ကျောက်တုံးဥယျာဉ်

ကျောက်တုံးဥယာဉ်  (Stone Forest) () သည် တရုတ်နိုင်ငံ၊ ယူနန်ပြည်နယ်ကူမင်းမြို့မှ ၁၂၀ ကီလိုမီတာ(၇၂မိုင်)အကွာအဝေးတွင်ရှိသော ယီကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်စီရင်စုတွင်တည်ရှိသော ဘဘာဝကျောက်ဆောင်ကျောက်သားအစုအဝေးဖြစ်သည်။  The tall rocks seem to emanate from the ground in the manner of stalagmites, with many looking like petrified trees thereby creating the illusion of a forest made of stone. Since 2007, two parts of the site, the Naigu Stone Forest (乃古石林) and Suogeyi Village (所各邑村), have been UNESCO World Heritage Sites as part of the South China Karst. The site is classified as a AAAAA-class tourist site.

Features

Shilin National Scenic Area (昆明市石林风景区)  covers an area of  and is divided into seven scenic areas as follows:
 Greater & Lesser Stone Forests (大、小石林) - also known as the Lizijing Stone Forest (李子菁石林)
 Naigu Stone Forest (乃古石林)
 Zhiyun Cave (芝云洞)
 Lake Chang (长湖 literally Long Lake)
 Lake Yue (月湖 literally Moon Lake)
 Dadie Waterfall (大叠水)
 Qifeng Cave (奇峰洞)

These formations, caused by the dissolution of limestone, are believed to be over 270 million years old and are a tourist attraction for both overseas and domestic tourists, with bus tours bringing tourists from Kunming. There are also a number of hotels in the area.

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According to legend, the forest is the birthplace of Ashima (阿诗玛), a beautiful girl of the Yi people. After falling in love she was forbidden to marry her chosen suitor and instead turned into a stone in the forest that still bears her name.
Each year on the 24th day of the sixth lunar month, many Yi people celebrate the Torch Festival (火把节 Huǒbă Jié), which features folk dances and wrestling competitions.

See also
Petrified Forest
South China Karst

References

Further reading
A Virtual Field Trip to the Stone Forest, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China

External links

China Stone Forest site 
Shilin page 

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