Shimen National Forest Park
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Shimen National Forest Park is the largest forest park in Guangdong Province.[1][2][3]
Geography
Located in the Tsunghua District of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province , with a total area of 2626.67 hectares and a forest coverage rate of 96.76%. It is 86 kilometers from Guangzhou city and 13 kilometers from the famous Tsunhua hot spring, bordered by the Nankun Mountain Nature Reserve to the east,, and overlooks the Guangzhou Hydroelectric Storage Power Plant and Liushihe National Forest Park to the north. Located in the subtropical zone, the climate is warm all year round with an average annual temperature of 21.4°C, an average maximum temperature of 28.5°C from July to August and an average minimum temperature of 12.4°C from January to February.[4]
Establishment History
Shimen Park was established on the basis of the state-owned Dalinshan Forest Farm, founded in 1960. In 1995, Shimen National Forest Park was established with the approval of the Ministry of Forestry, which is the first international forest bathing resort approved by the former Ministry of Forestry.[5]
Flora and Fauna
With high mountains and dense forests, towering old trees, abundant rainfall and suitable climate, there are rich resources of valuable animals and plants: there are more than 50 species of valuable and rare tree species such as spinosa fir and wild camellia. There are more than 20 species of valuable animals such as white-necked long-tailed pheasant, python, leopard, red-billed blue magpies, otter, pangolin, white pheasant and civet.[6]
There are mainly three categories of trees in the park: maple, sapium discolor, and red maple.
References
- ^ "Shimen National Forest Park". www.eguangzhou.gov.cn. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ "Tourists enjoy themselves amid flowers at Shimen National Forest Park in Guangzhou - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ "Shaolin Summer: In Search of Confucius". Travel. 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ "Conghua Shimen National Forest Park (石门森林公园), Guangzhou, China – Randomwire". 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ "Shimen National Park ticket discounts, prices and fees, reservations | Opening hours, hotels, restaurants". TRIP.COM. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ "City dweller: The red-billed blue magpie with a splendid tail". news.cgtn.com. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
