N Haidu all-media reporter Wu Xuewei
When you talk about "Pingtan", what do you think of? Is it a long sea of windmills, beautiful blue tears, or "the closest place on the mainland to Taiwan"? Pingtan is known as "a thousand reefs and a hundred islands", with 125 islands with blue sky and wide sea, strange rocks and majestic stones. Recently, the mainland's first pictographic rock illustrated book "Heavenly Masterpiece: Pingtan Strange Rock Illustrated Book (I)" was published, behind it, is the only social organization and non-governmental public welfare organization dedicated to the survey, publicity and protection of the natural heritage of strange rocks and strange rocks in the mainland - Pingtan Strange Rock and Strange Stone Protection Association. Haidu reporters interviewed Wei Bao, the initiator and honorary president of the association, and listened to him tell the story of the protection of Pingtan strange rocks and strange stones.
Altitude measurement for strange rocks and strange rocks "eternal knot concentric" (photo provided by the interviewee)
There are so many strange rocks and strange rocks that I can't fit a few books
"Why is there a (top) on the back of the illustrated book? Because we have a list of 500 strange rocks, but from June to December last year, 373 were surveyed, and 300 were detailed in the book. The census will continue in the future. Wei Bao said with a smile that in fact, he investigated more than 1,000 strange rocks and strange rocks in Pingtan, but as a non-governmental organization, everyone is a part-time volunteer labor, so they really can't take care of it, so they can only pick up their free weekends and do it little by little.
Haitan Island, a thousand reefs are staggered, and due to the influence of tectonic and weathering and seawater erosion, many magnificent sea erosion landforms have developed. Through visits and investigations, the existing strange rocks and strange rocks are confirmed one by one and the results are displayed, so as to promote the society to further form an atmosphere of cherishing and protecting the resources of Pingtan strange rocks, which has become the urgent desire of the Pingtan Strange Rocks and Strange Stones Protection Association.
The volunteer investigators braved the cold and heat of winter and the scorching heat to go up and down the mountains and seas, often working from early morning to sunset. Unmanned aerial vehicles, laser rangefinders, telescope laser rangefinders and other engineering professional equipment take turns to fight, but more rely on the investigators' feet to climb the steep stone peak to ensure the accuracy of the positioning of the apex and bottom of the altimetry.
Many strange rocks and strange rocks are located in the wilderness, and the relevant literature records only roughly locate the place name or village where the strange rock is located. To this end, the investigators pinpointed each strange rock to the latitude and longitude of the site, and then repeatedly checked the satellite map, going back and forth once, twice, and three times until people could accurately find it according to the satellite map. Some strange rocks are hidden in the woods, and satellite maps cannot be seen clearly, so the investigators determined the distance and determined the range of small errors by combining the more obvious references in the surrounding area.
Measuring the position of the "White Ice Lion" (photo provided by the interviewee)
Shi Qilin didn't ask
From June 2015 to August 2018, Wei Bao traveled to all 125 existing islands in Pingtan and was deeply overwhelmed by the beautiful natural scenery and peerless strange rocks, and was also worried about the preservation status of many strange rocks.
In 2016, he initiated the establishment of the Pingtan Strange Rock and Strange Stone Protection Association, gathering enthusiastic people from all walks of life who care about and love Pingtan Strange Rock and Strange Stone, committed to the public welfare of the protection of strange rocks and strange stones, and compiled and published the literature of strange rocks and strange stones, and now it has developed to nearly 100 members and non-association subscribers. Wei Bao said that in addition to joining the membership and participating in the association's protection and publicity of strange rocks and strange stones, people can also choose to "admit" strange rocks, and come to inspect their "subscribed" strange rocks twice a year, "Some government units will refer to our data for relevant materials."
"Durian Meat Stone" (photo provided by the interviewee)
Guardian Strange Rock is also guarding childhood and hometown
Wei Bao also has his own memories of strange rocks: "When I was young, I always crawled around in the cracks of the stones. This strange rock called "Sanlei Yan" is more than ten meters high, and in the natural cave composed of huge stone crevices, he spent many cool summers of his childhood. Many strange rocks and strange rocks contain people's cultural imagination and accompany the villages where they are located. The children who grew up by the stones devoted themselves to the protection of strange rocks and strange rocks, and preserved the beautiful memories of Pingtan together.
In the process of visiting and investigating, the volunteers found that more strange and beautiful strange rocks were buried in the wilderness. Some of the strange rocks still have cliff carvings left by predecessors, but due to the withering of neighboring villages, the path to the strange rocks is gradually deserted and gradually unknown. "There is a strange rock elsewhere, which is often used as a check-in attraction or even included in the signboard of the scenic spot for vigorous publicity. Pingtan is surrounded by thousands of strange rocks, but the related nature protection and tourism development are less than one. Wei Bao said that the publication of the "Pingtan Strange Rock and Strange Stone Illustrated" is also to attract the attention of all walks of life and jointly cherish and protect these precious strange rocks and strange stones.
Strange stone "minifigures" (photo provided by the interviewee)
Editor: Lin Wei