Damaoshan

Damaoshan

Tai Mo Shan is located at the junction of Tsuen Wan District and Yuen Long District in the new territories of Hong Kong, China, and a small part of it belongs to Tai Po District. Tai Mo Shan, also known as "big fog mountain", is the highest peak in Hong Kong, overlooking the new territories and Hong Kong Island. Under the severe cold temperature in winter, frost on the ground can be seen occasionally.

Tai Mo Shan Country Park covers an area of 1640 hectares, covering the mountains to the east of Tsuen Kam Highway, West and north of Shing Mun Country Park, starting from Tai Po in the East and along Lam Tsuen Valley in the south. Tai Mo Shan Country Park is a popular spot for outings and barbecue in Hong Kong, China.

Basic introduction

Tai Mo Shan is the highest peak in Hong Kong, 958 meters above sea level, 24 meters higher than the second highest peak, Phoenix Mountain (934 meters). Tai Mo Shan is located in the central part of the new territories. Its vicinity is included in the Tai Mo Shan Country Park. Nearby are Tai Lam Country Park and Lam Tsuen country park. Tai Mo Shan is located at the junction of Tsuen Wan District and Yuen Long District, and a small part of it belongs to Tai Po District.

Due to the frequent occurrence of fog in Tai Mo Shan, some people in Hong Kong mistook Tai Mo Shan for "Tai Wu Shan". It's a great challenge for climbers. Adventurous and well-equipped people may consider travelling along MacLehose path (Tai Po in the East and Tai Lam Chung in the West) in Tai Mo Shan. Visitors can also drive to the gate in the middle of the mountain, overlooking most of Tsuen Wan and Kowloon, or overlooking the Lam Tsuen Valley and Guangdong mountains to enjoy the magnificent scenery.

There is a Damaoshan country park at the foot of the mountain, covering an area of about 1440 hectares. To the north of the country park, lincun country park covers an area of 1520 hectares. Along the Tsuen Kam Road, there are barbecue and picnic facilities. Rotary Park provides parking spaces and a large number of picnic facilities for visitors to browse the beautiful countryside. On a sunny day, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Lantau and its adjacent islands.

The area of Tai Mo Shan Country Park covers the mountains to the east of Tsuen Kam Highway, West and north of Shing Mun Country Park, starting from Tai Po in the East and along Lam Tsuen Valley in the south, including the main mountains of Tai Mo Shan. Tai Mo Shan Country Park is a popular spot for outings and barbecue in Hong Kong.

geographical environment

957 m (3140 ft) above sea level: Central New Territories, Hong Kong.

It is located at 22.411812 N and 114.123144 E.

According to geological data, Damaoshan was once an active volcano, and nearby Guanyinshan, jigongling and dadaoer were also formed by volcanic activities. Strong and weather resistant igneous rocks leave many traces in the northern New Territories. Damaoshan is mainly composed of volcanic rocks, and there are many sedimentary rocks in the valley. The upper part of the hillside shows the ridge, and some stone streams flow from the highland to the valley.

There are many outcropped rocks in Damaoshan. The texture is relatively corrosion-resistant tuff. The volcanic activity was fierce 200 million years ago, and the distance from the crater is far.

Climatic characteristics

Due to the frequent occurrence of fog in Tai Mo Shan, also known as "Tai Wu Shan", it is the highest peak in Hong Kong, overlooking the new territories and Hong Kong Island. Under the severe cold temperature in winter, frost on the ground can be seen occasionally.

Main attractions

country park

Tai Mo Shan Country Park is located at the foot of Tai Mo Shan. It is the highest country park in Hong Kong and was designated by the Hong Kong Government in February 1979. It is the highest country park in Hong Kong. Tai Mo Shan, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, is located in Tai Mo Shan (958 m) area, the extreme peak of Hong Kong. Covering an area of 1400 hectares, it has always been a paradise for mountain hikers. There is frost on the top of the mountain in severe cold.

At the starting point of Tai Mo Shan Road, there is rotary mountain park. Around two antique pavilions in the park, there is a large barbecue area for more than 1000 people to have a picnic. It is connected with Tai Po Wei Nature Reserve in the East, Shing Mun Country Park in the southeast and Tai LAN country park in the West.

The starting point of the hiking trail is next to the parking lot of Tai Mo Shan. There is also a short and easy way to choose from. Visitors can also take a bus to the gate at the middle of the mountain, where they can overlook the beautiful scenery of Tsuen Wan, Kowloon, Lin Cun Valley and Guangdong mountains.

Damaoshan is completely formed by volcanic rocks. There are two mountains, jigongling and Dadao, in the country park of Damaoshan. They are volcanic ridges protruding from the plain. Only in the river valley, there are belts or scattered woodlands. The forest planting area is located in the southeast. Due to the influence of climate, the forest area can extend to a height of 550 meters, mainly shrub and grass. Some mixed birds, rare snakes and other insects breed here.

Pine trees are the main trees in the country parks, and acacia trees are also planted in the fire prevention area. On the hillside at the top of the big hat mountain, you can see the terraces in the shape of a man. There are many tea gardens in this highland.

Grand Canyon

Xiyuan is located in Luotian village in the north of Damaoshan farm. When the grand collective was founded, Jinbing village once planted tea trees in Daliao (now uninhabited), named Xiyuan, so the Grand Canyon was also named after it. The gorge is more than 600 meters high, covered with pines and cypresses, quiet and elegant. It is a primitive secondary forest. There are hundreds of tree species, including more than 200 kinds of medicinal materials such as lily, golden monkey, Polygonum multiflorum and angelica. There are goats, wild boars, rabbits, pheasants, turtledoves and other wild animals. It is an ecological tourist area.

The total length of the gorge is about 12 kilometers. There is rock water in the middle. There is a big rock at the mouth of the gorge, about one floor high. There are footprints carved by ancient immortals on the stone, which are called "immortal footprints", and another one is on fairy peak. Not far from xianjiaoyinshi, there is a small power station built by a large group. From the middle point of the canyon, a dam is built to fence water, and then it is led to the power station for power generation. There is a small fork road in the middle of the canyon, which leads to Fengchao village in Nan'an City, but it has to climb the high mountain of Xiannv peak.

Xiannv peak is very dangerous. Next to it, there is a big stone that looks like the head of a tortoise. It is called "tortoise ascends to heaven". Along the stream, you can see that there is a big stone with a wide table top in the middle of the cave, which is very flat. It's like cutting it off. It's sitting like a bell, facing the "Wangxian stone" of fairy peak. It is said that on the first day of October every year, people can sit on this stone and watch the dancing fairies. There is also a New Fourth Army site under Fairy peak. At the beginning of liberation, there was a company fighting against the bandits in the poor corner of fairy peak.

What's more fascinating is that there are many large rocks in the stream, which can be used for camping by 3-5 people. At this time, people take the blue sky and forest as the quilt, rocks and grass as the bed, freely lying on the rocks, listening to the sound of water and the whispers of flowers and birds, fragrant flowers and enjoying the paradise on earth. How pleasant it is.

In order to develop the tourism industry, the government has developed ecological leisure tourism spots here. The basic supporting facilities of roads and hydropower have been basically completed. It has decided to take this as the leading role and gradually radiate to the surrounding scenic spots, such as Ganlu temple, undoubtedly the relic tower, the eighteen bends of the ancient house, Damaoshan, Jinbing temple and zhangshuwang, forming another humanistic and ecological scenic spot in Xiang'an District.

Shanbei scenic spot

1. Kadoorie Farm and botanical garden is located on the northern slope and foothills of Tai Mo Shan, the highest mountain in Hong Kong, covering an area of 148 hectares. There are many vegetable gardens and terraced fields. There are also various conservation and education facilities in the garden. The botanical garden was founded in 1956 to assist poor farmers and help them become self reliant. Today, with the changes of the times, the role of the garden has changed. We are actively promoting biodiversity conservation in Hong Kong and South China, and promoting sustainable agriculture and creative nature education.

Mission: the Park aims to raise public awareness of the relationship between human and environment, and actively improve the world through conservation and education.

Vision: Kadoorie Farm and botanical garden will work together to create a world free from environmental crisis. In a world that cherishes natural heritage and pursues sustainable life, everyone is happy with contentment. They respect each other and nature.

2. After the completion of the construction of shangqingtan reservoir and xiaqingtan reservoir, Tai Lam Chung reservoir, because the water supply is still insufficient to supply the public, the government has built a number of water diversion channels to divert other available water sources from Tai Mo Shan to Tai Lam Chung reservoir for drinking water. However, due to the expansion of the water diversion area, the water supplies department has built a number of small reservoirs near Tai Lam Chung reservoir to supply fresh water for irrigation. At the same time, when the water source of Tai Lam Chung reservoir is insufficient, these small reservoirs can also be used as backup water sources.

Two of them are shangqingtan reservoir and xiaqingtan reservoir. Shangqingtan reservoir and xiashuitang are located in the valley behind Qingtan village, Jinshang Road, with beautiful environment. The water in the pond is used for irrigation, and the two ponds are surrounded by green shrubs. Some leaves fall into the lake. With the reflection of irrigation in the water, you can see a piece of green scenery in the pond. You can really understand what is the green environment of nature!

How to get there:

Green minibus 72 from Yuen Long to Lei Kung tin and another hour's walk

Take 64K from Tai Po or Yuen Long to Lotus land on Kam Sheung Road and walk for another half an hour

Features of scenic spots

Damaoshan is mainly composed of volcanic rocks. There are forests in the southeast of Mt. Damaoshan, but restricted by climate, trees can only reach 550 meters above sea level, and shrubs and grasses are the main plants at higher altitudes. In ancient times, there was a kind of green tea in Damaoshan.

In terms of animals, there are different kinds of animals in Damaoshan

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