China Tropic of Cancer Monument List

The Tropic of Cancer runs through Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong and Taiwan Province provinces from west to east in China, and there are many Tropic of Cancer monuments in China, including the Tropic of Cancer Monument in Taiwan Province Province in June 5438+February 65438+May 2009 and the Tropic of Cancer Monument in Fengbin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. There are three Tropic of Cancer landmarks in Taiwan Province Province, which span Penghu, Chiayi, Nantou and Hualien counties in Taiwan Province Province, one in Shuishang Township of Chiayi County in the west and the other two in Mizuho Township and Fengbin Township of Hualien in the east. The Tropic of Cancer Monument in Fengbin Township, Hualien County is located on the east coast, near the Pacific Ocean, and 27 kilometers away from the provincial platform1/kloc-0, belonging to Fengbin Township, Hualien County. The monument was built in an open space beside the roundabout highway. It is a tower-shaped stone monument with a height of about 20 meters. At the top of the monument, there is a ball with a north-south intersection, a cylindrical sign, which is only marked with "Tropic of Cancer" and there is a narrow gap in the middle. There are four Chinese characters "Tropic of Cancer" on the monument, and the words "23 27' 4.51"are engraved on the sign monument. The Tropic of Cancer is the dividing line between the tropical zone and the warm zone, and the tropical zone is located to the south of it. Tourists often take photos here as a souvenir. The Tropic of Cancer sign in Shantou, Guangdong Province is located on Jilong Mountain in Shantou. It is13.6m high and consists of three parts: base, column and soil model. The pedestal is Tiantan-style, divided into three floors, the first and second floors, the first and second floors, each with a height of1.33m, and each with nine steps. The top floor is 0.30 meters high and has only one step. The column is two "North" shaped bearing cement supports, with a height of 8.60 meters. No matter from which direction, it is obviously "north", which highlights the theme of the Tropic of Cancer. The earth model is supported by a hollow column with a diameter of 5 meters. Sphere is used to describe the outline of the world. Trademarks are Equator, Tropic of Cancer and South Arctic Circle. There is a stainless steel tube with a diameter of 24 cm, pointing to the zenith and perpendicular to the ground level, which runs through the surface of the earth model and is used to check the direct sunlight from summer to noon. The signs of the Tropic of Cancer in Conghua, Guangdong and Guangzhou are located in Macun, Taipingchang, Conghua, and are the highest signs of the Tropic of Cancer in the world. The sign is divided into three parts: tower, tower body and top of the tower. This tower is in the form of the Temple of Heaven, with three floors and nine steps. The ground of the tower is arranged in a symbolic gossip shape, the top surface of the tower is spherical, and a brass column with a diameter of 4 cm is embedded in the center. This tower looks like an upright rocket, with a height of 23.5 meters and a total height of 30.35 meters. The Tropic of Cancer signs (20 towers) are hollow, and the inner diameter is reduced to 1 m from bottom to top. A dome was placed 7 meters above the top floor of the tower. The tower under the dome is a circular wall with arches in the east, south, west and north. The tower on the dome is made of granite. At the top of the tower is a hollow copper ball with a diameter of 120 cm, which is supported by a stainless steel tube. The copper ball is welded by 26 pieces of copper plates with a thickness of 3 mm, and there is a round hole with a diameter of 10 cm in the center of the top of the copper ball, which is used for positive color and four red dotted lines during the summer solstice. The red solid line represents the equator, and the dotted line represents the Tropic of Cancer and the South Arctic Circle respectively. Guangdong Fengkai Tropic of Cancer sign is located in Binjiang Park, Jiangkou Town, facing south. The base of the sign is12m wide, the inner ring is shaped into a hemisphere with concrete, and the outer ring is shaped into eight diagrams with granite. Four inclined columns are supported on the concrete base to support the tower. The tower faces south, opposite to the "closed" position. The four inclined columns are located in four directions: Xun (southeast), Gen (northeast), Gan (northwest) and Kun (southwest). The lower part of the tower is poured with reinforced concrete, and the upper part of the tower is welded with stainless steel. There are two wings floating on each side of it, and the word "North" is displayed at any position, which means "Tropic of Cancer" and "Rockets soaring into the sky". A copper ball with a diameter of 62. 1cm is placed at the top of the tower, symbolizing the sun. There is a round hole with a diameter of 1cm at the center of the top of the copper ball, which is used for direct sunlight inspection at noon from summer to Sunday (Figure 2). Tropic of Cancer Park in Guiping, Guangxi Guiping Tropic of Cancer Park is an east-west arc-shaped building with a span of18m and a height of17.2m. A globe with a diameter of 6m is supported at the top of the arc center, and there is a "peephole" with a diameter of16cm in the center of the globe, through which the sunlight can directly reach directly below. The signs are embedded with the Tropic of Cancer signs with a width of 5 cm and a length of more than 20 meters in the east-west direction. The Tropic of Cancer Park in Yunnan Province has signs in Xichou County and Mojiang County. Xichou Tropic of Cancer Park is located at the west entrance of Xichou County, separated from the county seat by a gorge, with an altitude of 1526 meters, which is the highest sign of Tropic of Cancer in China. The main sign is called "Guiting", which looks like a flying saucer and a pavilion tower. There are windows on the western periphery of the exhibition hall, and a circular skylight in the middle of the top, which corresponds to the center of the hall in the exhibition hall and is used to observe the direct sunlight from summer to the sun. Mojiang Tropic of Cancer Sign Park covers an area of 1.500 square meters, integrating astronomy, geography, plants, popular science knowledge, garden art and tourism culture. 26) With the 500-meter section of the Tropic of Cancer as the main axis, interrupted by architectural sketches, sculptures and major signs such as "Sun Road", "Kuafu Chasing the Sun", "Gate of the Tropic of Cancer", "Sundial Square" and "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter", a vivid space series will be created, and the understanding of nature, life and sunshine will be expressed by the popular science museum.