Climbing up the steps, another stunning view of the stone forest stood next to me, that is, the stone fan. The stone fan is nearly 7 meters high, the diameter of the fan is about 6.5 meters, the thickest part is less than 2 meters, and the fan weighs nearly 200 tons. The fan handle is about 1.6 meters high and the widest side is about 1 meter. The fan surface seems to be artificially placed on the fan handle. If you stand at a low place and look up at the stone fan, admiring its majestic majesty standing proudly in the sky, you will instinctively and involuntarily feel a sense of danger, worrying how the "fan handle" as thin as a lamp core can withstand the giant " Will the heavy pressure of the "fan" collapse unknowingly to tourists? In fact, this is not just unfounded worry. You must know that many domestic and foreign tourists who came here to enjoy the scenery once acted as strong men to conquer nature. When they saw the stone fan showing the tendency of "overturning", they all geared up and planned to take advantage of the "opportunity" to overturn it. As a result, they spent nine With the power of two cows and two tigers, no one's long-cherished wish comes true. The stone fan, which has experienced hundreds of millions of years of wind, rain and earth fission, still stands erect on the earth, looking down at the tourists who are walking in the clouds and flowing water.
Some travel enthusiasts from abroad who have traveled around the world said that they have never seen such a huge "fan". Authoritative people in the tourism industry say that this fan is the best in the world in terms of size and weight, and the stone fan is therefore known as "the best fan in the world". What's even more strange is that in the hot summer, as soon as people approach the stone fan, they will feel the cool breeze and feel refreshed. Why is this?
Saying goodbye to Shifan, the scenery along the way is still very beautiful. What attracts me most at this time is the seam between the ground and the sky, which is called the unique stone forest. There are three ground cracks and stone gorges in the stone forest, all arranged in parallel, called "Lotus Gorge, Birdsong Gorge, and Tingquan Gorge" respectively. The most fascinating thing among the Three Gorges is Tingquan Gorge where we are about to go. Tingquan Gorge is a gorge formed by karst collapse and fracture. It is nearly 300 meters long, 1 to 2 meters wide, and about 80 meters deep, with a narrow passage leading into it. Standing there, looking up, you can see a ray of blue sky, like a blue ribbon floating above your head. The cliffs on both sides are cut, towering and majestic. Both cliffs are composed of huge rocks of similar size and shape, weighing dozens of tons. The gaps between the stones are regular, just like an ancient artificial city wall. At any time, there are water drops dripping from the rock wall non-stop. At this time, no matter how high the temperature is outside, it is cool here.
After leaving Tingquan Gorge, we took a short rest and rushed to the galloping horses. The scenery here is lifelike, like war horses rushing to the battlefield, brave and good at fighting.
Near the galloping horses, I enjoyed another stunning sight of the Wansheng Stone Forest - paleontological fossils. Wansheng Stone Forest has very rich paleontological fossil remains. Within the entire stone forest of more than 10 square kilometers, there are more than 10,000 identifiable fossils - Chinese Sinian horn stones. There are 54 fossils distributed on a stone less than 6 square meters in the midst of thousands of horses. The fossils in Wansheng Stone Forest are not only densely distributed, but also large in size. So far, the three largest Chinese Sinian cornerstones found in the Stone Forest have an individual length of 600 mm and a cross-sectional width of 120 mm. They are praised by experts as "the largest Chinese Sinian hornstones". king". Another outstanding feature of these fossils is that they are extremely rich in color, including gray-white, light yellow, and reddish brown. Therefore, even though these fossils have experienced hundreds of millions of years, they are still highly ornamental. Under the sunlight, these fossils will also emit a dazzling light.
"There are countless stars in the sky, stars underground, and countless stone turtles in the stone forest." There are countless stone turtles in Wansheng Stone Forest. The stones in the Stone Forest were formed on the seabed. Due to the accumulation of sedimentary rocks and the movement of sea water, the surface of the stones in the Stone Forest today has patterns similar to those of turtle shells.
Some stones stick out the "head" and "feet" of the turtle, and there are countless stone turtles. The largest stone turtle in Wansheng Stone Forest is Guishan. Turtle Mountain is about 500 meters long. Looking from Xianglu Mountain, its head looks south, its tail faces north, and its back is bulging. It can be said to be the turtle king of Wansheng Stone Forest.
Entering Tianmen Cave, I was dazzled by the dense landscape inside the cave. It is a magical and fascinating underground art palace. The entire cave is composed of more than 50 groups of unique and incredible natural landscapes, including banners to welcome guests, Tianshan snowfields, upside-down lotus flowers, and lotus lanterns... These scenes of magical scenery really make people exclaim: The creative power of nature can be like this. Rich! There are also deposits of various biochemicals in Tianmen Cave. They are dazzling, colorful, pure in texture, and perfect in shape. They are very representative of the caves currently discovered in China.
I had just finished swimming in Tianmen Cave, and as I was exiting the cave entrance, a beautiful song floated in the wind. Ah, the Miao Folk Customs Park in the Stone Forest Scenic Area is holding a special song and dance performance. It is a lively scene. On the stage, handsome men and beautiful women of the Miao ethnic group sing passionately, and the audience bursts into applause. People here use this way to relieve the fatigue and fatigue of the journey. It allows visitors to deeply appreciate cultural tourism and humanistic tourism, fully demonstrating the rich ethnic tourism characteristics of the Stone Forest.
The fragmented forest of peace monuments and the unique forest of water and stones are all engraved in my heart. Looking at the stone drum again, it is a lifelike creation made by heaven and earth. Regarding the stone drum, the local people circulated such a folk song that still cannot be deciphered: "Stone man vs. stone drum, gold fifty-five thousand. Who can guess, buy Chongqing Mansion." The stone drum is 4 meters high and no more than 100 meters in diameter. 1.4 meters, composed of upper and lower parts. The upper section is slightly shorter, and the middle section looks like it has been slashed in the middle. The connection between the upper and lower sections is only about a quarter of the contact area. At first glance, it looks dangerous. And after so many years, it still stands motionless in the wind and rain, unwavering.
Come out of Shigu and go right. Continuing to travel through the undulating and winding Wansheng Stone Forest, you will often find that there are parallel lines on the steep and majestic petrified landscapes, layer by layer, like yellow lines. If you touch it with your hand, The mud line is as hard as steel. Such mud lines are very obvious in Gecko Gorge and Qianta Forest in Wansheng Stone Forest. What leaves such a neat line of equality? If you let your thoughts wander through the universe, you may even wonder whether it is a mysterious relic left by "alien"? In fact, that was the water level of the ancient ocean. Because the area where Wansheng Stone Forest is located was originally a vast ocean. The ocean is gradually receding, and every time the water level drops to a certain level, a water level line will be left behind. From the petrified landscape exposed on the surface, up to 20 levels of water levels can be found.
According to expert inferences, these seemingly ordinary "mud lines" are separated by a long time and space of one million to millions of years. The layers of equal mud lines are like neatly stacked volumes of the history of geological changes, recording the ancient ocean's tremendous changes that have gone through hundreds of millions of dollars.
Unknowingly, I returned to the bank of Luhua Lake, and the chess array and Thousand Pagoda City jumped into my sight. Climbing up to the Thousand Pagodas City, I am filled with emotions, it is so beautiful and spectacular. This is a stone city covering an area of ??more than one square kilometer. If you look closely, you will see that these stones are like a tower, with different shapes and different levels. The highest one has eight floors and is more than 20 meters high. The lowest one has two floors, which is similar to the height of a human being. Their shapes are very similar to artificial towers, with bases, rims and tops. Nearly a hundred such towers are crowded together, making it difficult for people to find their way back while walking through them. Because of its large number, it is known as the "City of Thousand Towers" by tourists.
After leaving Qianta City and returning from the foot of Xianglu Mountain, I reluctantly walked out of the gate of "Wansheng Stone Forest" written by the nationally famous calligrapher Ouyang Zhongshi step by step.
Goodbye, beautiful Wansheng Stone Forest, we will meet again soon.