The World Geology Park-The Danxia Mountain
Lacated in the northeast of Shaoguan city in guangdong Province,the Danxia Mountain is 45 kiometers away from downtown Shaoguan.The Danxia Mountain Area was originally a huge inland basin 25,000,000 years ago.There was severe uplifting of the area around the basin which resulted in the development of the deep red bed on the basin after the accumulation of a mass of detrital matter.The red bed was gradually eroded because of the earth's crust uplifting.Then,the running water undercuts the corrosion,then formed the present Danxia Mountain.Set off the green trees,clear water and blue sky,the red rocks and red cliffs are as if they were the rosy cloud in the sky,therefore,people name it The Rosy Cloud Mountain that is the Danxia Maountain in Chinese,In the 1930s,Professor Chen Guoda of Sun Yat-sen University,having make deep researches to the Danxia Mountain and the red stone mountains in south China,he named the rosy rock landform as Danxia Landfrom,which was soon admitted and adopted by the academe.Since then all the landform consisting of rosy rock and with features of red cliff and stratum are acknowledged as Danxia landform.There are Danxia landform in every continent except Antarctica such as Geat Canyon in USA and Saxons in Germany,of its type,the Shaoguan Danxia Mountian is the one with largest area,the most typical characteristics,the richest landform and the most beautiful scenery.With an area of nearly 319 square kilometers,the Danxia Scenic Area contains more than 600 stone pillars and small,making it as it were a ruby carving garden,so the mountain has earned the reputation of Chinese Redstone Park.And in the year of 1995,Danxai Mountain was approved to be the national geological nature protection zone by the State Council and which was in the year of 2000 authorized the United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization for the world geology park.
【山门the gate of the Danxia Mountain】
Now we have come to the gate of the Danxia Mountian,It is built by red sandstones from the Danxia Mountian.Look at those Chinese characters,they are the name of the park,China Red Stond Park. The two characters Danxia over the gate are inscribed by Guan Shanyue who is a Chinese famous calligraphy painter.Well ,now along this stone path we are going to climb to the highest peak in the Danxia Mountain range-the zhanglao peak which is 408 meters above the see level.
【群象过江和玉女拦江elephants cosing a river and a young girl blocking a river】
We are now getting into the central scenic spot of the Danxia Mountain.The Danxia Mountain lists the first among the four well-known mountains in Guangdong Province and its unique natural scene brings people endless imaginations.Well everybody
