Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu?

Geography: Located in the northeast of Kyushu, Japan. There is Zhoufangtan in the north, Yutan and Hou Feng Waterway in the east, Kirishima volcanic belt in the north and south, and Baishan volcanic belt in the northwest. The county covers a total area of 6,337 square kilometers and is mountainous. Known as the roof of Kyushu, the habitable area only accounts for 27.9%. There are many hot springs, and the number of springs ranks first in the country. The forest area is 7 1%, which exceeds the national average (67%) and Kyushu average (64%).

History: Oita County was established in 187 1 year. In the 8th century, Buddhist culture developed greatly with Yasuo Baman Palace as the center. /kloc-In the 3rd century, the trade between Chuannei City (now Oita City) and Jiuba City and China and Portugal was once prosperous.

Population: 65,438+225,000 (2004). The aging process is about 10 years faster than the national average in Japan.

Administration: it is divided into 1 1 city, 36 towns, 1 1 village.

Economy: In 2002, the county's gross domestic product (GDP) was 4,283.3 billion yen, and the per capita annual income was about 2,585,000 yen. The tertiary industry accounts for a large proportion, and one in every two employees is engaged in the tertiary industry. 1979, Governor Hiramatsu Shouyan proposed the "One Village, One Product" campaign to develop local products.

Climate summary:

Oita Prefecture faces Seto Inland Sea with mild climate and few natural disasters. The coast of Hou Feng Waterway in the south of the county is warm and humid under the influence of Kuroshio, which is suitable for the growth of subtropical plants. From Zhou Fang Beach in the north of the county to Beppu Bay, there are frequent thunderstorms in summer. In inland mountainous areas, with the increase of height, the temperature gradually decreases and the precipitation increases.

Climatic characteristics:

According to the annual precipitation and the weather conditions in winter, the climate types in Oita County can be divided into the following four types (as shown on the right).

1. The northern part of I-type county in Seto Inland Sea (from Admiralty Plain to Guo Dong Peninsula) has less precipitation and sunny weather in summer. Affected by the northwest monsoon, it is rainy in winter.

2. The lower reaches of the Oita River and the inland sea of Erseto, Onogawa, with Oita as the center, have less precipitation and sunny weather in winter.

3. The southern coastal area of the Pacific coast from Tsukijima City to the south is affected by the typhoon with abundant rainfall. The weather is sunny in winter and the climate in coastal areas is warm.

4. Inland mountainous counties (mountainous areas centered on Lianshan for a long time) have more rainfall in the west. There are many thunderstorms in summer. It will be cloudy and snowy in winter.

Land customs:

The mountains and seas, forests, grasslands and valleys in Oita County are rich in natural features. There is abundant rainfall at the source of rivers in mountainous areas, and the clear mountain spring water spewing from it moistens the forest.

spring

Mountain cherry blossoms and new green. The smell of spring blowing from the foothills will spread to the top of the mountain in early summer.

summer

In early summer, Rhododendron and Heather in Kyushu, which have lived in Lianshan for a long time, attracted many tourists.

In midsummer, although the streets of the city are filled with summer heat, the forest at the foot of the mountain is still cool. Especially the coolness of the stream surrounded by dark green will make you forget that you are in summer. The high-quality mountain spring water gushing from the mountain will attract people from outside the county.

In summer, the seaside breeze blows gently, which is the season of fishing at sea. Even in midsummer, the sea water temperature will not exceed 30 degrees Celsius.

There are stalactite caves such as Miji, Fengjie and Xiaoban in Oita County. Needless to say, the mysterious landscape in the cave is particularly cool in summer. Because it is particularly cold in summer, wearing summer clothes will feel a little cold.

autumn

In autumn, patches of red leaves in the mountains usher in the most beautiful season of the year, and there are many red leaf tourist attractions in the county town represented by Yemaxi.

In late autumn, morning mist is a landscape poem in the basin areas such as Tangbuyuan and Jiuzhu. On a clear night, the cooled air gathered at the bottom of the basin and turned into fog. In the early morning, the scenery seen from the observation deck is a first-class famous painting.

winter

The seasonal wind blowing from the north sometimes makes the mountainous areas in the northwest of the county town wrapped in silver. In Beppu, you can easily feel the pleasure of frost. The art of wrapping branches in ice has brought people into a fantastic world.

Jiuchongshan opened a ski resort, which attracted many tourists.

Large factory

A treasure house of plants

Oita county has a warm and humid climate and abundant rainfall. The flat shallow beach of Zhoufang Beach and Cliff extends to the Rias-style coast of Hou Feng Waterway by the sea, and the mountains formed by old and new volcanic rocks and ancient accumulated rocks obliquely pass through median tectonic line of Oita County and spread all over the county. Oita Prefecture has the highest peak in Kyushu (Zhongyue 179 1m). After years of erosion, peaks have been cut and valleys carved, forming plains, rivers, sand dunes and humid grasslands, which have become gardens for plant growth. In grassland and rock exposed areas, plant communities such as Miscanthus, Phragmites australis, Mimosa and Ibuki Spiraea flourish here. From lowlands to mountainous areas, natural forests representing various climates, such as oak, rubber forest, fir, hemlock forest and beech forest, flourish. Among the wild plants, there are 330 species of ferns, 2500 species of seed plants and 2830 species of * *. In terms of distribution, Zhang Hu, Miscanthus japonicus and other Japanese China components widely distributed in the Asian continent account for the most, accounting for 40%, while Gentiana, Cirsium japonicum and other Japanese native species account for about 35%. Plants in northern cold regions, such as swamp grass and five-pointed maple, and plants in warm regions, such as mangrove and banyan, account for 5% respectively. Coupled with exotic plants such as western dandelion and tall grass growing in and around the city, there are many kinds of plants in the "rich land".

Plants endemic to Oita

Zhuzi Bodhi Tree, Kaolin Orchid and other endemic species are unique in this vast land, and only grow in Dafen land. Patches of Kyushu rhododendron growing on the top of the volcano, and grandmother Yue purple calyx clustered on the rocks on the top of grandma's mountain, only grow in the mountainous areas of Kyushu. Castanea henryi, which is considered as an element in the attack period, is distributed in the mountainous areas of Kyushu, Shikoku and Jizhou. About 20,000 years ago, plants in the northern cold region that moved southward during the ice age, such as sleeping cabbage and gentian, flourished in the wetlands of the volcanic plateau. When the mainland was connected with the southwest of Japan, the widely distributed Ehime calamus and Shandan began to settle on the dry grassland of the plateau. On the other hand, warm soil plants distributed in subtropics and tropics have settled on the islands and headlands in the post-harvest waterway area, which are heated by Kuroshio. These plants have been growing in nature for thousands of years.

In Oita County, where the flat land is scarce, people's life and production activities are carried out by the sea and the river. The city was built, and rice fields and dry fields were reclaimed. The plateau semi-natural grassland, which has been maintained by burning wasteland, has become artificial pasture and woodland. Many natural forests have also been cut down and turned into fir forests. Rare plants and endangered species whose habitats are threatened are gradually increasing. In 200 1 year, Oita County issued the Oita Red Information Book, which recorded this situation. Among them, there are 0/02 species of pteridophyte/kloc-and 606 species of seed plants, which respectively record the survival danger and extinction reasons of each species. As a valuable heritage of fertile land, plants that insist on growing in Oita hope that the environment on which they live can be protected and they can prosper forever.

Oita Prefecture faces Seto Inland Sea, with warm climate and few natural disasters. The coast of Hou Feng Waterway in the south of the county is warm and humid under the influence of Kuroshio, which is suitable for the growth of subtropical plants. From Zhou Fang Beach in the north of the county to Beppu Bay, there are frequent thunderstorms in summer. In inland mountainous areas, with the increase of height, the temperature gradually decreases and the precipitation increases.

Dafang county has a complex geological structure. There are Jiupestle-Eighth Generation Line and Songshan-Jinli Line in the middle of the county from northeast to southwest, which belong to the important dividing line of southwest Japan. The south of the county is the northeast of Kyushu Mountain, and its eastern end forms a sunken coast. The north-central part is a part of the subsidence zone along the coast of Setouchi, and it is the volcanic zone of Asu fused tuff. Ignimbrite here is easy to process, and there are many stone buddhas. In the area from Jiuzhu to Yemaxi, you can see rare table mountain landforms such as Wannian Mountain, Fazhu Mountain and Yanshan Mountain. In a word, the terraces, mountains and volcanoes in the county are vast, and the flat land is concentrated in the estuary along the Setouchi, while the others are only small basins that extend the rivers between mountains. Located on the tectonic belt in this area, a changeable terrain has been formed.

The rivers in the county include the first-class rivers such as Shanguochuan, Dachuan, Onogawa and Fanjiangchuan, which flow into the Seto Inland Sea. Ritian Jiuzhu area is located in the upper reaches of Zhuhouchuan, which flows into Minghai. The rivers flowing through the county seat are not only valuable water resources, but also form a unique valley beauty.

Secondly, there are not only forest resources such as high mountains, diverse mountains and virgin forests, but also hot springs distributed around the county towns centered on Biefu, Youbu Garden, Tang Ping and Changtang. In particular, it is famous for its excellent spring quantity and quality.

Oita Prefecture has been called "Guo Feng" since ancient times. From the end of the seventh century, it was divided into two countries before and after the abundant period. In the 8th century, Bagan Palace occupied the position of 40,000 clubs in China. At the same time, in Guo Dong Peninsula, the unique Buddhist culture of "six townships full of mountains" is very prosperous. In Oita Prefecture, the perfect stone-making culture, such as the Molar Buddha carved with Buddha statues on the cliff surface and the powerful statue of Wang Ren, is still maintained today.

Friendly relations: Wuhan and Dafan established sister city relations in 1979, Yantai and Biefu in 1985, Handan and Zuobo in 1994, and Dunhuang and Jiucheng in 1994.

Huashan Town and Xufang Town in Wuhan 1980, Wuxian Town and Dashan Town 1992, Nanhuai County and Neiyuan Town in Shanghai 1993, and Jingzhou District in Jingzhou City and the three major towns 1994.

Friendly inter-school relations include: Hebei Medical College and PLA Military Medical College in Beijing, Jianghan University and Oita Medical University in Hubei, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Liaoning Normal University and Oita University, Sichuan International Studies University, Fudan University and Beppu University; 1995 Yantai Amateur Sports School and Beppu Women's Short-term University.