How Much Do You Know About Danxia Landforms?
Lisboa Sandstone landform is formed by the action of inner and outer geological forces on thick red sandstone layers, with flat tops, steep sides, and gentle slopes, featuring peculiar landforms such as square mountains, stone walls, stone peaks, and stone columns. This landform is most typical of Guangdong Danxia Mountain, hence its name.
Its landscape characteristics are: Danxia green water, exquisite and delicate.
Guangdong Renhe Danxia Mountain
Shaoguan Renhe County Danxia Mountain in Guangdong is the number one of the four famous mountains in Guangdong, and is one of the most typical and largest Danxia landforms in the world.
‘Rusty red like cinnabar, brilliant like rosy clouds’ , people often use ‘Danxia Chibi’ to describe this mountain.
The first batch of Renhe Danxia Mountain in Guangdong was selected into the World Geopark in 2004.
Wuyi Mountain
Wuyi Mountain in Fujian Province, known as ‘the First Mountain in Fujian’.
It has the reputation of ‘green water danxia, exquisite and beautiful’.
Wuyi Mountain scenic area has green water danxia, with ‘three three, six six’ beauty.
It has the reputation of ‘three three exquisite water clear as jade, six six strange peaks, emerald, reaching the sky’,” ‘winding winding mountains turn, peaks embrace streams’.
Wuyi Mountain preserves many rare insect categories seen worldwide, shocking the world.
Wuyi Mountain was listed in the ‘World Heritage List’ in 1999, becoming a natural and cultural heritage.
Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi
Longhu Mountain is a typical Danxia landform in China, and is the birthplace of Taoism in China.
Joined the World Geopark network in 2007.
‘China Danxia’ (Longhu Mountain) was listed in the ‘World Heritage List’ on August 1, 2010.
Chishui Danxia in Guizhou
Chishui Danxia is not just a single Danxia landform, but combines with waterfalls, wetlands, and lush forests, representing the best combination of mountains, water, and forests, and is the most typical, beautiful, and ecologically diverse Danxia landscape, representing the best landscape configuration.
Zhangye Danxia in Gansu
Zhangye Danxia landform is the only Danxia landform combined with colored hills in China. In 2005, it was selected as ‘one of the Seven Most Beautiful Danxia in China’ in a selection activity jointly organized by the China Geographical Magazine and 34 large media outlets nationwide.
The colored hills are characterized by interlaced layers, steep rock walls, magnificent momentum, peculiar shapes, and colorful colors, with strong viewing value, large area, and unparalleled national beauty, with high scientific research and tourism viewing value.
