The Tropic of Cancer is the farthest position of the Sun from the equator in the Northern Hemisphere, 23°26 north latitude, and then the direct point of the Sun turns south and returns to the Tropic of CapricornIt is also known as the place where the sun turns. When the direct point of the sun reaches the Tropic of Capricorn, it is the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, when the days are longest and the nights are shortest.
The length of the weft, the equator is the longest, and it shrinks to 0 at the poles. From the equator to the north and south, 90° each, are called north and south latitudes. The equator is 0° and the Arctic Circle is 66°33 north latitude'。The direct point of the sun travels back and forth between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Mojiang Tropic of Cancer Symbol Park, enter from the west gate of the scenic spot, you can take the flying magic carpet up the mountain, visit the Twin Star Square, the main standard hall, the sundial, the echo wall, the sun and the moon, the transcendence tower, the stone ring, the Kuafu chasing the sun, the five elements column, and then turn back and continue to visit the Stone Formation Square, Hani Fire Stand, Planetarium, etc., and take the flying magic carpet down the mountain.
The Tropic of Cancer is also a dividing line between the northern temperate zone and the tropics. The Tropic of Cancer at the west gate of the scenic spot is marked, the south side is tropical, and the north side is temperate.
Twin Star Square, the Tropic of Cancer passes through the Twin Beds, the Twin Star Gate, the Twin Wells, and the Trevi Fountain from the center.
According to folklore, the birth rate of twins in Mojiang is extremely high, and twins can be born by making a wish in the wishing pool, drinking twin water, and sleeping in twin beds.
The main standard hall (peeping sun tower), at noon on the summer solstice every year, the daylight passes through 23The peephole in the 26-meter main tower has a small copper sheet that shines directly to the bottom of the tower, which can verify whether the sunlight is perpendicular to the ground and whether it is "immediately shadowless". At the same time, a series of benchmarks of different lengths outside the tower can also verify that "there is no shadow immediately".
The sundial consists of a hand and a disc divided into 24 grids, representing the twelve hours. When the sun shines on the disk, the shadow of the hands casts on the corresponding hour on the disk, indicating the local solar time of the day.
Echo bar, in a specific place in nature, people stand in a fixed position, the sound will be amplified, and the sound will be long.
The sun and the moon shine together, and two marble balls weighing 16 tons each represent the sun and the moon. Every year in late summer and early autumn, the sun, the moon, the earth's revolution and rotation are on the same line, and the moon has risen before the sun has set in Mojiang.
The Transcendence Tower (Spiral Tower), consisting of eighty-one steps, is 2326 meters. The Hani people have been passed through the tower from east to west on the Tropic of Cancer, and they can be one year younger, that is, through the time and space tunnel.
The plants on both sides of the transcendence tower are different, tropical plants on the south side and temperate plants on the north side.
Stone ring, diameter 32 meters, by 69 pieces of bluestone according to a certain distance ring column, the arrangement and spacing of the stone pillar and the stone gate, with the shadow of the sun and the moon rising and falling in the 24 solar terms every year, the ancients from the sun and moon when the projection when the sun and moon rise, inferred the time of the 24 solar terms in a year.
Kuafu chased the sun, Kuafu chased the sun to the Mojiang River and died of exhaustion here, his skin turned into a yellow shi, his hair turned into a green field, and his blood turned into a river, watching over the northern land. After that, Dayang did not dare to continue to go north after arriving at Mojiang, that is, he turned around and returned;The Mojiang River is known as the place where the sun turns.
Five Element Pillars, Hani "October Solar Calendar" calendar. The Hani people divide the year into five seasons based on the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth, one season is two months, and the month is 36 days.
A small poem "Mojiang Tropic of Cancer Symbol Park":
The spiral tower is flanked by two heavens, and the sun and moon pool do not ask Zen.
If you don't believe in it, you won't see it, and you will be waiting for the opportunity in the Yang Tower.