Strange slope in Xiamen

Xiamen strange slope is a section of Wenping road leading to banlinggong. It's about 50 meters long. The strange slope is that things roll from the bottom of the slope to the top of the slope. No matter what you try, it's like this. After cycling, you will find it easy to go uphill and hard to go downhill. Later, the surveyors of the Municipal Highway Bureau came to the conclusion through verification: "strange slope" is actually a visual error caused by people's surrounding reference objects.

Strange slope in Xiamen

Xiamen strange slope is located on the road from wenzeng road to banlinggong. There is a "strange slope" about 50 meters long and 10 meters wide.

Strange slope in Xiamen

It is about 10 meters wide.

The strange slope is that things will roll from the bottom to the top of the slope. No matter what you try, it's like this.

Later, the surveyors of the Municipal Highway Bureau came to the scene of the "strange slope" on wenzeng road to measure the "strange slope". The surveyors measured every 5 meters, a total of 70 meters. The results show that the so-called "slope bottom" is 1.395m higher than the "slope top" and the slope is 2%.

The surveyors concluded that "strange slope" is actually a kind of visual error caused by people's peripheral reference objects.

Experts from the Highway Bureau said that wenzeng road's "strange slope" is located near the intersection. From here, the upper slope is higher and the lower slope is lower. It seems that this road has become an uphill road by combining the two sides.

Scientific measurement data prove that "strange slope" is not strange. It is his own eyes that deceive him.

Here is a simple picture to explain the phenomenon of strange slope. The black line represents the horizontal line, the blue rectangle represents the intersection of two highways, and the route with higher relative horizontal plane is the strange slope. From the right figure, for a large highway with a very large slope, if the angle between people and the highway surface should be greater than or equal to 90 degrees, then the angle between people and the strange slope is a smaller acute angle. People will subconsciously understand that the plane they stand on is a horizontal plane, and then conclude that the strange slope should be an upward plane. But in fact, because the strange slope surface is only a downward surface with a smaller slope for the highway, as shown in the left figure. It can be concluded that the strange slope is only due to the illusion caused by the reference object, and the strange slope is not strange.

Old man of strange slope

There is always an old man on the strange slope in Xiamen. He is the old man on the strange slope. Because of his enthusiasm, and like to tell the story of strange slope to tourists, a long time, he was called "strange slope old man" by tourists.

Three strange things in strange slope

"Strange slope three strange" -- strange slope, stone plum and natural "strange slope old man". It has been said in front of the strange slope; the so-called "stone plum" is a mottled pattern on a section of stone wall along the strange slope, and its shape and pattern are very similar to the plum blossom; and the "old man's image of the strange slope" refers to standing on the strange slope, looking at a few huge stones on the opposite slope, just like the profile head of an old man.

Practical information

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all day

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Take tourist line 2 and get off at the East Gate Station of botanical garden

Address: the road from Wenping road to banlinggong, Siming District, Xiamen City (about 50 meters long)

Longitude: 118.12187302113

Latitude: 24.451041518485

Tour time: half an hour

Traffic information: take tourist line 2 and get off at the East Gate Station of botanical garden

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day