In 2001, China Yida and Taining government officially signed contracts to transfer the operating rights of the The Great Golden Lake tourist area for 31 years. The Great Golden Lake is more than 230 square kilometers and encompasses five scenic spots including Golden lake, Shangqing River, Zhuangyuan Rock, Luohan Mountain and the ancient city of Taining.
The tourist area of The Great Golden Lake, with the reputation of "A hundred miles of lakes and hills, full of fine spirits," contains the most prominent geological landscapes of the Taining Global Geopark. For hundreds of millions of years, the skillful hand of nature shaped the magic and beautiful water Danxia, deep and secluded valley meandering, various mountains and stone pillars and Danxia Caves in various shapes, forming geological masterworks such as the "Grand View Garden of Valley" and the "Cave Museum". According to statistics from the Ministry of Land and Resources, the grand Danxia Lake ranks first out of the 22 "National Key Scenic Spots" characterized by Danxia landform in terms of area, type, development and combination of landscape. This unique water Danxia landform led to the development of many large - scale Danxia caves. Local people have developed unique cultural wonders out of the Danxia caves by taking full advantage of the auspicious geographical conditions: Cave - temple culture by integrating Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, cavern Confucian culture arising from students' hard studies in the caverns of mountains, nomadic culture from the assembly of evacuated people in Danxia caverns and cliff - cavern - burial culture.
The Great Golden Lake tourist area is located at the junction of three cities of two provinces (Fujian's Sanming and Nanping and Jiangxi's Fuzhou), and is adjacent to five counties (Shaowu, Jiangle, Mingxi, Jianning, Lichuan). The county is 76 kilometers from Shaowu (a hub station of the Yingxia Railway), 78 kilometers from Shaxian Airport (under construction), 150 kilometers from Mount Wuyi airport (a highway from The Great Golden Lake to Mount Wuyi is under construction, with a total distance of 120 kilometers), 176 kilometers from the regional centre - Sanming, 184 kilometers from Nanping, 305 kilometers from Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian Province, 260 kilometers from Nanchang, the capital city of Jiangxi Province. The Beijing - Fuzhou Expressway and the Xiangpu high - speed railway (under construction) run through the county, and a train interchange operates three kilometers from the scenic spot.
The below map shows the convenient transportation system in Fujian and its neighboring provinces in Southeast China.
- Key National Scenic and Historic Interest Spot
- National AAAA - class tourism area
- Covered by state institutions for protecting major cultural relics
- One of "China's Top Ten Charming Towns"
- One of the "Top 50 Places Worth Visiting for Foreigners"
- One of the "Seven Most Beautiful Danxia in China"
- One of the "One Hundred Classic Red Scenic Spots"
| Great Golden Lake – World Geopark Corporate Video (English voice-over, 21 minutes) |
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| Great Golden Lake Advertisement (60 seconds) |
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| Great Golden Lake Advertisement (30 seconds) |
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| Great Golden Lake Advertisement (15 seconds) |
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| Great Golden Lake Scenery (14 minutes) |
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| Great Golden Lake Scenery (5 minutes) |
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| Great Golden Lake Geology Documentary (4 minutes) |
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| Great Golden Lake – Billboard Advisement (5 seconds) |
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| Great Golden Lake – Shangqing River Scenic Spot Advertisement (2 minutes)
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| Great Golden Lake – Shangqing River Scenic Spot Advertisement (1 minute)
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| Great Golden Lake – Zhuanyuan Rock Scenic Spot Advertisement (1 minute)
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| Great Golden Lake – Zhuanyuan Rock Scenic Spot Advertisement (30 seconds)
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| Great Golden Lake – The First Camping Festival Activity Documentary (5 minute)
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| Great Golden Lake – Documentary of The Opening Ceremony of Word Geopark and The Award Ceremony of Top Ten Charming Towns in China |
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