Sand gathers into a tower, and water drops penetrate rocks
What would happen if the amount of water reached hundreds of millions of tons
and continued to wash away the earth for hundreds of millions of years
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In China
Water’s transformation of the earth continues
The earth is eroding and the mountains are reshaped
New landscapes are constantly being created
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They are collectively called
Danxia
In a land of 9.6 million square kilometers, they are spread all over the country
Involving Sichuan, Jiangxi, and Gansu , Guangdong, Hunan, Zhejiang, Qinghai, Fujian, Guizhou, Chongqing and many other provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions
It is one of the largest and most spectacular Danxia landform distribution areas in the world
Danxia Mountain in Shaoguan, Guangdong,
Wuyi Mountain in the southeast of Thousand Mountains with Clear Water,
Dajin Lake with the wonder of Danxia on the water,
Jiangxi Longhu Mountain in Yingtan,
and the most famous Zhangye Danxia
are all members of its family.
In the long geological period,
Meteor impacts, changes in ice and fire, plate movements, mountains uplift...
These originally slept under the water, and their bodies were covered with water. Red sand and conglomerate layers also broke out of the ground one after another, enduring the tempering of wind and rain.
Part of the red strata tilted and folded gently,
and the red basin was raised, forming an outflow area.
Flowing water concentrates in the low-lying area in the middle of the basin,
erodes along the vertical joints of the rock formation,
forming a deep trench with two upright walls.
Narrow and deep valleys can often be carved out by flash floods caused by brief heavy rains.
When running water cannot remove all the colluvial material at the foot of the lane valley cliff,
a colluvial cone with a gentle slope is formed.
At sunrise, it’s like being in a fairyland.
The rock formations cut deeply by rivers can form square mountains with flat tops and steep walls.
Or they can be cut into various strange peaks: upright, fortress-like peaks, etc. , pagoda-like, etc.
Or like bamboo shoots springing up after a rain, the peaks gather together and form a forest
Rich in forms and ever-changing
Differential weathering, water erosion, and gravity collapse form rock pillar groups.
The edges and corners on the top and sides of the rock pillars have been peeled off by weathering, causing the edges and corners of the rock pillars to gradually become rounded.
In areas where the rock formations have a large inclination angle, erosion forms monoclinic ridges that are as undulating as dragons;
Viewed from a high place, it is magnificent.
Picture: Foguang Rock in Chishui, Guizhou
Multiple monoclinal ridges are adjacent to form a monoclinal peak group.
Cut with knives and axes, straight and steep
The water flow cuts out endless peaks
The bases between mountains are connected
The scenery is majestic and unique.
Large-scale collapse of rock strata along vertical joints will form tall and spectacular cliff slopes;
Cliff slopes develop along the direction of a certain group of major joints, forming tall stone walls. .
With further erosion, remaining peaks, stone walls and stone pillars will also disappear, forming gently sloping hills.
There are many limestone gravels and calcium carbonate cements in the red sandy conglomerate layer. After calcium carbonate is dissolved by water, some ravines, stone buds and caves are often formed, or thin layers of calcified deposits are formed, or even There are stalactites.
In sandstone, due to the action of water flow and wind erosion,
a splendid array of textures and colors will be formed, which is spectacular.
Like a rainbow in the sky printed on the ground
Under the baptism of time and nature,
Danxia will also enter the old age stage,
< p> The steep peak pillar disappeared and was replaced by a gentle, purple-red sandstone "base" that was close to the ground.The Danxia rock hills have also been almost completely eroded. The gentle foothills lie on the ground, and the water in the low-lying areas reflects the blue sky and white clouds.
If a few more geological ages pass, the old Danxia may be completely eroded and form a plain of traffic...
The origin of Danxia has a deep history. Origin,
1,200 years ago, the Tang Dynasty monk Tian Tianzi Zen Master passed by Danxia Mountain in Nanzhao County, Nanyang City, Henan Province, and saw this scene:
"Every evening, the colorful clouds are blazing. , rising from the valley, the color is as bright as the rosy clouds."
Later, the Zen master opened the mountain and built a temple in the name of Danxia, ??and he himself was also called Danxia Natural.
Danxia Zen Temple is very popular, and the name of Danxia spreads in the local area...
In 1644 AD, the brothers Li Yongmao, the last minister of the late Ming Dynasty, visited many times. After being defeated, he took refuge in the Lianbai Mountain in Shaozhou, Guangdong (now Shaoguan).
While looking for a geomantic treasure to bury their deceased father, they heard that there was a strange mountainous area nearby called Danxia Mountain, and the two decided to find out.
Seeing the red cliffs here, surrounded by clear water, and the appearance of dragons and tigers, he raised some silver to buy it and painstakingly repaired and operated it.
Picture: Shaoguan Danya Red Cliff
At that time, another eminent monk named Tianran opened an altar to lecture on Danxia Mountain in Guangdong.
Li Chongmao said in "Danxia Mountain Records": Danxia Mountain has been named for a long time, but it is unknown because it is inaccessible.
This situation lasted for thousands of years until the arrival of Feng Jinglan.
In 1928, while conducting field research in the mountains of northern Guangdong Province, geologist Feng Jinglan was attracted by the densely distributed red cliffs and stone pillars of Danxia Mountain in Renhua County. These stone pillars, stone towers, peak forests, square mountains, cliffs and other terrains are reflected in the terrain. Under the sunlight, they are like covered with a layer of red gauze, shining like "Danxia".
Feng Jinglan named it "Danxia Layer" after the word "Danxia" in Danxia Mountain, and began academic research on this new landform.
His unintentional move opened up the dazzling treasure hidden behind the Danxia Gate.
In the following decades, the Danxia landforms dotted across China were discovered one by one by persistent geologists.
Today, Danxia landform has become an important branch of landform research in China and even the world. Countless scholars have continued to unearth the geological change information embedded in this ancient rock formation.
Danxia Mountain in Guangdong, Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi, Jianglangshan in Zhejiang, Langshan in Hunan, Taining in Fujian, and Chishui in Guizhou
In the summer of 2010, these six mountains from the subtropical humid area The Danxia landform landscape system represents "Chinese Danxia" and has been approved by the World Heritage Committee to be officially included in the World Heritage List.
The Danxia landform has become famous since then...
Today, you can never imagine how beautiful Danxia is
Guilin’s landscape is the best in the world, not as good as Guangdong Yidanxia
In Shaoguan, Guangdong,
In Chishui, Guizhou,
Under the combined effects of water erosion, wind erosion and gravity collapse, each of them has a wonderful shape. Red mountain peaks emerged from the sky.
They may be in the shape of square mountains, looking like majestic castles or towering pagodas from a distance.
Known as "the crown of Danxia in the world"
In Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi,
Danxia cliffs line the banks of the Luxi River. Due to wind and rain erosion, many rare Danxia caves have developed.
During the pre-Qin period, the ancient Yue people regarded this purple-red cliff as a sacred place.
They put their deceased elders into wooden coffins and placed them among animals. In the inaccessible cliff cave,
this is used to comfort the souls of the dead and pray for shelter.
In Langshan, Hunan
You will appreciate the complete red basin Danxia landform.
The richness and grade of Danxia landform development in China’s Danxia Scenic Areas The most representative and beautiful scenic spot.
A natural Danxia landform museum has been praised by geological experts as a "Danxia treasure".
In Taining, Fujian,
Isolated peaks rise from the ground, and forests are endless.
The Danxia cliffs are as sharp as a knife or an axe. The vertical walls and the pitted marks on the rock surface show the vicissitudes of life and changes over time
The most unique scenery in this Danxia landform is the temples built according to the mountains and shapes.
The temple is half suspended outside the cave and supported by wooden pillars. Its red exterior wall matches the color of the Danxia landforms on the entire mountain
In Quzhou, Zhejiang,
also has the wonders of Danxia, ??
" "It is as majestic as the world, and as beautiful as the southeast"
Xu Xiake's three visits
Let the Great Man Peak, the most amazing peak in China's Danxia Mountains, the most beautiful in the country's skyline, and a natural creation,
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Known as the first mountain of Danxia.
Compared with the elegance of Danxia in the south, Danxia in the north appears more rugged...
In the northwest, the land surface is open, the sky is dry, and the rushing Danxia has become enthusiastic. Rough.
In Jingbian, Shaanxi
The Danxia rocks that develop here are mostly rough conglomerate, mudstone or sandy mudstone.
It is easier to Affected by wind and rain, and due to concentrated precipitation and sparse vegetation, flash floods caused by short heavy rains can often wash out narrow and deep valleys.
In Kuqa, Tianshan
A grand canyon was quietly formed from reddish-brown rocks carved by nature's wind and rain for hundreds of millions of years.
Under the Qilian Mountains,
a Cretaceous sedimentary layer of more than 500 square kilometers was squeezed and bulged,
forming a layer of mudstone and siltstone. and fold belts with stacked conglomerates
These mudstones have been eroded by wind and rain, and the mudstones, partially protected by the conglomerates, still stand steeply on the wasteland.
With their unique shapes and various postures, they are vividly called palace-like Danxia landforms.
Due to the drought in the area, these Danxia will combine with ice and snow in the appropriate environment to form Binggou Danxia.
The rock formations located in the inclined parts of the fold belt collapsed due to rain and weathering, resulting in a gentle and rounded hilly landform.
Different types of substances with gray, white, green, orange, yellow and other colors are deposited in different strata,
making the Danxia like a ribbon dissolved in On the undulating ground
People gave them an appropriate name: Colorful Danxia.
There are many such wonders in the northern land:
A huge mountain peak is painted with colorful colors
"A river separates the two banks, and there are "Two Heavens", a piece of colorful hills that the Irtysh River passes through.
The colorful peaks stretching for tens of miles
China’s Danxia, ??
The magic given by nature,
A wind-eroded landscape The earth
A land that you may not have seriously understood
Nature has created super scenery here
It seems that this nation was understood hundreds of millions of years ago Love for the color red.
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