Why is Tengchong’s volcano famous?

Tengchong, Yunnan, has always been known as the "Natural Geological Museum". Tengchong is a very famous volcanic area in China. The Wutou Mountain here is most likely a volcano. According to a message released by Xinhua News Agency in 1993, the Tengchong volcano group is in a dormant state. In other words, the volcano group here is an active volcano, making the Tengchong volcano even more mysterious and majestic. Therefore, it is not surprising that Tengchong volcano is famous.

Tengchong, Yunnan, is located where the Eurasian and Indian plates collide and meet. Very intense volcanic activity once occurred here. Because the two continents collided and drifted, Tengchong formed a rare and typical "volcanic and geothermal coexistence area" in the world. According to data, there are 99 large and small volcanoes and 88 hot springs in Tengchong within a thousand square kilometers.

The Volcano Geological National Park, represented by Tengchong, is unique in its ancient volcanic remains and accompanying geothermal springs. This volcanic group was formed between about 3.4 million and 10,000 years ago, a very long process. There are a total of ninety-seven volcanic bodies in the geopark, of which 25 are well preserved. Generally speaking, volcanoes with craters or volcanic piles are well preserved. The volcanoes in the park have different shapes and lava structure landscapes. These volcanic landforms gather together to form a magnificent volcanic scene and tourist landscape.

Due to the long geological evolution of Tengchong, many magma eruptions have occurred here, and there are also many tectonic cycles, leaving a large number of geological relics. This is why the Tengchong volcano scene is so strange. The reason for beauty: the huge changes caused by the vicissitudes of life.

In addition, the scale and completeness of the Tengchong volcanoes are among the highest in the country, attracting many scientific researchers and Chinese and foreign tourists. With such a magnificent volcanic landscape and volcanic geological resources, Tengchong Volcano cannot keep a low profile.

When visiting Tengchong, Yunnan, you must go to the National Geological Park for natural landscapes to see the Atami Volcano and Beihai Wetland.

Tengchong is the product of crustal movement and volcanic eruptions hundreds of millions of years ago. The crustal movement caused faults in the Tengchong area and erupted a large amount of magma. After a long period of geological evolution, volcanic cones and volcanic derivatives were formed in the Tengchong area. According to surveys, there are 97 volcanic craters in the Tengchong area. They are not extinct volcanoes, but volcanoes in the dormant period. The last volcanic eruption was in the Ming Dynasty. Geographer and traveler Xu Xiake recorded it in "Xu Xiake's Travels".

Nature has created Tengchong’s volcanoes in various shapes, including volcanic cones, volcanic caves, volcanic stone forests, lava terraces, volcanic lakes, columnar joints, volcanic pumice, etc. The geological resources are very rich, including hot seas, wetlands, etc. They are all products left to the human world after the volcanic eruption. This is one of the reasons why Tengchong Volcano is famous.

Picture 1, the pit on Dakong Mountain in Tengchong (photo by Huang Qiang)

There are many mountains in Tengchong. When passing through Tengchong, we often find that many of the mountains in Tengchong have no peaks and are flat above the halfway point. . It is different from other mountains. There is a folk saying in Tengchong: "What a great Tengyue state, nine out of ten mountains have no head." This shows that the lack of peaks is a characteristic of Tengchong Mountain. It turns out that these mountains are all volcanic craters. After the volcano erupted, a large cavity was left behind. There are three volcanic craters that you can visit in Tengchong - Dakong Mountain, Xiaokong Mountain and Heikong Mountain.

Dakong Mountain is 2050 meters above sea level, with a relative height of 150 meters. The mountain is full of trees, but there are no trees on the top of the mountain. It is a huge pot-shaped pit. Some people may ask why there is no lake formed when there is such a huge pit on the mountain? Because the rocks in the crater are all empty pumice, the rainwater seeps away and cannot form a lake. These mountains are called empty mountains because the rocks are all volcanic pumice, and there is an empty echo when walking on them.

Tengchong is a historical and cultural city on the border of Yunnan Province, with a history that can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty. Tengchong is also a city with a very small Han population in the southwest border of China. Many of the Han population are descendants of the Ming Dynasty border guards. Tengchong is only 200 kilometers away from Myitkyina, Myanmar. Tengchong is also one of the few county-level cities in China that has an airport. It has Tengchong (Hump) Airport. This airport was very famous during the Anti-Japanese War. Because of its existence, various places transported a large amount of materials to the Anti-Japanese War in western Yunnan.

Not long ago, I traveled to Tengchong and visited the Volcano Geopark there, so I know the volcano situation in Tengchong relatively well. Tengchong is a county-level city. It is located at the junction of the Eurasian Plate and the Indian Ocean Plate. Therefore, there are a large number of volcanoes. According to statistics, there are 99 volcanoes. Its size and number rank first in the country. It is also the youngest volcanic group in China. It has been there for several years. It has erupted for hundreds of years. The volcanoes there are also very interesting. They are not in groups, but in a row. A large number of volcanoes are in a straight line. We went to see one of the volcano craters, called Dakong Mountain, which was very spectacular. There is also a volcano science museum in the Volcano Geopark, which has a lot of text and picture information, introducing the cause and current situation of Tengchong Volcano. There are also many small shops nearby, selling a large number of pore-filled volcanic stones, which are said to be placed in refrigerators and Toilets can absorb odors.

In addition, Tengchong is rich in geothermal resources and is one of the three regions with very rich geothermal resources in China.

Experts once came to investigate whether these geothermal resources should be used for power generation. The result of the subsequent discussion was to develop them into tourism resources. Therefore, Tengchong has many hot springs, the most famous of which is Atami Hot Spring, which is rich in calcium, magnesium, potassium, Minerals such as sodium and nitrogen.

The Tengchong volcano is located in Tengchong and Lianghe counties in southwest Yunnan Province. It is one of the four major volcanic groups in my country. There are 97 Cenozoic volcanoes in total. The entire volcano group covers an area of ??221.36 square kilometers. The special geological structure has formed the strange volcanic landform of "ten mountains and nine headless mountains". The volcanic cones, volcanic caves, lava rock fields, volcanic lakes, barrier waterfalls, and columnar joints are large in scale, concentrated in distribution, diverse in type, and well preserved. Its scale and completeness rank first in the country, and it has high scientific research and ornamental value. It is known as the "Volcanic Geology Museum".

Because Tengchong is an active volcano and rich in geothermal resources, it is a famous geothermal scenic spot in China. There are currently 64 geothermal active areas found in the region, more than 80 hot springs, and the highest water temperature reaches 96.3°C. Among them, the one with the strongest heat and the most wonderful external display is Tengchong Hot Sea, which is embedded about 8 kilometers west of the city. It is surrounded by green mountains and roaring water, starting from Sulfur Pond in the north, Songshan Qing in the south, Zhongxiao Temple in the east, and Bajiao Garden in the west.

Tengchong is a great place!

It is one of the four major volcanic groups in my country, with 97 Cenozoic volcanoes. The entire volcano group covers an area of ??221.36 square kilometers. The special geological structure has formed the strange volcanic landform of "ten mountains and nine headless mountains". The volcanic cones, volcanic caves, lava rock fields, volcanic lakes, barrier waterfalls, and columnar joints are large in scale, concentrated in distribution, diverse in type, and well preserved. Its scale and completeness rank first in the country, and it has high scientific research and ornamental value. It is known as the "Volcanic Geology Museum".

Tengchong, in southwest Yunnan and adjacent to Myanmar, is a popular tourist destination. Tengchong is located at the intersection of the Eurasian continental plate and the Indian continental plate. Active crustal movements bring frequent earthquakes, and violent earthquakes trigger volcanic eruptions. After the volcanic eruption stopped, the karst cooled and formed a headless mountain - a volcano. There are 97 dormant volcanoes in Tengchong, of which 23 have relatively complete crater preservation. There are four types of these volcanoes: dome volcanoes, truncated cone volcanoes, shield volcanoes, and low flat Mal volcanoes. Among them, the craters of 23 volcanoes are relatively well preserved, which makes Tengchong volcanoes famous for their complete types, large scale, and distribution. It is famous for its concentration and relatively complete preservation, and Tengchong is also known as the "Natural Volcano Geology Museum".

The unique advantages of the volcano group (as you can find out from the Internet) are internal factors. The key is that Tengchong people publicize the volcano group with great fanfare. Before 2000, the 99 volcanoes in the Tengchong Volcanic Group looked like that. Not one was missing or moved. How many people knew about it at that time.