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The Value of Geosites

Sanqingshan UNESCO Global Geopark has a unique value of the diversity of geosites and the unique nature of the earth’s heritage. From the aesthetic and scientific point of view, Sanqingshan has outstanding universal value, the geological and biological structure or the structure group composition of natural appearance; from the perspective of science or conservation, Sanqingshan enjoys prominent or universal value of geological or geographical structure, and a clear delineation of the endangered plant population ecology area; from the science, conservation or aesthetic point of view, Sanqingshan is blessed with prominent or universal value of the natural landscape or a clear delineation of the natural terrain.

goesites in Sanqingshan represent an important stage in the history of an outstanding example of evolution as well as important geological and geomorphic processes, biological evolution process, together with the harmonious development of man and nature, the outstanding example contains unique rare and wonderful natural phenomena, landscape or has a rare natural beauty of the landscape areas, and the preservation of rare or endangered species habitat.

These highlight the value of the goesite resources, so that the park has irreplaceable value in science, education, aesthetics and other aspects of the world, also make the park become an excellent earth science research, exploration and science education of the science park.

Sanqingshan area at the Yangtze Plate and Cathaysian Plate splicing tape, underlying development complete, from the Central Plains, from the ancient to the Quaternary Strata were exposed, complete recorded in the region 10 million years geological evolution history and important geological events. Through the development of the study of sedimentary strata in the Sanqingshan area, to solve the Yangtze Plate and Cathaysian Plate engages with the formation of historical evolution has important scientific significance, as well as the geology of China research hotspot.

Since Cambrian in Sanqingshan area, the strata of the strata are rich in fossils, and the sequence of evolution is clear. Noise is mainly for the trilobites, graptolites, brachiopods; Late Paleozoic mainly Ting branch, the play foot, corals, plants; Mesozoic mainly double shell, plants, conchostracans and dinosaur fossils. The late Cretaceous Sanqingshan area is the dinosaur world, in Sanqingshan on the south side of the River Basin, remains a large numbers of dinosaur eggs and a small amount of dinosaur fossils. These are important for the study of the biological evolution, the changes of the ancient geography environment, the ancient climate and the ancient ecological changes in Southern China area.

Sanqingshan UNESCO Global Geopark not only has a history of 1 billion years of natural evolution, or a harmonious coexistence of man and nature two thousand years of a typical example. Sanqingshan, with a long history, as early as in the Three Kingdoms Period for GE Xian fixs, through the ages is guiding China drink Confucianism people than visit and remains in the main park of Sanqingshan Geopark in palace, house, house, pavilion, Taiwan, square, towers, bridges, ponds, springs and Wells, as well as the gate, marble pillar, stone like, stone incense burners, stone inscription couplets, cliff stone, and so on more than 230 at (a). These there are many different kinds of business management and humanities, scattered distribution in Beishan, blend with the natural beauty, a relatively complete, systematic reflects the Chinese Taoist ideas and beliefs, and in accordance with the Taoist Tai Chi bagua map mode, constitute an organic whole, namely to Sanqing Palace is a center, before and after the second temple symbol of yin and Yang. This idea of a wonderful architectural pattern, is rare, Sanqingshan is also known as the "Open-airTaoist Museum"". The essence of Taoism culture reflected in Chinese Taoism "harmony" cultural ideas drink of harmonious coexistence of man and nature environment simple awareness of drinking philosophy, is also reflected in the ancient architecture system in accordance with the layout of natural environmental conditions of construction planning and design ideas. These are a microcosm of the splendid civilization of ancient China, which is also an important part of the cultural treasure house of Chinese famous people.

Through the protection of goesite and cultural landscape and cultural heritage, so that a two thousand year history of the common development of human and nature of the traditional harmonious culture and the son of the geopark heritage.

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