Searching for "Dragon" to Explore the "Dragon" In the world- Zigong unfolds the wings of the dinosaur's land

Zigong is known as "a city with salt and taste". At the same time, it is also a global geopark with an area of 1630.46 square kilometers. In this hot land with a thick cultural foundation and the continuation of legendary stories, the Zigong tourism brand continues to exert efforts, promote innovation, accelerate the construction of a national cultural export base for the new era, create a unique international cultural tourism destination, and unfold the wings of the dinosaur town.

Quest for the "Dragon" Dance with the "Dragon"

In March 1972, Huang Jianguo and others of the Seventh Census Brigade of the State Geological Administration found fossils of dinosaur tail vertebrae at the Dashanpu Wannian Lantern. This astonishing discovery thus lifted the mystery of the Zigong Dashanpu Dinosaur Fossil Grotto. At the end of 1986, the Zigong Dinosaur Museum was completed and officially opened to the public on January 15, 1987, and Zigong dinosaurs were gradually known to the world and spread to the world.

"Why did the dinosaurs go extinct? Why are dinosaur fossils stacked here? These "unsolved mysteries" arouse the curiosity of tourists and set off a wave of "dragon" exploration tourism climax. Up to now, it has received about 12 million Chinese and foreign tourists.

Let the dinosaur fossils that have been sleeping for hundreds of millions of years "speak" because they should strengthen the publicity of science popularization and let tourists have fun and education. Staff member Li Yi said that the dinosaur museum has a collection of nearly 300 dinosaurs and other vertebrate individuals with tens of thousands of fossil specimens, including almost all known dinosaur species from the Jurassic period 205 to 135 million years ago, which has high scientific research value and ornamental value. The development of the museum in the past 20 years has developed from a small and single museum to a theme park that has begun to take shape, realizing the comprehensive supporting facilities of "entertainment, eating and shopping"; from the position exhibition to the international and domestic transformation of the touring exhibition. Visitors walking into the museum, a "national aaaa-level scenic spot", they can enjoy the diverse and complete dinosaur skeleton specimens, enjoy the large-scale and magnificent dinosaur fossil burial sites, enjoy the exquisite and complete dinosaur skulls, footprints and dinosaur eggs and other fossil treasures, and enjoy the endless fun of interactive exhibition and teaching projects such as "Dancing with dragons".

"Dragon" line the world to shape the "dragon" fine products

Where did the dinosaurs come to be destroyed, how did the alders survive, how did the mountains and rivers come to the salt springs... These can be found in the Zigong Global Geopark. In May 2017, UNESCO officially approved the application for the expansion of Zigong Global Geopark, and Zigong's "Salt, Dragon, Lamp" brand was unified for the first time in the international Zigong Global Geopark brand, opening a new door to the world.

Zigong Geopark focuses on the overall goal of development, makes good use of geological relics resources, does a good job in scientific research and science education, develops tourism economy, and promotes the protection of geological relics. Staff member Sun Li said that in recent years, the "Little Explainer", "Salt Bo Classroom", "Dinosaur Easter", "Museum Magic Night" special science popularization activities held in the park have become a new science popularization brand. Among them, the public welfare popular science puppet drama "Where Did the Dinosaurs Go" created by the park itself has toured more than 20 times in and outside the city, and successfully commercialized the "Museum Sleepless Night" activity. In addition, he has also edited and published 11 popular science books, 2 albums, and more than 40 popular science articles. Among them, "Asia's First Dragon: Mamenxi Dragon Revealed" won the Ministry of Land and Resources' 2014 Excellent Popular Science Book. Taking advantage of the geopark network platform, we will promote and display excellent Zigong simulated dinosaurs and lantern production and exhibition enterprises. At present, the simulated dinosaurs made by Zigong are "dragons" in the world and have been exported to foreign tourism markets in large quantities.

"Building Zigong Geopark into a first-class tourism boutique in China and a world-renowned tourist" has changed from a beautiful vision to a step-by-step goal. From August 9th to 19th, the 2018 OCT Zigong International Dinosaur Light Festival with the theme of "Exploring Dinosaurs and Playing Zigong" debuted in Zigong, complementing the original city lighting, using lights to enhance the night scenery of Yandu, establishing a brand of Zigong's exclusive dinosaur international cultural tourism festival, and forming a pattern that echoes with the winter and summer of the Zigong Lantern Festival. Especially with the OCT Lantern World and Fangte Dinosaur Science and Technology Park, they are ready to mold "dragon" products. In the next two or three years, the development of Zigong tourism will usher in the best period of high-standard internationalization and high-quality upgrading, which will create new opportunities for accelerating the integration of culture and tourism, the interaction between industry and city, the revitalization of rural areas, and the improvement of the development of the service industry, and bring great impetus to the industrial transformation and upgrading of old industrial cities. (Reporter Li Xiaohua)