The best place to catch the sea in Lingshui

Hongjiao Ridge, Guangpo Town, Lingshui County, is the best place to go.

There is a good place in Lingshui that you cannot miss. Not only can you enjoy the Kapok flowers blooming all over the mountains and plains, but you can also climb a mountain to overlook the most beautiful sea view. It is so beautiful, that is the beautiful Hongjiao Ridge. Hongjiao Ridge is located in Lingshui. Guangpo Town, Shuili Autonomous County, is a section of the Wuzhi Mountain continuation of the mountain range. In spring, the kapok on Hongjiao Ridge blooms with flaming flowers that amaze the entire mountain forest, contrasting with the blue sky and white clouds.

The process of people living on the seaside, according to the law of rising and falling tides, and catching up with the ebbing tides to salvage or collect seafood on the tidal flats and reefs of the coast is called catching the sea. It is generally best to catch the sea during spring floods, because the water recedes far and fast during spring floods, especially shellfish move slowly. When the sea water recedes, these shellfish and seafood are left on the beach or mudflats, and the best times are on the two days before and after the second and sixteenth day of each month in the lunar calendar.

Geographical environment

The terrain in Lingshui is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The terrain mainly consists of mountains, hills and plains. Hills and mountains are mainly distributed in the northwest, and plains are mainly distributed in the southeast coast. There are 24 large and small mountains in the county, with the highest point being the Triangular Peak of Diaoluo Mountain at an altitude of 1,499.8 meters. Because Lingshui is located south of the Tropic of Cancer, the climate is a tropical island monsoon climate with high temperatures throughout the year, distinct dry and wet seasons, rainy summers and autumns, and dry winters and springs.

The annual average temperature is 25.2℃, and the annual average rainfall is 1500-2500 mm, mainly concentrated from August to October every year. It has sufficient sunlight, is frost-free all year round, and is evergreen all year round. It is a rare natural greenhouse in China and is suitable for the cultivation of tropical crops and off-season vegetables. However, due to the influence of the island monsoon, it is hit by typhoons 3 to 5 times a year on average, with the maximum wind force reaching level 12 and the wind speed of 40 meters/second.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Lingshui County