Crag of Sunlight
The Crag of Sunlight scenic area is composed of the Crag of Sunlight and Qin Garden. A rock with a diameter of over 40 meters stands high up in the air on the summit of the Crag of Sunlight, which becomes a symbol of Xiamen. When Zheng Chenggong, a national hero, resumed Taiwan, he once stationed his troops there, which left many exciting stories.
With rocks and stones of strange shapes, natural stone caves, rubbing cliffs, verdant trees, and fragrant flowers, the scenic area give off a subtropical and romantic flavor. It has the scenic spots, such as "a piece of tile", "dragon's cave at the Egret River", "Ancient Cave of Summer Resort (Gubishu Dong)", "Dragon's Head Hill Relics", "Platform for Training Sailors (Shuicao Tai)", "one-hundred meter high platform". Generations of learners inscribed many chants in the stones, which add extraordinary charm and ancient flavor to the famed rock. Tourists can climb up the ladders to the summit so as to have a bird's-eye view of the whole landscape of Xiamen and Gulangyu Islands as well as Dadan and Xiaodan islands. Qin Garden is connected to the Crag of Sunlight through cable cars. It centers on modern entertainment projects, including "Aviary Garden", "Cinema"and "Hero Garden", which form a combination of dynamic and static, modern and ancient together with the natural landscape of the Crag of Sunlight. The scenic area places emphasis on the environmental protection. In December of 1999, it passed the ISO14001 standard and became the first national-level scenic area passing this standard in our country.
Standing as high as 92.7 meters above the sea level, the One-hundred Meter High Platform is the highest peak of the Crag of Sunlight. Together with the round platform, it is called the One-hundred Meter High Platform. Bathing in breezes, listening to waves, and looking far into the distance where water and sky are in one color, you will have a joyous sense of carefree comfort and blend into the graceful and harmonious world heart and soul.
"Ancient Cave of Summer Resort (Gubishu Dong)" is a cave with great features. Stone walls on both sides support the vast granite rock that drops down out of the sky. It is rather dangerously steep and gives you a sense of overwhelming force. The four characters "Gubishu Dong" is inscribed by Taiwanese learner Shi Shijie of the late Qing Dynasty. The cave is bright, dry, and cool with good ventilation. Passing through the cave and then turning left, you will see a pavilion named Umbrella Pavilion. Holding up thin waist bones and taking rock as the verandah, it is for tourists to shelter from sunlight and rain. On the top of the rock nearby there is a stone basin for spirits to washing feet, which is filled with water all year around and there are footprints beside it.
In fact, spirit's footprints and the feet-washing basin are sea-deposition landforms eroded by waves. During the remote geological ages, they were still subject to the erosion of waves. Later these landforms appeared on the top of mountain due to the rise of crust.
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