Naozhou Lighthouse

Naozhou Lighthouse

Naozhou lighthouse, located in Ma'anshan, Southeast of menggang village, Naozhou Town, Zhanjiang City, was built in 1899. Naozhou lighthouse is designed and built by the French Embassy in Guangzhou Bay, and Zhao Guangyi, a famous craftsman of Naozhou Island, is responsible for the contract and construction of the lighthouse.

On April 12, 2019, it was selected as the "second batch of China's industrial heritage protection list" sponsored by the Publicity Department of China Association for science and technology and co sponsored by the Innovation Strategy Research Institute of China Association for science and technology and China Society of urban planning.

geographical position

Naozhou lighthouse is located on the southeast coast of menggang village, Naozhou Town, Zhanjiang City. It is located on Ma'anshan, which is 81.6 meters above sea level on Naozhou Island, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province. Naozhou lighthouse was built in 1899.

Naozhou lighthouse is one of the only two crystal mirror lighthouses in the world. Together with London lighthouse and Cape of good hope lighthouse, it is known as the world's three famous lighthouses.

In 1991, the Ministry of construction, the State Administration of cultural relics and the Chinese Architectural Society announced it as the national excellent modern architecture.

Cultural relics protection

In November 1996, the State Council announced it as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

architectural engineering

The Lighthouse of Naozhou was built in 1899. It was designed and built by the French Embassy of Guangzhou Bay. The construction of the lighthouse was contracted and presided over by Zhao Guangyi, a famous craftsman of Naozhou island. It took three years to complete in 1903.

Writing poems to express one's feelings

Before this tower was built, there was a stone tower here. Liu gengyang, a famous scholar of the Yuan Dynasty, once ascended the stone tower and wrote a poem to express his feelings: "Zhuo towering wonders, barrier bichuan, potential swallow Baoli and Yunlian. When I look up from a height, I hold up half the sky. " After the completion of the lighthouse, it was mainly used as a beacon lighthouse for French warships and coastal merchant ships to enter and leave Guangzhou Bay and Zhanjiang inland.

In 1945, China regained the management of the lighthouse in Naozhou.

Naozhou island is a volcanic island, a small island in the southeast corner of Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province.

Most of the residents of Naozhou island live on the sea. The wharf of Naozhou is full of fishing boats. Every morning and evening, people come to visit and travel in an endless stream. Hundreds of fishing boats gathered on the sea near the wharf. At night, thousands of lights are shining and fishing songs are singing. It is like a "city in the sea" connected by ships.

In the morning, baskets of fresh fish, crabs and shrimps are transported to the shore one after another from the fishing boat warehouse. The noise of labor, the sound of crying and the sound of sirens form a scene of busy and bumper harvest. The air on the island is fresh. Naozhou island is famous for its lighthouse.

The origin of Architecture

Naozhou lighthouse is located in the southeast corner of Naozhou Island, about 8 km away from the wharf. Built on Ma'anshan at an altitude of 81.6 meters, it was built by the French in 1898.

There is a lookout platform outside the lampholder room. You can see it from afar. It's beautiful and beautiful.

Square tower foundation

The whole Lighthouse of Naozhou is made up of stone blocks without any mud. The stones are in perfect harmony with each other. The bottom of the tower is a square tower foundation, and the upper part is a cone. The top of the tower is a drum shaped lamp holder room protruding from the tower body. A closed and rotatable tray is arranged at the bottom of the central part of the lamp holder, with built-in mercury to support the whole lamp holder.

The lamp holder is composed of more than 160 arc-shaped crystal triangular lenses, and a complete light source and emission system is composed of convex lens and fluorescent lamp. In 1984, it was switched to the motor starting speed box. It took 5 seconds to rotate a circle. The light source is a 1000 Watt mercury bulb. The powerful beam has a range of 26 nautical miles, which provides navigation for passing ships.

Main structure

Naozhou lighthouse is composed of three parts: tower base, tower body and lamps, with a height of about 23 meters. The tower base is square, 4.8 meters long and 5.9 meters high. The body of the tower is cylindrical, 16.05 meters high, with a number of windows and railings on the outer platform. The inner diameter of the tower cavity is 2.6 meters, and 66 fan-shaped components are stacked to form a central cylinder and steps, which are spiral in shape. The spiral can reach the platform and then enter the lamp.

The base and body of the tower are built with granite of the same specifications, and the tenon and mortise structure is quite firm. The lamps are composed of 160 pieces of triangular crystal lenses, such as clam shaped lampshade, with convex lens in the middle. The copper round groove base is filled with about 3 tons of mercury as lubricant. It is pulled and rotated by a spring to make the light converge into a powerful beam through a triangular crystal mirror. The light range is 26 nautical miles and the arc direction is 360 degrees. The lamp was originally driven and rotated by a 31.75kg heavy hammer clock type spring. The chain can rotate for 1 hour and 40 minutes at a time, and the speed of the lamp was controlled to be 5 seconds. In 1984, the lamp was driven and rotated by an electric speed box. It is one of the two existing crystal mirror lighthouses in the world, and also one of the world-famous beacon lighthouses. Up to now, it is still used as a lighthouse for Chinese and foreign ships to and from Zhanjiang. In 1989, grouting method was used to reinforce the top of the tower.

scenic spot

Naozhou Island

It is located in the east of Leizhou Bay, an island outside Zhanjiang City, with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate all year round. Naozhou island is an island formed by submarine volcanic eruption about 200000-500000 years ago, and it is also the largest volcanic island in China. It is surrounded by the sea on all sides, hanging on the sea alone, with dangerous terrain.

There are many places of interest on the island, including Nanyan sea stone beach, a famous tourist resort in southern China, ideal natural bathing beach, and Naozhou lighthouse, one of the three world famous lighthouses, which is as famous as London and Cape of good hope lighthouses. Historic sites include: Song imperial city site, Xianglong academy, bajiaojing, song Huang stele, song Huang Pavilion, song Huang Village, Chima village, dou zhenbiao tomb and "Gong Bao Fang".

The best travel time is available in all seasons.

It is suggested to play for one day.

Natural climate

The beautiful sea view corridor of Xiashan in Zhanjiang is tropical and subtropical monsoon climate. It is regulated by marine climate all the year round. There is no severe cold in winter and no severe heat in summer.

Local language

Fujian Leizhou film, Cantonese Gaoyang film, Hakka Yahua

Address: on the high slope on the southeast coast of menggang village, Naozhou Town, Zhanjiang City, on Ma'anshan, 81.6 meters above sea level, Naozhou island

Longitude: 110.610387

Latitude: 20.898169

Ticket information: free.

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