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TheDanxiaMountain
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TheDanxiaMountainissituated45kilometerstothenortheastofShaoguanCity.Geologicalstudiesshowthat,twentyfivemillionyearsago,thisplacewasavastexpanseofalow-lyinglake.Later,movementsoftheearth’scrustmadeitriseabovethegroundandthewaterrecededaway,thusturningitintoamountainandtheformersedimentatthebottomofthelakegraduallyoxidizedandbecameredrocks.Theseredrocksandredprecipices,beingrelievedagainstthegreenwoodsandthebluesky,lookjustlikerosyclouds,hencethename“Danxia”,meaning“redclouds”inEnglish.
Inthes,ProfessorChenGuodaoftheSunYat-senUniversitymadeanintensiveinvestigationandstudyofthegeomorphicfeaturesoftheDanxiaMountainandotherred-rockmountainsinSouthChina.Hedenominatedthiskindofred-rocklandconfigurationthe“DanxiaLandform”,whichwassoonapprovedanduniversallyadoptedbytheacademiccircles,thusmakingthemountain’snameDanxiaanomenclatureofgeology.PlacesfeaturingDanxiaLandformcanbefoundinallcontinentsoftheworldexceptAntarctica,suchastheGreatCanyonoftheUnitedStatesandsomeareasinSaxonyofGermany.But,TheDanxiaMountainisthelargestandthemostbeautifulandtypicalofitskind.
TheDanxiaMountaincoversanareaofsquarekilometers,inwhichoverred-rockpeaksstandoutwellagainstthewoodsofgreen,asightthatremindsoneofalargegardenwithmanyrubysculptures;thereforeitisalsonamedChinaRubyParkorliterallyChinaRedStonePark.In,theChineseStateCouncilapprovedofitsbeingageologicalnaturereserveand,in,itwasratedbytheUNESCO(UnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganization)astheworld’sgeologicalpark.
NowwehavearrivedattheentrancetotheDanxiaMountain.Thegatestructurehereisconstructedofredsandrocks.TheseChinesecharactersarethenameofthepark,meaning“ChinaRubyPark”.ThethreebigChinesecharactersuponthehorizontalbeam,“DanXiaShan”,meaningDanxiaMountain,werewrittenbyGuanShanyue,whowasafamouspainterinChina.We’llfollowthemountainroadtoclimbtheZhanglaoPeak,whichisthemainpeakoftheDanxiaMountain,metersabovesealevel.
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