Chapter 16 Section 3 Famous Mountains in the South China Sea

With an area of ​​34,380 square kilometers, Hainan Island is the second largest island in my country after Taiwan.The topography of Hainan Island is high in the center and low around, and the water system is radial.The landform is formed by a three-layer ring platform eccentric to the southeast.The central high platform is a mountain area above 500 meters above sea level, which is the southernmost mountain area in my country, with thousands of peaks competing for beauty and thousands of valleys competing for streams; The ring platform is the platform and plain below 100 meters above sea level.Woye Pingchou, Coconut Grove Village; surrounded by beaches, the sea and the sky are the same color.

Hainan has a tropical monsoon climate, with long summers and no winters, abundant rainfall, dense vegetation, flowers all year round and fruit in four seasons. It is known as "Green Treasure Island" and "Tropical Botanical Garden".The vegetation is luxuriant, and the clear spring is connected with the blue sea, forming a unique landscape.Among them, the most representative ones are Wuzhi Mountain, the "roof of Hainan", Jianfengling, the green treasure house, Tianya Haijiao and Yalong Bay in Sanya, a tropical seaside, and Coconut Grove Village in the eastern suburbs of Wenchang.

Wuzhi Mountain is the highest peak in Hainan Island, with an altitude of 1867 meters, known as the "roof of Hainan".It is above the hills, with a great momentum and a majestic landscape.Looking at the mountain from its southwest foot, it looks like a reclining lion looking at the sky, while viewing the peaks from the south, it looks like five peaks piercing the sky, like five fingers. There are compatriots of the Li nationality who are good at singing and dancing living at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain. During festivals, they gather in the beautiful Yabin to perform poetic singing and dancing activities.Mountaineering often starts with Yabin.Wuzhi Mountain enters the primeval forest at an altitude of more than 700 meters, covering the sky and the sun, with four or five layers of vegetation.Tall trees have a breast height of about 1 meter and a height of 40-50 meters. Huge woody vines have a diameter of 10-20 centimeters.The walking path on the ridge is completely "woven" by dense tree roots and "bedding" by moss.The hillside is steep, but not an inch of soil is exposed.

The higher the mountain, the steeper the slope, and cliffs unique to granite appear from time to time, requiring climbing vines and trees to climb up.The landscape formed by the ancient pines on the cliffs and the climbing vines gives people a strong sense of spirituality.The large and small fairy bridges formed by huge granite inverted stone pillars and gullies are also rare sights.The higher the mountain, the shorter the tree, and the more ancient it is. When it reaches the peak, the tree is not as tall as a person.In the clouds and mist, looking down at the peaks that appear and disappear from time to time, it is like entering the realm of heaven.

Jianfengling, 1411 meters above sea level, is a typical tropical rainforest in my country and one of the nature reserves that preserve a complete tropical ecosystem.In the forest, you can see unique tropical rainforest landscapes such as buttresses, strangled plants, woody vines and old stems with flowers.There are more than 1,500 species of vascular plants in the area, including 16 species of national key protected plants, such as Hainan redbud, Nan, Dalbergia, and Hainan rough.Many precious animals live in the forest, such as black crested gibbon, peacock, pheasant, macaque, clouded leopard, jungle fowl, white pheasant and so on.Among them, the most precious national first-class protected animal is the black crested gibbon, one of the four great apes.

Sanya's seaside includes Tianya Haijiao, Sanya Bay, Luhuitou and Yalong Bay, etc., all within the city of Sanya.Sanya's annual average temperature is 25.4°C, making it a typical tropical seaside scenic spot.These bay beaches are surrounded by green hills on three sides, embrace the blue sea, and face the boundless South China Sea, but each has its own characteristics.Although the scale of Tianya Haijiao is not large, there are huge round granite stones standing, lying, gathered, or scattered between the shore, beach, and water, which are arranged in a patchwork order.There are green hills on the back, coconut groves on the shore, and boundless sea and sky in front.The beautiful scenery is touching and triggers people's daydreams, so the characters are written in stone: "a pillar in the south sky" (Figure 24), "end of the world", "cape of the sea" and so on.Very poetic and picturesque, it is an ideal place for viewing aesthetics.Sanya Bay is located in the urban area of ​​Sanya, and its seaside beach has become the scenic belt of the city, and it is a good place for sightseeing and vacation.Yalong Bay Beach is wide and long, with a large hinterland, large capacity, fine and soft sand, and clear sea water.Not only is the scenery beautiful, but it is also a high-grade tropical seaside beach. It is an ideal place to enjoy the beach, sunshine and air.

Luhuitou is in the east of Tianya Haijiao, and it is the remnant of Wuzhi Mountain.According to legend, a long time ago, this place was deserted.In Wuzhi Mountain, a brave and handsome young hunter chased a deer to the southernmost mountain.Facing the vast expanse of blue waves, the flower deer has nowhere to go, so it has no choice but to turn its head and stare at the hunter who is about to release his bow.When the hunter saw the deer turning back, his heart softened.The flower deer turned into a beautiful girl, and the kind hunter married her and lived in the depths of this beautiful coconut grove.Later, it gradually developed into a village - Yezhuang, and the mountain was named Luhuitou.

Coconut Grove Village is a representative landscape of Hainan.It is located in the coastal plain of the eastern suburbs of Wenchang County, Hainan.The land is flat and open, with no mountains in sight.There are sandy beaches along the coast, and the shoreline is naturally curved.Dark green coconut groves, yellow-white sandy beaches and turquoise sea water form parallel belts stretching to the sky.The coconut groves are dense and tall, with numerous fruits.There are faint villages in the depths of the coconut grove, and the villages are like patios in the dense forest, where the sun can be seen.In addition, the open air is the pond and the field.The Coconut Grove Tourist Street in the eastern suburb of Wenchang is very distinctive. Bamboo and wood-structured shops display a variety of food and beverages processed from coconuts, a dazzling array of coconut carving handicrafts, colorful seashells and corals, and tastings. Restaurants and restaurants with delicacies from mountains and seas are all in the endless coconut groves.In addition to sightseeing, you can also appreciate the developing Yehai culture.

The South China Sea Islands are known as the "Pearls of the South China Sea".These coral reef islands, like the flowers and garlands scattered by the goddess on the blue sea, are fascinating.These islands are different, no matter the Dongsha, Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha Islands are basically composed of coral reefs.Coral reefs can only form under the conditions of tropical ocean water temperature above 18°C, high transparency, strong light transmission and bedrock.It is mainly composed of calcareous shells secreted by reef-building corals, with rich colors and various shapes, such as Yushu Qiongzhi.Especially underwater, even more gorgeous.Due to differences in the development of coral reefs and the degree of wave action, there are shoals, sandbars, reefs and islands.Ordinary islands, such as Yongxing Island and Dongdao in the Xisha Islands, have lush tropical vegetation, inhabit various birds and creatures, and live in the sea with unique fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish, turtles, grasses, and algae. And other marine animals and plants.Form a tropical biological paradise full of vitality.The bright and clean tropical ocean is a good place for scientific research and tourism.

The South China Sea was called Zhanghai in ancient times. In the Three Kingdoms Period, Kang Tai described the morphology and causes of coral reefs in the South China Sea more scientifically and accurately in his "Funan Ji".He said: "In the rising sea, there is a coral island, and there are rocks at the bottom of the island, and corals grow on it." It shows his in-depth observation and research.In recent years, green-glazed pottery left by the people of the Southern Dynasties has been found on the northern reef of the Xisha Islands. The remains of Tang and Song residents have been unearthed on Ganquan Island, and a large number of ceramics and ironware have been unearthed.The long history of this sacred territory of the motherland can be seen in Kangxi's Map of the Provinces and Provinces of the Imperial Qing Dynasty and Jiaqing's "Great Qing Unification of the World Map", as well as the monuments erected at the end of the Qing Dynasty at the beginning of this century.