Xiangshan Huaao Island Stone Forest

Hua'ao Stone Forest is located on Hua'ao Island in Xiangshan County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. Hua'ao Stone Forest has bright colors and simple shapes. It is a very rare welded tuff. Huaao Stone Forest is ancient in age, neatly arranged, and widely distributed, and has extremely high scientific and ornamental value. On a small island in Xiangshan, Zhejiang, stands the most breathtaking sea erosion landscape - Huaao Stone Forest. Although many columnar joint groups have been discovered in China, they form sea cliffs in only a few places, such as Zhangpu, Penghu and Hua'ao Island, and most of them are gray-black basalt landscapes. Huaao Stone Forest has bright colors and simple shapes. It is a very rare welded tuff. Its huge size is larger than the stone pillars in Zhangpu and Penghu, and it is even thicker than the stone pillars of the Giant's Causeway in the UK, which have a diameter of 40 to 50 centimeters. Hua'ao Stone Forest is located on the sea surface at the mouth of Sanmen Bay in the south of Xiangshan County. The scenic area covers an area of ​​11.12 square kilometers, of which Hua'ao Island is 9.83 square kilometers. It consists of four major parts: natural scenery on the island, coastal sea erosion landforms, beaches, gravel beaches and cultural landscapes. composition. The island is covered with green mountains and charming scenery. There are 36 valleys and 108 caves. Each valley has its own scenery and each cave has its own fairy. The island is rich in tourism resources, especially the Big Buddha Mountain with a giant Buddha head in the shape of a god, the magnificent stone forest landscape, and the mysterious and deep The mysterious caves, the Qingshu'ao gravel beach, the only pebble wonder on the island in Ningbo, the remains of the Zhangcangshui Anti-Qing Army Camp, the fairy pavilions and rock formations, the forest and sea, the sea breeze and the delicious seafood are all more famous. It is known as "the fairyland on the sea, the Yingzhou on earth". city".