Wuchaoshan National Forest Park

Wuchaoshan National Forest Park in Zhejiang Province

synonym

Wuchaoshan National Forest Park generally refers to Zhejiang Wuchaoshan National Forest Park

Zhejiang Wuchaoshan National Forest Park is located in Xianlin Town, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. It is about 20 kilometers away from Hangzhou city. Its geographical coordinates are 33 ° 41 ′ N and 120 ° 00 ′ e, with a total area of 522 hectares.

Wuchaoshan National Forest Park in Zhejiang Province is located in the aftervein of Tianmu Mountain range, with an average altitude of 264 meters and the highest altitude of 494.7 meters. The mountain is ancient and started from the geological tectonic activity of Lower Paleozoic. Following the uplift of fold and fault at the end of Ordovician, the Yanshanian volcanic movement gradually took on the main body and became a part of "Jiangnan ancient land".

In November 1992, Zhejiang Wuchaoshan National Forest Park was approved as a national forest park by the State Forestry Bureau.

geographical environment

Location context

Zhejiang Wuchaoshan National Forest Park is located in Xianlin Town, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. It is about 20 kilometers away from Hangzhou city. Its geographical coordinates are 33 ° 41 ′ N and 120 ° 00 ′ e, with a total area of 522 hectares.

topographic features

Wuchaoshan National Forest Park in Zhejiang Province is located in the aftervein of Tianmu Mountain range, with an average altitude of 264 meters and the highest altitude of 494.7 meters. The mountain is ancient and started from the geological tectonic activity of Lower Paleozoic. Following the uplift of fold and fault at the end of Ordovician, the Yanshanian volcanic movement gradually took on the main body and became a part of "Jiangnan ancient land". Cambrian, Ordovician, Jurassic and Quaternary strata are exposed in the whole mountain. Rhyolite, rhyolite porphyry, karstification tuff, sedimentary tuff and vein rock are all of them.

Climatic characteristics

Wuchaoshan National Forest Park in Zhejiang Province is located in the middle subtropical zone with superior natural conditions. The climate in Hangzhou is subtropical, with an annual average temperature of 16.1 ℃ and a monthly average temperature of 3.6 ℃ in the coldest month. The annual rainfall is 1400.7mm, with the largest rainfall in summer. However, the evaporation in July and August exceeds the rainfall by 79.6mm, which is unfavorable to the growth of plants. The frost free period of the whole year is longer, with 311 days of plant growth and 1970.6 hours of sunshine.

natural resources

plant resources

Wuchaoshan National Forest Park in Zhejiang Province has a forest coverage rate of 93%, with more than 800 species of forest plants belonging to 456 genera, 137 families, and many rare tree species, such as Prunus praecox, fragrant fruit tree, Cinnamomum cassia, etc. The zonal vegetation in this area is evergreen broad-leaved forest. Due to the long-term human disturbance and destruction, and the germination ability and natural regeneration ability of evergreen trees are not as good as deciduous broad-leaved trees, some deciduous trees often invade the forest first in the process of vegetation restoration, forming deciduous mixed forest and evergreen deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest. The height of forest layer is 8-9 meters. The common species are Cyclobalanopsis glauca, Shidong, Schima superba, paoshu, Kuchu, etc. The height of the lower wood layer is about 2 meters, mainly including quemu, mayinghua, Lij alum, Jianwei tea, etc.

There are 62 species of seed plants belonging to 45 genera and 27 families in Wuchaoshan National Forest Park, Zhejiang Province. In terms of floristic composition, Fagaceae, Theaceae, Lauraceae and Leguminosae are the most common species in dicotyledons, which are the most basic components of arbor layer. Other species are rhododendraceae and Rosaceae. Most of the genera of dominant species in the community are also multi genera in the main families of the community, which shows that the dominant species in the community are concentrated in a few families and genera. In terms of floristic geographical elements, of the total 27 families and 45 genera, the subtropical distribution is the most, followed by the world distribution.

Animal resources

There are more than 150 kinds of birds, more than 100 kinds of mammals and more than 20 kinds of snakes in Wuchaoshan National Forest Park, Zhejiang Province. Among them, Diao pangolin, Bai Peng and Qian Bao belong to the second class national protection animals.

Main attractions

Wuchaojing

There is a well under the main peak of Wuchaoshan National Forest Park in Zhejiang Province, which is called wuchaojing. It is said that only at noon when the spring is like tide and the sound is like thunder, the local residents collect the spring on time, and they can't get the spring water after midnight, hence the name of Wuchaoshan. Bailongtan waterfall is a natural waterfall in the suburb of Hangzhou. In Yu Dafu's Longmenshan Road, "WuChao mountain is 500 meters high and 4 meters high at the junction of hang and Yu counties. There is a spring like a well on the top of the mountain, which is called Ziwu spring. At noon every day, its water rises like the tide of Zhejiang Province. Therefore, the famous pool is 200 steps down from the fa'an temple, which is very dangerous and astringent. It can only walk on one side, but not on the other side. The depth of the pool is 1000 feet If you are in a hurry, don't say that it will change.

Cliff rock

Wuchaoshan National Forest Park in Zhejiang Province is a large fault structure formed by Jurassic orogeny, with many cliffs and rocks. There are shiziyan, which looks like a giant lion, stone birds, which look like standing birds, and zipailing, which is cut like a knife. There are also Shiguan guarded by Liang Hongyu when she resisted Jin, dianjiangtai when fangla uprising attacked Hangzhou, Xianrenqiao and yingwuyan.

Development and construction

Infrastructure

In October 2011, the Hangzhou Municipal People's government constructed the Wuchaoshan north to Hangzhou West tunnel.

In January 2018, Hangzhou Municipal People's government planned to build the park along Wuchaoshan mountain road.

brand building

In November 1992, Zhejiang Wuchaoshan National Forest Park was approved as a national forest park by the State Forestry Bureau.

transport line

traffic

Take Hangzhou bus No.395 to Wuchaoshan National Forest Park.

Route

From Hangzhou city to Liuhe tower, go to national highway 320, turn left to Fuyang, and then pass the toll station of Zhongcun.

History and Humanities

Tongchun temple was built in WuChao mountain in the Ming Dynasty. It was renovated in the Wanli period. At that time, tourists came to the mountain to worship, and the incense was strong. Later, it was looted by Japanese invaders and destroyed by fire. There are more than 20 Taoist temples and temples on the mountain, and only part of the homestead is left.

Address: Wuchaoshan National Forest Park, Zhuantang street, Xihu District, Hangzhou

Longitude: 120.01219

Latitude: 30.183667