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1、The Danxia MountainDear friends,welcome to the Danxia Mountain。The Danxia Mountain is situated 45kilometers to the northeast of Shaoguan City。Geological studies show that,twenty five millionyears ago,this place was a vast expanse of a low-lying lake。Later,movements of the earths crustmade it rise ab
2、ove the ground and the water receded away,thus turning it into a mountain and theformer sediment at the bottom of the lake gradually oxidized and became red rocks。These redrocks and red precipices,being relieved against the green woods and the blue sky,look just likerosy clouds,hence the name“Danxia
3、”,meaning“red clouds”in English。In the 1930s,Professor Chen Guoda of the Zhongshan University made an intensiveinvestigation and study of the geomorphic features of the Danxia Mountain and other red-rockmountains in South China.He denominated this kind of red-rock land configuration the“DanxiaLandfo
4、rm,which was soon approved and universally adopted by the academic circles,thusmaking the mountains name Danxia a nomenclature of geology.Places featuring Danxia Landformcan be found in all continents of the world expect Antarctica,such as the Great Canyon of theUnited States and some areas in Saxon
5、y of Germany。But,the Danxia Mountain is the largest andthe most beautiful and typical of its kind.The Danxia Mountain covers an area of 319 square kilometers,in which over 600 redrockpeaks stand out well against the woods of green,a sight that reminds one of a large garden withmany ruby sculptures;t
6、herefore it is also named China Ruby Park or literally China Red StonePark。In 1995,the Chinese State Council approved of its being a geological nature reserve and,in2000,it was rated by the UNESCO as the worlds geological park.Now we have arrived at the entrance to the Danxia Mountain.The gate struc
7、ture here isconstructed of red sand rocks.These Chinese characters are the name of the park,meaning“ChinaRuby Park。The three big Chinese characters up on the horizontal beam,“Dan Xia Shan”,meaning Danxia Mountain,were written by Guan Shanyue,who was a famous painter in China.Well follow the mountain
8、 road climb the Zhanglao Peak,which is the main peak of the DanxiaMountain,408 meters above sea level。Now we have come to the central area of the Danxia Mountain.The Danxia Mountain is ratedfirst among the four famous mountains in Guangdong Province and its unique natural scenery givesfree play to o
9、ne s fancy.Please look at the hill in the distance beyond the Jinjiang River:thoserocks appear to be a herd of elephants wading across the river and coming up to us。Their trunks,tusks,ears and eyes are all lifelike。So,this sight is named“The elephants crossing the River”.Please look to your right at
10、 the hill in the distance.It looks as if a young girl is lying down tosleep:from right to left,the outlines of her head,her neck,her chest and her belly are all clearlydiscernible.So,this sight is called“The Sleeping Belle”or“The Beautiful Girl Blocking the River”.This hill is called Yangyuan Hill,m
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