How much is the ticket for China Tianyan Scenic Area + preferential policies + precautions

The China Sky Eye has a diameter of 500 meters and is currently the largest radio telescope in the world. It has a very high technological content and can explore the secrets of the deep space of the distant universe. It was established in the mountains and forests of southern Guizhou. It looks extremely It has a sense of science fiction and has now become a very popular tourist attraction. Here is the detailed ticket price information. Ticket price

1. Exclusive tour (including premium tour + FAST observation experience) 210 yuan/person

2. Premium tour (including basic tour + flying theater) 190 yuan/person

3. Basic tour (including Astronomy Experience Center + Sky Eye Shuttle Bus + Astronomical Cinema) 120 yuan/person

4. China Sky Eye Shuttle Bus 50 yuan/person preferential policy + precautions

1. Please go to the ticket office before 12:00 on the day of travel to collect your tickets with your mobile phone text message and valid ID. For self-driving tourists, please set the navigation destination to "Pingtang Astronomy Science and Culture Park Astronomy Experience Center" to avoid delaying your itinerary. Customer service hotline: 0854-4831888

Minors and students aged above 2.14 (excluding 14) to under 18 (inclusive) can enjoy the ticket with valid documents (student ID card/ID card/household register) Half-price discount for tickets to the Astronomy Experience Center. (Reservation is not possible, tickets can be purchased on site with ID)

3. Disabled persons, active military personnel, disabled military personnel, children under 14 years old (inclusive), senior citizens over 60 years old (inclusive of 60 years old), etc. With valid ID, you can enjoy free admission to the Astronomy Experience Center. (Reservation is not possible, tickets can be purchased on-site with ID)

4.80 (including 80 years old) and above can have one accompanying person accompany the elderly person into the Astronomy Experience Center in exchange for a free ticket with their valid ID.

5. Children under 1.2 meters (inclusive) can ride the shuttle bus for free if they do not occupy a separate seat. In other cases, they need to purchase a shuttle ticket; the FAST simulated observation experience and astronomical theater are located on the second floor of the Astronomy Experience Center , for simulated observation experience or movie viewing, you need to purchase tickets for the Astronomy Experience Center in advance.

6. Visitors are requested to arrange their time reasonably after purchasing tickets and enter the park in time. (The shuttle bus stops at 16:15 every day, that is, tourists cannot go to China Sky Eye_Observation Tower after 16:15 every day.)

7. All ticket types are limited to one-time use on the same day. Tickets will not be refunded or exchanged after they are sold; tourists with invalid tickets cannot enter the park.

8. In order to ensure the normal operation and accurate reception of cosmic signals of China’s most important equipment in the sky (FAST), according to the "Guizhou Province 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope Electromagnetic Wave Safe Zone Protection Measures" and "Qiannan Prefecture 500-meter According to the Regulations on the Protection of Aperture Radio Telescope Facilities and Electromagnetic Wave Quiet Areas and the China Sky Eye Science Popularization Base, all non-specialized vehicles are strictly prohibited from driving into the China Sky Eye core protected area. Tourists visiting the China Sky Eye must take a shuttle bus, and they must wait before boarding. The service center can store the following items for free with the QR code on the ticket paper: mobile phones, watches, car keys, chargers, power banks, digital cameras, smart bracelets, tablets, laptops, walkie-talkies, remote controls and other electronic products; Cigarettes, lighters, matches and other flammable and explosive items; fruit knives, scissors and other knives and other contraband. (It is recommended to bring ID card and cash).

9. Pets are not allowed in China Sky Eye Observation Tower, shuttle bus, astronomy experience hall, astronomical cinema, FAST observation experience, dome flight theater and other places.

10. China Sky Eye_The observation deck is about 1125 meters above sea level, with steep and long steps. The elderly, children, pregnant women and other people with various mobility difficulties must be accompanied by healthy adult family members when entering the park; those who are not allowed to climb mountains and those with medical conditions must Tourists with heart disease, high blood pressure and other diseases should not risk entering the park. If they insist on entering the park, they must be accompanied by a healthy adult family member and bear the consequences. There are three checkpoints required to reach the scenic spot

The FAST scenic spot does not sell tickets. Visitors only need to pay a shuttle bus fee of 50 yuan to visit for free. Of course, more tourists are willing to spend an extra 50 yuan to enter the astronomical experience center to broaden their horizons.

Although it is only a little over 10 kilometers away, it is not easy for tourists to reach the FAST scenic spot from Tianwen Town. They have to go through three checkpoints and two security checks.

According to regulations, tourists must deposit all electronic products such as mobile phones, smart bracelets, tablets, etc. at the tourist service center before taking the shuttle bus. If you refuse to cooperate, you will be refused entry to the FAST scenic spot.

For this reason, the tourist service center has also posted warning reminders in eye-catching places. Also prohibited are car keys, lighters, matches, fruit knives, scissors and other items. The security check is far more stringent than at the airport.

The shuttle bus to the FAST scenic spot has also been modified. The GPS has been removed, and tourists cannot enter the FAST site. They can only take the shuttle bus to bypass it and go through a more stringent security check. Afterwards, climb to the observation deck and look far away.

What should you do if you want to take pictures? You can rent a fully manual film camera provided by the scenic spot. There is no mobile phone signal coverage around FAST, and only wired phone booths can be used for free.

"Although it is troublesome, it is completely understandable and we do not want to cause any interference to FAST." Huang_, a tourist from Xingyi, Guizhou, said. In fact, in order to see the true face of FAST, Huang_ is not the only tourist who is "not afraid of trouble"?

"Qiannan Daily" reported that in the first half of 2018, Pingtang County achieved total tourism revenue 5.518 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.74%, and it received 5.1363 million tourists, a year-on-year increase of 40.58%. Among them, there were 2.9674 million tourists from outside the province, a year-on-year increase of 42.05%.

Although the number of tourists received by FAST scenic spot is unknown, the popularity of science tourism is evident.

As one of the first batch of China's top ten science and technology tourism bases, the popular science tourism economy of FAST scenic spot has begun to take shape. Stars, Xingyuan and Lucky Stars can be seen everywhere in hotels and farmhouses with these words in the astronomical town.

Long Baoxue, a villager who moved from the core area of ??FAST, runs a restaurant in Tianwen Town. The turnover on the first day of opening was as high as 30,000 yuan. “Every holiday, the streets of Tianwen Town are full of people. It’s so crowded that restaurants and hotels are in short supply.”

In order to strengthen control, Pingtang, Guizhou has stipulated that the FAST scenic spot can receive a daily limit of 2,000 tourists. Starting from September 20, all FAST scenic spots will implement real-name online ticket booking and will no longer provide on-site ticket sales services.

The 30-kilometer quiet zone protects FAST

Like Long Baoxue, thousands of households and thousands of people have been relocated from the core area of ??FAST.

In fact, what Guizhou has done is far more than just relocation. According to Zhang Shuxin, deputy manager and office director of the FAST project of the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, whether it is cleaning up radio stations in the core area, permanently shutting down mobile communication base stations, or even shutting down mines, Guizhou’s electromagnetic wave environment control in the FAST quiet zone, especially the core area, is On the other hand, the intensity is not too great.

Like light, radio waves are also a type of electromagnetic radiation that travel long distances in space and are very faint. To ensure that FAST can "capture" the extremely weak radio waves emitted by celestial bodies in deep space, it must be protected from interference from surrounding radio frequency signals.

In view of the high sensitivity of the FAST telescope and the complex conditions around the site, as early as 2013, Guizhou Province issued the "Guizhou Province 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope Electromagnetic Wave Quiet Zone Protection" in the form of a provincial governor's order. "Measures", with the FAST site as the center, a 30-kilometer radius will be set up as a safe zone, and electromagnetic interference will be strictly controlled at different levels. It stipulates that the core area is within a radius of 5 kilometers, the intermediate area is within 5 to 10 kilometers, and the remote area is within 10 to 30 kilometers.

The "Environmental Protection Regulations for the Operation of the 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope Electromagnetic Wave Quiet Zone in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture" promulgated and implemented in September 2016 raised the protection of the FAST operating environment to a legal level.

In the 30-kilometer quiet zone, electromagnetic wave control, vegetation and landform protection, and forest fire prevention are all included in the scope of legal protection. Especially in the core area, all construction projects unrelated to FAST are strictly prohibited. When setting up and using radio stations (stations), it is strictly prohibited to construct facilities that generate radiating electromagnetic waves.

This means that mobile phones, televisions, microwave ovens, gasoline vehicles, etc. will not be allowed to be used in the core area. In addition, in the intermediate and remote areas, the transmission frequency and power of radio stations and other equipment are also subject to corresponding restrictions.

Why is the quiet zone 30 kilometers instead of 40 or 50 kilometers? Zhang Shuxin explained that the main consideration in delineating the protection scope is to ensure the normal operation and scientific detection of FAST and to minimize the impact of impact on local economic development.

At the same time, these are also opinions and suggestions put forward by the National Astronomical Observatory based on electromagnetic environment tracking monitoring and experiments, and have been repeatedly demonstrated by the National Astronomical Observatory and Guizhou Province.

The quality of the electromagnetic environment is "relatively good"

Visitors viewing FAST from a distance are still subject to strict restrictions, and the scientists and staff stationed at the site are more like living in seclusion in the mountains. Since all nearby communication base stations have been shut down, they can only rely on landline phones to communicate with the outside world.

Mobile phones and bracelets cannot be opened, there is no microwave, digital cameras and wireless networks cannot be used casually. Even seemingly harmless hair dryers are restricted because they emit radio frequency interference. The inspectors who enter the station site, even heavyweight guests at home and abroad, must strictly abide by the "rules of the game" here without exception.

Even so, anti-interference measures are still necessary. In addition to being equipped with high-standard shielding and filtering devices, the electromagnetic compatibility working group has been stationed long before FAST was officially put into use. It is responsible for the monitoring, protection and coordination of the radio environment in the surrounding areas of FAST, as well as the electromagnetic compatibility design, rectification and testing of FAST. Work. In order to ensure the normal operation of FAST, the National Astronomical Observatory has been focusing on radio interference monitoring and analysis together with the Guizhou Radio Management Agency since 2005.

Jiang Peng, chief engineer of the FAST project of the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that the electromagnetic environment is of great scientific significance to the FAST telescope. Through monitoring and analysis of the surrounding electromagnetic environment, the overall quality of the FAST electromagnetic environment so far is relatively good. "At the same time, it should be noted that although the increase in tourists will bring corresponding pressure to management, as long as it is managed properly, the number of tourists is not an important influencing factor, but strong control measures are needed. Judging from the current situation, local The government’s protection of the electromagnetic environment in the core area of ??FAST is quite effective.”

In fact, if FAST can be located in Guizhou, scientific researchers are also happy to see that science tourism can boost local economic development and help alleviate poverty. However, how to find a balance between scientific exploration and economic development so that FAST can maximize its effectiveness may be a problem that the National Astronomical Observatory and Guizhou Province must face together.

Jiang Peng said that based on the progress of the debugging work, FAST is about to begin full scientific operation, which requires the National Astronomical Observatory to strengthen cooperation with local governments and radio management agencies, especially to deepen protection measures in intermediate and remote areas.

At the same time, relevant local departments are considering setting up a special project to carry out regular monitoring work and improve protection strategies to stabilize and improve the quality of the electromagnetic wave environment and ensure that FAST can fully exert its scientific capabilities.