The Stone Forest
1 min readMore than 120 kilometers from Kunming stands the Stone Forest,well known at home and abroad.It lies within Shilin Yi Autonomous Country.And it is a most enchanting sight of fantastic stone pillars,and is reputed as the Number One Grand Spectacle on Earth.The moment a tourist enters the for-est,one miraculous view after another will catch his eyes.Countless stone peaks seem to have sprung from the ground,assuming a thousand different shapes,all fanciful and picturesque,as if lying with each other in their sub-limity and grandeur.Among the sights in the stone forest proper and on its periphery the most splendid ones are“Sword Peak Pond”,“Jade Lake in the Stone Forest”and“the Underground Stone Forest in Ziyun Cave”.