Coastal Volcano National Geopark

Zhangzhou coastal Volcano National Geopark

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Coastal Volcano National Geopark generally refers to Zhangzhou coastal Volcano National Geopark

Zhangzhou coastal Volcano National Geopark is the only coastal volcano geological landscape tourist area in China. It is located in the coastal area of Longjiao Township, Longhai City, qianting Town, Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, on the west side of the Taiwan Strait. The planned area of sea and land is about 100 square kilometers.

In February 2020, in order to pay tribute to the medical workers struggling in the front line of anti epidemic, from the end of the epidemic to December 31, 2020, the national medical workers can enjoy their own free tickets to the main scenic spot.

Main attractions

Volcanic tourist area

It is the only coastal volcanic geological landscape tourist area in China. It is located in the coastal area of qianting Town, Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, on the west side of the Taiwan Strait. The planned area of sea and land is about 100 square kilometers. There are two magical volcanic islands in the scenic area: Linjinyu island and Nanding island. Linjinyu is a quasi ellipsoidal Island composed of volcanic rocks [basalt]. There is an ancient crater formed more than 20 million years ago in the southeast of the island. There are as many as 16 volcanic vents and several thousand square meters of rivet shaped stomatal columns on the Northeast beach, forming a rare ancient volcanic island landscape in China. Nanding island is ellipsoidal in shape. The whole island is composed of more than 1.4 million columnar jointed basalts originating from 70-130 kilometers underground. It is a coastal volcanic island with the most columnar basalts in the world. The basaltic rock columns are 20-50 meters above sea level. The columnar shape is like orderly rows of daisy, which plunges into the sea from the top of the cliff. It is magnificent and spectacular, and can be called a natural wonder of the world. There are three high-quality beaches of Qisha Bay, Jiangkou Bay and Houcai Bay on the coastline of more than ten kilometers in the scenic area. The clear sea water, gentle beach, fine and even sand quality and well protected original ecological vegetation constitute a picturesque coastal scenery.

Volcano square

There is a volcano square in the park. In front of it is an antique building, the water Pavilion corridor, which is called Xuanwu Pavilion. It was built to commemorate the earth's history of volcanic eruptions over a long geological period. Its background is the towering Xiangshan Mountain, located on the lava platform at an altitude of 30 meters, which is a volcanic heap. Looking to the East, this ancient pavilion is Xianggu Pavilion. There are two pools under it, one is Tianchi, the other is Dichi. I don't know if you have noticed why there are plants growing beside the volcano after watching for so long? Many people think that the place where the volcano passes is barren, but the volcanic ash terrain gives you exactly the opposite answer. Volcanic ash is the material of volcanic eruption, which contains a lot of minerals and carbon dioxide, so as long as there is water and sunlight, plants can still grow.

green corridor

There is also a unique landscape - green corridor. There are more than 600 kinds of exotic flowers and all kinds of bamboos planted here. The whole garden is mainly represented by Casuarina, Xiaoshun bamboo, Acacia and pengjiju. You can enjoy it slowly. What's more, the content of negative oxygen ion here is very high, which is good for physical and mental health. It's a good place for tourists to enjoy the forest bath.

From the green corridor to the distance, the volcanic landscape over there is known as "Queen's milk". The queen lies on her back, has a strong body, and is a standard modern woman. Queen milk Shuangfeng is Yandun mountain, Yanlou mountain, 30 meters high, is a typical shield like volcanic landform. It happened that there was a royal concubine in the local history. In the past, it's jiangkouwan beach. To the west is houcaiwan beach, and there is a stone beach beside the wharf. The antique building in the northwest corner is our tourist restaurant here. Its special flavor is "wild" seafood from the Strait, which is purchased by fishing boats on the sea.

Beautiful scenery in Xiangshan

Xiangshan Shengjing hundred tree garden, Xiangsi Lake, Wenyue Pavilion. You must be very tired all the way climbing. Let's have a rest here. By the way, I'd like to introduce a famous tree friend, that is, the tall and thick tree, "seaweed king". His age is about 100 years old. In order to transplant this tree king, it costs a lot. It costs 100000 yuan.

Xiangshan castle. From a distance, does the building in front look like an ancient castle? That is Xiangshan castle. It was designed by a famous architect and has become the symbol of Xiangshan scenic spot. In the scenic spot, there is Minnan folk show hall. Go in and have a look at Zhangzhou puppet show and Zhangpu paper-cut show.

museum

The museum also has something to open your eyes to. That's our temple of science, the Museum of Geosciences. We live on the earth, but there are still many mysteries about the earth. I think our geoscience museum will be able to solve them for you. For example, how volcanoes formed, how the sea rose, how mountains piled up and so on can be answered there.

The witness of love

"Eight trigrams lotus plate" and "vow to the throne". The eight trigrams lotus plate is a masterpiece of nature. It is formed by crustal movement and magma eruption. It is mainly composed of several volcanic vents. Its shape is very similar to the eight trigrams and lotus, so it is called "eight trigrams lotus plate". Let's look at this pledge platform. It looms with the tide. It is said that this is the best place to prove love, so young lovers, happy old people, or friends who yearn for love can come here to make wishes, which can prove your love.

Basalt wall

Basaltic rock wall is 200 meters long and 30 to 50 meters wide. It is called dragon vein by local people. When the tide rises and falls, it will appear and disappear like a dragon going to the sea. Therefore, it is known as the "little dragon head" and can be compared with the "old dragon head" of Qinhuangdao.

Ancient Huoshankou

It is an important scenic spot of Zhangzhou coastal Volcano National Geopark. It is located in the southeast of Baitang village, Longjiao she Township, Longhai City. Niutoushan ancient crater is famous for its complete eruption mechanism, clear layers and complete preservation at home and abroad. It has experienced 15 eruptions with a total thickness of 178.5 meters. The last three eruptions in the upper part of the middle part of the third epoch can be seen now. It is 24.6 million years ago. The shape of the ancient crater is like an oval trumpet opening with a diameter of 50 meters at the top and a depth of 3 meters at the bottom Now. Within the area of 0.7 square kilometers around the ancient crater, the volcanic neck, crater, eruptive facies and overflow are very complete and clear. On the surface, the basalt with hexagonal columnar joints formed by magma, as well as the basalt with watermelon like, rhyolite like and pillow like joints, present a unique and magnificent landscape, which is praised by geologists as "a rare ancient volcano museum at home and abroad" "Terracotta warriors" is one of the most well preserved ancient craters in the world and rare in China. It has the scientific research value of geological structure, volcanology, paleogeography, earthquake, geotectonics and other disciplines. It is a famous scenic spot integrating the scientific research of geological heritage protection and tourism.

It is separated from Xiamen Special Economic Zone by water in the north, Shantou port in the south, Taiwan Strait in the East and Bank of China Zhangzhou Economic Development Zone of China Merchants Group in the West. There are also Haiwei ancient city of bingxu town built in the 20th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty; the majestic and spectacular South Taiwu mountain, which is famous for its first peak in South Fujian, with 24 scenes echoing the North Taiwu mountain in Jinmen; there are cultural and historical sites and natural landscapes such as zhenhaijiao lighthouse, the largest lighthouse in East China, the beautiful southwest courtyard of artificial lake, and the 12 kilometer long clean and wide Longjiao Bay day bathing beach.

topographic features

Volcanic sea erosion landform is developed, which is a part of the Western Ring Pacific volcanic rock belt. It belongs to the fracture zone of the eastern margin of Eurasian plate. Basalt ejected from 26 million to 7 million years ago is exposed on the coast and islands, with clear eruption sequence and typical characteristics, such as crater, vent, stomatal column group, majestic columnar joint group, sea erosion mushroom stone, sea erosion platform column, sea erosion cliff, sea erosion cave, etc There are dozens of wide and flat beaches with high quality and white. There are ancient forest sites buried in the ground for 8000 years due to the subsidence of Sea rocks. There are also ancient dwellings and ancient military fortresses, which are also beautiful scenery for people to browse.

On March 6, 2001, the Ministry of land and resources of the people's Republic of China approved Zhangzhou coastal volcanic Geopark as one of the first national geoparks.

Zhangzhou coastal volcano natural and ecological scenic spot is set off in the blue sky, blue sea, sand beach and green forest. It integrates sightseeing, leisure, sea entertainment, adventure, scientific research and popular science education. It is a comprehensive tourist resort returning to nature. The area retains the typical features of the tertiary central volcanic eruption structure and the landform landscape of the later weathering erosion, represented by four rare volcanic geological relics in the world, namely the columnar basalt of Nanding Island, the ancient crater, the beaded volcanic vent group and the basalt watermelon peel structure. It is a natural volcanic geological museum with high ornamental and scientific value Universality and interest.

Free policy

In February 2020, in order to pay tribute to the medical workers struggling in the front line of anti epidemic, from the end of the epidemic to December 31, 2020, the national medical workers can enjoy their own free admission to the main scenic spot with their valid certificates (doctor's certificate or nurse's certificate).

Address: qianting Town, Zhangpu County, Fujian Province

Longitude: 118.023991

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