Chengjiang National Geopark, one of the first batch of the national geoparks approved by the Ministry of Land and Resources of P.R.C., is located in Chengjiang County around Maotianshan Area. It is 52 km away from Kunming City Kunming tour, and covers a total area of 18 sq km.
The main geological remains in the park are paleontologic fossils. The park conserves up to 40 divisions and more than 100 types of fauna fossils in the Precambrian (530 million years ago), including hard-bodied creatures' fossils and Mollusca imprint fossils. It is a very valuable geological relic, which offers fossil specimens for researching the booming phenomenon in fauna's population in the Precambrian, and fauna's anatomical structure, life habit, evolution and habitat in that era.
[ Fuxian Lake] The lake takes the shape of a cucurbit with its wide end in the north and its narrow end in the south. As well, the middle part of the lake is thin and long. The lake bank's length is 98 km and the lake's area is 212 sq km. It is the second deepest freshwater lake in China affordable China tours.
[ Chengjiang Paleontologic Museum] There are ten thousand world-famous fauna fossil samples of the Precambrian, and Chengjiang fauna fossils feature largely in the museum top China tours.
[ Maotianshan Paleontologic Relics] Chengjiang fossils provide valuable scientific thoughts to discover the mystery of the booming phenomenon in fauna's population in the Precambrian. Meanwhile, it offers fossil specimens for researching the anatomical structure, form and function of early fauna. This gives very useful scientific value.
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