Baocheng Stone Garden was built with the investment of Tianjin private entrepreneur Chai Baocheng10.20 billion yuan. Covering an area of 1.20 mu, this "Oriental Baocheng Stone Garden" was selected into the Guinness Book of World Records, becoming the highest in the world in 2000, and winning a "world first" for Tianjin and China.
Standing in the middle of the south side of Kistler North Garden, you will see this huge stone standing in front of you. It is 10.7 meters high and weighs 73 tons. It is known as the first stone in Asia. Rain washed out thousands of valleys on it, recording the vicissitudes of long history and years. It looks like a Guanyin, dressed in cassock, facing the paradise in the west. Zen, quiet; Enlightened, pure and refined. Stepping into the garden from its feet is like walking into the ruins of an ancient stone city. Look at this ancient loess road, with rocky boulders on both sides; Before you look at this bush, dinosaurs lead their necks, stone birds want to fly, sheep lie on the ground and animals stand upright; Looking to the left, the megalith lizard crawled over, and looking to the right, the black elephant just passed by. Monsters in the sand are competitive, and the white camel looks away after the dead bamboo. Miracle was born here-Tianjin Baocheng Stone Garden was listed as the world's best project.
In recent years, Tianjin Baocheng Group has conscientiously implemented Scientific Outlook on Development, established a brand-new understanding of development from the height of development, used Scientific Outlook on Development to guide enterprise development strategies and countermeasures, invested 654.38+0.9 billion yuan to build Baocheng Museum Scenic Area, organically combined popular science, enterprise culture and enterprise management, and assisted its main business with tourism, which not only received good social and economic benefits, but also was listed as the sixth item in the kiness of the world.
① Artificial Lingbi Stone Natural Stone Forest: There are only a thousand sights in the world. During the period of 1999, Chai Baocheng, member of the CPPCC and chairman of Tianjin Baocheng Group, invested heavily to build a natural forest of artificial lingbi stone, covering an area of 260 mu. In the past, this place where rabbits didn't shit has now become a dazzling pearl on the Haihe River. In February 2000, it was listed as the "Best Guinness in the World" by Guinness Headquarters in Shanghai Great World, and was approved as an "AAAA" level tourist attraction by the National Tourism Administration in 2006 10. When you stroll into this natural stone forest, the wonders of ancient and modern times immediately come into view, and you can see the towering or solitary peaks standing proudly and straight into the clouds; Or bend down and lie down, and the valley will return. In the picture, the scenery is rich, or the sky is clear, or waterfalls and clear springs, or Yao Woods, or clouds are lingering. During the cruise, heaven and earth suddenly separated, such as Penglai. The collision between man and stone, heart and nature makes the stone appreciator directly enter the mysterious situation of seeing beauty in wonder, thus being in the aesthetic of natural stone body. Tourists come all the way, and the noise of the world is washed away in an instant. The world in front of them has become quiet and quiet, and they suddenly feel that a pulse of literary mind has been improved, a wisp of fragrance has been enjoyed by themselves, and their body and mind have been cultivated. As a Beijing tourist said, the wonders of the world are interesting, elegant and meaningful. From a distance, there are more than 4,000 Lingbi stones in the forest, which are known as "the first stone in the world". They are carved by bandits and are true, beautiful and interesting. They are embedded in the meandering gardens, and the highest lingbi stone is10.7m, weighing about 73 tons. Many tourists said with deep feelings that every stone here is a wonderful natural landscape, and the vivid scene makes people think, reaching the artistic conception of "the strange stone likes to sing the eternal things, and the beautiful scenery sings the four seasons songs".
② Stone Forest composed of 388 wood fossils: a magnificent wonder of the world. The stone forest consisting of 388 wood fossils stands proudly in Baocheng Stone Garden, covering an area of 600 square meters, with the highest 1 1 m and the thickest circumference11.8m. It is known as "national treasure" and "wonder of the world". Wood fossils are very rare and priceless in China and even in the world. It is a rare and non-renewable national first-class cultural relic; This is an amazing treasure, and collectors all over the world miss it very much, and it is difficult to find it. Wood fossils are the "time crystallization" of ancient forests after volcanic eruption, magma casting, silicon liquid infiltration, lightning strike and continental crust ups and downs, which were buried under the strata with high temperature, high pressure and oxygen-free barrier/kloc-0.5 to/kloc-0.8 billion years. Chai Baocheng, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), with sincere feelings and wise insight, after ten years of hardships, devoted huge sums of money, made great efforts, traveled all over the country, carefully selected and operated, and collected 388 outstanding China wood fossils in Jinmen, and built a wood fossil forest. Its scale is large and there are many varieties. The huge number and strange shape are called "the best in the world" (included in "the best among cattle"), among which the giant wood fossils with a diameter of 2.67 meters are called the best in the world. Although it is the body of a tree, it has the backbone of a rock; Although suffering from bad luck, it shows immortal magic. The unparalleled personality is amazing. These "historical giants", who have been buried underground, woke up in Baocheng, and walked into Baocheng Stone Garden in the prosperous time with dignified and distant steps, lofty and peculiar majestic gestures and simple and vast lineup, which was an eye-opener and a quick look. There are natural stone forests in Yunnan and wood fossil forests in Tianjin. One south and one north, different styles, each with its own merits. Today, the wood fossil forest stands majestically and energetically in front of the museum, as if it were a warm welcoming team, smiling at guests from all corners of the country. May the world be beautiful and eternal!
③ 100-meter cultural corridor: an elegant and unique historical initiative. In June, 2002, Tianjin Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government decided to comprehensively develop and transform the banks of Haihe River, and strive to create a unique and world-class service-oriented economic belt, landscape belt and cultural belt, making it a world-famous river. Chai Baocheng actively responded to the call of the municipal party committee and government. Last autumn, he invested more than one million yuan to build a cultural corridor-"Ode to Chinese Stone Culture", with a total length of 1, 0 1 m, all carved with white marble. He recorded the whole development process of China stone culture from Pangu to the end of the 20th century by combining China traditional relief techniques with ancient painting techniques, and reproduced more than 200 people who loved and appreciated stones. The characters in the picture are lifelike, lifelike; Historical stories are vivid and legendary, ranking first in the world.
④ Tree jade of 65438+800 million years: the masterpiece of the earth is unparalleled. Tree jade is a rare treasure among wood fossils. During the formation of10.50 billion years to10.80 billion years, the local jade of common wood fossils is very special. The completely jadeite wood fossils only account for hundreds of thousands of ordinary wood fossils. The "Yu Shuhua" in Baocheng Museum is about 20 meters long and 80 centimeters in diameter, which is pure and crystal clear. It is the best and longest tree in the "Yu Shuhua" found in the world at present, and is known as the first "Yu Shuhua" in the world. With its special value, it not only shows the wealth of jade, but also records and provides information of distant times with beautiful annual rings and vicissitudes of bark. With high ornamental value, scientific research value and economic value, it is a world-class treasure, which makes many tourists and stone appreciation experts have a special liking and linger.
⑤ Baocheng Museum: It is flat and antique, with the largest span and the most hidden stones. At the "two sessions" in 2005, Chai Baocheng, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, submitted a proposal on comprehensively enhancing the strategic position of Tianjin Binhai New Area. After coming back, we will vigorously develop the tourism industry in Binhai New Area and actively participate in the economic construction of Binhai New Area. It has invested 200 million yuan to build Baocheng Museum, which is in harmony with the beautiful Second Gate of Haihe River and becomes a beautiful scenery in Binhai New Area. The five characters "Treasure City Museum" were inscribed by Feng Jicai, a famous writer, painter, vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and chairman of the Tianjin Federation of Literary and Art Circles, which was forceful and incisive. The antique architecture of Baocheng Museum is unique and magnificent. On the roof, two dragons play with pearls, and glazed tiles are resplendent; What is even more surprising on the second floor is that the fence is full of white marble carvings. The 2234-square-meter roof, with a span of 20.5 meters, is the largest antique beamless building in China. In addition, there are more than 300 pieces of various Lingbi stones in the park. With the largest collection of Lingbi stone and the largest span of antique hanging beams, it is listed as the best in the world.
⑥500 celebrity seals: Stars are arranged in different styles. In the southeast corner of Baocheng Stone Garden, there is a lingbi stone with a length of 10 meters. The front looks like a lizard coming out of a hole, which is very attractive. However, on the back, there is a red rock covering the mountains and soil. In order to make this stone more cultural, in 200 1 year 1 month, Chai Baocheng, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, carved the signatures and seals of 500 historical celebrities in China since 2000 on the back of the lizard, injecting new life into this ancient stone and becoming a dazzling "star" in the strange stone garden. Whether it's literati or ordinary people, anyone who comes here to travel will feast their eyes and admire them.
⑦ Baocheng Museum Scenic Area is a good place for people to visit and relax. In the past six years, it has received more than 0/000 person-times of domestic and foreign tour groups, with more than 0/000 million tourists, so that every tourist can enjoy high cultural taste while relaxing. Become the base of patriotism education for primary and secondary school students. In recent years, more than 200 primary and secondary schools have organized more than 300,000 students and thousands of armed police officers and soldiers to visit the Kistler Garden. Many students love the motherland's great rivers and mountains and socialism even more by witnessing all kinds of strange stones. Become a good classroom for popular science education for teenagers. In recent years, many education departments and Communist Youth League organizations in cities and districts have taken the Kistler Garden and the Natural History Garden as classrooms to actively carry out knowledge of nature education, which has broadened the horizons of more teenagers, enriched their thoughts and stimulated their enthusiasm for learning and applying science. It not only won wide acclaim from all walks of life, but also contributed to popular science education in Tianjin. Therefore, in March, 2004, Baocheng Kistler Garden was recognized as a popular science education base in Tianjin by the Municipal Science and Technology Commission, the Municipal Association for Science and Technology and the Municipal Education Commission.