The Chinese Stone Forest, located in Lunan Yu Autonomous County, is
considered as the world’s most amazing calcareous relief for its vast
array of karst formation. Karst is a terrain that forms through the
disintegration of soft rocks like limestone. The formation of Karst in
the area is responsible for the arrangement of several limestone rocks
in a three hundred-square kilometer stretch of land. This area is
crowded with huge and gigantic rocks that are about 30-40 meters or
100-133 feet tall. It was known to exist since 1368-1644 A.D. when the
Ming Dynasty ruled China.
In 2005, the Chinese Stone Forest or Shilin in Chinese, was visited by
over 2.2 million tourists from around the world. Its large-scale rock
formation of different shapes and sizes continuously attracts both local
and international visitors who enjoy natural beauty, and have a flair
for rare destinations.
Visitors will have a great time exploring some of the rocks that were
given names according to their appearance: The Great Mogul, Mother and
Son, Teeth of the Dragon, The Phoenix Bird, Monkey on the Elephant Back,
Rhinoceroses Watching the Moon
Other stones look like mushrooms, towers, pyramids, columns, and other
figures that resemble the things around us. Most of the rocks are
surrounded by water, the reflections of these behemoths exude an eerie
serenity. Some rocks have crumbled from its original state due to the
earthquakes that devastated the area.
Shilin is divided into different sections according to their features.
There is the Major, Minor, and Naigu Stone Forest that offers tourists
the various rock formation that the place is known for. Then there’s
subterranean section located in Zhiyun Cave. Zhiyun Cave shows the
formation of cave in a Karst terrain. There’s also the Strange Wind
Cave, the Penfeng Cave, Hongxi Spring, and an underground river. There
is also a Karst lake named the Long Lake, which is three kilometers long
and 300 meters wide.
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