Tourism in Maogang District

Hutoushan seaside tourist area is located in Nanhai Peninsula, Dianbai County, covering an area of 3.73 square kilometers. Facing the South Bay, backed by Shuidong Economic Development Zone, adjacent to Shuidong Port, about 6 kilometers away from the county seat. It is an important part of Shuidongwan provincial tourist resort with beautiful scenery and charming scenery. There is an ideal natural bathing beach here, the beach stretches 12 km, and the beach is white, wide and flat; The seawater is clear, free of rocks and sharks, with good safety conditions and high sea surface temperature. It is suitable for bathing in seawater for more than 280 days throughout the year, and is known as "Beidaihe in the South". The two pearls of the South China Sea, Hutou Mountain and Yanjingling, stand here, which are not only the charming scenery of the resort, but also two natural observation platforms. The sunshine, white sand, blue waves and forest belts are intertwined, forming a picturesque and dreamlike picture of the southern coastal customs.

Hutoushan seaside tourist resort is one of the earliest tourist attractions in Maoming. After years of hard work, it has a certain scale and high reception capacity. Here, villas with southern and exotic customs are scattered all over the place, one after another, with different styles. Shopping street, food street, bar, coffee shop, entertainment city and other facilities are matched with Jackie Chan. The scenic spots that have been built include the evergreen garden, the smiling Maitreya Buddha, the small white marble Buddha, the scary city, the children's world that makes children linger, the Hutou Mountain Oriental Paradise in Xian Yi, and the young and old. , accompanied by rock flying springs, interesting. In addition, there is a silver high-rise "sail hanging" sign standing on the edge of the square. Under the lamplight, the pink-blue lamplight, colorful fountains and green lawns are unique and give people a warm feeling. Rare Botanical Garden is located in Liangxiao Shuili Station, Maogang District, Maoming City. Located at the edge of the northern tropical zone, with a planned area of 180 hectares. It is divided into four scenic spots: tropical plantation, pioneer forest area, desert "bare land" and soil and water conservation compound agriculture demonstration area. As the main scenic spot, the artificial mixed forest is a popular science and environmental education base and eco-tourism area that integrates nature and humanity, static and dynamic, leisure and participation, entertainment and knowledge, and a good natural ecological environment and pleasant scenery.

There are more than 350 kinds of national first-class protected plants in the scenic spot, such as Grifola frondosa, Quercus longleaf, Money Tree, precious spice sandalwood, agarwood and African egg yolk, and there is also a beautiful lake (Liujiakan Reservoir). Wild raccoons, pangolins and other animals live, as well as more than 400 kinds of animals such as thrush, kingfisher, dragonfly and butterfly. There are China Academy of Sciences Field Observatory, Sino-German Ecological Cooperation Experimental Zone, Guangbandi and other popular science and environmental education venues; There are beautiful legends such as sleeping Buddha watching the sea and Leigong eggs. It is far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, with fresh air, blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and green waters and beautiful forests, showing a charming scenery of tranquility, beauty and nature.

Because of its special geographical location and great achievements in soil and water conservation, it has been successively rated as "Top Ten Tourist Attractions in Maoming City", "Environmental Education Base in Guangdong Province" and "Popular Science Education Base for Teenagers in Guangdong Province", and has been designated as the research station of forest ecosystem orientation of China Academy of Sciences and the research point of "Man and Biosphere" project carried out by UNESCO. China No.1 Beach Tourist Resort is located in Nanhai Peninsula, Maogang District, Maoming City, Guangdong Province, and is an important part of Shuidongwan Provincial Tourist Resort. 1993 started development and construction. The baili shelterbelt in this area is called the "Green Great Wall" and is the first coastal shelterbelt successfully built in China. The Great Green Wall, a huge Chinese painting created by China painter Guan Shanyue, hangs in the Guangdong Hall of the Great Hall of the People. More than ten kilometers of natural bathing beaches outside the forest belt have gentle slopes, white beaches and crystal clear seawater, and can swim all year round. This is an ideal place for bathing and sunbathing in the sea. Jifang Island, 8 nautical miles from the coast, is a famous diving tourist attraction in China, with beautiful scenery, clear and transparent surrounding sea water and visibility of 8 meters.

After 10 years of development and construction, the first beach tourist area has begun to take shape, with more than 10 hotels, including 3 star-rated hotels with more than 1000 beds. Opened Jifang Island Sightseeing Tour and Yanjing Ridge Tongziwan Sea Sightseeing Tour; Launch a large number of tourism and entertainment projects such as power delta wings, paragliders, windsurfing, kite surfboards and beach recreational vehicles; Every year, large-scale tourism festivals with different themes and distinctive features are held in the tourist area, such as kites, ethnic customs and happy months, Chinese and foreign culture and art festivals and other activities, which continue all the year round; At the same time, the tourist area can host domestic and international beach volleyball competitions and is a national beach volleyball training base. In 2000, the first national beach volleyball championship was successfully held, and in 20001and 2002, the world women's beach volleyball open was successfully held for two consecutive years. The water and soil conservation station designated as "Man and Biosphere" by the United Nations is located next to Guangzhan Highway in the west of Maogang District, with a total area of 3. 15 km2 from Dianbai shuidong town 14km in the east and Wuchuan City 18km in the west, belonging to the northern edge of tropical zone, and the soil is latosol formed by granite weathering.

1957, formerly known as Liang Xiao Experimental Extension Station of Soil and Water Conservation in Dianbai County, Zhanjiang, was built from scratch by 9 cadres of Zhanjiang Hydropower Bureau. At that time, there were dozens of square kilometers of barren hills with little vegetation and serious soil erosion. "Three days without rain and drought, ten days without rain and drought" and "ten kinds of nine wonders", the highest surface temperature in summer reaches 62.9℃, which is called "Flame Mountain". After decades of hard work and scientific and technological measures, soil erosion has been successfully controlled, this barren land has become a diversified plantation, and environmental conditions have been significantly improved. There is a scene of ecosystem balance, reduced surface runoff, moderate temperature and humidity, soil and water conservation and soil improvement. There are 250 mu of artificial mixed forest, more than 300 mu of eucalyptus and pine forest, more than 500 mu of fruits such as litchi and longan, and more than 200 mu of cash crops such as sunflower and pepper, making it a soil and water conservation station integrating experiment, demonstration, popularization and production.

The artificial mixed forest has beautiful scenery. Trees and fruits are mixed, and flowers are everywhere all year round. Flowers, fruitful, tree-lined, fragrant, fruitful. At the same time, there are 320 species of acacia macrophylla, Sabina vulgaris, Sardinia angustifolia, white dove and other plants, and more than 40 species of animals/kloc-0, forming a biological community composed of layered plants and various animals. Elegant environment: visitors can hear and witness the beauty of nature at any time when they enter this place, just like entering a fairyland on earth, with endless fun. Since 1997, it has received more than 80 experts and scholars from 69 countries and regions on five continents. Among them, Dr. Brown, a professor at Hamburg University in West Germany and former director of the World Forest Research Institute, visited the station seven times and praised: "Most areas between the equator of the earth and the Tropic of Cancer have evolved into deserts due to forest destruction, and Liang Xiao in China belongs to this area, but it is a miracle that the barren land near the desert can be artificially transformed into artificial forests." And promoted the "China-West Germany Ecological Cooperation Plan" (CERP) here, and the first phase of the study was completed 1978 to 1990. A delegation from the United Nations "Soil and Water Conservation and Management" 19 visited the station before1September, 979 19, and designated the station as the United Nations "Man and Biosphere" inspection site, and presented the United Nations flag as a souvenir.