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Stone Forest
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 The Stone Forest is known as "One of Earth's Natural Wonders", which is located in the Lunan Yi Autonomous County some 100 KM from Kunming , covers an area of 2,670 square kilometers ,is composed of the greater stone Forest , the lesser Stone Forest , the Outer Stone Forest , and the Stone Forest lake . Looking in the distance like a vast expanse of forests , it is actually a world of stone peaks , stalacto-stalagmites , stalagmites , substerranean rivers and underground limestone caves . For this top graphical turmoil the place is dubbed ?Number One Wonder in the World ?. the Stone Forest is home to the Sani people , a branch of the industrious and brave Yi minority . As born singers and dancers , the sani people are also skilled in embroidery . On the 24th of the sixth lunar month , the Stone Forest attracts large crowds of visitors from at home and abroad who come to join the Sani people in celebrating the Torch Festival. Take bus to the Stone Forest from Kunming. On the way there is a cave which contains a chamber with stone beds and stone benches on which people can rest. Lying on a stone bed, one can see a strip of sky through a fine crack in the roof of the cave. Tourists can either return to Kunming on the same day or stay overnight at the Stone Forest Hotel. Hotels, shops, and restaurants have been built to meet the needs of the developing tourist industry in the area. |
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