Gangshan reservoir

Gangshan reservoir

Gangshan reservoir (g ǎ ngsh ā n Shu ǐ K ù) is located 8 km southeast of Chaozhou City, at the junction of the lower reaches of Qiuxi and Chaoan County. It is named after the Gangshan village in the reservoir area. It was built in 1960. The catchment area is 88 square kilometers, with a total storage capacity of 53.08 million cubic meters and an effective storage capacity of 36.97 million cubic meters.

Construction information

Gangshan reservoir is the only medium-sized irrigation reservoir in Chaozhou. The reservoir is located 300 meters upstream of Qiuxi near Hongshan in the territory of phosphorous stream. It is named after the original Gangshan village in the reservoir area. The reservoir has a controlled drainage area of 88 square kilometers, a total storage capacity of 53.08 million cubic meters, a designed irrigation area of 37870 Mu and an actual irrigation area of 30410 mu. The reservoir was first built in 1959. In November 1960, the original sluice was expanded with 4 holes, 8 holes in total. The gate body is a masonry arch with a single hole of 2.5m wide and 3M high. The moving earthwork is 38000 cubic meters. During the summer of 1961-1963, the backwater slope was continuously raised, with a thickness of 2.5-10m. In September 1962, the soil slope facing water was paved with stone revetment. In October 1963, the wall of wind waves was raised, 325 meters long, 0.6 meters wide and 1 meter high. In 1978, the wooden gate was changed to reinforced concrete gate.

Geographic data

The main and branch channels of the reservoir are 46.7 km long, and the design flow of the main channel is 4.25 m3 / s. The main canal runs from Gangshan reservoir to Hongshan state farm along the hillside along Anhuang highway, then to liumu floating canal through highway anti rainbow culvert, then to Licuo mountain through liumu anti rainbow culvert, and then to Jilong mountain along the hillside after passing huangjintang village, finally to Beixi anti rainbow culvert, with a length of 7 km.

tourist resources

The water in the reservoir is extremely cold, with rippling green waves and lush forests and bamboos. The Xiushan Mingjian, which is interspersed with it, is also a good place for Yining.

On the main dam (with a pavilion, you can have a small sound), nearly 4000 mu of water machine, a piece of green as a mirror to show in front of you; ducks in the water looming, it is refreshing. If you paddle a wooden boat or take a small boat in the water, you will feel more happy and wonderful. Those who like swimming find a good place to relax their muscles, move their bones and swim freely. In the north of the reservoir (near sushixi Village), there are three "Qiling mountains". In case of rain, the waterfall washes the rock, the water flows around, and the sound is sweet and moving. Visitors can enjoy playing below. In the past ten years, tourists from Shantou, Chenghai and Chaozhou have been competing to visit here.

Transportation: from the Hanjiang Bridge, past the east gate of Han Shidong school, just walk along the road. In the meantime, you can pass through huangjintang, liumu, danfuyuan, and the gate Pavilion at Xikou. Don't turn to it. You can almost get there after passing binyi hall. There used to be a paper factory over there. You can get there from the road next to the paper factory. It's on the left from the city. There are a lot of big cars along the way. The traffic is messy. Be careful when you travel!

Board and lodging: some families live on some small islands in the reservoir, they can camp on the island and eat pheasant

Longitude: 116.73899841309

Latitude: 23.664199829102

Chinese PinYin : Gang Shan Shui Ku