| As a coastal city, Wenzhou is rich in natural resources. The 339-kilometer long coastline gives the city abundant marine resources and many beautiful islands. Dongtou, one of the counties in Wenzhou, is also called the "County of one hundred islands". Wenzhou also boasts wonderful landscapes with rugged mountains and tranquil waters, including three state-level scenic spots, namely the Yandang Mountain, the Nanxi River and the Baizhangji Fall-Feiyun Lake, and two national nature reserves, namely the Wuyanling Ridge and the Nanji Islands, among which Yandang Mountain has been named as World Geopark, while Nanji Islands listed as UNESCO's Marine Nature Reserve of World Biosphere Reserves. Scenic area accounts for 25% of the city's land space, which is a perfect integration of exotic mountains, tender water and charming sea. Travel Video |
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 Regarded as the First Mountain of Southeast China, Yandang Mountain is one of the ten most famous mountains in China, rising 1,150 meters high in Yueqing City, twenty-five kilometers from Wenzhou City in Zhejiang Province. In Chinese, Yandang means "reed marsh for wild geese" and in autumn wild geese do gather in the marshes around the lake at the top of the mountain. Composed of North Yandang, Middle Yandang and South Yandang, the mountain was formed some 120 million years ago, and is regarded by scientists as a natural museum of great historic and scientific significance. |
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 Situated in Yongjia County of Wenzhou, Nanxi River Scenic Area is adjacent to Yandang Mountain (a famous world geological park southeast of Wenzhou City) in the east and covers an area of 625 square kilometers (241.3 square miles). This national scenic area is the only one marked by the rural scenery of China. With its leisurely atmosphere and picturesque scenery, it is an ideal place for holiday and leisure and is praised as the Cradle of Landscape Painting of China. Centered on Nanxi River, the area is a perfect combination of natural views, rural scenery and human landscape. It is famous for its water, rocks, waterfalls, ancient villages and shoals, and there are over 800 scenic spots scattered in the area. Generally speaking, the scenic area can be divided into seven parts, including Nanxi River, Daruoyan Rock, Water Rock, Sihai Hill and Tumen Gate. Of them, Nanxi River and the ancient villages are the most attractive. |
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 Jiangxin Isle is located in the middle reaches of the Oujiang River north of Wenzhou. It covers an area of about 70,000 square meters (17 acres). The isle is known as the 'Penglai (a fabled abode of immortals) of the Oujiang River due to its beautiful natural sceneries, cultural and historical sties and its location. It is one of the four most renowned islands in China. The isle features various kinds of old green trees, such as the approximately thousand year-old banyan, the eight hundred year-old camphor tree and the four hundred year-old olive. Among the isle's most appealing features are its drizzle in spring, sunglow at sea, moonlight on the Oujiang River, bonfire on the shoal and limpid springs. Another natural attraction is the Bonsai Garden, which displays a variety of the middle and small sized bonsai trees. Also displayed are the micro sceneries of the Hezhang Peak and Guanyin Cave of Yandang Mountain. |
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 Zeya Scenic Area is situated at 18 kilometers northeast of Wenzhou urban district. It is located between the elegant Zeya town and north auspicious forest town. As a provincial scenic spot area of Zhejiang Province, it occupies a land area of 128.6 square kilometers. It is also called the South Zhejiang Grand Canyon. The landscape takes the group waterfall, the deep pool, the quiet canyon and the wonderful crag and so on natural scenery as its main characteristic and integrates Piao Ye mountain village scenery into one. It is divided into seven waterfall gorges namely Jin Kengxia, the mountain angle, the Ze elegant lake, Xishan, Longxi, Qi cloud and five phoenix eight big scenic areas. There are altogether more than 230 scenic spots. This unique scenery constructed the phoenix nostalgia of Jing Hegu and composed a unique scenery drawing of Wenzhou traveling area. |
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 Located in the northwest of Taishun County in Zhejiang Province, Wuyanling National Nature Reserve is the only state-level national nature reserve in Wenzhou City prefecture. In Chinese, the name means 'black rock', because the cliffs near the streams and the rocks in the canals are jet black. Covering an area of 200 square kilometers (77 square miles), it protects the forest ecology as well as wild life, with an annual temperature of 26C (79F). Known as a “natural gene bank of species”, it boasts 2,150 kinds of plants, accounting for 50 percent of the provincial total. Among them, 21 kinds are key protected plants, such as the national second- and third-class key protected tree varieties of Ginkgo biloba and Emmenopterys henryi. Over fifty kinds of animals are under national protection, of which the yellow-breasted pheasant is a worldwide endangered species and a bird under first-class national protection. The area is also one of the best-preserved subtropical evergreen broad-leaf forest zones in east China. |
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