Chinese rock garden Bashny.Net

You know what a rock garden? If you've seen the movie "Peculiarities of National Fishing" (or hunting, can not remember exactly), there was a forester in the garden, in which he indulged in meditation. But there are other rock gardens, in fact, the real gardens of stone. The largest of these - China Stone Forest in Shilin, Lunan District, located in the Lunan Yu Autonomous County (did not translate the name).





You know what a rock garden? If you've seen the movie "Peculiarities of National Fishing" (or hunting, can not remember exactly), there was a forester in the garden, in which he indulged in meditation. But there are other rock gardens, in fact, the real gardens of stone. The largest of these - China Stone Forest in Shilin, Lunan District, located in the Lunan Yu Autonomous County (did not translate the name).



The whole park is a National Park, located 120 km south of Kunming, at altitudes of 1700-2000 meters above sea level. It covers an area of ​​over 340 square kilometers, but with outbuildings and buffer forests, this area is up to 400 square kilometers Half of this area is absolutely inviolable, under Chinese law - staff lives outside it.



Similar parks are not only in China but also in France, Spain, Australia, Brazil and other countries, but they are much smaller area - all well-known formations of this type occupy less than a quarter of the size of the park in China.



Stones in the stone maze are very diverse and bizarre forms, from the columns to the cross beams, moving stones, stones in the shape of mushrooms, towers, pyramids, stone tunnels, stones in the shape of animals and birds, stones in the form of people, a handful of individually ... Some of stones rise from the bottom of the lake. Many stones have names such as "Phoenix, cleaning their feathers", "Rhinoceros, looking at the moon", "Ashman" (the national hero of the local peoples, "Monkey sitting on the back of an elephant," "Mother and Son", " Dragon Tooth "," Great Mogul "and others. Many of the pre-existing rocks destroyed by an earthquake ... The height is 40 meters remaining.



How did this amazing structure was formed? Stone Forest - typical karst formations, formed at the bottom existed millions of years ago on the site of the sea. In the process of lifting the bottom split into large disparate areas due to mechanical stress and constant exposure to wind and water. Water also brought a large number of minerals that crystallized over millions of years and are layered on top of each other, thickening and increasing, and is now reaching an enormous size. The totality of all these factors and influences led to the formation of the modern type of Chinese Stone Forest. It would seem that with time he was completely destroyed, but the very nature has taken care of the safety of stones - numerous volcanic eruptions that took place millions of years ago, covered with a crust of rocks from volcanic ash, reliable "preserve" them. In the process of its formation, about 50 million years ago, the stones were back at the bottom of the lake, which gives them a reddish hue due to sediment layer.



The climate in this area is very wet, but the constant shadow does not grow trees, but a small number of ferns and vines.

How many interesting places in the world there!