Danxia Mountain Scenic Area is located in Renhua County, Guangdong Province. It features unique red sandstone cliffs and pillars known as "Danxia landform", considered the most spectacular example in the world. The scenic area contains over 680 rock formations and is known for landmarks like Chibi Danya cliff and scenic areas like Jinjiang Cruises, Xianshan Qiongge, and Elder Peak scenic spots. It has received several national and international designations for its natural beauty and geology.

1. Danxia Mountain Scenic
Area
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2. G eographic location:Renhua on the northeast
side of Shaoguan, Guangdong Province
Level:AAAAA
Main scenic spot:Yangyuan Mountain Scenic Area
Geographical features:Danxia landform
Danxia Mountain Scenic Area is located in Renhua County on the
northeast side of Shaoguan, Guangdong Province. Danxia Mountain is
composed of red sand-sand-rock, featuring Chibi Danya. The geologist
named Danxia Mountain as the “Danxia Landform”.
Danxia Mountain Scenic Area is a national key scenic spot, national
nature reserve, the first batch of national AAAA-level tourist areas,
national geological parks, national AAAAA-level tourist areas, and the
first batch of world geoparks. It is also known as the “Natural Naked
Park”.
Geographical environment
Geographic location
Danxia Mountain Scenic Area is located in the northeastern suburb of
Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, China. The geographical
coordinates range from 113 degrees 36 minutes to 113 degrees 47
minutes east, 24 degrees 51 minutes to 25 degrees 4 minutes north
latitude, and the total area of the scenic area is 292 km. The total area
is 373km. The environmental protection zone of the scenic spot is
extended to the peripheral roads. The north and west are basically
bounded by the S246 provincial highway (new line) and the Xinyiren
highway (planning). The northeast, east and southeast are basically
bounded by the 106 national highway and the 323 national highway.

3. Topography
The landscape of Danxia Mountain Scenic Area is composed of more
than 680 top-flat, steep, gentle red gravel rocks. It features the Dhibi
Dan Cliff, which is called the Danxia landform. It is the most typical
development in the world. The most abundant shape and the most
beautiful scenery of Danxia landforms. Danxia Mountain is a large
inland basin. It is affected by the Himalaya movement. The
surrounding mountains are strongly uplifted. The basin receives a
large amount of debris deposits, forming a thick red stratum, which
belongs to the red layer. The red sandstone on the mountain is eroded
by long-term weathering and water erosion, forming isolated peaks
and steep rock formations. The thick red sand and conglomerate
develop along vertical joints.

4. Climate characteristics
Danxia Mountain Scenic Area is located on the southern slope of the
Nanling Mountains. It belongs to the southern subtropical zone and
has the subtropical monsoon humid climate with a transition from
the mid-subtropical to the southern subtropical. It is short in summer
and long in winter, cloudy in spring and summer, with less
precipitation in autumn and winter, and high in autumn. The Danxia
Mountain Scenic Area is a monsoon area. Due to its relatively long
distance from the ocean, it is rarely directly damaged by typhoons.
Basically, it is only affected by the low-pressure circulation around
the typhoon. However, the typhoon has a great impact on the autumn
rainfall of Danxia Mountain. There is no rainfall without typhoon, and
there is less water supply. The average annual temperature of Danxia
Mountain is 19.7 degrees Celsius, and the average maximum
temperature and average minimum temperature are characterized by
autumn higher than spring. The daily average precipitation of Danxia
Mountain is 1715 mm, and the precipitation days are 172 days.

5. Natural resources
Plant resources
In plant resources, it has obvious characteristics of transition
between mid-subtropical and southern subtropical. There are 216
families, 891 genera and 1916 species in Danxia Mountain. Among
them, there are 1706 species in Danxia Mountain flora, belonging to
778 genera of 206 families; 23 rare and endangered plants in Danxia
Mountain; 5 species in the IUCN red list; 16 species in Chinese species
red list; 13 species in national key protected wild plants; There are
347 species of 204 genera belonging to 97 families in Danxia
Mountain. Among them, Danxia Wutong, Danxia Nancan and Danxia
Xiaocao Moss are the most prominent and representative. There are
13 species listed in the National Key Protected Wild Plants List
(1999), of which the Chinese otter is a Grade I key protection.
Animal resources
In animal resources, the good ecological environment of wild animals
is preserved. Danxia Mountain has 88 species of mammals, 288
species of birds, 86 species of reptiles, 37 species (or subspecies) of
amphibians, 100 species or subspecies of fish, and 1023 species of
insects. There are 59 species of animals listed in the Red List of China

6. Species, 73 species of animals listed in the IUCN Red List, and 66
species of CITES. 54 species of national key protected animals in
China, including 7 species of Grade I protected animals and 47 species
of Grade II protection. . There are 75 national key protected wild
animals, including 9 first-class protected animals and 66 second-class
protected animals.
Main scenic spot
Jinjiang Scenic Area
The tourist area is dominated by Jinjiang Cruises, from the Ph.D.
Ecological Park Terminal in the north to the Danxia Power Station in
the south. There are dozens of scenic spots along the way, forming an
8km waterway scenic corridor. The main attractions are the Golden
Turtle Pilgrimage, the Squid Jumping Dragon Gate, the Ancient
Quarry, the Captain Peak, the Six Fingers Devil, the Guanyin Sending
Son, the Smiley Buddha, and the Teapot Peak. , Thumb Peak, Sister
Peak, Xianshan Qiongge, Yang Yuanshi, Qunxiang River, Muxiang
Tong, Chibi Danya and so on.

7. Xianshan Qiongge
On the left peak of Jinjiang, there is a pavilion named Guanjing
Pavilion. Shun Shijie Denglou Pavilion, surrounded by panoramic
views, looking forward, there are sister peaks, thumb peaks, teapot
peaks, teapot peaks like a teapot, pot lids, spouts are all available, but
there is no teapot handle. Yanyan and Pingding at the front and back
of the teapot peak are like a tea table and a teacup. Looking to the
left, it is “Chaotianlong”. At the farthest point, there is a peak
standing upright. It is shaped like a Guanyin Bodhisattva. There are
two small pinnacles in front of Guanyinyan. It is like a golden boy and
a girl, forming a landscape of “children worshipping Guanyin”.

8. Xianju Rock Road View
According to the legend of Xianjuyan Taoist Temple, where Zhang
Tianshi lived in the south. Later generations built a temple to
commemorate Zhang Tianshi. There were three original Taoist
temples, five Taoist houses and one pool. Xianjuyan faces the
northwest, the front of the left is the Jiulong Peak, and the former is
the banana rushing valley. The banana rushing is also called the
Zhenxian Valley. All the way to the strange stone, especially in front
of a piece of banana forest, the banana forest is under the cliff, the
cliff tops are raining in the four seasons, and it is a natural wonder.
Elder Peak Scenic Area
The Elder Peak Tourist Area is the oldest tourist area. It is the three
most typical Chibi Danxia landscape level composed of the Elder Peak,
Hailuo Peak and Baozhufeng Three Peaks, and the three-level cliff and
the third-level cliff. . The lower level of the landscape is centered on
Jinshiyan. There are Jinshiyan Temple, Qianshengyan, Zushiyan,
Fuhuyan, Longwangyan, Mengjueguan, Youdongtongtian, Longscale
Stone, Mawei Feiquan Waterfall and Chameleon. Baizhang Cliff and
the most typical Chibi Danya and other landscapes.

9. Dongtongtian
Take the steps along the mountaineering boulevard and turn left. You
will see a natural weathered and eroded cave with the word “secret
hole through the sky”. This is a cylindrical horizontal channel with a
height of only 0.9 meters. It is composed of flowing water and rock
and collapsed stones. The hole is less than 10 meters, which is warm
in winter and cool in summer. At the other end of the passage, there
is a vertical through-hole cave, which is more than 40 meters high. It
passes through the middle-level scenic area, and the surrounding wall
is criss-crossed. The ancient vines are hanging. Due to the convection
of the air, there is often a wind in the cave.

10. Long day line
The Changtian line is also known as Baizhangxia. From the “secret
hole through the sky” to the right 100 meters, facing a cliff
overlooking the sky, nature will open the cliff from top to bottom,
more than 70 meters long, more than 40 meters high, only about one
meter wide, the narrowest point is only 0.7 M, became a secluded
path from “Gongdong Tongtian” to “Jinshiyan”.
Double marsh
Shuanglu Bihe is located on the right side of the middle-level scenic
spot, under the original Zhengqi Pavilion. There are three meters high
boulder rises like a platform. There are two stone pools on the
platform, one big and one small, shaped like two mirrors, so it was
also called “double mirror pool” here.

11. History development
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Danxia Mountain was already a
scenic spot in Lingnan, and there were monks and nuns entering the
mountain to operate and build Buddhist temples.
During the reign of Emperor Chongning of the Northern Song Dynasty
(1102 to 1106), Fa Yunju traveled to Danxia Mengjue, and built 18
Yuyu here to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva;
In the end of the Chongzhen period in the Ming Dynasty (1644), Li
Yongmao, the governor of Jiangxi Cangzhou, resisted the Qing
Dynasty, and he lived in the “Elders Village” of Danxia Mountain with
his family.
In the first year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1662), the
Buddhist monk of Haizhu Temple in Guangzhou, came to Danxia
Mountain to open up the dojo, built the Bichuan Temple, built the
Daxiong Hall, Maitreya Temple, Guanyin Pavilion, Zangjing Pavilion,
Fangzhanglou, Chanfang, Guest Hall, etc.
In the 21st year of Emperor Kangxi (1683), Gu Jian, another monk
from Guangzhou Haizhu Temple, built a temple in Banxia and
Hongyan, Danxia Mountain;
In the forty-first year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty
(1776), the culprits were killed by the shackles, and the first robbing
of the temple was robbed;
In the 14th year of the Republic of China (1925), the Kuomintang
army shelled Huang Yaoxiang and other bandits across the Jinjiang
River. All the precious instruments of the Bizhu Temple were swept
away and made the second catastrophe;
In the fifteenth year of the Republic of China (1926), Renhua County
Middle School moved to the Bi Chuan Temple to avoid catastrophes,
and inadvertently lost fire, burning mountains, Daxiong Hall, Wei Yu
Temple and other large buildings were turned into ashes;
In the 23rd year of the Republic of China (1934), Li Hanshen, a
member of the Jingjing Committee of the Northwestern Region of
Guangdong Province, was stationed in Shaoguan, rehabilitating
Danxia Jingshe and Danxia Lower House;

12. In 1963, Renhua County established Danxia Mountain Forest Farm;
In 1980, Master Ben Huan raised a donation of 10 million yuan to
rebuild the temple and re-established attractions such as Jinshiyan.
Honors
In 1988, it was rated as a national scenic spot;
In 2000, it was rated as a national geological and geomorphological
nature reserve;
In 2001, it was awarded the first batch of national AAAA-level tourist
areas;
In 2003, he was awarded the title of “Youth Civilization” by the
Guangdong Provincial Youth League Committee;
In 2004, it was awarded the first batch of World Geoparks;
In 2004-2005, it was awarded the honorary title of “City Government
Civilization Demonstration Window” by Shaoguan Municipal
Committee;
In 2007, Danxia Mountain Scenic Spot was rated as a provincial
civilized unit in Guangdong;
In June 2008, it was awarded the “National Youth Civilization
Demonstration Window” by the National Tourism Administration and
the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League;
In July 2008, it was awarded the “National Women’s Civilization
Post” by the National Tourism Administration and the National
Women’s Federation;

13. In 2009, it became the nominated place for the World Natural
Heritage;
In February 2009, Danxia Mountain Scenic Spot was rated as an
advanced unit in the creation of a civilized scenic tourist area
nationwide;
In August 2010, it was listed as a World Natural Heritage and became
China’s 8th World Natural Heritage;
On January 9, 2012, the company won the award of the national 5A
tourist attraction;
In 2013, it became one of the first 39 “National Ecotourism
Demonstration Zones” in China.
Travel Information
Traffic routes
Intercity traffic
There are trains to the East, North and Southwest railway lines in
Shaoguan. The Danxia Mountain tour can get off at Shaoguan Station,
then transfer to the railway station square to take the coach to Danxia
Mountain. From Shaoguan to Danxia Mountain, only 50 kilometers,
the driving time is four. ten minutes. In addition, every 15 minutes,
there is a luxury CMB from Shaoguan Railway Station, running from
6 am to 7 pm.

14. Inter-provincial traffic
Railway: The Beijing-Guangzhou Railway has a large artery running
through the city. Through Shaoguan City and Lechang, Ruyuan and
Qujiang, there are 65 trains passing every day. Every day, there are
express trains to and from Shaoguan-Shenzhen and Shaoguan-
Guangzhou. Guests from the north can choose to get off at this station
and then travel to other cities in Guangdong Province, Guangzhou,
Shenzhen, Zhaoqing and other places. Shaoguan Railway Station is
located on the east bank of the Minjiang River and can be reached by
bus 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, and 10.
Highway: Shaoguan Highway extends in all directions. The 105, 106,
107, and 323 national highways run through Shaoguan territory. The
highway from Shaoguan to Guangzhou is 290 kilometers long. The
Gantang to Wengcheng section of the Shaoguan section of the Beijing-
Zhuhai Expressway is open to traffic. There are coaches from
Shaoguan City to nearby attractions, generally with CMB. You can
also transfer to the city and county in the station first, usually about
two or three hours.
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