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1、ThePlaceWherethedreambegan…ZhangjiajieNationalForestparkLocatedinthenorthwestofHunanProvince,China,Zhangjiajiecovers9,563squarekilometerswithtotalpopulationof1.552milion.zhangjiajiewasapprovedbystateDepartmentinSeptember1982tobebuiltintothLocefirstnationalforestpa
2、rk,andlistedbyUnitednationsinDecember1992intheDirectoryofWorldNaturalHeritages.Later,itwasconsecutivelyappraisedthroughcomparisonastop-rankingtouristcityinChinaandChinaNationalGeologicPark.Zhangjiajieiswellknowintheworldforitsmarvelousspectacleofpuartzsandstonehoo
3、doosthatblendthenaturalscenesofmountain,water,andcavetogetherwithdenseamorousfeelingsofminority.Themarvelousmountainunderthesun-ZhangjiajieThemostfantasticsightinZhangjiajieisquartzsandrockhoodoos,dense,glomerate,andcoverswithgreenboskage.Theformingofhoodoostookav
4、erylongtimehistoricphase,andtheoriginalmaterialcamefromalargenumberofquartzsandgranulesflushedintothemarinesedimentsattheinitialgeosynclinalstage1.5billionyearsago.Lateratthemoddlestage,astheorogenyoccurred,thoesesdimentsmovedupandeventuallyformedthemountains.LEAK
5、Zhangjiajiehasagoodnameof“Threethousandmiraculouspeaks”,Duethedifferentsizesandheightsofthosepeaks,somehavepeaksattachedatthefootorpeaksgrewatthesideorpeaksintersectedatthesummit,somelooklikemountainrangewhenviewedcrosslybutlooklikepeakswhenviewessideways,andsomea
6、redifficulttotellwhetherornottheyarepeaks.Bothpeaksandfoundationsarecomposedofquartzsandrockwithrelativeheightbetween100mand300m.InMay1992,Dr.SangcelandDr.Lucas,inspectionofficerofworldnaturalheritage,madeafieldinvestigationtothehoodoosinZhangjiajie,andthetheymade
7、followingcomments;theglomeratesandstonepeaksarecomparablewithseveralNationalParksandmonumentsinthewestofAmerica……”.Somepeoplebelieve“mostofpeaksdisplaymoreverticalcontourthanthoseintheheritageplacesinAmerocaandAustralia.therefore,thequartzsandstonehoodoosinZhangji
8、djieisinpossessionofmonopolizingstatusintheword.Theformingofhoodoostookaverylongtimehistoricphase,andtheoriginalmaterialcamefromalargenumberofquartzsand
