The appearance of the garden is neat and beautiful, the garden facilities and sketches are set reasonably, and the flower beds are arranged in an orderly way. In terms of plant variety collocation, according to the nature and function of each green space, combined with the ecological nature of trees, we adopt a multi-level and multi-color landscape combination of trees, shrubs and flowers to give people a fresh, pleasant, fragrant and pleasant environment.

The kingdom is surrounded by mountains and rivers with beautiful scenery. Among them, there are 619 silicified trees, which are 14.7 meters high and 1.5 meters in diameter, the tallest in the world so far. We call it "the king of silicified wood.". The famous "Guangyou Temple" is presided over by master chuanchi, an eminent monk of Dade. Seeing such a magnificent silicified wood, he was also shocked. He happily wrote the word "Jue Jing" with vigorous strokes. "Jue" has the meaning of consciousness and feeling, "Jing" is the same as mood and environment. It means to feel the beautiful environment with heart. It also adds the strong cultural color of "Kingdom of silicified wood".

Silicified wood is famous for its characteristic of "transforming decay into magic". The fossils are mainly exposed, or upside down or standing, crisscross, and the rings are clearly distinguishable, which is of great appreciation and archaeological value. It is a comprehensive scenic spot integrating sightseeing, folk holiday and popular science education. According to scientific research, the silicified wood was produced in the late Middle Jurassic and has gone through 180 million years. After the long-term burial of volcanic ash, the organic matter of these trees was completely replaced by silica, forming the silicified wood.

Park structure

The park consists of 10 scenic spots: The Carnival square is equipped with a dinosaur cart and two mechanical dinosaurs, which are specially designed for children; the three caves for jungle exploration have their own caves and strange houses, which are designed by gravity, with an inclination of 19 degrees. It's amazing for anyone who comes here to explore. A resting place in the jungle - Talking stumps. The trees here are endowed with magical power and can emit human language; dinosaurs explore the concrete frame structure with a construction area of 812.69 m2. Ride on the spaceship, turn the clock back, go back to the ancient times, and see a real dinosaur world. Sometimes the spaceship passed under the feet of dinosaurs, sometimes it flew with pterosaurs, sometimes it sank to the bottom of the sea, sometimes it was trampled on It will go through all kinds of dangerous situations; the boutique Plaza is worthy of the word "boutique", and all the silicified wood exhibited is of the highest quality, which is rare in the world; the dinosaur extinction building area is 1053.69 m2, which is also a frame structure. Through the time tunnel, back to the age of dinosaurs 65 million years ago, we experienced an unprecedented disaster together with dinosaurs when an asteroid hit the earth's seismic platform. With the impact of asteroids, people will feel the Great Depression of the earth's crust. This disaster brought the Great Dinosaur Dynasty to an end. Standing on the platform of volcanic collapse, people can experience the landslides and crustal collapse caused by volcanic eruption, and experience a crustal change personally. After experiencing the hypothesis of asteroid impact on the earth and large-scale volcanic eruption, people will feel that life is so small and vulnerable under the power of nature, and then they will cherish their home earth more. Everyone will remember the last sentence " My friends, let me remember this moment. We should take good care of the earth, protect the natural environment and cherish our happy life Instead of "flying down 3000 feet", our waterfall has a beautiful picture of ecological harmony. Under the waterfall, there is a small pool with fish flying at the bottom and green grass fragrant beside it. Three dinosaurs are playing, foraging and drinking freely. What a peaceful Jurassic ecological atmosphere; a huge banyan tree carries three small wooden houses, which we call fun tree house. There are dance carpet, dinosaur evolution, dinosaur race, egg picking dinosaurs and other interesting games, suitable for all ages; the 16 ginkgo ancient wood fossils in the ginkgo garden are the most complete preserved wood fossils in the garden, and each fossil is a perfect branch, which makes people happy Looking at it, you will naturally think of their flourishing branches and leaves; leisure square and hydrophilic platform, the two main squares in the park. The former is a Chinese knot lamp, even in the daytime, you can see the festivity. Several mushroom shaped pavilions not only have the poetic flavor of mountains and rivers, but also bring tourists a good place to enjoy the cool. The latter is located on the Bank of Longmu lake, allowing tourists to enjoy the scenery while enjoying the lushness of these trees more than 100 million years ago and the prosperity of the dinosaur Dynasty.

The kingdom of silicified wood not only brings pleasure and relaxation to visitors, but also amazes and understands the miraculous geological wonders of nature. Through scenic spots such as "dinosaur extinction", fossil display, ex situ protection of silicified wood, and fossil protection measures, it arouses people's deep love for the happy life and historical relics in their hearts Love for the motherland.

Historical structure

Silicified wood, also known as "stone tree", is a product of the late Middle Jurassic period. 140 million years ago, the climate here was warm and the tall trees were luxuriant. Due to volcanic eruption and sudden fracture of the stratum, the plants were buried underground. Under the environment of oxygen isolation and high temperature, after a long period of petrification, the organic matter in the wood was replaced by the siliceous ore in the groundwater, and the organic matter was removed by the crustal movement such as stratum uplift Some fossils of wood were pushed out of the ground and silicified wood was formed. Shen Kuo, a scientist of the Northern Song Dynasty, recorded in MengXiBiTan that "pines turn into stones thousands of miles away from the Bohai Sea".

In the Jurassic period 150 million years ago, when plants (mainly the remains of more than 15 ancient trees such as conifers, cycads, Ginkgo biloba, true ferns and seed ferns) were buried in sediments, the wood was not easy to decay due to the lack of water. In the long process of fossilization, the fibrous structure of the wood was replaced and preserved by minerals such as silica, calcium carbonate and iron sulfide With the evolution of climate and the erosion of wind and rain for thousands of years, the silicified forest gradually exposed to the surface, forming a fossil forest silicified wood.

tourist guide

Benxi Water Cave ticket price 45 yuan, free visit Benxi Geological Museum and "silicified wood kingdom" theme park

The kingdom of silicified wood was put into trial operation on June 1, 2008. It is located in the eastern suburb of Benxi City, the eastern mountainous area about 30 kilometers away from the center of Benxi City, and on the Bank of Taizi River. It is an extension and an important part of Benxi geological museum. Benxi Water Cave, Benxi Geological Museum and silicified wood kingdom are the main scenic areas of Benxi National Geopark in Liaoning Province.

Kingdom album

Address: Benxi Shuidong scenic area, benhuan highway, Benxi Manchu Autonomous County, Benxi City

Longitude: 124.08526023162

Latitude: 41.302496385334

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of Benxi Water Cave Scenic Area.

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