Although the area is not too large, the scene is still quite shocking, after all, it is a fairly rare basalt landform in China. Taken at 10 am, April 14, Light rain 🌧️.

Here is the basalt columnar joint landscape group in Shengzhou, Zhejiang Province. Columnar joint group emerges in the Xihou-Shisha area, covering an area of 1 square kilometers. Tens of millions of stone columns, uniform in size and close side by side standing in the bank of the Eighteen Du River, like a natural "dam". These basalt columns were formed between 5 and 11 million years ago, and the main age belongs to the Neogene period. The stone columns are tightly clustered together to form an incredible natural geological wonder. As the product of volcanic magma eruption, it not only has high aesthetic value, but also records the state of volcanic eruption, magma flow accumulation, shrinkage deformation and cooling diagenetic process, which has certain scientific research value.

📌 Shengzhou basalt is estimated to have been formed 10 million years ago, belonging to Neogene

📍 Navigate to Shengzhou basalt in Zhejiang province, 30 minutes from the city

Basalt columnar joint is "a geological phenomenon in which the homogeneous magma splits into regular five-sided, hexagonal or even heptagonal cylinders due to uniform cooling and contraction during condensation, and these cylinders are closely arranged together". Large and small stone columns, side by side, row upon row, a glance at the past is very spectacular!

On the high cliff, exposed a regular square stone columns, stone piles, stacked side by side, shaped like rows of wood, forks like layers of piano keys. This implies a so-called space-filling principle: in a plane, only regular triangles, regular quadrilateral, and regular hexagons can completely fill the plane without overlapping each other and leaving no gaps. Of the three figures, if the circumference is the same, the area of the regular hexagon is the largest. In other words, the regular hexagon has the double advantage of being "completely filled" and "most efficient".

Basalt columnar joint geology is not rare in the coastal areas of China, such as Tengchong in Yunnan Province, Penghu in Taiwan Province, Yitong in Jilin Province, Zhangpu in Fujian Province and Linhai in Zhejiang Province. And Shengzhou this place on the scale actually can not rank on the number, if you want to find a reason for recommendation, it is probably convenient.

Stone pillar in the county road clean line (Shengzhou Qingfeng to Shangyu White Longtan) Xiawang town section of the roadside Shishi village, the major navigation software search "Shengzhou basalt" can be found, about 15 kilometers away from the urban area. This joint, formed by the cooling of magma from intermittent eruptions, covers a staggering nine square kilometres here; But most of them are deep underground and out of reach, and this one was discovered and developed as a scenic spot when a road was dug.

Perhaps due to its small size and the passing of the road, the planning of this site as a scenic spot is quite restrained and friendly. First of all, there is no ticket required, and it is unattended; Secondly, the parking Spaces and walking paths matching the tour have been built; In addition, the stone column group just formed two depressions, which is very convenient to take photos; Finally, the village opposite the stone pillar group has also made certain tourism planning, which can be regarded as an increase in some content.

On the whole, it is a small but beautiful geographical knowledge supplement. If you pass through here to Quangang ancient village or wind temple in the opposite direction, this is definitely an excellent stopping point. There are also rivers next to the scenic spots, and the water quality is also very clear, you can camp, you can also go down to play in the water.

Perhaps basalt alone is not enough to attract you specifically to see, you can also visit Shengzhou's Yuexiu town, Yuexiu Road to eat a variety of snacks, Chongren ancient town, Tong Kou village lotus pond, a leisurely weekend is still quite good.

Finally, he picked up a stone and took it home.