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中国的《侏罗纪公园》[1]

Stranger still, alsophila cannot survive if you move it elsewhere.

"We sent some to the Kunming Botanical Expo, and they just died," Zeng says.

Kunming, capital of Yunning province, has a similar environment.

That means poaching is useless. In a sense, this fern has outlasted other things of its age by being irrelevant other than appearing in movies like Jurassic Park.

Scientists did not pay attention to it until 1983.

They were not looking for alsophila in Hainan but for another breed of rare flora in Chishui. While taking a break, one member noticed alsophila and wondered whether it was the one on the endangered list.

The next year, a protection zone was mapped out. In 2000, the local government opened its "Jurassic Park". The few dinosaur sculptures notwithstanding, only adventure seekers come here.

"It's not a place for leisure tourists," says Zeng Qiang, the local official.

However, pleasure seekers have an abundance to revel in. As long as you love the sight of water pouring down slopes, Chishui is gushing with delight. It isn't called the "city of waterfalls" for nothing.

"We have 4,000 waterfalls, and I'm counting only those at least 3 m tall," Zeng says.

Chishui is located at the edge of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau where it descends sharply to the Sichuan Basin.

Hence the ubiquitous gorges and canyons where water cascades its way into softer rocks and dances downslope, forming nature's most rapturous crescendo and mesmerizing landscapes.